The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-12
The Proceedings.

Washington, Jan. IA full attend
ance of members was evidence of the
interest taken in the Pacific railroad
funding bill, which was debated last
week, and upon which, under the
special order, d vote was taken today.
The speaker stated the first ques-
ton to be upon the amendments
adopted in the committee of the whole,
and they We're agreed to without di-
vision.
The next vote was taken on the sub
stitute offered by Mr.. Bell (Dem., Tex.)
fixing the rate Of interest on the bonds
to be issued at 3 per cent instead of ,,
Is provided in the bill.
The substitute was d~efeated-ayes,
ITO: nays, lac.
The question then reverted to the
substitute offered by Mr.. Harrison
Oem., Ala.), constituting the secre-
tary of the treasury, the secretary Of
the interior and the attorney general
a commission with full power to set
tie the debts of the bond-aided Pacific
railroads upon such terms, and in
such manner as may be agreed upon,
the approval of the president being
necessary. If unable to reach an
agreement with the owners of the
roads, the commission to recommend
to congress what legislation they deem
necessary to protect the interests of
the government, and to enforce the
prompt collection of the debts.
This substitute was also defeated
ayes, 30; nays. pa; and the yeas and
nays ordered on the engrossment and
third reading Of the bill.
Yeas and nay were also ordered on
the engrossment and third reading of
the bill, and the vote resulted: Yeas,
102; a 16S; and the bill was de-
feated.
The following is the vote in full on
the Pacific railroad funding bill:
Yeas-Adams, Aitken. Aldrich IN.
H.), Apsley, Arnold (Penn.), Arnold
Or. II, Atwood, Avery. Babcock,
Boutelle, Brewster, Brosius. Bull, Cal
derhead, Cannon, Catchings, Chicken
ing, Clark CAla.), Cobb, Codding, Con-
molly, Cowen, Crowley, Culberson,
Curtis Qa.), Curtiss On. ", Danzell,
Daniels, Dayton. Denny, Dovener. ORA
per, Evans, F'aris, Fisher, Foote, Card
ner, Gillett On. ", Gillett CMass.),
Grow, Halterman, Hardy, Harmer,
Hatch. Henderson, Henry Comm,
Hepburn, Hill Comm. Hooper, Huling
CIV. Na.), Hunter, Jenkins, Johnson
(Cal.), Kirkpatrick, Knox, Kyle,
Leighty, Linton, Long, Low, Mahon,
Mcclellan, Meredith, Miller CIV. Va.).
Mitchell, Morse, Mosely, Murray,
O'Dell, Overstreet, Patterson, Payne,
Poole, Powers, Quigg, Raney. Reeves,
Robinson Penn.), Royse, Rusk, Rus
sell Comm, Sherman, Smith Qll.),
Southwick, Spencer, Sperry, Stable,
Stone (Charles WI, SulZer. Taft,
homas, Van Voorhis, Wadsworth, Wat
son (O.), Wellington, Wilson On. ",
Woodman. Wright-102.
Nays-Abbot, Allen (Utah), Ander-
son, Bailey. Baker (Kan.), Baker On
h, Barham, Bartholdt, Bartlett (Ga.),
Bartlett IN. W, Beach, Belknap, Bell
| (Colo.), Bell (TeX.), Bingham, Black,
Blue, B%oatner, Bowers, Broderick,
Buck, Burrell, Burton (Mo.), Burton
(O.), Clardy, Cockrell, Cook CWis.),
Cooke Qll). Cooper CFla-), Cooper
(Tex.), Cooper CWis.), Corliss, Cox,
Crisp, Crowther, Cummings, Curtis
CKan.), Dabford, Dearmond, Dewitt,
Dinsmore, Dockery, Dolliver, Eddy,
Elicit, Ellis, Erdman, Fairchild, Fen
ton, Fitzgerald, Fletcher, Foss, Gamble,
Gibson. Grout, Hager, Hainer (Neb.),
Hall (Mo.), Harrison, Hart, Hartman,
Heatwole, Hendrick, Hermann, Hicks,
Hilborn, Hopkins, Howard, Howe,
Howell. Hubbard, Huff. Hull Qa.),
Hutcheson, Hyde. Johnson Gnd.). John
son On. ID. Jones'. JOY, KEN, Kendall,
Kiefer, Kleberg. Lacey, Latimer, Law
son, Leonard, Lester, Lewis, Linney,
Livingston. Loud, Mcguire, Mahany,
Marsh, Martin. McCleary Minn.), Me
OluIe, N1CCOrlnlCh, McOIedIy, hCSul-
loch, McDearmon, McEwan, McLach-
Ian, McMillin, Meikeljohn. Mercer,
Mines, Minor (Wis.), Moody. Neill,
Newlands, Northway, Ogden, Otey,
Often, Owens, Parker, Pearson, Pendle-
ton, Perkins, Pitney, Prince, Pugh,
Richardson, Rinaker, Robertson Oa.),
Savers, Scranton. Shafroth, Shannon,
Simpkins, Smith Mich.), Shower,
Southland. Spalding, Sparkman. Stall
ings, Steele, Stephenson, Stewart
CWis.), Stokes, Stride (Neb.). Swanson,
Talbert, Tate, Tawney, Taylor, Terry.
Thorp, Towne. Tracey. Trenor. Turner
(Ga.), Turner Wa.), Taylor, U~pdegraff.
Van Horn. Walker CVa.), Wanger,
Warner, Washington. White, Williams,
Willis, Wilson Qda.), Wood-167.
SOME APPLAUSE.
Immediately upon the announcement
of the vote by Speaker Reed there was
some applause from opponents of the
bill. The speaker pronounced the per-
functory sentence required that the
house decline to order the engrossment
and third reading of the measure and
considerable confusion followed, caused
by the exchange of congratulations