The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-15
Business Came to a StandstiII Iu
the Senate.
ROLL CALLS AND
OTHER EXPEDIENTS
USED TO SECURE ACTION ON
HARRIS RESOLUTION.
Gear and Morgan Have Lively Set
to, Which Is Participated In By
Thurston Sarcastic Remarks
Hurled Back and Forth-Who Is
the Filibusterer?

Washington, July 1.-THE senate was
in a deadlock for several hours today.
with business at a standstill. while calls
OF the senate, roll calls and other play
/ expedients were resorted to. 1t was
due to the effort to secure action on
the resolution OF Mr.. Harris OF Kan
sas. designed TO prevent the disposal of
the government lien on the Union Pa
cific railway under the terms of an al
legged agreement There were many
roll calls on Mr.. Harris motion to con-
slider the resolution, quorums appear
ing and disappearing, and from L to
. o'clock not d final vote on the motion
was secured. 1t finally went over until
tomorrow.
Pending one of the roll calls a reso-
luton was passed allowing the sculptor
OF the Sherman statue TO erect a studio
near the site OF the statue. This al
1orded a text for some structures by
Mr.. Morgan on the deadlock which had
occurred. The senate had a patriotic
duty to perform. TIE pending Pacific
railway resolution had been unani-
mously reported from the Pacific rail-
way committee, and yet the chairman
of the committee had conducted the
nlibuster. II was late in the session to
begin operations. Mr.. Morgan said,
however, that there was no disposition
on the Democratic side of the chamber
TO retaliate against appropriation bills
or the tariff bill, when they came be-
fore the senate. The Democratic sena-
tors would forbear from resorting TO
this miserable method Of filibuStering,
although they might be fully justified
in retailiating.
Mr.. 1hurston (Neo) responded that
on all Pacific railway debates the Ala
bama senator (Morgan) and his asso-
ciates had insisted on occupying all the
time. When il was up at the last ses-
sion. the senator from Alabama was
the only one Directing to his CIhurs-
ton's) continuing a speech on the SUBJ
iect.
How many days had you spoken?'
asked Mr.. Morgan.
Not one tenth OF the time occupied
by the senator from Alabama on unim-
portant questions" responded Mr..
Ihurston, sharply. We have sat here
nsteninN for DAYS and weeks and
months TO the senator from Alabama,
and some of US have thought we had
some rights to the moor, even if it did
curtail the lengthy remarks of the SEN
ator erom Alabama.
Turning TO the pending resolution,
Mr.. Thurstln said it was designed to
dereat the interests of the government
in the guaranty that at least S45 .000,- |
900 would be bid when the sale OF the |
road occurred. The senator from Ala !
bama saws that amount is not enough. /
Why. then, asked Mr.. Thurston. did (
not some responsible party give |
greater guaranty In mis- opinion. if /
this guaranty failed, one equal 10 it /
would not again be secured. The SEN t
ator said the rights of the government /
were fully protected in the federal /
courts; il was represented by able /
its equities were fully before |
the court. What danger. therefore, he
asked. could there oe in leaving the in
terests OF the government in the hands
OF the court:
Mr.. Gear said he resented the charges
of Mr.. Morgan as to a filibuster.
y quorum nal not been there to con-
slider this important question, and for
this reason ne had opposed consider
ing it. He expressed disapproval of the
Harris resolution, saying II would make
the government put SSS, 900 more into
the roads. He also criticised the reso-
luton as originally framed as designed |.
to bring about government ownership
and operation of this extensive railway
properly.
Mr.. harris, the author of the resolu-
ton, spoke in support of it. arguing
that the governments interests would
be put in jeopardy if the proposed
agreement Tor the sake of the govern
nent lien on the Union Pacinc was
executed
Mr.. Morgan further discussed the
subject, arguing that congress re
aimed complete control over the Pa
;ific. roads under the lien originally
treated on behalf of the government,
While the pending foreclosure proceed
ngs were based on the erroneous as
sumption that the government had a
mere mortgage right. He said ne did
lot hold Republican senators respon-
'ible for the obstruction that had oc-
,urTed, as it was not a political OBJ
truction, but one in behalf of Mr..
in turn. answered Mr..
Morgan, again referring to the time
consumed in debate by the sarcastic
emark that he did not aspire to the
Unique distinction of talking his own
measures to death. He said the Ala
,ama senator sought to convey the i'm
PRESTON that the agreement was the
esult of some questionable scheme in |
which the late president of the United
states and the attorney general par
icipated with the railway authorities.
5ut as a matter of fact, Mr. Thurs
on declared, the proposition came from :
he government counsel, Ex-Governor !
Ioadley. who solicited from General
fitzgerald of the Pacific railroad reor-
animation committee that a guaranty !
e given to the minimum amount of the ,
i'd for the government lien. In clos
ng, Mr.. ThurSton stated that no op- !
osition except in the way of negative
otes would be made to the Harris res
luton tomorrow. but he expressed
oubt whether the negative votes
Tould be sufficient to defeat the reso- !
ltion. He felt, however, that its adop-
ion would defeat the guaranty and {
revent the government from ever get
ing within one-third as much as the
warranty would yield !
The subject then went over, and at 7
clock the senate went into executive c
ession, and then adjourned. c
The House.
Washington, July 1.-THE house, =
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