The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-18

I De inserted III the WAS Or
| dere5 dane.
The thanks of the congress were then
extended by resolution to H. r. Whit
| II ore. chairman of the executive COM
mittee, and to Secretary Culmer. for
/ the excellent work they have done in
behalf OF the congress. Black of Cal
| ifornia. offered the resolution. which
was adopted under a suspension of the
rules.
Mr.. Varian of Utah occupied the floor
for few minutes in q speech in which
he rendered the members the thanks
OF Utah for their coming to this city.
and for the courtesies which they had
extended toward the people OF Salt
Lake
Mr.. James Graham. Of the commit
tee on mines and mining. read q paper
en- the mining industry, which was very
interesting. and was attentively lis
| tened to. and ordered printed in the
record.
CRISP HAS A sOIREE.
Then Crisp of Missouri got the floor
to offer a resolution, thanking the re-
firing chairman and the present pre-
siding officer for the uniform courtesy
which had characterized their rulings.
and the ability each had displayed in
the matter of presidi1s over the DELHI
erations of the congress.
The chairman wanted to shut of the
impetuous gentleman. but he respond
ed: This resolution, sir. concerns
yourself. and / insist that you have
no right to be heard on it, 1 shall put
the motion, and you will understand
that, for the time, l am the presiding
officer of this convention.
Il wish to say that 1 have been in
the legislature of my state ever since
= 1.r ee-rH I'd
can go there as long as 1 want to. 1
have visited every legislative body
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. and
have looked into the halls of congress.
But in all my travels 1 have never
met with a body of men more intel
ligent than this. (Applause.) Then,
too. l have watched the actions of the
retiring president, Mr.. Bryan. I have
sat with fear and trembling at times
lest he should make a mistake. but he
never has, and have come to the con-
clusion that he cannot make one. Gap
plause.)
Il haYe watched the conduct of the
present presiding officer. and
Here the gavel fell with a succession
of tremendous thumps. THE gentleman
from Missouri is out Of order" said the
chairman.
Il will have you to understand. SIR
lCpA4GQ SllSU. ll1dl dill III OlQcls anu
you have nothing to say in this mat
ter. 1, sir, am presiding for the time
being over the deliberations of this
body"
in such fashion that the chairman
was completely drowned.
Il am sometimes impelled to wonder
at the Californians. They come from a
state rich in all that goes TO make up
the world of beauty in which they live
M cd
Adam and Eve in the garden Of Eden,
frivolous and capricious." AS he said
this the speaker looked the chairman
right in the eye and the crowd caught
on and roared. When God created the
world he left portion of it unfinished.
and included in that portion was Cali
fornia. 1 have sometimes wondered
why he did this, but since 1 have come
to this congress l have ascertained. He
did it that it might be more beautiful
than the balance, and. he left the
mighty walls over which the waters
fall like wells of silver sheen; and the
snow capped peaks which glsten in the
sunshine of the summer sun; and the
green valleys which blossom with the
life of a nature that all men might go
there and be commended. Then, as if
knowing that the people VINO were to
live there were to be like spoiled child
ren, never satisfied with what they
have, he set up those great trees and
rugged pieces of natures architecture
as an eternal monument to the work
which he had done to remind them of
his presence. But they seem to forget
il once they get away from home"
II want to thank the chairman of this
convention for the excellent work
which he has done and to express to
him the thanks of this congress, if ne
will control himself long enough to let
me-
Then Black, of California offered
resolution to thank Bryan, saying he
had been regarded as a political enemy
of Mr.. Bryan.
Don't say enemy; say opponent,
suggested the chair.
We'll, opponent then" said Black.
II want to thank him for the work he
has done, for next TO the doctrine of the
free and unlimited coinage of silver, 1
believe the work of this congress has
engrossed his attention"
Mr.. President shouted Crisp,
where does my resolution come in?"
TT is out of order" calmly remarked
the chair. and he put the motion to pass
Blacks resolution.
Then Crisp was furious. In a voice
which sounded like the booming of
million cannons, ne arose and said |
Gentlemen of this congress. l do not
propose to be sat upon IN this manner. :
All who are in favor of the passage of
the resolution which hold in my hand |
and which you have heard read will !
stand TO your feet"
Everyone stood
THE ayes have it and there are no
noes" said Crisp. and then he smiled a
smile of satisfaction.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The chair announced the appoint !
ment of the following committees:
Forest Observation-Disclosures j. Wer- /
neker, of st. Louis; A. A. Taylor, of |
Santa Cruz. Cal: A ]. Kellar. of Hot |
Springs, Ark; John r. Barnes, of |
Kaysville. Utah; E. r. Moses, of Great |
Bend, Kan.
Good Roads-W. H. Moore, of ST.
Louis; R. w. Richardson, Of Omaha; J