The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-03

troll of the inaugural exercises at the
capital was made the subject of a reso
luton of inquiry offered by Mr.. Dockery
Dem. MOI Immediately upon the reas-
sembling of the house at 10 o'clock this
morning, in continuation of yesterdays
session. 1t asked the committee on rules
to investigate and report by what au-
thority the stand for the inaugural exer-
cises on the east front of the capitol was
being erected against the senate wing,
and accessible only from the corridors
in that wing instead of being erected in
front of the central portico and equally
accessible from both house and senate
wings, as had been the unvarying Gus
tom since the capitol was built Also
to report whether or not the house had
any part in the arrangement for and
management of the inaugural exercises
The resolution was referred as Mr.
Dockery requested.
RECESS TAKEN.
A recess was then taken until 1890.
when the naval and District of Columbia
appropriation bills were reported from the
senate.
The latter bill was referred to a COM
mittee on conference
Mr.. Boutelle (Rep.. Me- made like
request with regard to the naval appro-
priation bill, and he made statement
of the effect and scope of the principal
senate amendments.
PRICE OF ARMOR PLATE
Mr. Hopkins Rep-, Ins.) asked the
house to take a vote on the senate amend
ment fixing the price for armor plate
for naval vessels at $500 ton and concur
in it, He said that the companies Whlcn
are now furnishing this armor desire 10
continue to furnish il, but they should
do so at a reasonable price He said the
Illinois Steel company was ready to con-
tract for armor at $40 a ton, and nj was
competent to carry out that contract
To Mr.. Dalzell CRep-, Pa.) Mr. Hopkins
said he knew how long it took TO build
an armor plate and how much money II
took. He called attention to the fact
that while the companies which furnished
Alabama charged the United States $50
ton for il, they were selling the same
armor to the Russian government at $2i9
a ton, delivered in st. Petersburg
Mr.. Cummings (Dem.. n. W stated that
while il was true that the Bethlehem Iron
company had furnished armor plate 10
Russia at S249 ton. 1t was also true
that now it was furnishing that COVE n
ment the same armor at $52l Z CT ton. Inc
first contract was taken at a loss in order
to break into the European market
To Mr. DalZell, Mr.. Cummings said that
il would not require three years to build
and establish an armor plate plant, for
the secretary of the navy in his report
submitted the proposition OF an Enshsh
firm to install pant in IL months
The request of Mr.. BOutelle was agreed
TO and MSssrs Boutelle, Robinson (Rep.,
Pa9 and Cummings Dem, n. " were
appointed conferees.
Conferees on the District OF CoiuhDia
bill were appointed-Messrs. Grout. Pit
ne- Rep.. N. j. and Dockery (Dem-,
MOI. and then. at II TO- on motion OF Mr
.DalzelI Rep., Pa.) the house adjourned
until u.
DALZELL DEFENDS SHIRAS.
When the house assembled for Tues
days session, Mr.. Dalzell (Rep., PAD OBJ
house for so minutes in reply to the
structures passed upon the official con-
duct of Mr. Justice Shiras by MI NC
Millin Dem, Tenn and Mr. Dearmond
the sundry civil appropriation bill. Leave
was also given to the Democratic side
to respond for the period of 80 minutes.
Mr.. Dalzell said that great INJUSTICE
charge of unexplained and damaging
change of opinion had been MADE not
only on the floor of this house, but IN
Democratic and Populist newspapers ana
every stump in the campaign last year
Upon the showing from the record which
he had made, Mr.. Dalzell invited the
an open, manly retraction- If they did
not accept his invitation. he warned them
that a reaffirmation of the charges would
not satisfy the American people. They
loved justice and fair play and would
not accept an unfounded assault upon
the most august judicial tribunal in the
world nor condemn an individual mem
Der of that court who rose to his nigh
place because of his merit and who for
more than three score years has borne
the white flower of a blameless life.
Mr.. DalZell was heard with great IN
terest and deep attention and at the close
the Republicans greeted him with loud
Mr.. McMiIlin rose to reply, Sand the in
terest and attention continued He re-
affirmed TIE charge that Justice. Shiras
had changed his mind and referred to Mr.
Dalzell as the mouthpiece of the justice.
Mr.. McMillin said that II any person.
to tear down the constitution he should
stand unmoved, even by the eloquence or
the gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA, and
hold up the constitution as the supreme
law of the land and ever to be preserved
nr Dearmond followed. speaking along
the same lines he followed IN MS original
remarks upon the action of Justice
Mr.. Aldrich Rep. nl) endeavored to
get uD the bill prohibiting the trans,
mission through the mails of Illustrated
and elaborate accounts of prize fights,
but Mr. Dockery (Dem. Mo- moved to
take = recess until $3.50 O'Clock, which
prevailed by a vote of 4 to 50.
When the house reconvened at $3.50 the
senate amendments to the fort,fication
bill were non-concurred in, and con-
ference asked
INDIAN TRUST FUNDS.
Mr.. Sherman Rep. n. " moved TO
suspend the rules and pass the house bill
the secretary of the treasury,
whenever state defaults in the pay
ment of the interest due on Indian trust
funds instead of instituting an action
against the state to recover the money. to
sell the bonds and compromise the claim
against the state.
After considerable debate, and various
futile efforts to amend the bill. the house
to SS-to suspend the rules and
pass the bill and then, at 4:40. took a
recess until 7:3O tonight.
AS soon IS the house assembled in
the evening Speaker Reed laid before the
house message from President vetoing
the immigration restriction bill.
Mr.. Bartholdt (Rep. MOI moved that
the consideration of the message be post
poned until II o'clock tomorrow, when
there would doubtless be a larger at
tendance than was present now. This
was agreed to-.
After a further recess of an hour a
civil bill was presented and agreed to.
The house voted to insist upon its dis
agreement to the remaining senate
except number which MEM
hers asked n separate vote on
All senate public building amendments
were non-concurred in except in the case |
of topeka, Kan, where the amount was
reduced from 100000 to $4,000.
The amendment to pay sugar bounty I
claims amounting TO H.0S5,000 was con- /
CURED in by vote of 50 to So.
A further conference was ordered on the
item IN dispute.
For the amendment of the senate bill |
to the public domain the IL