The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-22

VERY WE'LL said Mr.. Morgan, then
/ have no other alternative but to ask
the senate to sit out the bill.
Mr.. PETER. (Pop., Kan.), made brief
argument against the bill, saying he
was utterly opposed to the guarantee
ing or the issuing of the bonds by the
government.
Mr.. Villas, (Dem., Wis.,, expressed a
hope that the senator from Alabama
(Mr. Morgan), would not insist upon an
unusual course in relation to a bill
which involved beyond all question
O0OO0,O0O of public money.
Mr.. Morgan suggested to Mr.. Villas
to fix his own time for taking the vote.
Il do not think" Mr.. Villas replied.
that we have reached a point where
the opponents of the measure should
be called upon to name a day and hour
for taking vote"
Mr.. Hoar, (Rep.. Mass.), suggested
to Mr.. Villas that the custom which
prevailed in the senate when he first
came to congress was not 10 lay an
important measure aside after two or
three hours discussion each day, but to
continue the debate until or o'clock
in the morning and so bring the meas
ure to a vote. He thought that should
be the rule now.
Mr.. Villas remarked that during his
service in the senate one bill had been
debated for months.
What bill was that?" Mr.. Hoar
asked.
THE tariff BILL" was the reply.
ONE THOUSAND IN ONE.
"Oh," said Mr.. Hoar. the tariff bill
is not only a thousand bills in one.
but it is also thousand ills in one"
Uaughter.)
Mr.. Hill put in the remark that the
Sherman silver bill had been before
the senate from August until Novem-
ber
Never mind the past" Mr.. Chandler
suggested cynically. How are we
now? The morning hour of each day is
taken up by the senator from New
York and the senator from Wisconsin
proposes to take up the rest of the
day."
Where does the senator from New
Hampshire come in?" was Mr.. Hills
comment.
The matter went over temporarily as
Mr.. Chandler rose to a question of
privilege and presented a paper claim
ing to be the credentials of John Ed
ward Addicks as senator from the state
of Delaware.
From what source does that paper
emanate?" Mr.. Gray (Dem. Del),
asked.
1T was addressed to me-" Mr. Chand-
Ter answered, by Mr.. Addicks, who
believes himself lawfully elected sena-
tor from the state of Delaware, and
believes himself entitled to be sworn in
now. But in view of the fact that L
presented last week the memorial of
Mr.. Dupont. setting out that he is en-
titled to the seat, and had that me-
mortal referred to the committee on
privileges and elections, l will not ask
that Mr.. Addicks be sworn in until
that committee has considered both
sets of credentials. 1. therefore. ask
that this paper be referred to the COM
mittee on privileges and elections"
NICARAGUA AGAIN.
The paper was so referred and the
discussion of the Nicaragua canal bill
was resumed.
Mr.. Morgan, in urging that there
should be no delay in action on the
bill, said that the senate could not af-
ford to go into the consideration of the
arbitration treaty without action be-
ing taken on the Nicaragua canal bill,
because such action would determine
whether the canal and all the treaties
relating to it were matters of differ
ence between the government of the
United States and the government Of
Great Britain. He asked whether, in
view of the existing eXigency, it was
fair to the country or fair to the SEN
ate to undertake filibustering in order
to defer action on q measure on the
fate of which other very important
matters hung?
Mr.. Villas resented the charge of
filibustering and declared that there
would be no objection to having the
vote taken after fair and reasonable
discussion. But if opportunity for that
discussion was not given, then he
would move that when the senate adj
journed today it adjourn to meet on
Monday next, and on that motion he
demanded the yeas and nays.
The vote was: Yeas, 10; nays, 25-
Six senators less than a quorum.
The senate then, on motion of Mr..
Morgan. at APO p. m, adjourned until
tomorrow.