The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-20
A LIVELY OPENING.
Present Session of the House Prom
ises Amusement at Least.

Washington, March 19.-The frs
legislative day of the house of repre-
sentatives of the Fifty-fifth congress
gave every indication of an UNUSUAL,
lively session and also of an intention
to make record for extraordinar!
rapid disposition of business. Tn
outburStS of partisan rancor in tn,
course of the days debates recalled
the palmy days of the Fifty-first anC
Fifty-second congresses, while be
sides these not-uneXpected difference:
of opinion as to action and policy
there was ill-concealed animosity be
tween the two factions of the Demo
cratic minority, growing out of the
race for leadership of that party or
the floor. If todays proceedings may
be taken as in anyWise typical of the
work of the house, the session viii
take rank with the most tumultuous
that have marked its history.
The ball was opened promptly upon
assembling, in the presence of crowd
ed galleries.
the tariff bill, with a recommendation
that it do pass, which. with the ac-
companying report, was placed on the
calendar.
In connection with this, Mr.. McNIil-
lin Dem., TENN called attention to
what he termed the Colossal in
justice" done the minority of the COM
mittee on ways and means in thus re-
porting the bill before they had had
time TO prepare an expression of their
views.
Consent was given for the minority
to file their views Monday.
This having been done, Mr.. Dalzell
(Rep.. Pa.) presented a resolution
from the committee on rules provid-
ing for the consideration of the tariff
bill. 1t called for general debate be-
ginning on Monday next and includ-
ing Thursday, the 25th inst, from 10
am. until II pm, with recess from
to S; then consideration under the
five-minute rule, the bill to be open
for amendment until 8 pm. Wednes-
day, the 31st inst, when the voting on
the amendments and bill shall begin.
This was advocated by Messrs. Dali
Zell and Dingley (Rep., sMe.) and OPP
posed by Messrs. McMillin (Dem.,
TENN, Bland Oem., MOI. whose ris-
ing was the signal for rapturous ap-
plause by his Democratic associates;
Mr.. Wheeler (Dem., Ala.) and Mr.
Bailey Dem., Tex
There was much cross-firing in this
discussion, a colloquy between Mr..
Grosvenor (Rep., o. and McMillin
(Dem., TENN affording great salts
faction to their respective partisans.
The resolution was agreed to-179 to
132-a party vote, save that Mr.. How
ard pop, Ala-) voted in the affirma-
tive with the Republicans.
This being settled, Mr.. Henderson
(Rep., la reported a resolution pro-
viding for the passage of the appro-
priation bills which failed at the last
session of congress in this order: The
sundry civil, general deficiency, agri-
cultural and Indian. The resolution
allowed 40 minutes debate on each
bill, the bills to be read in eXtenso.
The preliminary discussion of this res
olution was participated in by Messrs.
McAillin Dem, TENN and Sayers
(Dem., Tex.), who had a rather heated
over the matter of con-
trolling the time in opposition to the
In conclusion. Mr. Savers suggested
that Mr.. McMillin would do better to
keep cool, tc which Mr.. McMillin said:
The gentleman from Tennessee will
keep cool and the gentleman from
Texas cannot heat him"
The resolution was adopted, after an
hours discussion-173 to 116-Messrs.
Pearson and Linney (Rep., n. CO. vot-
ing against their political associates
who supported the resolution.
The demand for q vote by yeas and
nays on this proposition brought out
4 hot protest by Mr.. Henderson (Rep.,
Ky.), who charged that it was a vio-
alton of the agreement of Messrs.
Bailey Dem., Tex and McMillin
Dem, TENN, that no dilatory motion
would be made. They denied making
my such promise, but the atmosphere
vas quite heated in consequence of
heir action.
At Mr. Cannon's urgent solicitation,
he house remained in session until a
ate hour, and passed the sundry civil
md general deficiency bills, leaving
he agricultural and Indian bills to be
disposed of tomorrow.