The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-23
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a dollar by the government to aid in
construction, 1t had entered into lawful
/ contract with the government and the
contract price should be paid.
Mr.. Blue (ReD. Kansas spoke in favor
OF paying the judgment while Mr.. Ma
gulre (Dem- Cali opposed payment. The
latter contended that an equitable right
had risen in the United States superior to
/ this judgment and any court would sup
/ port that right in case of a conflict The
question was whether the Southern Pa
/ cific was in such relation to the Central
racine as TO justify the treatment of
this Judgment in law in the same way as
judgments of the Central Pacific were
and ought TO be treated.
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep. Iowa., defended the
Item He asked the opposition If they
simply because they had the power to re-
fuse. when the highest tribunal in the
land said it should be paid
CANNON CLOSES.
In closing the debate Mr. Cannon Rep.
Ills-J. said that for ten years the appro-
Dr!ation bills. in Republican and DEM
ocratic congresses, had been devoted to
aided roads without protest.
Mr.. Cannon sketched the reasons for
paying the judgments. adding: Here
the opinion of the courts; here's judg-
ments: here's practice. But somebody
says Its a railroad: throw it into fits
He did not stand for a corporation in
this. but he had never done. anything
against them merely to win applause from
an unthinking people.
The vote on Mr.. Savers amendment
was then taken and resulted: ayes, a.;
noes, 81; so that the judgment in favor OF
the Southern Pacific was not stricken
out. The other two Pacific railroad
amendments were also rejected.
PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES.
Objection came from many parts of the
house when an attempt was made to re-
insert by unanimous consent the para
graphs stricken out Saturday for the pay
ment of special employees for the house.
l!..elv time ensued while this question
was before the house and the greatest
confusion prevailed, but Mr.. Cannon
finally ended matters by moving that
the committee rise. This was agreed to,
and the bill was reported to the house.
The first amendment on which vote was
asked was that striking from the bill an
item of about $4,000 to pay members the
amounts deducted from their salaries for
absence. 1t resulted: Yeas. 122; nays, SO.
The house refusing to refund the amount
deducted.
Before the vote was announced, Mr..
Owens Dem. Ky.). made a point of order
against the vote of Mr.. Maddox, Dem.
Ga-), on the ground that he was one of
the benefcia-ies under it. Mr.. Maddox
said he believed he had a right TO vote, as
he voted against his own pecuniary inter-
est.
Speaker Reed declined to entertain the
point.
A motion to recommit the bill with in
structions to strike out the Southern Pa
cific judgment. was defeated-l20 to 13S.
The bill was then passed.
A conference report on the bill to pre-
vent federal officials from specializing in
or prosecuting claims against the govern
ment was presented and agreed to.
NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the naval appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Dalzen CRep. Pa, wanted an OPP
criticism of Justice Shiras of TIE supreme
court for his action in the income tax
case. but Mr.. Boutelle (Rep Me;), In
charge of the naval BILL was afraid TINS
would lead to a prolonged debate, ana
would not grant the request. In explana-
ton of the dill Mr. Boutelle referred 70
the armor plate investigation and toid
how the committee had arr1ved at its
conclusions regarding the plate. Congress
had provided at its last session that no
contracts should be made for armor LOT
the three battleships then authorized IN
til the secretary of the navy c<lio lnvest 70
manufacturing armor. That report hah
been made at this session. ana the COM
rnittee on naval affairs, by providing tnaI
the total cost of arnor for the three ShlpS
should not exceed $500 a ton. had follow
ed the report. 1t was fair to say that the
manufacturers of armor plate qua not
aCreo with the secretary cOHCiuSiOHS'
But the secretary said he had given ms
hest Judgment and the committee, without
attempting to fix the price themselves,
had most wisely accepted the report OF
the secretary OF the navy as coming IN
the nature OF a departmental estimate.
Concerning the action Of the COMMITTEE
in leaving out an appropriation for new
stiDs Mr. Routelle explained that that
omission represented in no possible sense
any laxity on the part of the committee
in pushing forward the bill from the
navy. The committee had done so out
of consideration of the national finances,
primarily out of consideration or what IL
believed to be the present temper OF the
house and on account of the inability 10
obtain armor for the three battleshlps
now on the stocks: ~,
During the reading of the bill, Mr.:
Barrett (Rep. Mass), made point OF
order against the item for clerical hire
at the Puget Sound, Wash, and Fort
Royal. S. c.. naval stations, ana they
were passed over temporarily.
The committee then rose.
A Joint resolution was passed dlrecl-
ing the secretary of war to deliver to the
citizens committee of the national en-
camDment of the G. A. r. at Buffalo. ~
Y. one condemned cannon to be used in
furnishing memorial badges.
A conference report on the bill aDpro-
priating S250.000 for closing the crevasse
at Pass Al Outre, La, was presented ana
agreed to. The house then, at 5;2O ad-
iourned until tomorrow.
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