The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-04
OVER THE VETO
OF CLEVELAND
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(Rep. n. H.) to submit the credentials
OF Henry Heitfeld, senator-elect from
Idaho, to-the committee On privileges
and elections, together with certain me-
MORALS and protests from Idaho
against allowing Mr.. Heitfeld to take
MS seat on account of alleged frauds
in his election. This motion gave rise
TO numerous points of order and con-
siderable discussion. The motion was
Withdrawn without action in order To
resume the regular order-considera-
ton Of private pension bills, Mr.. Hill
(Dem- n. " pleading for this, saying
that 1t was now or never"
An obstacle was struck in several
vetoed pension cases. the ground of
disapproval being that the proposed
beneficiaries are remarked widows.
Mr.. Allen (Pop. Neb.), in criticizing
the presidents action, referred to the
president as THE person who was rep
The veto messages was read and with
the war, and who had referred to Union
soldiers as coffee coolers"
Before action could be had on the
bills, the hour of 6 o'clock arrived, and,
according to previous agreement, the
senate took recess until o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The senate resumed its session at
D. m. but the absence of a quorum
ness. The senators who were present
beguiled the time in chatting with each
other. and the crowds in the galleries
sat waiting patiently for the proceed
ings to begin.
Senator Kyle Pop., SkD.), made his
first appearance in the chamber since
his reelection, and Senator Sherman
celebrated his last night in the senate
by putting in an early appearance.
Senators 10
(Dem., N. ", and Palmer (Dem., Ill.),
were others Of the retiring senators
who We're not absentees. 1t was just
O'Clock when a quorum was an
nourced to be present.
Senators Hoar (Rep., Mass.), and
Walthall (Dem., Miss.) were appointed
by the vice-president visitors to the
West Point military academy, and Sem
ators Carter (Rep., Mon.), and Lindsay
CDem., ky), to the Annapolis naval
academy.
The vote was taken on the bill We
toed by the president granting pen
sion to Rachel Patton, and resulted:
Yeas. IS: NAYS, L. So the bill was
passed oyer the presidents veto.
Mr.. Cullom (Rep., IlL), announced
that he would forego any further at
tempt to pass the anti-scalping bill,
owing to the strain under which sena-
tors had been of late, and the certainty
that the bill could not pass without
material amendment.
Mr.. Quay (Rep., Pa.), having several
times suggested the absence of
quorum, thus necessitating a roll call,
and a quorum each time appearing,
led Mr.. Hoar (Rep., Mass.), to enter
vigorous protest against his dilatory
tactics 1T was never intended" ne
said, that the rules should put it
n fn
Ss men doing business-one man who,
in some conceivable case, might be
under the influence of liquor;
think
Mr.. Quay-I desire to say to the SEN
ator from Massachusetts that if he
intends to intimate that 1 am under
the influence of liquor"
Mr.. Hoar-I make no such intimation,
Mr.. President.
Mr.. Quay is a lunatic or a liar and
will not tolerate suggestion of that
sort from the senator from Massachu-
sets or any one else. l am doing what
am doing in the interests of my con-
Mr.. Hoar repeated his disclaimer of
any personal allusion to Mr.. Quay, to
which the Pennsylvania senator replied |
with a remark. soto voce. that the
mere suggestion was a filthy one"
Mr.. Quay then went on to say that |
when the reDeal of the Sherman law !
was pending in the senate. dilatory
tactics were employed and the - enate |
was powerless to prevent it.
This reference to ancient history !
brought Mr.. Dubois (Sil., Ida.), to his /
feet with the assertion that during /
that fight he never once called for a
quorum when there was a quorum of /
in their seats.
The final conference renortc IN he
Indian and the District of Columbia /
appropriation bills were presented and /
agreed 20.
Then the senate took up the bill for |
the appointment of a labor commission |
1t was debated by Senators Hawley,
Shoup, Perkins, Squire and Hoar. The
latter declared that he was heartily in
favor of some such commission as that
proposed by the bill, but the passage
Of the pending bill would prove to the
aboring classes to be merely apples
IF Sodom, and as soon as they plucked
the eruit it would turn to dust and
ashes.
The debate dragged along. and at
D. m. was still going on.
The bill then passed, with an amend
nent. providing for a report by the
commission within two years. A reso-
ution offered by Mr.. Allison was agreed
o, providing that the standing and Sc
ect committees of the senate as now
constituted. be continued until their
successors were elected
During the evening the nnal report on
he naval. Indian and District of !
Columbia bills were agreed to. The pre-
iding officers of the two houses tonight
igned the postoffice and Notifications
ills. The army bill was approved today
tut up TO tonight no notice had been re
eived of the approval by the president
# the agricultural bill.
TIE final conference report on the
undry civil appropriation bill was pre-
ented and agreed to.
AT $3.50 the senate went into secret
legislative session.