The times., 1897-03-21

$40 a ton The gilSonite in Utah would
come into competition with that asphalt,
and enable cities to pave their streets ut
a much less expense than at present
Mr. Sherman, who had said at the outset
that he did not approve some things III the
bill, asked unanimous consent to strike out
the paragraph. Mr.. Bartholdt objected. He
said the last Congress had passed bill
containing the similar provision, the Demo
cratic President had signedit, and Mr.. Bar
tholdt expressed the opinion that the Secre-
tary of the Interior should have been i'm
pcached for his failure To carry out the law.
If these lands were opened to entry the
price of asphalt would fall to $40 ton,
and it would enter into many manniactur-
ing enterprises, from which it was now ex-
cluded because of its high price. More
than that, the opening OF the ghsonite
mines would give employment to many
thousand workingmen.
Something had been said, Mr. Bartholdt
continued, about private enterprise.
What" he asked, would be the aspect
and condition OF the country We're 1t
not for private enterprise and private in
yestment?" 1t was true, he said, that
some st. Louis gentlemen are working
mine in the ncighhorhood of the reserva-
tion. hut all that they wanted, he assured
the House, was that the reservation might
be opened so that railroad could be
| built to their property and thus enable
| them to enter into competition with the
| corporation controlling the foreign prod
| uct But, finally, Mr.. Bartholdt with
| drew his objection, the paragraph was
! stricken out and the bill passed
| In the course OF discussion on reso-
| luton offered by Mr.. cannon to make the
| appropratlonfor mileage etc, Immediately
available, Mr. Holman objected, declar-
| ing it to be the intent of the resolution
| to pay double mileaGe-for the extra seS-
| sion as well as for the regular session.
Mr.. Grout, of Vermont, asked MI
| Holman if he had taken the mileage voted
bv the Fifty third Congress for each of
| its three sessions.
Mr.. Holman's reply could only be
heard a few feet. Being asked to repeat
it, MI Holman, raising his voice, replied:
The gentleman from Indiana declines TO
| answer the imperunent question of the
gentleman from Vermont Great laugh
| ter)
Mr.. Cannon said he was glad since there
was to be a Democrat, that Mr. Holman
|
minds me of old times. But | want to
remind him ways. have changed some since
we we're boys together. We used To take
some things in those days unbeknown
without a previso, an If, may be soor
yrithstantinE But now with the
| telegraph, newspapers, and other agencies
of information nothing is hid. The gen
| tleman inserted a provision in the extra
| IA hirIC
ing the mileage then in lieu of the mileage
of the first regular session, but III was
stricken out by the Democra tic House, and
the gentleman took his mileage with The
rest Of MS. This thing is done openly
and before everybody. The manly sensi
bic thing to do is for all of us to go mp anC
take the money we are entitled to.
Mr.. Linney OF North Carolina opposed
the resolution. He said in part:
mo man ought TO be Judge of his owl
case. We had case in North Carolina
where after five years IL was discovered
that in Judgment that hadbeen rendered
one OF the five judges was personally in
terested and the judgment was reversed
1t was held that the poison of self-interes'
yitiated the result though there was onl.
one man in five
mo legislative DOoy oughl 10 'ohtto
its own compensation. Such condition
creates a tremendous temptation. There i
always virtue in that petition of the Lord I
prayer, Lead us not into tempta ton.
We are about to commit a serious wrong
We are about to take hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars of the people S none
which does not belong to us. We ought t
say, Get thee behind me, thou temple
of mortals: I'll have none of this.
He explained that the mileage was 2
cents mile, and this gave profit OF l
cents a mile. This, in case of som
Western members, amounted to grea
deal.
tBut / know the resolution will pass,
he exclaimed "For it is q maxim {
!, English jurisprudence, that when ma
! becomes a judge in his own case he wi
decide in his own favor"
The vote stood 1872 to 80 on division
and Mr. Holman could get only 8 on
call for the yeas and nays, not suff
eient number At 3:55 the House al
iourned till Monday at 10 a. M, when tn
tariff bill will be the special order