The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
CHOKED OFF MR.LEN|S
Wanted to Talk On That Woodford
Banquet at Madrid.
cORBETT CASE IN SENATE
ARGUMENTS TO SHOW ITS AN
ALoGY TO MANTLE CASE.
Mantle's Case Had Nothing to Do
With Silver Observation-Disclosures
Made By Gallinger and Pasco-
Grand and Lofty Tumbling In
Rhetoric of a Resolution

Rhetoric of a Resolution
Washington. Feb. 26.-The house did
not complete the consideration OF the
sundry civil bill today. but Chairman
Cannon held the floor with it until ad-
iournment, refusing to yield TO MI.
Routelle. the chairman of the naVai
committee, who was anxious TO secure
consideration of the bill reporteu W
his committee for the RELIEF OF the We w,
tins and survivors OF the Malne us
aster.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
About 90 pages of the sundry civil
bill were disposed of today Many Ell
forts were made by different members
10 inject river and harbor items INTO
the bill, three of them being SUI ono f ~
Amendments appropriating SSOO,OOO 1Rr
Cleveland harbor. 100000 for Wllmlns-
ton. Del. and increasing the appro7
priation for Boston harbor from SlVv-
COO to $3.50, 900 were adopted. AS con-
tracts for the work were authorlzeu'
they were in order under the rules
LEWIS SENSATION.
Mr.. Lewis Dem, Wash) created
something of a sensation by onerlnS
the followi1 : resolution as an amend
ment:
Resolved, That congress disapproves
of Minister Woodford rendering
banquet to the Spanish cabinet IN De
half of the United States, and express
ing the sense that the relations be-
tween Spain and the United States
should, until the inquiry as to the
cause of the Maine disaster be deter
mined, remain only in the formal ana
official way demanded by the needs OF
the respective nations"
CHOKED OFF.
Mr.. Lewis was proceeding to remark
upon the ''ghOulish spectacle" OF Minis
ter Woodford banqueting the Spanish
cabinet while the country was mourn
ing the loss of $50 brave sailors, VINO
were the victims of Spanish hate. when
Mr.. Cannon interposed point OF order
against the amendment and. was
promptly sustained by the chair
Mr. Lewis attempted to debate the
point of order, saying the amendment
was certainly pertinent to the para
graph under consideration, which hap
pened to relate to national cemeteries
Il am opposed" he said. ito our people
burying their dead while our official
representative abroad is feastlng their
murdererS."
and the incident closed.
IN THE SENATE.
During the greater part of the SEN
ate's session today the right of Henry
w. Corbett to a seat from the state of
Oregon was under discussion. Mr..
Thurston CNeb.), in an extended speech.
opposed the admission of Mr.. Corbett,
while Messrs. Foraker, Kyle and
Mantle supported Mr.. Corbett's claim.
The vote on the case, it has been
agreed, will be taken next Monday at
8 p. m. The pension calendar was
cleared by the passage of several pri-
vate pension bills. A few bills of gen.
eral character were also passed.
THE MANTLE CASE.
Mr. Foraker (Rep. o. in addressing
the senate on the COrbett case said
he did not propose to follow the prece-
dent established by the Mantle case as
he regarded the decision in that case
erroneous, and it was generally so re-
garded by the legal profession through
out the country.
TT was generally understood" said
Mr. Foraker, THAT the silver question
had more 90 do with the reaching of a
decision than the application of the
principles of law"
Mr.. Gallinger On. HI entered an in
slant disclaimer to the application of
Mr.. Foraker's statement to him Il
want TO assure the senator from Ohio
that so far as 1 was concerned, the sill
yer question had not the slightest
weight in determining my vote in the
Mantle case. / voted against Mr.. Man
ties admission, and for similar rea-
Sons, / expect to vote against the adj
mission of Mr.. Corbett."
Mr. Pasco (F'la.) said he desired also
to enter a disclaimer to the state
ment of Mr.. Foraker He thought that
the roll call on the Mantle case con-
clusively intimated TO him that the
silver question had nothing to do with
the refusal of the senate to seat Mr..
Mantle, as II out of the 80 votes against
him were cast by senators who sup
ported Mr.. Bryan for the presidency.
The names of the IL are: Berry, Black
burn, Coke, Faulkner, George, Gibson,
Murphy. PETER, Smith, Vance, Vest
and White.
II am very glad" replied Mr.. For
aker, ito have the disclaimer of the
senators from New Hampshire and
Florida and l accept them absolutely.
but l repeat that throughout the coun-
try the impression was that the silver
question had a great deal to do. with
the decision in the Mantle case, if it did
not control it. 1 wish to say that 1
did not have it in my mind to criticize
any senator for his vote in that case"
LAFAYETTE MONUMENT.
Mr. Thurston (Neb.) then called up a
Joint resolution for a commission to
supervise the collection of a fund
among the schools and colleges of the
United States for the purpose of erect
ing a monument to General Lafayette
in Paris, France, the same to be pre-
scented TO the French government and
unveiled and dedicated on July f. 1900
The language of the preamble caused
Mr.. Hale to inquire what remark
able document" was being read.
Mr.. Thurston explained the resolu-
ton and then Mr.. Hale suggested that
the preamble be stricken out as the
grand and lofty tumbling of it's rhe-
toric" was a reflection upon the sanity
of the senate. This was agreed TO and
the resolution was passed
TREASURY STATEMENT