The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-30
Sharp Shafts Directed Against the
Majority Yesterday.
KING ON THE WHITE HOUSE
MOTION TO TURN 1T OVER TO
MARK HANNA.
McKinley's Last Speech Was Nuts
For Jerry Simpson - Animated
Discussion Over Prosperity
Dingley's Explanations Made Al
len CMiss.) Very Tired.

Washington, jan 29.-At the opening
of the session of the house the clerk of
the senate appeared and transmitted
the Teller resolution, which passed the
senate last night. The announcement
was greeted with terrific outbursts of
applause from the Democratic side of
the house. No motion was made at the
time, and the resolution remained on
the table.
The fertilization appropriation bill
was referred. on motion of Mr.. Grow,
(Rep., Pa.) The house went into COM
mittee of the whole. and resumed the
consideration of the District of Column
bia bill. The general debate was not
confined to the subjects dealt with by
the bill. 1t covered a wide range. The
Teller resolution, the Cuban question,
the Hawaiian annexation. the tariff
and other political topics We're dis
cussed. At the conclusion of the gen
eral debate the bill was taken up for
debate under the five-minute rule.
KINGS SARCASM.
Mr.. King (Dem., UTAH raised a laugh
by offering an amendment to appropri-
ate $780, 00 for improvement of the
White House, ito make it a suitable
abode for Hon. Mark Hanna
The amendment was ruled out of or
der on point of order.
Mr.. Simpson (Pop., Kan.) commented
upon President Mckinley'S speech at
the manufacturers dinner in New
York, saying that the attempt to make
all the obligations of the United States
payable in the dearest money in the
world was dress coat anarchy" He
said it was now the fashion for Repub-
licanS to sneer at "backwoodS states
men," and he reminded the majority
that all the Republican heroes of the
past had come from the rural districts
The Republican party, he declared, had
at last become the open defender of a
plutocracy.
Mr.. Tongue (Rep., Ore.), in a spirited
reply, denounced the POpulists and
Democrats for being responsible,
through the passage of the Wilson
tariff bill, for the DEPRESSION and poV-
erty of the farming classes.
ANIMATED DISCUSSION.
The discussion became very animated
when the topic of prosperity was
reached. Mr.. Richardson Dem., TennO
precipitated it, and Messrs. Grosvenor
(Rep., o., Cochran CDem., MOI, Hop
kins (Rep., Ills.), Mahany (Rep.. N. "
and Fitzgerald (Dem., Mass.) took part.
The latter again brought up the New
England cotton strikes, which have
played considerable part in the debate
on previous days. Mr.. SimpkinS (Rep..
Mass.), in the course of his reply, drew
a round of applause from the Demo-
cratic side by stating that he frankly
confessed that, in his opinion, there
were likely to be more strikes under a
protective than under a free trade sys-
TEN. The applause ceased, however.
and arose on the other side when he
added that this was because under a
free trade system. men would have no
work. and when they did, it would be
for what they could get.
For some time the debate was con-
fined to the business situation in Mas
sachusetts. Messrs. Knox, Mccall and
other Republicans of that state con-
testing the position advanced by Mr..
Fitzgerald that prosperity had come To
the commonwealth under the Dinglev
law.
Mr.. Hepburn (Rep. la, created some
enthusiasm on the Republican side