Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-01
HOUSE.

| washington, Feb. 1.-The military
academy appropriation bill was report
ed TO the House today. The anti-civil
service reformers won a slight victory
when Perkins (Rep., Iowa. presented
resolution for printing the hearings
! before the civil service commission.
Grosvenor antagonized the resolution.
He said the hearings had taken an
| eN-parte turn and he desired to submit
some facts in REPUTATION of certain
statements before the hearings were
printed.
Perkins, however refused to with
draw the resolution until the House.
by a vote of SIS to 90 had refused the
previous question. He then yielded.
bill was passed authorizing the
| secretary of the treasury to build or
purchase suitable vessel for revenue
cutter service on the Yukon river to
cost not exceeding $4,000.
resolution was adopted which re-
quested the secretary of war to sub
NIT to The House the report of C. ID.
Townsend, of the corps of engineers.
dated December ~, 1897, concerning
certain proposed improvements OF st.
Joseph and Boston Harbor, Mich.
The Senate resolution for the relief
of ex-senator Call, of Florida, was
adopted.
Then. at 1880 p. r.. the House went
into committee of the whole and re-
sumed consideration of the District of
Columbia appropriation bill. which was
begun on Saturday.
SENATE.
Washington, Feb. 1.-Rev. Hugh J.
Johnston, pastor of the Metropolitan
NJ. T.. church. Washington. delivered
the invocation at the opening Of the
Senate session today.
Mr.. Clark Rep., Wyo.) presented as
a question of personal privilege, a dis
patch from his state, published in East
ern newspapers to the effect that Henry
q. Hay, chairman of the Laramie cor
poration committee. had resigned be-
cause of the votes cast by the Wyo-
ming senators for the Teller resolution
Mr.. Clark said that much has been said
regarding the votes of Wyoming's sen,
ators, and as to the Significance OF
these votes. that he deemed It wise to
make a statement. He expressed sur
prise that the motives and designs OF
those voting for the resolution should
have been impugned. He said that an
attempt to commit the Republican par
ty to line of policy never laid down
and never contemplated by that party
and the further effort to read out OF
the party those Republicans who voted
for the resolution would fail As for
himself. he declined most emphatically
to be read out of the Republican party
and was satisfied that the majority OF
of political heresy on account of his
vote. Mr.. Clark thought that the
Democrats ought, In view OF their rec
ord, to have supported the Nelson
amendment providing that gold and
silver coins should be maintained at a
parity. He thought that the vote he
had cast was no stain on his political
party honor and his vote for the Nell
son amendment was cast as Il protest |
against silver recommendation. He felt |
that his vote was in line with the Re- |
publican policy outlined at st. Louis. |
He was earnestly In favor of interna. |
tional bimetallism and was as earnest |
as any man In the climber in his efforts |
to maintain the national honor. He felt |
that to the Republican party might be |
entrusted the duty to solve the fInnn |
cial question. That solution was not ON |
the line of gold recommendation nor on |
the line OF silver recommendation. but on
that OF Observation-Disclosures q,
other. Sooner, perhaps. than many ex-
pected. blmetallism would be n reality
and the time would be here when gold
and silver would be on equal terms M
the mints and every dollar OF the nov
eminent would be maintained nj nm
equal value and use with every other
dollar. That. Mr.. Clark concluded. was
one OF the missions of the Republican |
party. and II would be performed with
and fidelity.
The resolution of Mr.. Pettigrew, of
South Dakota. declaring 1t to be the
policy of the United States not to ac-
luire territory to defend which a navy