The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-05
War Money Scattered With No
Certainty of War.
WHY BAILEY OBJECTED
BILL GIVING PRESIDENT EX-
TRAoRDINARY POWERS.
Congress Not In Possession of a
Single Fact Which Indicated That
War Was Ahead of Us-Speech CT
the Democratic Leader Which Gre
ated Unbounded Enthusiasm.

Washington. April Awhile there
was no attempt to force consideration
of a resolution regarding the Cuban
situation in the house. there was q
brief outbreak, in the course of which
the warlike temper of the crowded
galleries was so manifest that Speaker
Reed threatened TO clear them if it
was repeated. The outbreak occurred
over a bill to authorize the president
to erect temporary fortiications in
case of emergency upon land when the
written consent of the owners was
obtained, without awaiting the long
process of legal condemnation. This
led to a demand by Mr.. Bailey, the
Democratic leader, for information as
to the facts which warranted all these
war measures. The particular state
ment which aroused the galleries was
to the effect that while the Democrats
were willing to wait any reasonable
time for the president to transmit a
message that would meet the approval
of the American people. they weuld not
wait a minute for him to continue
negotiations with the butchers Of
Spain. When the demonstration in the
galleries were rebuked by the speaker.
he declared that the galleries were the
American people in miniature. Mr..
Cannon accused Mr.. Bailey of ''postur-
ing" and playing to the galleries.
The bill was passed and it was ar
ranged that the army reorganization
bill should be taken up on Wednesday.
unless a report was made from the
committee on foreign affairs. The re-
mainder of the day passed without in
cident in the transaction of District of
Columbia business. During the morn
ing thousands swarmed through the
corridors of the house end of the
capitol. clamoring for admittance into
the galleries.
Mr. Cannon, chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations. asked
unanimous consent for the considera-
ton of the senate resolution suspend
ing a portion of section $50 of the re-
vised statutes, so as to permit the
United States to erect Notifications in
case of emergency upon any land upon
obtaining the written consent of the
owner.
WHY BAILEY OBJECTED.
This is another war measure" in
terposed Mr. Bailey Il shall object
until l find out whether we are going
to have any war.
Mr.. Cannon explained that the pas
sage of the bill was urgently recon-
mended by the chief of engineers. He
moved to passithe bill under suspen-
sion of the rules.
Mr.. Bailey, the Democratic leader.
took the floor. after Mr.. Cannon's eX-
PLANTATION. and made the speech which
aroused the galleries. He called at
tention to the fact that in several oc-
casions within the last so days the
house had been called upon to vote
upon several propositions which indi-
Gated that war was directly ahead of
us. Yet, he said, congress was not in
possession of anyrfact which warranted
this belief He had voted. he said. for
the extraordinary S50.000.000 appropria-
ton, but he had voted for it under the
impression that we were perilously
near war. If a Democratic president
had asked a Democratic house TO
authorize such an expenditure without
control or limitation, he should have
denied it.
He should have demanded the esti-
mates. But in this case, believing that
danger was near at hand, ne had
voted for it. Much of the vast appro-
priation had already been expended,
yet information such as came through
the newspapers was still withheld. To-
day the house was asked to meet an
other emergency. Last Wednesday.
when the house was asked to meet
the vital question, the majority had
refused to meet ii. 1t was then every
where announced that the president
would be prepared to send a message
to congress today.
The house adjourned Friday until to-
day with that impression. Yet, now
every well-informed man knew that
there was none today. When was the
message to come in, he asked. 1T
seems to me important" said he.
that the house and the country should
know what the government was doing
and intended to do. We ought not to
be asked to vote blindly. 1t the oc-
casion warrants il, we are ready to
vote for every proper measure to pre-
pare for war, and if war comes, we
are ready to vote for every measure
designed to prosecute it to a successful
conclusion"
STORMS OF APPLAUSE.
A perfect storm of applause swept
the galleries, which the speaker had
considerable difficulty in subduing. The
speaker warned the galleries that no
demonstration of approval or dis
approval would be permitted. But the
next utterance OF Mr.. Bailey redoubled
the applause.
Those galleries" said Mr.. Bailey.
waving his hands above the thronged
galleries, ARE but a miniature of the
American people. If congress could
lace the galleries VI DeOpiS, luGy
would force this house to action"
This time the speaker warned the
galleries that if the demonstration was
again repeated he would order them
cleared.
"Oh, 1 think that would hardly be
fair" interposed Mr.. Steele (Rep., Ind)
THE gentleman is only talking to the
galleries." Gaughter.)
1T is better" retorted Mr.. Bailey,
l. let
the deaf ear of the majority. l say
now that if the president wants one,
two or even three days to prepare
message which viii meet the approval
of the American people, we on this side
are willing that he should have time,
but If ne wants one day or one hour
to continue negotiations with the
butchers of Spain, not one minute will
we give him" (Great applause on the
Democratic side, and scattering ap-
plause on the Republican side)
Mr.. Hopkins CRep., Ills.) suggested