Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-14
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Washington. Feb. is.--The blizzard
caused practically a suspension Of bus
lncss at the House today. The great
marble capitol looked like a snow pal
ace. Lodges. facades, parapets. wcrc
banked with snow. on the drives ana
on the plaza In front Of the building
the snow had driftcd into great bill
lows. In some places 10 feet deep. Not
car line approached the building. but
few members Of the House managed
to reach the capitol In sleighs and car
riages. and the employees trudgcd ana
/ iaborcd through the deep SNOW ana
| binding storm to reach their posts OF
| duty.
The hall OF the House was M dark
| nH a cellar. The snow banked M on
the ground-glass ceilings shut out the
light and half an hour before noon. the
hour OF the House TO convene. the
lights were turned on to relieve the
| gloom.
The committee. meetings with but
one or two exceptions. were not held.
The few members ~ the House who
arrived had no thought for anything
save the Weather. They stood about
the weather map In the lobby IN the
rear Of tho hall discussing temper
Ing In all parts OF the country. and IL
was the unanimous verdict 81 the old
est mcmbefs 81 the group that moth
INK approaching the present cold spell
and snowfall had bcon known In
Washington In their experience. The
nearest approach to u wa. the Die
zard of 1855. which cut Washington on
for week from communication by
railroad and telegraph.
Speaker Reed did not appear nt the
capitol, hut sent word 10 his liouien-
ants that In his opinion II was mad.
vlsahle to hold session u the House
today, ana after consulting several
members 81 the majority. Don. ligndcr'
son u Iowa. who had bravud the
storm. decided II would be best 10
adjourn Immediately after assembling.
Some OF the members had iudlcrous
experiences In their efforts to got 10
the capitol Mr.. Cannon oil Illinois. the
veteran chairman % the arpfuprln-
dons committee. was tumblcd out of
sleigh into n Hnowbank m he was com
Ing M Capitol Hill. Some ~ the Re-
publican leaders were disposed TO 30
ahead with rcsrion today and an At.
tempt was made TO communicate with
the Speaker. but he could not be
reached at his hotel by telephone.
~ 1905 .. m. Clerk Mcdowell called
the House 10 order. There were about
moved that the House adjourn. but
there were cries of no" from the ~.
tie circle 81 members, most ~ whom
held In their hands bills which they
hoped a. pass by unanimous consent
The motion was voted down. 10 ~.
ON motion Of Mr. Grovcanur ltep..
ohio). Mr. Payne OF Now York was
elected speaker pro tenn. amid an out.
burst OF applause. District day was
postponed until Thursday end the
House. on Mr.. Cannon'n motion, then
went into committee 81 the whole. Mr..
Hopkins Of Illinois In the chair, and
resumed the consideration OF the sun
dry civil hiil.
Mr.. Cannon asked unanimous consent
that Mr. Hepburn BE- allowed 10 onct
the Nicaragua canal bill amendment AT
such point In the bill na he should see
NJ. all points of order 10 be reserved.
lie made the request. he said. In order
that there might be a full house when
the amendment was considered.
Mr.. corllEH made n similar request
regarding the Pacific cable bill. where.
upon SIR. Cannon Withdrew IL.
a resumption Of the discussion OF the
receipts and expenditures ~ the treas
ury. which attracted considerable at
tention last week. was again prccipi-
tatod by AIR. aulxer pcm, n. W, who
offered some figures nh 10 the cost OF
SIR. Cannon reiterated his statement
OF last week regarding the ship sub
fidy hill and the Nicaragua canal bill.
MIR. Payne, chairman OF the commit
tee which reported the subsidy bill.
said he welcomed any information that
would throw light upon the hill. but
he protested against alarming state
ments as 10 the deficiencies IN advance.
Estimates did not always coincide with
appropriations. Az an Illustration, he
cited the fact that the estimates for
the army bill hnd ranged IN high M
$4,000 600. Whereas the military CONS
mittcc had prepared n bill carrying less
than $4,000 600. lie asked why Mr..
Cannon had not thrown his influence
against the public building bills a few
days ago, Those bills, he said. would
take moro money from the treasury
next year than both the subsidy ana
canal bills together.
Mr.. Cannon declared that II the army
hill carried but 10000 900. there would
be a dcilcit ON that account OF HS,ooo'-
900.
Mr. Berry Dem,, Ky), made u splr-
Tied speech scoring some OF the econ
omlstn % the House, who were shout
ms for economy and reaching their
hands into the treasury nt every ops
portunity. lie attacked the steamship
subsidy bill. charging that the decay
bic 10 the ruinoua protective policy of
the Republican party.
Mr. William ODcm,. MiHs). declared
that the dream ~ Eastern empire was
already failure. with the rRtinca'
tion Of the peace treaty, peace and
commercial expansion were TO come.
Instead there was war, the prospect ~
long. bloody and expensive war ana
now. owing 10 the great expenditures
involved In the East. the construction
of the Nicaragua canal, which would
furnish II real bnaiH for commercial
expansion. was to be- postponed.
After having completed fifty-nlne
paragraphs of the hill the committee
rose. and at i;i5 y. M. the House adj
Iourncd.
Big steamer In Distress.
Swamp Scott. Mass, Feb, IA blg
steamer, apparently an ocean liner, was