The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-16

that the president of the Maritime Ca
nal company had told him that he had
rather lose every dollar he had put into
that enterprise than that legislation 10:
the construction of the canal should TAI
at this session
DEFENDED BY GROSVENOR-
Mr.. 6rosvenor (Rep., o. vigorously
contended that the point of order was
not well taken He could not under
stand why members should get excited
because the representatives of the peo-
pie were making an honest effort &c
do that which all political parties had
sworn they would do for the past hVe
years.
Continuing, Mr.. Grosvenor said that
this bill would not have been offered
as an amendment to this bill had moi
the chairman of the appropriation COM
mittee announced that neither the ca
nal bill nor the ship subsidy bill should
receive consideration at this session.
He referred to the refusal of that gen
tleman today to allow a special order
to consider the bill to be made. That,
he said, was war to the knife. This
was, therefore. the only remedy which
could reach the deadlock. He would Go
his duty and take the wrath of the
powers that be. He contended that the
work of constructing the canal was now
in progress within the meaning of the
rule If this amendment was not placed
upon the pending bill, he declared that
the grandchild of no member present
would live long enough to see the canal
built.
Mr.. Cannon denied emphatically that
the failure to break down this rule
meant the abandonment OF the con-
struction of the canal by the United
States.
MIR. Grosvenor reiterated it, and said
if this effort failed, he favored the pas-
sage Of a joint resolution to inform the
nations of the earth that we had given
up the project, and would welcome the
building of the canal upon the terms
upon which the Suez canal was built.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Grosyenor's
speech. the chairman of the committee
of the whole (AGr. HoDkins) announced
that he was ready to rule.
AMENDMENT RULED OUT.
When order had been procured he
made a careful and elaborate ruling, in
which he pointed out that the resolu-
ton presented was purely a parliament
airy one. He reviewed the arguments
adduced on both sides, cited presidents
and concluded by sustaining the point
of order against the amendment.
After rendering his decision, the
chairman went further, by taking up
the question raised by Mr.. Smith CT
Michigan, as to whether the treaty of
1867 did not warrant the amendment.
He held that it did not
Mr.. Hepburn Immediately arose and
entered an appeal from the decision of
the chair. Mr.. Dalzen (Rep., Pa NOV
ed to lay the appeal on the table, but
this motion was declared out OF order
in committee of the whole. Mr.. Hep
burn said he was willing TO allow the
appeal to be decided without further
debate, but Mr.. Fleming CDem., CAD
insisted upon being heard in favor of
sustaining the decision of the chair.
The rule in question. he argued, was to
shield and protect the minority.
On = rising vote the chair VS. sus-
to us.
Mr.. Hepburn loudly demanded telIers.
The vote by telIers confirmed the rising
vote. The chair was sustained, 127 tO
100, and the amendment was ruled out
The reading OF the sundry civil bill
was then continued. The appropriation
for the deep waterways commission
was increased from $50. coo to 10000, on
motion of the appropriations commit
tee. After completing ten additional
pages of the bill, the committee rose.
The senate bill to correct the relative
rank of Captain r. r. Stedman Of the
infantry was passed.
At $40 p. m. the house adjourned.
After the defeat of the amendment
adding the Hepburn Nicaraguan canal
bin to the sundry civil bill, Mr.. Gros-
venor of Ohio presented a resolution
fixing Feb. 20 and u for the considera-
ton of the Hepburn bill, with vote
Feb. p at I p. m.