The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-03
Frantic Efforts of Members to Save
Pet Measures.
SOUTHERN MEN PROTEST
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE
SOUTHERN STATES.
Northern Expositions Get Money and
Southern Projects Receive Moth
ing-Army Officers Permitted to
Retain Their Seats-Government
Armor Plant Discussed.

Washington, March Am attempt
was made in the house today to consid-
er the resolutions reported by the ju-
dietary committee, declaring that Cen
eral Wheeler and the three other mem
bers VINO accepted commissions in the
army had thereby vacated their seats,
but the house, by an overwhelming 8
vote, refused to consider them. The
political division upon this vote was
significant The vote stood II ayes,
cast by twenty-one Republicans, for
ty-three Democrats and thirteen Popu-
lists, and lac nays, cast by 1O1 Repub-
Icans. forty-four Democrats and one
PopuliSt.
There was a great scramble for unan-
imous consent when the house met at
II o'clock. With the end of congress
only forty-eight hours off, almost
every member had some local scheme
he was trying TO save from death on
the calendar, and they stood in the
area in front of the speakers rostrum,
ten deep, clamoring Tor recognition.
Bills were passed as follows:
To authorize the secretary of the
treasury TO donate life-saving appara-
tus TO the Imperial Japanese society
for saving life from shipwreck; for the
relief of T. r. Mason of Adairvtlle. KY,
and a series of bills authorizing va
rious officers of the government to ac-
: cept decorations from foreign govern
ments.
! Mr.. Payne (Rep., n. V, the floor
/ leader of the majority, moved the pas
sage, under suspension of the rules, of
! the bill appropriating $5O0,0O0 for the
| Pan-American exposition to be held at
! Buffalo in 1901. The bill was then
| passed-141 to IS.
Mr. Southard followed this motion
with a motion to suspend the rules and
pass a bill to appropriate 100000 for
the Ohio Centennial exposition, to be
/ held at Toledo.
When is this show business to stop?'
asked Mr.. Cox (Dem., TENN
| Mr.. Southard explained that the To-
| leGo exposition was to commemorate
| the one hundredth anniversary of
| Ohio's admission into the Union. 1t
was also to be northwest territory
| exposition. Toledo had already raised
| $150000 and would raise as much more.
| Mr.. Simms opposed the bill. He said
| the south would pay dearly the inter-
est on the appropriations for Nash
vile and Atlanta. Together they re-
ceived $S5O,OO0 Here, within eighty
minutes, the house would vote ST.
! 900, 900.
Mr.. Burke (Dem., Tex.) called atten-
/ IiOIl 10 lIle ldCl LIictL Tie HOuStJ CdlliS1
| in the session, had refused to grant to
the Dallas exposition, for which the
! people of his state had raised 81, 200, 900,
the poor privilege of importing exhibits
from Mexico.
The bill was passed-120 to 19.
SEATS OF ARMY OFFICERS.
Mr.. Henderson (Rep., Ia), chairman
of the judiciary committee, then called
up the resolution reported from his
committee declaring that General
Wheeler of Alabama, Colonel Colson of
Kentucky, Colonel Campbell of Illinois
and Major Robbins Of Pennsylvania, in
accepting commissions in the army,
had vacated their seats in the house.
Mr.. Lacey (Rep., Ia.) raised the
question of consideration against the
resolutions. On a rising vote the di-
vision stood 43 to 81 against considera-
ton.
Mr.. Bailey demanded the ayes and
nays. The demand was seconded by
fifty-one members, more than suffi-
cient number, and the roll was called.
The house refused-77 to 146-to consid-
er the resolutions. The announcement
was greeted with applause.
Mr.. Hilborn (Rep., Cal.) then moved
to suspend the rules and non-concur in
the senate amendments to the naval
appropriation bill.
Mr. Dayton (Rep. w. Va-). explained
briefly the nature of the senate amend
ments and the necessity OF getting the
bill into conference at the earliest pos
sible moment. The action of the SEN
ate in reducing the price of armor
plate to $500 per ton, with the alterna-
tive proposition of building a great
plant for the manufacture Of armor, he
said, practically meant, if adopted, the
embarkation of the government upon
the project Of manufacturing arnor. If
this were to be done, he said, the gov
ernment should also mine the coal for
our ships and raise hogs and corn to
feed our sailors.
He read the report of experts in op-
position to a government armor plant.
Mr. Cummings (Derl. N. V, also op-
posed the senate armor plate amend
ment.
Mr.. Underwood (Dem), defended the
proposition for a government armor
factory Armor was made only for the
government 1t would not come into
competition with private firms. The
government should, he argued, manu-
facture it's own guns and armor.
An agreement was reached by which
the house should have an opportunity
to pass upon the senate armor plate
and Gathmann dynamite gun amend
ments before the confereeS rejected
these propositions and with this un-
derstanding the senate amendments
were disagreed to and the bill sent to
conference.
NEW TEMPLE OF JUSTICE.
Mr.. Mercer (Rep Neb), moved to
suspend the rules and pass the senate
bill appropriating S1,O00,000 for new
building for the department of justice
in this city. He spoke of the danger of
repetition of the Fords theatre dis
aster to the present building. If he
had his way there would be erected here
grand temple Of justice, capable OF
accommodating the department of JUS
tice, court of claims, appellate court,
with halls where the international pos
tai commission and such commissions
as the Canadian commission might
| meet But there was not time. The
. necessity for a new building was i'm
perative.
AT Mr.. Cannon's request an amend
ment was adopted, limiting the cost OF
; the building to 100000, and as amend
ed the bill was passed.
The senate amendment to the Stock
ton (Cal.) public building bill, appro-
priating $250000 for a public building
at Los Angeles, was adopted, 12S to So
Owing to the lateness Of the session
Mr.. Fisher (Rep. N. ", said he would
not ask the house to set aside time fol
! paying tribute to the memory of his
: colleague, Mr.. Hurley of New York, bu
leave was allowed members to print
remarks, and at 5:55 D. m. as a fur
ther mark Of respect, the house ad.
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