The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-16

closing days of the session. to lend
themselves to such an enterprise.
Mr.. Moody, rep, Mass, made tech
| nical argument in support of the point
of order.
w. A. Smith, rep, Mich, said that
the president of the Maritime Canal
company had told him that he had
rather lose every dollar he had put into
that enterprise than that legislation for
the construction of the canal should fail
at this session.
Mr.. Grosvenor, rep. O.. vigorously
contended that the point of order was
not we'll undertaken. He could not un-
derstand why members should be ex-
cited because the representatives of the
people We're making an honest effort
to do that which all political parties
had sworn they would do for the past
five years. Continuing, Mr.. Grosvenor
said that this bill would not have been
offered as an amendment to this bill
had not the chairman of the appropri-
atiens committee announced that nei-
ther the canal bill nor the ship sub
sidy bill should receive consideration
at this session. He referred to the re-
fusal of that gentleman to-day 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 dead
lock. He would do his duty and take
the wrath of the powers that be. He
contended that the work of construct
ing 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.
Mr. Grosvenor reiterated it and said
that if this effort failed he favored the
passage of joint resolution to- inform
the nations of the earth that we had
given UP the project and would well
come the building of the canal upon the
terms upon which the Suez canal was
built
AT the conclusion of Grosvenor's
speech the chairman of the committee
of the whole (Mr. Hopkins) announced
that he was ready to rule.
When order had been procured he
made careful and elaborate ruling,
in which he pointed out that the reso
luton presented was purely a parlia-
mentary one He reviewed the argu-
ments adduced on both sides, cited
precedents and concluded by sustaining
the point of order against the amend
ment. After rendering his decision the
IS
question raised by Mr.. Smith of Mich
igan as to whether the treaty of 1867
did not warrant the amendment He
held that 1t did not.
Mr.. Hepburn Immediately arose and
entered an appeal from the decision of
the chair. Mr.sDalzell. rep, Pa, moved
to lay the appeal on the table, but this
motion Evas declared out of order in
committee of the whole.
Mr.. Hepburn said he was willing to
allow the appeal to be decided without
further debate, but Mr.. Fleming dem,
Ga, insisted upon being heard in ia
vor of sustaining the decision of the
chair. The rule in question, he ar
gued, was to shield and protect the
minority On a rising vote the chair
was sustained, 152 to 1fS
Mr.. Hepburn loudly demanded tel
lers. The vote by tellers confirmed the
rising vote. The chair was sustained,
127 to 109, 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, 900 to 500, 900 on
motion of the appropriations commit
tee. After completing 10 additional
pages of the bill. the committee rose.
The senate bill to correct the relative
rank of Capt. r. R. Stedman of the 11th
infantry was passed.
AT $40 p. m. the house adjourned.