The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-08
House YIELDS TO SENATE
How the Deadlock in Congress Was
Finally Broken.
Mr.. Dayton of the Committee on
Naval Affairs Moves to Recedc md
Concur i'm the Contested Amend
ment TO the Navy BiiI-Thc Motion
Prevails by Vote of us TO 96.

When the House reconvened at 10 o'cloci
yesterday morning few members were
| present. Everyone expected @ wrangle be.
| tween the conferees on the Naval bill, ant
that it would be some time in the after
noon before the conferees would report, 81
| only handful of members appeared. Or
motion of Mr.. Payne the House adjourned
until noon, thus putting an end to tn,
legislative day Of Tuesday, which lastet
| from Tuesday noon until Thursday at 1870.
@. m, total of forty-six hours. By thi!
action the House lost the legislative da,
Of June 6, which dropped entirely out Of
the Journal.
When the House met at noon the at
| tendance was unusually large. many mem
| bers anticipating a continuance OF the in
| teresting contest of Wednesday night and
others cherBhing fond hopes OF securing
the passage OF pet private bills under
unanimous consent.
After the reading of the Journal. which
occupied twenty five minutes. Mr.. Grosve-
nor of Ohio rose to a question of personal
privilege II send to the clerks desk" he
said "a copy of the New York Sun Of to-
day. and want the clerk to read from tns
place marked the headline referring to
me-"
At this the members gathered about him
in pleasant anticipation of a heated deniai
Of something in the paper. The clerk then
read the headline alluded to. which waa.
"Grosvenor and Sulzer in close embrace" "
Loud shouts Of laughter followed the an
nouncement, as the verbal combats during
this session between Mr.. Grosyenor and
Mr. Sulzer have been many and interest
ing. Several of the members made sug-
gestions OF one kind or another. Mr.. Will
liaEs Of Mississippi assured the House
that Mr.. SuiZer was as anxious to deny the
headline as Mr.. Grosvenor.
Mr.. GrOsvcnor Heard.
There are some crosses continued
Mr.. Grosyenor, in a serious manner.
which men in public life must bear. But
there are others against which they have
a right TO protest and which they should
be permitted to place on the shoulders of
the persons TO whom they belong. This
is one of them" Laughter and applause.1
Mr.. Gresrenor then asked TO have read
the extracts from the report of the House
proceedings In the paper sent to the desk,
saying that this would be his vindication.
The Speaker interrupted moment to call
attention to the fact that this mus. be
done under unanimous consent. Mr.. LeLZ
rose and suggested: 'Mr. Speaker. until
We can have the consent Of the House 20
print 10000 copies of the testimony rrsdst
refuse my consent"
begged that Mr.. Lentz withdraw his OBJ
jectiors, as they knew Mr.. Sulzer wanted
to explain also.
Mr.. Grosvenor then Claimed the floor
under the question of personal privilege
and insisted that when the paragraph was
read they would see what his question of
privilege was.
Mr.. Lentz attempted to object again.
but the Speaker told him he was out of
order. and the paragraph was read, show
ing that it was Mr.. Cannon and not Mr.
Grosvenor who had SO fondly embraced
Mr.. Sulzer. At first there was more
laughter. in the midst of which Mr. Sui
zer rose and said:
Il know the country will accept he ex-
PLANTATION Of the gentleman from Ohio For
myself. l am glad 1t was the distinguished
gentleman from Illinois and not the gen.
ueman from Ohio who embraced me-"
'Uproarious laughter and applause followed
this sally. which was only subdued by
Speaker Henderson dryly remarking:
The House must come to order, as
equally important business as this is liza
bic to come before the House"
journal. two Of the conferees, Messrs.
Cannon and Shafrcth. entered
Mr.. Cannon went Immediately to the
Speakers desk and held close CONVERSE
tfon with Mr.. Henderson. Mr. Shafroth,
in reply to questions from members, re-
peatedly shook his head negatively. Mr..
Moody. the third conferee, entered a few
moments later. went to his seat and held
a consultation with Mr.. Hemenway. Then
Mr.. Shafroth and Mr.. Moody came to-
eether for brief consultation. Mr.. Can
non. after leaving the Speaker. had a lit
tie talk with Mr.. Hopkins. who opposed
the motion to non-concur in the Senate
to the Naval bill.
Message From the Senate.
When the journal had been approved
a message was received from the Senate
agreeing TO a conference.
Mr.. Richardson asked unanimous con-
sent for the immediate consideration of
the Senate Joint resolution appropriating
1000 for the repair OF roads and bridges
Ia the District OF Columbia damaged by
the storm OF June 2. Mr.. Lentz said that
he would object unless he could have the
Coeur d'Alene testimony printed. Mr.
pleaded with the member from
Ohio. in the name of good government, to
his objection. but he refused to
do this, amid the jeers and groans of the
House.
Mr.. Coriiss called up bill requiring
steam railroad companies engaged in in
terstate commerce to make detailed re-
ports OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission on all accidents occurring on their |
lines. The bill was passed. number of
small bills were disposed Of During the
time consumed in this way the conferees |
on the Naval bill disappeared and were un- |
derstood to be again in conference with |
its managers en- the part Of the Senate |
Mr.. LentZ continued his objection to the |
of tiils under unanimous |
consent.
Messrs. Cannon, Moody, and Shafroth !
re-entered the House at 1855.
At LOS Mr.. Cannon called up the con-
ference report on the Naval Appropriation
bill and disagreement was announced.
Mfr. Cannon moved that the House nom
concur and still further insist on It's dis
agreement to the Senate amendments On
he cadet course. This was ordered
Mr.. Cannon moved to amend the Senate
amendment concerning photographic sur
yeys, so as to appropriate $4,000 for
ocean surveys, which shall include the
waters OF Cuba and the Philippine archi- |
peiaSo, but not the coasts thereof"
The main contention against the Senate |
amendment as previously agreed to by the
House corferees used the words hydro
graphic surveys" without limitation or
qualification. Under the Cannon amend
ment the Hydrographic Office would not
have the authority to survey the Great
Lakes and the coasts Of the United States.
A number Of Senators appeared on the
ioor, among them Senators Quarles,
ipooner. Simon, Heitfeld, Deboe, Chand-
er, and Lodge The latter was ,articu-
arly active, urging different members Of
The House to recede and concur in the
Senate proposition.
Mr. Moody Of Massachusetts, o.. .I... |