The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-07

thereby preventing the footing Of the
/ emitted States treasury Of $4,000. COO.
Mr. .Aldrich said Mr.. Jones remarks
were 50 extraordinary as to require at
tenIl9n- de said no public business
now was demanding the attention of
the senate No appropriation bills were
I lending. All that senators on his side
. Of the chamber asked was that the sen
ate should proceed in an orderly man
ner
There is no disposition on this side
the chamber said ne: 'to stiae free
speech No such suggestion ever was
made ana the senator from Arkansas
understands 1T as well as ].
we are perfectly willing 70 have
every measure fully and freely debated
All We ask OF you is that under fun dis
cussion you shall permit vote to be
I taken. The threat OF the senator from
Arkansas Is that for the first time in
I our history the minority proposes 10
I Kill bill by flibus-ering. We ask you
/ that, according TO all traditions and
! presidents of the senate. you VIII al
bow a vote 10 be taken upOn.the med =
ure- There has been a measure viii h
met the approval of majority of the
senate which was killed as you propose
Z 10 Kiln this bill. You can hlibuster the
measure 20 death BE- YOU Will. but here
T.
spect on the part of the minority which
/ has prevented it from abusing the rules
of the senate to Kill lesislat ton by re-
( fusiHS TO consider il or by talking it to
death.'
Teller DenOunces Loot.
Mr.. Teller lColo) entered his protest
against holding the senate in session at
night FOR the purpose of considering
bill the purpose of which he said was
a few ship-owners- He would be will
ing, he said, C. attend night sessions or
long day sessions to consider legislation
for the Philippines. It might be neCes-
saTy- 100. to take some action with ref
erence to Cuba. and in that connection
he had heard, he said ''rumblings that
the plighted faith of this government as
90 Cuba was Co be abandoned
tie was not in favor of an extra SeS-
sion of congress, but i'm the interest of
good government he would be willing
tp remain here even in extraordinary
session.
Replying TO Mr.. AIdrich. Mr. Jones
said the pending bill might properly
be called a jimmy with which it was
proposed to break into the United
states treasury He declared his belief
that there was a deliberate effort on
the part of the Republican majority TO
cause the failure of the appropriation
bills.
Much as YOU want TO loot the treas
ury,' he asserted with Vehemence. 'you
do not dare To place the president in the
attitude of calling an extra session -
congress to pass the ship subsidy bill.
#. however, you can cause the apprC-
priatiCn bills to fail, the president viii
call congress into extraordinary ses-
sion. and then subsidy bill can be
passed"
In conclusion he referred to the
Sp00uer Philippine bill, the Nicaragua
canal bill and the antitrust bill as
important matters of legislation now
before the senate.
Nj Aldrich retorted that the SpOoner
Philippine bill was before the senate for
action last session for two weeks
w ny did YOU not pass il them" de-
manded Mr.. Jones You had a major
ity."
You would not let us" retorted AIr.
AldTich- You employed the same tao
tics then that you are employing now
Mr. Bacon O. Georgia resented the
statement that the opponents of the
shipping bill were hlibustering- He
suggested to- Mr.. SpOOneT that he call
up the SpOOner Philippine bill. The
Wisconsin senator replied that he
would be glad to obtain consideration
of the bill, but he was not in charge OF
Mr.. Teller said ,he president had no
power 20 establish civil government in
the Philippines. No ruler" he de-
Clared. has such unlimited power, un-
less il be the car of Russia, or per
haps, the sultan of Turkey
Mr.. Chandler referred sarcastically to
Mr.. TelleT's speech as a protest and
lucid argument against the shipping (
bill" and to the speech of Mr.. Jones. |
who could characterize the people who
We're advocating the passage Of the bin I
only as robbers who proposed To loot /
the treasury
Mr. Tillman said as ii was nearly 7
time for the ringmaster of the circus TO I
dismiss" cit was almost II o'clock he !
would not discuss the subsidy hill" He (
would offer, however, some remarks 4
upon the Philippine question He de /
Clared that he did not believe there 1
was an honest purpose to ensct Iegisla- 1
ton for the Philippines unless its en- I
actment should present opportunity for I
the securing of concessions and fran /
chises by capitalists thus afording
them chances to loot the islands. as il /
was proposed by the pending shipping :
bill Ia loot the United states treasury I
for the benefit of d few ship owners.
The senate then adjourned.