The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-08

ure He had never known any measure
to be advanced by the exercise OF pure
physical force
The senate would not determine any
great question, ne said, by the exercise
Of such force.
SO far as I am concerned" he SAID
Il viii not from principle debale n the
nighttime any measure involving con
troverted questions. Il has ever Deeu
a tradition of the senate that great
public questions should be considered
deliberately This measure cannon y
so considered by the senate al hishl
sessions.
Mr.. 5ones (Ark.) declared that no
fair minded man on either side OF tns
senate believed in the proprlSJy o.
night sessions. They were not in the
interest of public business. In cohSlu
sion Mr.. Jones said:
7 don't propose TO submit to TINS
sort of exaction tamely and quietly
So far as 7 am concerned do not pro-
pose 10 come here at night 70 depale
this bill if I can help it, and I think
4 can
The pending amendment to the bill
was then read.
Mr.. Pettigrew expressed a desire 20
have such amendments as were 10 De
offered By the committee acted upon,
I'm order thar the senate might know
what sort of measure was to De pre-
scented finally.
I am willing" said he, that the
bill should come to a vote. / tnlnk II
would have come to vote beE'te TINS
if different methods had been pursued
by the advocates of it. In my opinion
one-third of the senators Of the ma
jcrity are quietly opposed 10 the meas
ure as it now stands. but, of course al
of them viii vote for IL il DC should
cCme to a vote.
Aldrich Explains Amendment
( Mr.. Butler called upon Mr.. Aldrich to
explain his amendment. Mr. AIdrlcn
said the amendment had the effect OF
reducing the speed of vessels on which
subsidy was to he awarded from TWEEN
F ty-One knots to eighteen and the pay
ment Of from $40 cents per gross ton
to 1 $40 cents. He also said that the
4 reduction upon the American line
ships would be about $4,000 per an
mum each.
3 Nh Allen argued that the agricul-
turaI interests would derive no benefit
from the enactment of the bill he
B cCntended that if the effect Of the SUD
Sidy was to decrease the price or
freight, the result must be to destroy.
at least to some extent. the erect OF
the tariff He asked Mr.. Aldrich II
this was true. and Mr. Aldrich re
{ spOnded. -UnQueStiOnably.'
] Mr.. Depew thought Mr. Aliens Tea-
soning was fallaciOus.
. t.
Mr.. Jones suggested the absence OF a
quorum. F'ifty-three senators re
sponded-
! Mr.. Turley spoke against the bill
Mr.. TiIlman denounced the bill as a
steal
/ Considerable comedy and badinage
marked the session as il progressed,
started by vain efforts of Mr.. Bever-
idge to induce senators to gain his rec
ognition by the chair. Mr.. Teller
3 closed the evenings speechmaking and
soon had hot war of words with MI
/ Frye. An amendment by Nj. Aldrich
was adopted providing that vessels OF
/ eighteen knots and over shall receive
/ a subsidy of 1 6-1O cents per gross ton
An attempt to act on another
amendment failed for want of quo
rum. so the senate at 11:10 o'clock ad-
/ iourned-
/ Senator Hale today reported the ma
val appropriation bill with net in
J crease over the house bill of S9,6lO,0OO,
making a total of SIS.696, 1913.