The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-04

4 the appropriation for the memorial
!. bridge across the Potomac at Wash
| ingtOn, the payment to Mexico Of S4l2-
UOO, the appropriations for the Buffalo.
/ Charleston and St. Louis expositions
and the amendment touching the irri-
cation of arid lands. The report was
adopted.
( Separate votes were demanded upon
! various amendments The house re-
4 fused to concur in the irrigation
amendments. The amendment for So
100000 for memorial bridge was de
! feated, 60 to 116.
The cOnferees were instructed to in
slst upon their disagreement to the
amendment to increase the salaries Of
the appraisers at Boston and Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. Alexander of New York moved
! TO recede and corcur in the senate
! amendment carrying S5.0Oe,000 for the
ST Louis exposition. 5000. 900 for the
! Buffalo exposition and S25o,00O for the
/ Charleston exposition The motion
provoked a lively debate
Mr. Payne. the majority floor leader.
was particularly vigorous in oppose
! ton, declaring that he would rather
see this great appropriation bill fail
and an extra, session precipitated than
be held up by these three appropria-
tons He denounced the plea that
/ the charleston appropriation would Ce-
ment the good feeling between the
north and south, saying that if loyalty
had to be purchased with such price
! 1t was not worth having.
Mr.. Latimer of South Carolina made
vigorous response, contending that
/ Charleston made no pleas for special
favor but only for the same treat
ment that was accorded to St. Louis
and Buffalo.
Cannon Creates Sensation.
Mr.. Cannon closed the debate, crit
/ icising the senate exposition amend
ments until he was called to order by
/ one of the South Carolina. mem bers
/ and cautioned by the speaker against
commenting on the action of the other
/ branch of congress
AS Mr. Cannon proceeded. he dis
played intense earnestness- The time
/ had come, he asserted. to resist the
/ legislative invasions Of the other
I branch of congress. There were worse
things, he said, sUggestiYely. than ex-
/ tT-sL sessions of congress For himself,
I he declared he was ready To see this
great bill fail. for he would never pur-
i chase freedom from extra sessions BY
/ such an abuse of legislative rights.
Mr.. CannOn's speech created some
/ thing of a sensation and ne was EigOr-
ously applauded.
/ On a rising vote the motion to con-
cur was defea ted-I6 to 139.
/ The house was in an upr0ar on the
announcement of this result and many
members sought to gain recognition.
Mr.. Sherman of New York moved 10
concur with the St. Louis and Buffalo
| items, emitting the Charleston item.
Br. Bailey of Texas sought TO amend
! by excluding Buffalo and Charleston
/ but the speaker would not entertain
/ the amendment. The Sherman amend
ment was defeated without division
and the sundry civil bill was thereupon
! sent back to conference.
! The conference report on the def
/ cheney bill was cOncurred in, thus dis
posing of that measure. At $50 a re-
cess was taken until s p. m.
At the Night Session.
When the house reconvened at
! o'clock. the discussion OF the resolution
/ presented by Mr.. Daizell in the after
non for the appointment. of special
/ commission to visit Porto Rico, Cuba
and the Philippines, was resumed. Mr..
Bailey CTeX) made an earnest speech
! on the subject of the situation in the
/ Philippines. He urged the adoption OF
I the resolution as the best means OF
! securing information concerning the
situation there.
Mr. Williams of Mississippi, vigorous
I ~ antagOnized the resolution. arguing
/ that it was certain in advance that
! whatever report the committee made
! would be a political one, OF no value
in framing legislation.
The debate was interrupted by Mr..
Burton, chairman of the river and har-
! Dor committee, who presented a, con-
ference report on the river and harbOr
bill agreeing to all items except four.
The report was adopted, 1874 TO %.
] "A IQOTlOn TO concur IN the BraZOS
river amendment was defeated by an
overwhelming majority. The repre-
sentatives from the arid land states
| made an effort to induce the house to
accept the Sioux river and Wyoming
irrigation amendments, but the mem
berS refused to listen to them. cry
ing vote, vote" The motion to con-
cur was voted down and the bill sent
! back to conference.
Mr. Loud, chairman OF the pOstOf-
{
/ agreement on the pOstOffice appropria-
| ton bill, and that bill, too, was sent
back to conference.
! The senate amendments to the Dis
trict Of Columbia code bill We're con
! CURED in. The bill now goes 70 the
president for his approval
The conference report on the naval
bill was adopted and the bill now goes
to the president for his approval.
At 1885 the house took a recess IN.
til midnight
Members Sing Songs.
At 1880 Q. m the house took a re-
cess until midnight During the recess
members gathered in groups and sang
hymns patriotic airs and rag-tjme
! melodies. Their efforts were heartily
applauded by the occupants Of the gal
! leries-
When the recess was over. Mr.. Loud
presented the final conference on the
postoff1ce bill and it WAS agreed TO-
] 'Ine conference LtHOl L t1l LAAt H-AA 10
restore certain items to the pension
| roll was agreed to-
The house then took up the DaizelI
resolution. providing for the appoint
ment of a committee to visit Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines
There was a slightly sensational ex-
I change between Mr.. Maddox (Ga-), and
Mr.. Williams (Miss.), growing out Of
the formers denOuncing some remarks
| of Mr. Williams. as q reflection upon
Mr. MaddOx's colleagues of the com
, mittee on insular affairs Mr. Williams
disclaimed any intention of rejecting
on Mr. Maddox and the only inference
of that kind must have arises, he de-
clared. from the Iatter's inner con-
scfousness of his inability to cope With
, the Republican members of the COM
mittee-
Later Mr.. Maddox said he had as
= certained that Mr.. Williams had not
: reflected on the insular affairs commit