The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-08
WRANGLEOVERSUBSIDY
Senators Accomplish Little
Despite Night Session.
MORGAN OPPOSES GRAB
LACK OF QUORUM FINALLY
FORCES ADJOURNMENT.


night session. which was spent in
vrsngiing over the subsidy bill.
The senate began the day by passing
the bin for the payment of travel al
loWanCes On discharge from the Vol
unteer army to officers ard enlisted
men OF the Eleventh cavalry and 'Chlr-
ty-SiNth and Thirty-seventh regiments
of infantry who entered the service OF
the United States in the Philippines,
and also bill putting in force IN IN
dian territory the laws of Arkansas re-
iating TO corporations.
The pension appropriation bill was
then passed after Mr.. Gallinger nal
stated that 800 names had been placed
on the pension rolls thus Tar on ac-
count OF the Spanish war, at an annual
cost OF about 100000.
McLaurin for Subsidy Grant.
Mr. McLaurin o.. % then opened the 4
debate on the subsidy bill advocating /
its passage upon the theory tnat IL
would benefit the cotton growing inter I
est OF the southern states. He cited the
action of the southern cotton spinner5
association al Charlotte, y. g.. IN urg-
ing legislation Of the character pro
posed in the pending bill He contend
Ell elso that anything that would ctlnl-
Iulate American shipping would benefit
not only the cotton interest but all Q
other agricultural interests he salu
the time had come TO put aside the ami
musities aroused by the civil war ana
Ia take up the interests that were cnat-
acteristic of the Ola south
Mr. Mallory said in reply TO Nj Nc
Lauriu that his opposition To the bill
" as based upon the opinion tnat IL
would not do what it prOfessed to do in
aiding American shipping.
Morgan Opposes Grab.
Mr. Morgan (AIaJ took the floor to
/ oppose the pending oil, but first asked
Alr Allison Tor an estimate OF the totdl
appropriations for the next nscal year.
Mr. Allison said he did not have exact
/ figures. but thought fair estimate
/ would be $3.50, 100000.
/ Mr.. Hale thought the total would be
J greater
The tide is rising all the time, said
I he ESQ far we have not been able 10
make any reductions, but have found
} il necessary to make constant addl-
tons increasing the aggregate OF last
/ years appropriations by many mil
l lions"
Mr.. Cockreu MOI thought the TIDE
Z was rising rapidly
we are getting INTO d very current
! of expenditures. ne said
Yes" said Mt. Hale, the tide IS
gaining rapidly and before we know II
/ we viii have billion dollar sessions in
stead of billion dollar congresses, con
! corning which we heard so much talk
/ q few years ago
Mr. Hale went on TO say that the
military budget of the United states
! including the expenses OF the army and
/ the navy and the payment on account
of pensions would amount TO S100, 100000
! NEARLY twice as much" he said, AS is
/ paid by any European country
/ Mr. Morgan referred more than once
I during his speech to the absence from
/ the chamber Of Republican speakers,
and when admonlshed from the chair
/ that the official reporters could not near
/ him. he said: Il don't know why. This
/ chamber should be as quiet as the tomb
and it is almost as empty.
/ M Morgan criticized the measure as
unconstitutional and predicted that
/ both the party and the men who should
J sustain such a measure would be con-
/ demned by the judgment of pOSterlty-
/ He urged that the measure be recon-
mitted to the committee TO be recaSL IN
I order that its constitutional and other
( imperfectiOns might DE corrected. He
/ said il was now being considered not on
! its merits, but as a party measure
/ Declared Not a Party Measure.
/ Not all the senator's on this side Of
/ the chamber interp0Sed MT. Spooner
| tRsp- WIS.,, regard it as party meas
ure.'
Il am glad to hear it," responded
! Alr. Morgan
This is a measure brought to the at
| IenIion Of the senate by "A committee
! of the body. suggested Mr.. Allison or
! Iowa. 1t is subject to change ana
/ amendment ] quite agree Win the
senator from Wisconsin. Mr. SpOOner.
/ A measure cannot become a party
( measure until we know what II is As
! 1T stands before us now II IS merely
/ the measure OF the committee and IS
/ subject to such amendment and such
! change as the senate " determine
/ Discussing the abiit, Of American
shin builders to construct excellent
ships Mr. Morgan expressed the opln-
/ ion that American yards, now. WITH
out any assistance, were the best IN
! mas the senator any doubt in
/ Quired NIr Hale, that the naval yes
sells constructed during the past ten
| years FOR the United states are the
/ best I'm the world
Not the slightest" responded Mr..
| Morgan
DO YOU not think" continued Mr..
Hale. chat if the naval shlps ouIl lt,- IN
our yards were put Go the test OF actual
/ conflict they would prove TO be the
/ best ever constructed
They have proved that" replied Mr..
AIorEan- 1900,
i'm conflict" said Mr. Hale. they have
Nr. Morgan declared ;he bill would
result i'm a commercial conflict between
I the United States and Great Britain in
which the financial batteries of the
two countries would be aTrayed against
each other He was inclined TO think
that the United states would be worst
ed in such a conflict, because Of the
immensely superior sea power of
Great Britain.
{ Mr.. Morgan then made an earnest
plea for the adoption OF the Clay Me
aragua canal amendment to the sub
sidv bill Mr.. Morgan spoke until
o'clock his speech having lasted five
hours
AT $50 %. M. "a recess was taken I'M
Tia o'clock
Quorum Absent at First.
| When the senate was called to order
at O'Clock the galleries were filled to
overlooking by the hundreds who had
( been attracted by the reported pyro-
teHuic display al last nights session.
Scarcely had the presidents gaVSl
fallen when Mr.. Jones of Arkansas,
suggested the absence Of a quorum.
Thirty-six senators responded 10 their
uames-nOt "a quorum.
/ Mr.. Jones instantly moved that the
senate adjourn, but withdrew the mo-
! ton when Mr.. SeweI New Jersey
demanded that the abscnteeS be called.
The presence of only fOrty-Onc sem
IatOrs-fOuf less than quorum-vNas
developed by the call.
/ addressing the senate with some de-
liberation. Mr. Hale CMaine) said:
If there is not interest enough in