The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-27

adoption of the report would by the
elimination of the house bill and the
enactment into law of the senate bill.
I desire TO move the adoption of
the report" said Mr.. Hepburn. "In
doing so, desire to say that I have
not changed in the slightest degree any
belief in the wisdom OF the house Of
representatives on the 9Th of last jan
Uary."
At this point further proceedings
were blocked by the speakers an
nouncement that the original papers
were missing, and that no action could
be taken until they were before the
house.
The papers should be in the hands
Of the clerk" observed Mr.. Hepburn.
But they are not here announced
the speaker.
They must be in the senate. but
at any rate, il is well settled that a
conference report cannot be considered
without the original papers"
Can 7 ask unanimous consent for
the consideration OF the report?" asked
Mr.. Hepburn.
The chair thinks not" replied the
speaker. THE matter must go over
until the papers are found"
Philippine Bill Taken Up.
Accordingly, the report was with
drawn, and the house went into COM
mittee Of the whole and resumed the
consideration Of the Philippine civil
government bill.
Mr.. Jones of Virginia moved to re-
duce the interest rates of the bonds
to be issued for the purpose of the pur-
chase of the friar lands from 5 to 4
per cent. At this point the original
papers connected with the canal bill
having been found, Mr.. Hepburn moved
the adoption of the conference report.
Messrs. Underwood and Richardson Of
Alabama, Sulzer of New York, Adam
son Of Georgia, Mann of Illinois,
Fletcher Of Minnesota and Williams of
Mississippi favored concurrence, and
Mr., fMcRae of Arkansas said he con-
sidered the substitution Of Panama for
Nicaragua a great blunder.
The report was adopted 252 to s.
The following votes were cast in the
negative: Messrs. Ball Cfex.), Bell
CColo), Hay (Va.), Jones (Va.), Claude
Kltchin On. c., Loud (CaL), Neville
(Neb) and Woods (Cal)
The house then proceeded with the
Philippines civil government bin. Mr.
Jones Of Virginia amendment to reduce
the rate Of interest was defeated. Mr..
Cochran (Mo) unsuccessfully moved 20
limit the amount of land to be pur-
chased by single individual TO sixty
five rectares, about 100 acres, and the
same fate met an amendment by Mr.
Sulzer to hold in trust the land pur-
chased from the friars for homesteads
for the natives.
Clark Roasts Funston.
Mr.. Clark CMo.) precipitated a lively
debate at this point Replying to the
remarks made by Mr.. Lands Of Indi-
ana a few days ago, he ridiculed Mr.
Lands glowing eulogy of General
Funston. If Funston was the great
hero the gentleman from Indiana made
him out to be- said Mr.. Clark, the
ticket nominated by the next Republi-
can convention should be Freddy and
Teddy, not Teddy and Freddy"
Mr.. Landis' statement that the Dem
ocrats, after dragging the Republicans
into the Spanish war, had run away,
he denounced as a foul SANDER As
many Democrats, he said, had fought
in the Spanish war as Republicans.
Dewey, Schley, old Joe Wheeler and
Hobson," said he, ''all wrote their
names high, and there were other
Democratic heroes, more obscure, on
land and sea"
Mr.. Littlefeld of Maine insisted that
Mr.. Lands charge that the Democrats
had run away was true. He said it
was no answer to assert that some
Democrats had achieved glory in the
war It was Democratic statesmen he
was speaking Of. But, he said, he de-
sired 10 do Justice to the Democrats
They did not all start to run away.
When it came to the appropriation Of
$40 GOO, 000 to carry out the provisions
of the Paris treaty. which the Demo-
Gratis since had said was for the pur-
| chase of 100000 people at 81 a head,
sixty-fOur Democrats voted for the ap-
preparation.
WAS not Mr.. Reed of Maine the
author Of that statement about the pur-
chase OF people at 81 a head?" asked
! Mr.. Shackelford of Missouri.
1T does not make any difference who
started it" replied Mr.. Littleheld /;
the Democrats adopted it.
Did not the ratification Of the treaty
place the United States under obfiga-
! tions legally and morally to the extent
| Of S2O0O0,000 to Spain?" asked MI.
Cooper of Texas.
Just as it places on the United
States the obligation which you now
! seek to evade," responded Mr.. Little
/ field. 1T won't do to answer by eUlO-
! giving Winfield Scott Schley, who made
/ a loop and escaped danger.
! This statement was met with a storm
/ Of Kisses from the Democratic side.
/