The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-04

lower house in this congress. The Off
GERS of the government, he said, had as
certained that the claim amounted to
only "a cents, yet upon the alternative /,
of this gift from the treasury or the fail
ure of this great appropriation the house
had submitted to this "blackmail." IN
impassioned tones he prayed his life
would be spared until a righteous public
sentiment should lash the senate into
majority rule and declared that the house
representatives must force this issue or |
become the recorder of the will of one
man in the upper: house. H. A.,s al
The speech. was regarded as showing al
great coming contest and the members:
cheered it to the echo. *a.%s i. "%3s"!
.z House Recesses at e4:o5 a. m. -.
The report was adopted 181 to 81. At
$3.50 a. M, Mr.. Payne moved a. recess un-
til 10 a. m. 1.
The motion was carried lat to and at
4:O5 a. m. the house stood in recess un-
til 10 o'clock. y,
The TlIlman Case Is Reviewed.
MI Cannon said:
"Gentlemen know that under the prac-
tice of the house and under the rules
of the senate the great money b1lis can
contain nothing but appropriations IN
pursuance of existing laws unless by
unanimous consent of both bodies. If any
| of these bills contain legislation IL must
| be by unanimous consent OF the TWO
| bodies and the uniform practice has been,
so far as know, with the exception Of one
amendment upon this bin, that when one
body objected to legislation proposed by
the other upon an appropriation Dill, the
body proposing the legislation recedes.
In this case the trouble in arriving
at an agreement all clustered about the
| amendment There were many amend
ments Of a legislative character pro-
| posed by the senate; there were many
amendments covering hundreds of thou
sands of dollars of claims pure and simple,
proposed by the senate. One by one the
| legislative propositions and claims dis
appeared as the senate receded, until we
came to an amendment to pay the state
of South Carolina $4,000.
"A word as to that. In May last, on the
omnibus claim bill, a basis was fixed for
the adjustment Of the accounts of Virginia
and Baltimore and South Carolina with
the United States, growing out Of the war
of 1925. The auditing officers of the
treasury, in pursuance of that law, adj
justed the account Of Virginia. An indef-
mite appropriation was made to pay the
respective states whatever should be
found due by the auditing officers. Upon
that basis and under that legislation the
sum Of 100000 in round numbers, has
been paid to the state Of Virginia.
"Under the same law. which is the law
day, the auditing officers, in the ad-
justment of accounts of the war of 1872
found due to the state Of South Carolina
the sum of "a cents. Now the senate OF
the United States, Notwithstanding the
law, proposed legislation on an appropria.
:, ton bill to the extent of granting to the
state Of South Carolina $4,000. The
house conferees objected and the whole
| 1oror ha hot
I'm the house Of representatives. without
criticizing either side or any individual
= member we have rules, sometimes in
> voked by our democratic friends and
: sometimes by ourselves, each responsible
to the people after all said and done, by
which a majoriay whether right o,
wrong, mistaken or otherwise, can legis-
late. In another body there are no suct
rules. In another body legislation is haC
by unanimous consent. In another body
, individual members of that body can rise
in his place and talk for one, hour, two
hours, ten hours, twelve hours. It Is :
matter of history that a senator on the re-
publican side in former congress talked
to death a river and harbor bill.
There comes time constantly in tn,
} settling of bills when you must do so an,
e so and so, else your bill cannot pass, ant
n this with reference to the great none.
b bills. In my opinion such q condition ex
| listed as to this bill and clustered abou
this one amendment. There was also al
:, amendment put onto the bill in anothe
- body which involved legislation to the ex
u tent Of granting to the state Of Vernon
? $4,000 in adjustment Of her war claim
The senate receded but your confereee
'e were unable to get the senate to reced
le upon this gift from the treasury, agains
j the law, to the state of South Caroline
< BY unanimous consent another body legis
d lates and in the expiring hours Of the SEES
N sion we are .powerless without that unani
al nous consent. Help me, Cassius, or
:, sink Unanimous consent comes to til
:, center OF the dome; unanimous conser
le so..sa ~ $500. at,e.is ~
= house. We can have no legislation will
1s out the approval Of both bodies and or