The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-05
STATROSE
WAIS WRATH
~ speaker Blows q Blast
on His BBgls Horn
SOUTH CAROLINA aolO-uP
pILLBIAN SECURED S47oOO IN
STEAD OF "a CENTS.

Eeureserfaffve cannon, chairman OF
the appropriations committee. deliV-
egce after $3.50 this morning Ia the
house on the conference report ON tle
general deficiency appropriation DIT
Protesting AGAINST Legislative black
mali" and insisting ON the right oI
na lority 90 rule ln the senate. Ia view
OF thc fact that he BE- 20 De the speaker
Of The next house. is regarded as lofe-
shedowing a contest upon THIS Ques-
tion. The scene when AIR. Cannon de-
llvered his speech was the most re-
markable of this congress in the house
Late as TIE hour was the weary menu
bsra were set on Gre with enthusiasm
and They cheered his utterances unth
the great hall resounded with heir
shouts. Mr Cannon said
The General Practice.
Gentlemen know that under the
practice OF the house and under the
rules OF the senate the great money
bills can contain nothing but appro-
priati0ns In pursuance Of existing law
unless By unanimous consent OF both
bodies. III any OF these bills contain
legislation it must be by unanimous
consent OF the two bodies and the uni-
form practice has been-so FAR as /
know the invgriabie practice has been,
with the exception OF one amendment
upon this bul-that when one body OBJ
jected 90 legislation proposed By the
other upon any appropriation bill, the
BODY proposing the legislation recedes.
ia this case the trouble In arriving
at any agreement all clustered about
one amendment. There were many
amendments of q legislative character
proposed by the senate; there were
many amendments covering hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars Of claims pure
ana simple. proposed by the senate.
one by one the legislative propositions
and the claims disappeared as the sem
ATE receded. until we came 10 an
amendment 90 pay the state Of South
Carolina $4,000. A word as to that.
ln May last. on the omnibus claims
BIN. a basis was fixed for the adjust
ment of the accounts OF Virginia and
Baltimore and South Carolina with the
United States. growing out Of the war
OF lSl2-15. The auditing officers Of the
treasury. I'M pursuance of that law. ad-
Ju5ted the accounts of Virginia. An In
definite appropriation was made 90 pay
me respective states whatever should
ne found due by the auditing officers
Upon that basis and under that lecis-
latiou the sum OF S100 900 in round
numbers has been paid TO the state Of
Virginia
Due South Carolina.
Under the same law which Is the
law today the auditing officers On the
adjustment OF accounts of the war OF
1872. found due to the state OF South
carolina the sum Of 50 cents. Now. the
senate or the United States. nOtWith-
standing the law proposed legislation
on an appropriation BIN 10 the extent
Or granting TO the state Of South Caro-
ma $4,000 The house c0nferees OBJ
5eeted and the whole long delay has
been oyer that one item In the house
or representatives,. without critIcising
eiiaer fsidgr ODD. +iiyidual member.
a4se rules. sometimes invoked by
anr Democratic friends and sometimes
81 ourselves-each responsible 10 the
people after an Is said and done-by
which q majority, right or wrong. mis-
taken or otherwise, can legislate. In
another body there are no such rules.
Do another body legislation Is had by
unanimous consent In another BODY
an individual member of that body can
rise in his place and talk for one hour.
Two hours. ten hours. twelve hours. III
is a matter of history that q senator
on the Republican side I'D a former
congress talked % death a river and
h9rboF blH There comes a time con-
stantiy in the settling OF bills when YOU
must do SD and So or else your bin
cannot pass and this with reference
20 the great money bills I'm my opin-
Jon such "a condition existed as 90 this
nin and clustered about this one amend
ment. There was also ana amendment
put on to the BIN iu another body
which involved legislation tU the eX.
tent ~ granting 90 the state OF Yer
mont $4,000 ln adjustment OF her war
claims. The senate recedad but your
conferce- were unable % get the SEN
ate ta recede upon this gin from the
treasury against the Law 90 the state
~ South Carolina. BY unanimous con-
st7t another body ieglsIates and Do the
eXpiring houra OF the session we are
peHeflees without that unanimous con-
sent
The Only Alternative
Help me. Cassius. Oh j sink! Unani-
NOUS cons.n Boz, come. "a Che center OF
The dome. unanimous consent comes
fhroegh Statuary hall and 90 the house
doors, and comes practically Co the
house We c5u have no legislation
without thH approval of both bodies
and ono body. in my opinion. cannot
leuiFlate without unanimous consent.
There was the altefnative-in nay 0pin-
ion This applied not only 60 the de-
fcielcy blG bur tO the naval bill. OF an
agreement as to the naval bill Your
C0nferccs naI the alternative of sub
miuinE tn legislative blackmail nt the
demand in mv opinion Of one indi-
vldual-I shall not saw were-0r these
great money bills WOULD fail. Now
what are We eo.ug 90 40 about a..
This bin contains many important
matters-your appropriations for pub
De buildings. legislation lately had all
aiong the line OF che pubuc service TO
che extent OF &1080G0oo
~Nov. have taken the house into
my conh4ence touching this matter as
ll is my duty 90 Go / am cetting TO
be- q somewhat aged man. / pray Cod
that my lIe may be- spared until an
intelligent and a righteous sentiment.
north and south. east and west. per-
Vading both the great parties. VIII lash
anybody into obedience 10 the right
of the majority Co rule. Majorities and
minorltes shift back and forth An.
says somebody. did that work ln ref
erence 90 the matter of statehood. and
aid you believe iu statehood? I did
not believe in statehood and I am putt
ing now tire strongest case against
nv oWn party but "a majority of the
people voiced 'n tha senate and house.
had che right 20 have its VIII ex-
Dressed
Change Must be Made.
Gentlemen, have made my protest.
do 81 in sorrow and in humiliation,
bat there En- is and Zoo my opinion an-
other body under these methods must
change its method ~ procedure or our
body. backed up by the people. win
compel the change. else this body. close
fa the people. shall become "a mere
tenderer. a mere bender OF the nreg-
naut hinges of the knee t0 submit "a
-nat any one member of another body
80 demand nL lhLs body IS 2 nrlcn