The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-05

aaiivAted after $3.50 o'clocik this tnorn-
ing IN the House OH the cor ference res
port on the general don cheney bill pro ...
testing against egisla,tieye blaek1naiI
to To- ruie In ms Senate, In View Of the
fact that iib Is to DO tho Speaker ct the
ncxt House, Is regarded ias foreshad e!
ing d contest i5on this question. Tho
scene when Mr.. Cannon delivered tins
speech was the most remarkable OF TINS
Congress- III The House. Lato as tho
on fire with enthusiasm and they cheered
his t,tterancts Until the great hall re-
sounded with tl,clr shouts
Mr.. Cannon, said "Gcn tleta eli --lSnow
that under thu practice Of the House ana
under the rules Of the Senate, the great
money billsS can contain nothing but
appropriations III pursuance OF exlstins
both bodies. If any OF these bills cor
tains legislation It must be w uinil'.
nous consent Of the two bodies, and the
uniform practice has boon, so TAR as
know, the invarlablo practice heretofore.
with tho exception Of ono amendlnen, ~
upon this Bill, that when ono BODY o..
jected to legislation proposed ny t Ee
other ,pon an appropriation bill. the
body proposing the legislation rocedes.
'Tn this case tho trouble In arriving
at at, agreement all clustered about one
amendment. There were many anloLo-
tents Of a legislative character plo.s
posed by tho Senate; there were 1,la,!
sands OF dollars In claims pure and sim
bic. proposed by the Senate. one ny
one. the Legislative claims have disaI'-g
pcarcd until we came 70 the amenu-
ment to Day the state Of South Carolina
S47, 900. A word as TO that. IN May
last, on the omnibus claim Dill, BASIS lsla
was fixed for the adjustment OF the
y c -, of virginia and Baltimore. and
South Carolina with the United States.
growing out Of tho wal; Of 18ll2-lb The
e,,dting officers OF tho treasury. In pur-s
smnnce Of that law, adjusted tho ac-
counts OF Virginia. An indefinite APP
precipitation was made to pay tho respec,
tive States whichever should pc lo t,1.
duo by the auditing officers. Upon that
basis and Under that understanding the
sum OF 100000 IN round numbers mas
been paid to the state OF Virginia.
G.- CRITICISM OF SENATE
K '.Under' the same law, which IS the
law to-day, tho auditing officers In the
adjustment Of accounts OF the War. Of
1912 found duo to the state OF South
Carolina tho sum OF "a conts. Now,
tho Senate OF the United States, not
withstandng. proposed Legislation on
bill to the extent Of granting to the
state OF South Carolina 1000 The
House conferees objected and tho s%hole
delay has been over that ono tern. IN
tho House Of Representatives., Without
critic,sing either side or any Individual
member, we havo rules, sometimes IN.
yoked by our Democratic friends and
sometimes by ourselvos-each RESPONSE
Bile to the people after oil said and done
by which d majority, right or wrong.
mistaken or otherwise, can lcElslate. IN
another body there are no such rules.
In another body legislation Is had by
unanimous consent. In another body
an Individual member Of that body can
rise In his place and talk Tor one hour,
two hours, ten hours, twelve hours. It
Is a matter OF history that Senator on
the Republican side In a former Congress
talked to death river and harbor
Bill. M
'Thcre comes a time constantly In the
settling OF blls, when you must do so
and SO. or SO and so or else your bill
cannot pass, and this with reference to
the great general money bills In my
opinion such a condition existed as to
this bill. and clustered about this one
amendment. There was also an amend
ment put on to the bill In another body
which involved legislation to the ex-
tent Of granting to tho state Of Ver-
mont one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars in adjustment OF her war claims.
The Senate receded, but your conferees
were unable to get tho Senate to recede
upon this gift from the Treasury, against
the law. to the State OF South Carolina.
BY unanimous consent another body les-
islates, and in the expiring hours or me
session we are powerless without that
unanimous consent. Help me Cnssius,
or / sink Unanimous consent comes
to the center Of the dome; unanlm Gus
consent comes through Statuary Hall
and to the House doors and comes prac-
itically to the House. We can nave no
legislation without the approval OF both
bodies and one body, in my opinion
cannot legislate without unanimous $. con On.
sent. There was tho alternative-ln my
opinton-.this applied not only to the d'f-
ficulty, but to the navy bill or an agree
nlent as to the navy bill.
s5 3st5 MUST CHANGE METHOD.
"Your conferees had the alternative
OF submitting to Legislative blackmail at
the demand, In my opinion, Of one In
divdual-I shall not say where-or or
letting these great money bills fall. Now,
what arc wo going to do about 1t? This
bill contains many important matters
your appropriations for public bulldlnGs'
legislation lately had all along the line
OF the public service to the extent or
$2o 100000
''Now, I have taken tho House into
my con rldenCc, touching LIS uisillCAs 80 ~
Ia my duty to do. I am getting to be
somewhat aged man; pray God that my
life may be spared until an intelligent and
a righteous sentiment, North and South,
East and West. peryadng both Of the
great parties, will lash anybody into
obedience to the right OF the majority
to rule. N1ajorities and minoritiea shift
back and forth. All, says somebody. did
YOU work In reference to the matter
OF statehood and did you believe in state
hood rs did not believe In statehood.
and I am putting now tho STRONGEST
case against my own party, but ma
jority Of tho people voiced in the Sem
ate ana In the House had tho right to
have It's will expressed.
5I~"Genuemen. have made my protest,
K do it in sorrow and In humiliation. but
thcro It ,s, and in my opinion another
body must change It's methods Of pro-
cedure or our body backed up BY the
people VIII compel the change else ms
= -, ara tordar a Inere bender OF the preg-