The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-13
LIVELY BATTLE
is PREDICTED
House and Senate Engaged in a
Life aut Death Struggle.
CANNON is ON The WARPATH
EXTRA SESSION WAS MERELY A
SKIRMISH.
CANNON IS ON The WARPATF
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Especial TO The Heraldl
9Eg ASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-The clash /
w between the senate and house. /
which has been one of the fea-
tunes Of the special session. serves to-
give the Republican leaders much
cause for uneasiness. ii is agreed ON
all sides that both the house and sem
ate acted in a childish manner. but this
does not strengthen out the compiled
tons which grew out of the failure to
act in harmony. Nor are there any
prospects that the strife is ever. Speak
er Cannon is stiu smarting from the
defeat he suffered at the close of the
Fifty-severth congress when the SEN
ate. at the command Of Senator Till
man, forced him to accept what he con-
sidered an unjust appropriation for the
payment Of q South Carolina claim.
under penalty of having several Of the
big appropriation bills talked 20 death
under the rule of unlimited debate to
which the senate clings. Many Repub-
hcan senator's profess to believe that
the house will not engage in any seri-
Gus attempt TO force the senate 10
bring 90 an end its rule which per
mits unlimited debate. 1t is a ques-
ton which has been discussed at great
length at various times in the senate
by its ablest constitutional lawyers,
Hoar. SpOOner, Morgan, Vest, Aldrich
and Bailey, and the conclusion invari-
ably reached has been that the prac-
tice Of permitting unlimited debate
must be retained. 1t is shown that the
house deliberately puts on. the senate
the burden Of final legislation. The
house time and time again has under
pressure Of popular clamor. passed bills
known to be bad with the expectancy
OF having them killed i'm the senate
through the agency of unlimited de-
bate and thus, the senate maintains, ~
safeguards the country against imma-
ture and unwise legislation. The as
sumption by the senate of superior
powers is CALLING to Speaker Cannon
and the other house leaders, and il is
freely predicted that they viii en-
deavor during the regular session of
congress to curb this power, and that
the conflict which has marked the spe-
Cial session viii be trifing compared
with that which wiz develop during
the regular session.
GridirOn Club Dinner
The Gridiron club dinner the other
evening afforded an opportunity for the
new British ambassador, Sir Henry
Mortimer Durand. to make his debut as
a speaker before an American audience
The ambassador is pronounced type
of the tall British blonde He is quite
distinguished looking and Withal very
modest and democratic. He disclaimed
ability as a speaker having. he said,
made less than half a dozen speeches
i'm the fifty-three years of his life. His
effort however at the Gridircn dinner
placed him in the list of clever after
dinner takers He told of being intro
duced to a clever American shortly
after his arrival from England who
gave him three pointers on the art of
becoming successful orator i'm Amer
/ lea. First, ne said, never make long
speeches. Second. don't make any
speeches. Third, always make humor-
Gus speeches. Il could take advantage
of the first two points" said Sir Nor
timer but. being an Englishman. it
would be hard for me to comply with
the third"
Sir Mortimer's neighbor at the Grid
iron board was the new Chinese min
lister, Sir ChengtUng Liang-Cheng, who
also made his first appearance as a
/ speaker before Washington hearers.
He is a ready speaker. and has a COM
plete mastery of the English language.
He has not the vivacity, however, of mis-
/ predecessor, Mr.. WI, who was a con-
slant attendant at GridirOn club din
ners and one OF the wittiest Of the
speakers who spared for place in the
bright battles of repaTtee about the
board. Sir Cheng delivered a beautiful
tribute to Hubbard Smith. one Of the
former members Of the club, who died
during the year just past. and whose
fame as a writer and composer was
worldwide.
Chaffee a Hustler.
Major General Chaffee assumed his
duties on the general staff in the war
department the other day. The general
started in to do some housekeeping
when he took charge. When he in
/ spected the various offices there was
cOmmOtiou.
What's this2"
"Why. this is trash,"
''AwaT with it."
These were, in substance. some Of
/ the generals brusque queries and per
emptOry orders as he examined desks.
+ opened drawers and Overhauled things
! generally. He was bent upon an order
+ ~ arrangement Of things. Espyiug a
pair of easy slippers in a clerks desk
/ he directed their removal instantly. 1t
was whirlwind Inspection that fairly
1 took away the breath Of some of the
/ clerks. The experience was new, novel
and not altogether pleasing. Where
! chaos reigued orderly arrangement was
/ substituted. 1t was a visit the clerks
I viii long remember
Dilemma of Chelzib Bey.
} Cheldb Bey, the Turkish minister to
/ the United States, is still struggling
I along at the foot Of the diplomatic list
7 without credentials or letters Of cred
! ence. At the time Chekib Bey arrived
I in this country as the successor Of Ali
/ Ferrough Bey he brought with him let
/ tiers of credence addressed to President
I Mckinley When he arrived President
( Mckinley was absent from Washington
and il was necessary to postpone the
/ presenta ton until his return. But the
/ tragedy at Buffalo occurred. and il be-
I came necessary for Chekib Bey to have
+ credentials made out to President
4 Roosevelt He sent his original papers
back to ConstantinOple, but has never
heard a word from his government.
I Chekib Bey is naturally averse to dis
| cUssing his unfortunate predicament.
However, to one of his intimate con-
freres he said the other day: There is
one advantage i'm my not having any
credentials. I always know my place
at receptions and other Official func-
tious. There is never any danger of
D limo d. r,.fefG Ira- hrfr1o I'm fha rear