The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-02
De ARMOND MADE
AMUSING TALK
Missouri Statesman Likened the
Senate Unto Elphonse.
THE HOUSE MY DEAR CASTOR
ROOSEVELT PLAYS TEE PART OF
LEON.

Washington, Dec. when the house
convened today Mr.. Cushman CRep..
Wash.) was sworn in as a member. Mr..
Payne Of New York then moved that
when the house adjourned il be until
Friday.
Mr.. Williams. the minority leader.
asked that thirty minutes on a side be
gwen Tor debate. wnereupOn Mr.. Payne
asked that unanimous consent be givea
as desired by Mr.. Williams The speak
err On repeating the request. first used
me WORD debate" then said thirty
minutes for talk"
The motion was adopted on a division.
Mr.. Hull CRep.. Ia. rising to a par
hamentary inquiry. said he understood
consent was. given for debate on the
question of adjournment, and asked
"hat was before the house. The speak
talk"
Alphonse and CASTOR.
Mr.. De Almond Dem. MOI was then
recognized. He amused the house for
ten minutes by likering the present
procedure Of congress 70 the AlphOnse
end Castor and Leon scheme of polite
ness.
ION the question Of adjournment OF
the extra session the Alphonse Of the
senate is saying to the Castor of the
mouse. After you. my dear CASTOR,
and the CASTOR of the house is saying
10 the AlphOnse Of the senate, After
you. my dear Alphonse.' and Leon.
standing off at a distance. is saying,
how magnificent, how magEanimous,
now strenuous Democratic laugh
ter) But aside he is giving the express
sion, i wish 7 had four years Of my
own i'm that dear White House at
Washington. ID. c. This spectacle has
n no raar.
portant matters are to be disposed Of"
Committee Appointments.
Turning his attention 20 the subject
or committee appointments, Mr.. De Ar
mond said facetiouslv. that he was IN
der theNimpression that the gentlemen
on the Republican side had not been
treating the speaker just right in not
making plain to him their desires for
important chairmanships
IOuching minority committee ap-
pointments. Mr.. De Almond suggested
trouble ahead unless the just claim for
proper numerical representation was al
lowed. He cOunseled the speaker not TO
yield to the temptations on this point
and his brethren" on the Democratic
side to pray" He concluded with the
prediction.
bowling to the house CASTOR and the
presidential Leon lending his personal
misgivings, doubts and apprehensiOns
as to what may happen"
Shelter For Trusts.
Mr.. Williams or Mississippi. taking IN
the question Of tariff. turned to the steel
schedules. and asked If the ways and
means committee could not agree to
reduction on steel and iron products
He said he had been informed that fou-
railroads had agreed to reduce the
frnfCnf steel r,~OTrrrf-
port SO 1-3 per cent. and said further he
had learned that rates on all products
in interstate commerce from Chicago
east had been raised.
Mr.. Williams said that under the
Euise of n sacred duty''-to stand nat
the opposition was furnishing a shelter
whereby the trusts can extort from the
American people. while selling the for
eigner cheaper than the foreigner can
manufacture.
Hepburn's Talk.
Mr.. Hepburn. replying to statements
made by Mr.. Williams. quoted figures
and declared that the country never
was in better coalition and that this
was due 10 the Republican policy of
protection. He asked if the condition
or the laboring man in the United
states then was better than now
Yes, yes" came from the Demo-
cratic side, whereupOn Mr.. Hepburn /
declared II never was better than to- Z
day. He said the finances of the coun-
try never were better. The Democrats
should be ashamed to talk as thew do. |
in view Of che splendid conditions
which now exist under the Republican
policy OF protection.
Denied, Not Refuted.
Replying to Mr.. williams charge that |
2 shelter was being furnished the trusts. /
Mr.. Hepburn gave figures in connection |
with the steel and iron industry, COM
pairing prevailing prices with those Of |
the past. and saying that the Republi- |
can policy had brought about the good |
conditions. He said he could see whyt
the farmers Of Iowa and Kansas /
spurncd the gentle assurance of the /
gentleman from Mississippi (AIr Will
liams) that the Democrats were their /
friends.
Mr.. Grosvenor Of Ohio replied to the /
charges Of dereliction made by the /
Democrats. saying that ne believed the /
house stood higher in the estimation 4
of the people than ever.
Slap at the Senate.
Speaking Of the action Of the senate
81 connection with the Cuban bill. Mr..
Grosvenor said the senate reported the |
bin back, and it was assumed that they