The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-26

| higher grade reaching into some parts of the business district. It is simply a proposition as to whether or not the Government will take care of it's own property and protect that property, and Incidentally the busi ness section of the city, from the storm waters that flow frc.l the res ervation. Hot Springs does not ask for this as a matter of favor or charity, but as matter of justice, (Applause.)
 MT. Fitzgerald Mir. Speaker. l yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Sher- ley)
 The Speaker. The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Sherley) is recognized for three minutes,
 MT. Sherley. MT. Speaker, the House is confronted with the propo- sition to recede on an item for nearly quarter of million dollars for a sewer system which the gentleman
 
 benefit of the city of Hot Springs, but which we, the members of the Committee on Appropriations, who have investigated the matter from year to year, say is for the benefit of the city of Hot Springs.
 Now, the very fact of that dispute shows the lack of wisdom in passing such an appropriation upon supply tan be had here. Here is a Govern ment reservation. Men build a town alongside of it, and then they say that because they are alongside of it the Government land. that imposes an obligation on the Government to build a sewer to take care of such drainage waters.
 MT. Wingo. Mir. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
 The Speaker. Does the gentleman from Kentucky yield to the gentleman from Arkansas?
 
 minutes. That is proposition l will not agree to. The gentleman from Alabama OMr. Underwood under takes to make comparison between the District of Columbia and the Hot Springs Reservation. There is no real just basis for such a comparison. But if there was, 1t would hardly De a good one, because the Government of the United States has rarely got it's equal rights when it came to deal ing with the citizens of the District of Columbia. l fear that the gentle man from Alabama is qualifying him. self for service in that other body, whose chief work is not in the inter est of economy; and ask this body which is charged with the duty of holding down expelditures-I ask those on this side, who have made some claim to economical tendencies to hesitate before we agree to lay on the Government the entire cost of an elaborate sewerage system, a sys- tenn more elaborate than is neces sary. even if one is built. I move the previous question. MT. Speaker.
 Mir. Fitzgerald. MT. Speaker l move the previous question.
 The Speaker. The gentleman from New York CMr. Fitzgerald) moves the previous question
 The previous question was ordered
 The Speaker. The vote is on the motion of the gentleman from Arkan sas QMr. Taylor) to recede and con cur.
 The question was taken, and the Speaker announced that the noes seemed to have 1t
 MT. Wingo. A division, MT. Speak CT.
 The Speaker The gentleman from Arkansas CMr. Wingo) demands a di vision. Those in favor of recedina and concurring will rise and stand until they are counted. (After count ing.) Forty-three gentlemen have arisen in the affirmative. Those op posed will stand until they are count ed (After counting) Eighty-nine gentlemen have arisen in the mega tive On this vote the ayes are AZ and the noes are 80. Mir Wingo. Mir. Speaker, I make | the point of no quorum.
 The Speaker. The gentleman iron Arkansas. CMr Wingo) makes tho point that there is no quorum pres ent. Evidently there is not The Doorkeeper will close the doors, th' Sergeant at Arms will notify the ab | sentees, and
 Mir. Wingo Mir. Speaker, l vii withdrew the point of no quorum an' demand the yeas and nays. | MT. Mann. The Speaker has declar ed that there is no quorum present
 The Speaker. That is correct. MT. Mann. The gentleman is to' l slow.
 The Speaker The Doorl1eeper vii close the doors, the Sergeant at Arm will notify the aIbsentees, and tn