Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-03-11 | Page 1 | Thayer Springs a Bomb on Sugar Question; Promptly Suppressed by Republican Leaders in House

I IliA YER SPRINGS A BOMB ON SUGAR QUESTION Y SUPPRESSED BY REPUBliCAN LEADERS IN HOUSE WAS WASI March 11 When H.-When When the House rit rt t today Mr l Thayer O of Massa Massa- chusett something of a flurry by to a question of privilege which h hi said involved the dignity of the Hou and the safety of Its mem mem- bers hers He lie the fore presented a resolution setting f th many r rumors mors regarding Cuban re together with ith allegations allegations alle alle- th t t the sugar trust was to be bethe bethe bethe the chief of such reciprocity that it wa subsidizing newspapers es establishing establishing es- es bureaus and in other ways atten attending to create public s senti senti- ment i favor of Cuban reciprocity The n declares that the dignity of the Hise Hse was involved and called for a committee of seven members t to the subject Mr Ir Loud made a point of order resolution which sustain sus- sus t agal-t the was sustain sue sus tain tam by the Speaker Thayer M-Thayer appealed from the decision of r V chair nove to lay the appe l on the ta table ta- ta ble Instantly cried Mr Paie the fie Rc- pu can floor leader Thayer demanded th th- th thayes ayes and n and the he roll was called le w Republicans voted solidly for the ion n-ion ion to lay on the table while two j 1 fJ Fleming of Georgia and McClellan of New York broke away from their party associates associates' and voted with the Republicans The appeal was laid on the table to 87 The House then went vent into committee of the whole Mr 1 Littlefield of Maine In the chair and entered upon the cons consideration con con- s d ration of the postoffice appropriation tion bill As Mr took the chair there was an outburst of applause on both sides of the House Mr Loud of California in charge of the bill explained its provisions In a preliminary statement The bill he said carried being more than the estimates tes and more than the appropriations appropriations for the current year