310 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLOBIDA CANAL

 Mr. Kne. Mr. President--
 Mr. BA~aur. I yield to the Senator from Utah.
 Mr. KING. In view of the statement the Senator from Virginia has made that
 the President has ample funds with which to complete this project, I Wish to
 ask the Senator why the President does not do so. Why come and ask us to
 make another appropriation, when the President has chosen to allocate to this
 project suffecent funds to start it, and has suacient funds to complete it?
 Mr. GLASS. I imagine it is because he wishes Congress to assume the respon-
 sibility.
 Mr. BAU rt. I do not know anything about that
 Mr. Hamwsow. Mr. President, will the Senator yield?
 Mr. BAutr. I yield to the Senator from Miissssippi?
 Mr. Hamasow. The Senator from Virginia and others have alluded to this as
 a Florida project The Florida project is not all that is Included in this amend-
 ment There are at least three other equally or more meritorious propositions
 invorled-one from Mississippi, which I know is a most meritorious project. So
 it is not merely a Florida proposition.
 Mr. BAzxzr. It is generally understood here that four projects are involved
 in the amendment proposing to Increase appropriation; and the question upon
 which we are about to pass is not the merits of any of these projects, but
 whether a point of order lies against the amendment offered to the bill. My
 contention is that the project was legal when It was established, and it is just
 as legal now as it was when it was established, and it cannot be llegitimatised
 simply by raising a point of order and saying that the President had the power
 to allocate funds for its completion, but has not done so. Congress has the
 power to do it
 The Pmamnmm Omcz. The Senator from Missouri [Mr. Clark] makes the
 point of order that the amendment of the Senator from Florida [Mr. Fletcherl
 is not in order. The question is, Shall the amendment of the Senator from
 Florida be held to be in order?
 Mr. Curax. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
 The Pammmwo Omrncs The Senator from Missouri suggests the absence of
 a quorum. The clerk will call the roll.
 The Chief Clerk called the roll, and the following Senators answered to their
 names:
 Adams, Austin, Bachman, Barkley, Benson, Bilbo, Black, Brown, Bulkley,
 Bolow, Burke, Byrd, Byrnes, Capper, Caraway, Carey, Clark, Connally, Cope-
 land, Cousens, Davis, Donahey, Dffy, Fletcher, Frazier, George, Gerry, Gibson,
 Glass, Gore, Gufley, Hale, Harrison, Hatch, Hayden, Holt, Johnson, Keyes, King,
 LewIs, Logan, Lonergan, Long, McAdoo, McGill, McKellar, McNary, Metcalf,
 Minton, Moore, Murphy, Murray, Neely, Norbeck, Norris, O'Mahoney, Overton,
 Pittman, Pope, Reynolds, Robinson, Schwellenbach, Sheppard, Shipstead, Smith,
 Stelwer, Thomas of Oklahoma, Thomas of Utah, Townsend, Trammell, Vanden-
 berg, Van Nuys, Wheeler, and White.
 The Vica Pasirnrr. Seventy-four Senators having answered to their names,
 a quorum is present
 The question before the Senate is, Is the amendment of the Senator from
 Florida [Mr. Fletcher] in order?
 Mr. CLAre. A parliamentary inquiry.
 The VicE Psausimrr. The Senator will state it.
 Mr. CLam. An affirmative vote is a vote to hold the amendment of the
 Senator from Florida to be In order, and a negative vote is a vote to hold It
 to be out of order?
 The VIes Pm SIDNT. The Senator states it correctly. Those In favor of
 holding the amendment to be in order will vote In the affirmative, those opposed
 to the amendment being held in order will vote in the negative.
 Mr. CrLax. I ask for the yeas and nays.
 The yeas and nays were ordered, and the legislative clerk called the roll.
 Mr. Aus rm. I desire to announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr.
 Barbour] has a general pair with the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Bankhead].
 Mr. BAxKLxE (after having voted in the affirmative). I have a general pair
with the senior Senator from Delaware [Mr. Hastings], who Is absent. I trans-
fer that pair to the junior Senator from Illinois [Mr. Dieterich] and allow
my vote to stand.
 Mr. BuAo (after having voted in the affirmative). I have a general pair with
the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Dickinson], which I transfer to the junior Senator
from New Mexico [Mr. Chavez], and allow my vote to stand.