366 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLOBIDA CANAL

 "We believe that construction of this cross-State canal would save millions
 and millions of dollars in freight and transportation charges to and from
 Florida, and all other Southern and Southeastern States; and see no reason
 why the strategic importance of this canal, from a commercial standpoint,
 should not, comparably, be as great for Florida as the Erie Canal for New York
 State.
 "Let the canal issue be kept alive.
 "Finally, why should good Democrats furnish opponents of the administration
 with the slogan, 'Florida canal folly', which will inevitably follow abandonment
 of the enterprise?"
 Mr. Vamnomao. Mr. President, I do not care to discuss the merits of this
 problem again unless the vote shall be reconsidered. I totally disagree with
 the philosophy presented a few moments ago by the senior Senator from Florida
 [Mr. Fletcher], and I think I can demonstrate clearly that there is utterly no
 relationship between the three projects which were approved and the projects
 which were rejected.
 As the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Adams] has indicated, the Senate has the
 right to maintain unto itself its right of selection as between projects which are
 utterly unwarranted and projects which may have some semblance of economic
 justification.
 Mr. FLIm=C Mr. President, will the Senator yield?
 Mr. VAWIDWZma. I yield.
 Mr. FlwrcHma Does the Senator contend that the three projects which have
 been approved stand upon a different footing as to their inception and their
 organisation?
 Mr. VA.RDmnasx No, Mr. President; I do not; but I reject utterly the propo-
 sition that simply because the Senate erred in respect to those three projects, it
 is bound to err in respect to the Florida ship canal I reject the absurd philos-
 ophy that two wrongs make a right.
 As I have just said to the Senate. I do not care to take its time upon the
 subject unless there shall be a reconsideration. Therefore, I take my seat, and
 suggest that the roll be called.
 The Passmm T pro tempore. The question is on the motion of the Senator
 from Missouri [Mr. Truman] to reconsider the vote by which the amendment
 offered by the Senator from Florida [Mr. Fletcher] and relating to the Florida
 ship canal was rejected.
 Mr. KINo. Mr. President, it seems to me that before the vote is taken there
 ought to be a quorum called, and I suggest the absence of a quorum.
 The PManIDNT pro tempore. The Senator from Utah suggests the absence of
 a quorum. The clerk will call the roll.
 The legislative clerk called the roll, and the following Senators answered to
 their names:
 Adams, Ashurst, Austin, Bachman, Barbour, Barkley, Bilbo, Black, Brown,
 Bulkley, Burke, Byrnes, Capper, Caraway, Chavez, Clark, Connally, Copeland,
 Couzens, Davis, Dickinson, Donahey, Duffy, Fletcher, Frazier, George, Gibson,
 Glass, Gore, Hale, Hatch, Hayden, Johnson, Keyes, King, La Follette, Lewis,
 Logan, Lonergan, Long, McGill, McKellar, McNary, Maloney, Metcalf, Minton,
 Moore, Murphy, Murray, Neely, Norbeck, Norris, O'Mahoney, Overton, Pittman,
 Pope, Radcliffe, Robinson, Russell, Sheppard, Steiwer, Thomas of Oklahoma,
 Thomas of Utah, Townsend, Truman, Tydings, Vandenberg, Van Nuys, Walsh,
 Wheeler, and White.
 The PrsIDENT pro tempore. Seventy-one Senators having answered to their
 names, a quorum is present.
 The question is on the motion of the Senator from Missouri [Mr. Truman] to
 reconsider the vote by which the amendment of the Senator from Florida [Mr.
 Fletcher] was rejected. The yeas and nays having been ordered, the clerk will
 call the roll.
 The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
 Mr. BA.KLYm (when his name was called). I have a pair with the senior
 Senator from Delaware [Mr. Hastings], who is unavoidably detained. I trans-
 fer that pair to the junior Senator from Washington [Mr. Schwellenbach], and
 will vote. I vote "yea."
 Mr. McNAR (when his name was called). On this vote I have a pair with
 the senior Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Harrison]. I transfer that pair to
the senior Senator from Idaho [Mr. Borah], and will vote. I vote "nay."