The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-12-30
HOUSE.


The morning hour having expired, Mr. FWood
moved the House 90 into Committee Cd the
Funding bill and that all general debate close In
one hour, pending which Mr.. Robson of IN JO
rose to question OF privilege and offered the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the two Houses will assemble in
the chamber of the House of Representatives on
the second Wednesday In February, 1884, at IL
o'clock, and the President Of the Senate shall be
the presiding officer; that two persons shall be
appointed tellers on the part Of the Senate and
two on the part of the House Of Representatives
to make list of votes as they shall be declared
that the result shall be delivered to the President
Of the Senate who shall announce the state of the
vote and the persons elected to the two Houses
assembled as aforesaid, which announcement
together with the list of votes shall be entered on
the journals Of the two Houses
The Speaker decided the resolution presented
the question Of privilege, whereupon Mr.. F.
Wood raised the question Of consideration.
Mr.. Robson thought Congress would enjoy Its
holidays better after having prepared to do its
Constitutional duty. He desired to be heard on
the question of consideration.
The speaker--That is not debstable. Notwith.
standing this statement and cries Of order from
the Democratic side. Mr. Robson declared this
was resolution under which every Presi'
dent was counted IN up to the time Of Abraham
Lincoln.
Mr. Townshend, (Ills.) Does the gentleman
want to antagonize the Funding bill
Mr. RobesOn-I desire to antagonize every bill
until my high constitutional duty is discharged.
A kIny, ka1r tt,n0 NF
sideratiou.
By q vote of-yeas 81; nays 96-the House re-
fused to consider Robeson's resolution. This was
a strict party VOTE the Republicans voting In the
affirmative and the Democrats in the negative
The Greenbsckers, with the exception of Ladd Of
Maine, voted with the Republicans,
THE FUNDING BILL.
Soon afterwards the House went into Commit.
tee Of the Whole on the Funding bill, all at.
tempts made by Mr.. +. Wood to limit debate be-
ing voted down amid good deal of confusion.
An exciting opposition was manifested to the
bill. Weaver, Bland and Mills spoke strongly in
opposition to considering the bill before the holi-
days, and stated they would oppose its passage
by every parliamentary means in their power.
4hl' NlAlGLt tOOh buO uuOE III UppUhlliOu W tub
bill, which he declared to be in the interests Of
bankers, and which should be entitled bill to
prevent the payment Of the public debt.
Mr.. Wood In answer to remark by Mr.. Mills
that the bill was In the interest OF Wall street
operators, denied the assertion and said he was
controlled by majority of the Committee on
Ways and Means. He continued to urge the i'm
portance Of immediate action.
Mr.. Bunnell, member of the Committee on
Ways and Means, bore testimony to the fact that
the chairman Of the committee (Mr. Wood had
done his duty and nothing less than his duty In
pressing action on the bill.
Mr.. Randall said there was no measure more
important than the one now under consideration,
and he did not believe there vas any member Of
the House that really desired 10 prevent this seT.
sion legislation on the subject. Congress must
legislate and II would legisate. The House was
not bound to wait for the gentlemen who desired
to speak by the hour 1t was their duty to be here
and to avail Themselves of their privilege. mot
1t was their own fault, and public business should
not be delayed. He thought 1t desrible that the
House should proceed to consider the bill under
the five minute rule. There were provisions to
which he could not give his support. He thought
the sum provided for could be reduced to $780,
100000, and that the Secretary OF the Treasury
would find after careful examination that Con-
gress need not provide for more than that amount
Of bonds, He would like to put an auxiliary
power into the taking Of those bonds, a legisla-
ton which would compel national banks to take
the entire amoundt of bones required as security
for their circuls ton in three per cent. bonds.
Mr. Hiscock inquired what the result would be
in the event Of banks refusing to accept thatP
Mr. Randall replied he had always seen banks
study their own interests and he believed it
would be to the interest Of banks 10 have per
cent. bonds, Mr. Randall made some inquiry In
regard to the bill, and concluded by sayiug that
he wished to facilitate the Treasury in this mat.
ter, that every Democratic member had the same
desire and that the House would fail In It's duty
II 1t cid not provide necessary legislation to meet
the bonds falling due in July. He wanted, how.
ever, to have the law guarded in the three fol
lowing particulars No commission to be paid
no double interest to be allowed, and the benefit
Of premium Qf any to revert to the people.
Mr.. Weaver made humorous speech, arraign.
Ing the Democratic party for inconsistency on the
financial question.
hIs hcnBhu u6lSuutu tl6 OHIuOCEhuC party
from the charge Of Inconsistency and Ietaliated
that charge on Weaver and the Greenback
party.
Mr., Bland inquired for what Presidential can.
didRte Mr.. Weaver had voted in 1876
Mr.. Weaver For Rutherford B. Hayes and l
am Iorry for 1t.
Mr.. Bland-And you have good reason why
(Laughter)
The discussion which was very noisy and irreg-
ular drfted into the question as to the RESPONSE.
bility for demonetization and credit for remon.
citation Of silver, the Democrats casting dlscred.
1t on the Republicans for the former and claiming
for themselves credit for the latter.
Mr. Bland aud Mr.. Weaver then got into q
wrangle charging each other with inconsistency
and bad faith.
SCENE
Mr. Sparks got the floor and alluded to a cir
cumstance that occurred during the wrangle be.
tween Messrs. Weaver, Bland and others, in