Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-22
The House,

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-Mr. MoMahon moved
the House go into committee of the whole on
the special deficiency bill, snd pending that
moved all general debate on the bill be limited
to five minutes.
Mr.. Conger moved to amend by extending
the time 10 two hours. Defeated, yeas l07, nays
ia. Then the roll was called upon the motion
to limit the time to one hour and fifteen min
utes, and upon that being adopted motion to
limit it to one hour and forty minutes was SUBJ
mitted and rejected, yeas 81, nays 90. At this
point of proceedings Mr.. McMahon, stating the
House had had ample opportunity to express
its opinion in regard to limiting the debate. de-
manded the previous question or his motion to
limit the debate to five minutes. On the ques-
tion of seconding the demand for the previo us
question no quorum voted.
Mr.. Lowe suggested the matter should be
referred to the committee on common sense.
Mr.. Reed thought such committee would
be partisan, since it would have to be chosen
from the Republican side of the House.
Mr.. Eiustein appealed to the Democrats not
to follow the lead of their brethren at Syra-
cuse, but to hold out the olive branch.
Mr.. McMahon replied that he had yesterday
offered the olive branch to the Republicans,
who had refused to accept it, and had exclud-
ed their leader from participating in the d is
cussion.
Several roll calls left the House in the same
position, without quorum.
Mr.. Atkins, chairman of the appropriation
committee obtained unanimous consent to re-
port the naval appropriation bill. Referred to
the committee of the whole.
Mr.. McMahon, at this stage of the proceed
ings, made some remarks about the Republican
side impeding public business.
Mr.. Conger-That remark is both insulting
and untrue.
Mr.. McMahon-It may be insulting but it is
not untrue.
The Speaker (decisively)-This character of
language must henceforth cease.
Mr.. Couger-l thank the chair for rebuking
him, Mr.. Mcmahon. The rebuke is over there,
as the gentlemen on the other side are not dis
posed to vote, and do not vote, and are OBJ
structing public business.
Mr. Wilber-The gentleman has no right to
state that we are obstructing public business
when he brings forward bill which he dare
not discuss.
Mr.. McMahon-As gentlemen on the other
side have declined to vote when public business
would have been accelerated and helped on [
withdraw my two motions to limit the time fo-
debate, and go into committee of the whole.
The House proceeded to business on the
Speakers table. The Senate joint resolution
directing the committee on agriculture of the
respective houses to consider generally the
subject of agriculture and report what can or
ought to be done by the government to better
advance, encourage and foster the agricultural
interests was the next business on the table.
Mr.. Reagan submitted an amend
ment directing the committees also to inquire
as to the effect on the agricultural interests of
the country of the adaptation of a revenue
tariff instead of the present protective tariff,
and into proper revision of the laws relating
TO internal revenue taxation, and to report on
these subjects.
Mr.. Garfield raised the point of order that
the amendment was not german. After
speeches by Mr.. Reagan in support of agricul-
tural interests and by Mr.. Kelley in favor of
protective tariff, Mr. Reagan modified his
amendment 30 as to instruct the COM
mittee on ways and means to
report back the resolution within the three
weeks, with provitions securing a revenue tar
iff instead of the present protective system,
and for a revision of the laws relating to in
ternal revenue taxation.
The Speaker stated the question would come
up again when the House would next go to
business on the Speakers table.
The House then took recess till 7:30. the
evening session to be for consideration Of the
bill to establish municipal code for the Dis.
trict of Columbia.