The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-02-28
CONGRESS-,
A Hot Parliamentary Fight Last
Monday.
New York RObInsOn's Wild PhaHtaSy For
tbs Acquisition Of lrslRnd-asttiS9
Even With Germany.

\ WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-sKNATE-Mr.
| Grover presented the credentials OF Mr.
i Dolph, his successor as Senator from
i Oregon.
MI. Garland, from the Committee on
i Judiciary, reported Q bill to punish the
false persOnatiOn OF officers aud en-
| ployes of the United States, by fine Of
not more than $1,000, or imprisonment
not longer than three years, or both, at
the discretion of the court. Bill passed.
| A resolution was adopted requesting
the House Of Representatives TO return
| the tariff bill In order that certain cler-
ical errors in 1t might be corrected.
The Committee on Education and La
Dor was authorized to continue its in
| quiry Into the relations between labor
and capital, &C., and take testimony.
/ Mr.. Van Wyck called up the resolution
| requesting the President to communi-
cate any information In his possession
| touching the alleged agreement Of the
| Ministers OF Great Britain, France and
Italy at Lima, to make joint efRolt to
bring about a peace between Chilli and
| Peru, and TO inform the Senate whether
the Minister Of the United States has
1 been instructed to accept the mediation.
/ OF Ministers Of European powers In set
tling purely American question. Mr..
Van Wyck made a long speech In sup
| port Of the resolution, and 1t was adopt
| ed without dissent.
Mr.. Mitchell moved to proceed to con-
sideratiOn OF the pension bills on the
calendar. Agreed to.
Several bills granting pensions to In
diViduals we're passed, among them bills
1 widows OF Rear Admiral Beaumont and
the late Major Gen. Warren.
With the pension bill pending the
Senate went into executive session and
soon adjourned.
HoUsB-The Senate amendments to
| the District Of Columbia appropriation
bill and to the legislative appropriation
bill were non-cOncurred In and the con-
ference committees appointed.
The House resumed consideration OF
the conference report on the pOstOftice
appropriation bill.
Mr.. Anderson said the Senate was Ia
king the position that II would defeat
the pOstofice bill, rather than that the
light Of a bit of God Almighty's Justice
should flssh down on these railroad COM
panies. he hoped the conference report
would be voted down, and the Senate
lconferees informed they had 70 back
down. or they would get no postofiice
appropriation bill.
Il Mr.. Dunn opposed the report. he ho-
ped the time would come when the peo-
pie could have q Congress that could
ind how to serve them.
The motion to agree to the report was
lost-Ryes ia, nays 183-and q further
/ conference was ordered.
Notwithstanding the tact this was the
last Monday In the session, there were
ninetY-fOuT measures introduced under
| the call OF the states.
| Under special order two unimportant
| bills we're passed, and the Speaker then
| recognized Mr.. Reed, who called up the
resolution reported By him Saturday
| from the Committee on Rules.
| Mr.. Blackburn raised point Of order
| against 1t.
| / Mr.. Carlisle raised the question of
| consideration, and Mr.. Randall deman-
| ded the yeas and nays. The House de-
| termined-yeas 1S4, nays 126, to con-
slider the Reed resolution.
| This was a party vote. except that
MessrB. Bayne, Brumm, Darrell, Miller,
Jorgensen, Prescott and Scranton voted
| IN the negative with the Democrats. Be-
| fore announcement OF the vote, Messrs.
/ Campbell, Fisher, Miner and Robinson
Of Ohio. who had voted In the negative,
and Mr.. HardenbeTgh, who had voted In
| the Affirmative, changed their votes.
| Mr.. Tucker also changed his vote 70
| the Affirmative for the purpose OF NOV
Ing q reconsideration. (These changes
made the total as above stately
| Mr.. Reed moved to lay the motion to
| reconsider on the table, and the yeas
and nays were ordered, pending which
Mr.. King moved to adjourn. The motion
to adjourn was lOst-yeas 81, nays ia.
| The question Tecurred on tabling the
/ motion to reconsider the vote by which
the House determined to consider the
Reed rule. The motion was tabled
Yeas 1873, noes 12l. Mr.. Reed demanded
the previous question.
| Mr.. Blackburn raised q point Of order
| against the resolution, and promised his
| argument with disclaimer of address
| Ing his remarks In the futile effort to
describe and fltly characterize the effort
1 the Committee on Rules had embodied
1 in this resolution. In order to escape the
/ strait into which the majority had been
driven The question would come up II
| the majority saw ft In Its Oft-emplOyed
magnanimity, to allow q discussion Of
| proposition as radical and revolutionary
AS the one now presented. At that time
| he would ask TO be heard on the merit,
| "if merit there waa," OF the arbitrary
| proposition. The first paragraph had
| the effect Of suspending the rules
by a bare majority vote. II was prop
| osition 70 take from the House the pow
or OF suspending the rules by two
| thirds vote. It was proposed that a ma
/ tortty vote should suspend the rules for
the purpose OF taking up one bill and
limiting action on that bill to one mo
ton, q motion 10 disagree to the 9enats
amendments. Il 10 what Mr.. Blackstone
says is not q rule, not q law, bat sem
tence pronounced, and that without
hearing. Continuing. he said he did
not know be had any authority, or even
semhlance Of authority, TO express an
1 opinion as TO what was or might be she
purpose OF any member Of the House ,ex-
cept himself, but he declared he had no
purpose OF Offering any obstruction or
interpreting any improper difficulty In
the way OF the House, II 1t meant to
make an effort toward tax or tariff legis-
lation. BE did not want to make threats,
for be had no purpose In putting them
into Execution, but he came to ask that
the House Qf 1t was to be stripped of Its
| constitutional prerogatiVe to originate
tarin legislation) should at least have
the priyilege Of eoncurTlng In what the
Senate had originated. IL partisan pref
udices could be laid aside, he could not
but believe the unbiased Judgment Of
every Intelligent man would foresee
him 70 the conclusion that thia PROPOSE