Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-03-15

it had been brought forth IL the dark,
irregularly if not Illegally. They dGelt
upon its obnoxious provisions and upon
the contemptuous disregard exhibited
by the house conferees to the positive
| instructions as to the cOnstitutiOnality
of the Senate's action. Other members
on both sides, notably Anderson, Of
Kansas, and Dunnell, of Minnesota,
wanted to tell
WnAT AN EXECRABLE BILL
it was, how bitter the dose was, how
nauseous, and yet how necessary to be
taken, because it was all that could be
had. Morse, of Massachusetts, wanted
to read, and did read, some telegrams
which he had received from prominent
business men and politicians of Massa-
chuse;t8, urging him to vote for the bill
Sunset Cox wanted to burlesque Mr..
Morse's speech by reading some tele-
grams alleged to have been "just re-
ceived" by him from "many farm ers,"
the farmers of Massachusetts" and
other agricultural individuals, urging
him to vote against this outrageous
bill. Mr.. Cox said that he knew how
this "pubic sentiment was manu-
factured over the wires by the high
tariff lobbyists here. The house was
deluged totally with these kilograms,
urging men 10 vote for the bill for the
monopolies against the people. The
time would come, he thought, when
the farmers would be obeyed. Speeches
were made, to, by gentlemen ike
Bayne, of Pennsylvania, and Robinson,
of Ohio, who proposed to vote against
the bill because wool, or steel, or somc-
thing e.se was not properly protected.
Finally the vote was had. Nobody
tilibustered. The vote was the largest
of the session. One hundred and
fifty-two Republicans and high tariff
Democrats voted in the affirmative,
and one hundred and fifteen Demo
Gratis and high tariff Republicans voted
in the negative. Kelley, bowed with
fatigue. moved to reconsider, and that
that motion do lie on TIE table. The
speaker declared the latter motion
carried, ard the Republicans broke
into applause as the enrolling clerk
took the bill out of the house.
In the SENATE.
1hE OLD AMI NEW PRESIDENTS.
A little after IL o'clock Senator Davis
called senator Anthony to the chair
md retired to the pice-presid room.
While he was there, presumably COM
posing his farewell speech TO public life
the senators got into an amusing wran-
gle over the question of precedence
among bills. In the first place Mr..
Morgan succeeded by strategy in get
ting vote on his bill for the sale of
Alabama coal lands. Mr.. Etmunds
was determined to defeat it, and It's
prospects were gloomy. While Mr.
Van WycK was delaying q vote on the
bill by injecting his attack on the attor-
ney general. Mr.. Morgan was the pic
ture of sullen despair. This morning
Mr.. Morgan took time by the forelock,
while Mr.. Edmunds was out OF the SEN
ate chamber. and he got vote and his
bill pissed. Then, with much palaver,
and no end Of assurances Of good faith,
the senators agreed among themselves,
no one opposing that the Anthony rule
should go into effect; that is, that the
bills on the calender should be taken up
IN turn and no senator was to speak
mole than once or over five Winutes,
and no senator was to ask for any fav-
ors or try to get his little bill through.
The game WAS to be played fairly, and
no senator was to take offenee if the
rule were to be rigidly enforced against
him. All this being amicably settled
the calendar was at once taken up, and
then there was developed the most rad
ical differences Of opinion as to which
was tbs first bill on it. Every senator
had a different view, and singulariy
enough, each one believed that the place
of honor or Of luck belonged to none
save the bill that he was particularly
interested in. This sort of thing went
on until nearly y, when senator Davis
reappeared on the scene. At once
EVERYTHING BECAME AS SILENT
as though the cham Der was empty.
TIE galleries were crowded and there
were moIe gentlemen than usual on
the floor of the senate, but there was
an instantaneous cessation of whisper
ing ard movement, there being an un-
precedented degree of order. The
acting vice president felt obliged to say
| that the senate would come to order.
Then he made his little speach, refer
ring briefly to the houors that had
come to him unsought and the criti-
Clsns of party organs on both sides
that had come to him also unsought,
merely because hS trained with neither
party. His address was written, and
the senator's gaze alternated rapidly
from his manuscript to the democratic
senators. Then he retired from the
chair, leaving Chief Clerk and Acting
Secretary Shober at the head of affairs.
Mr.. Anthony at once rose and said, in
accordance with the rule adopted yes
terday (he was about to add, by the
republican caucus, but he checked
himself), he moved the election of
Hon. Geo. F. Edmonds as president
pro tenn. Mr.. Pendleton moved to
amend by substituting the name of
Hon. TDos. F. Bayard. Mr.. Shober
put the motion on the amendment.
ALL the democrats voted aye and all
the republicans voted no, and Dir. Sho-
Der said the noes had it. Nobody
called for division or rolEcall, so the
original proposition was put and car
ried. Mr.. Shober invited Mr.. Anthony
and Mr. Pendleton to help Mr.. Ed
munds to the chair, and then he re-
membered that he had made mis-
take, and he substituted Mr.. Bayard
for Mr.. Pendleton. This act of escort
ing gentlemen en- to the chair ought to be
rehersed. Il is, in nearly all cases,
very awkwardly done. On this occa-
sion, Messrs. Anthony and Bayard,
with their arms locked into those OF