Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-11
NATIONAL LEGISLATION
4snbsrs are kxsuesa fro0 vStinG
Whether fhsy Desire h - Not.
0tAeP senseless TNesjes.

wAsnus1us. Apsil lol-Ia ~ senate
today HI. PlsDb. pesasnttne . pstificn
N fAvcs Of the bill 10 preserve the fst
iovseooe park. said thai u was one Hf
many vhich have been sent TO him sud
which vore evidently circulated from
. eentee and bad personal parpsees FOR
theis Foundation.
Mr.. vese satd thss she senator from
Ka1Aa vas mistaken. TIE bill which
had pasped the asrate had been drawn
by himsslf fFom his psrsouAl knovledee
Of ahaiIs % the park. 10 had been re-
ported fron the committee % tefritor-
-, Of which he vae not meuoer. IL
0o1 The great necessity and he had no
porDonai object. The senate fssumed
the confederation OF the bill 10 permit
Ne sAls 10 aliens Of mineral lands. The
question being on the anendmeet Of
fsssd By Mr.. Faulkner, requiring ma
jerity Of the stockholders, tsassees OF
directors at the DiuinQ company TO Be
citisens Of the United States. The
amsodoeut vas reiected-ysas %. raye
a. Altar Q further dieoassion the bill
Vas pasoed-yees n, a iys IL
The senate then resumed the cousid-
erAtion Of the btll 10 provide for the Ad-
missiou Of the STATE Of Dakota and for
the creation Of The territory Of North
Dakota.
TN HoUa
WAsnmOIou. April lo.-All the talh
Of comVfcmisiuR the dead lock in the
house OF representatives has ceased.
TIE belief vas generally expressed this
afternoon that the present oondittou Of
Affairs vail ooutinue until Tuesday next
% the day when IL 10 intended 20 coll
the tariff bill, when determined EFFORT
viii be msds to break the deadlock.
There 10 u desire on the part Of the
Democratic advocates Of The direct
tari1 bill 10 have caucus called for tie
paFpose Of determining what course
shall b pursUsd TO put an end to tie
present staanAtisn OF ousineeg, bat,
Whils the oppouents indicate . willing
nees 10 have . caucus called for consul
sation. they decline 10 b bo1nd By eau
Gus ootiou.
The hours wore away without being
marked BY single incident Of interest
Late 10 the afternoon Q vote vas taken
upon motion 10 adjourn. The afirm.
ative vote vas 90. exactly the number
sho voted In similar manner yester-
day. The negative vote fell OF frem
Les yesterday 70 LAG today, the falling
OF beinQ accounted for By the fact that
q number OF leaves Of absence we're
granted, mainly from the ranks of the
suppoeteFs Of the bill.
Az $40 o'clock the seseoant-at-arms
Appeared d the bar Of the house having
ia custody Mr.. LaVler. Of Illinois, Who
vas subjected 10 good deal OF badi-
mage by mis- fellow members % be form
ulated bis excuse for having been ab-
sent. He had been At home answering
his correspondence.
Mr.. e. B. Tsyl moved to excuse the
gentleman on the payment Of dne of
SlO. He said the time bad arrived
when the hoase should assert ite peveY
to have ~ members present. vasneves
necessary.
On motion Of NJ. Wheele,. Of Ala.
bawa, Mr.. LavleH vAs excused Witheut
the imposing Of q nne.
The house then resumed its air Of uu-
Interesting idleness. At ll.l5 O'Clock
Mr.. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky, moved
that the house adjourn. Defeated
yeas II. nays eS.
Al 1880 o'clock. while the motion that
the committee rise vas pendisG, Mr..
Boutelle moved that AessFs. Breckcu.
ridge, Of Kentucky; Breckenridge. Of
Arkansas; Weaver and Oates be excused
from voting. These gentlemen declared
that they could take care of themselves.
Mr.. Boutelle insisted that u va not
regulate that . member give his CON-
sent 10 . motion to be excused. There
upon Mr.. Talbo moved a. an amend
mens that Mr.. Bouteils himself be cx
cused from voting, which motion Speak
CT. pro tenn, Mcmillan, Of Tennessee,
declared to be carried.
Mr.. Cannon, Of Illinois. then moved
that be himself be excused from voting
sud farther moved that Mr.. Bsyne, Of
Pennsylvania. be excused. This vas
supplemented BY q motion BY Mr.. Bsyus
that Mr.. Reed, OF Maine, DO excused
from voting. Several other Republicaps
| we're upoa their feet, but tia speaker
p,o tenn. refoaed to recognise ANY mo
ton except that Of Mr.. Cannon 70 o..
cuse himself, which be declared 10 b
carried against the protests Of the Re
puhlicans.
Al this moment motion came fsou
| the Democrats that tho house adjourn
and, after Q chorus Of yeas from the
Democratic side and shouts Of nayl
from the Republican Q. the aavei Of thu
speaker hung in midAir. The Republi
cans, fearful that the house would b.
declared adjourned. ross and rashed u
the front shouting for the ayes and
nays. The confusion vas % great u D
the services Of the serRsAut-st- arms snt
his force Of ofhoeFs we're called 10 ant
order vss finally restored.
Mr.. Reed reiterated his demand for ID,
ayss and nays on tbe vote, and wher
quiet had been obtained the spcskel
pro tenn. reoo uized his demand and
the ayes aud nays we're ordered.
The motion TO adjourn vas defeated
ayes 50, nays i31. Al this hoas. las q
u., there 10 no prospect Of an adjourn
ment or reoess. 4 motion TO suspent
further prsee ediDes under q call Of ID
house hes iust been lost-syes "