Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
Filibustering Raises a Racket
in the House.
RIDDLEBERGER Is ARRESTED.
He Tried to Fool With Presiding
officer ingalls, And Got Much
the Worst of it.

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WASHINGTON, March 3.-The executive
session of the Senate continued to-day
until 40 p. NJ. when the doors reopeneC
anda number of private bills were passed
At 2:15 p. NJ. the Senate took recess unit
8 p. NJ, when the enrolled bills were
signed, and till 8 P. N. for general busi
ness. The night session began at
o'clock. The first business transacted
was the presentation and adoption of the
conference reports on the bill to provide
for the allotment of lands in severalty tc
the united Peorias and Miamis in the
Indian Territory, and the Indian Appro
priation bill. The bill, as agreed to. is in
accordance with the Senate proposition
in the Oklahoma matter. A paragraph
looking to the organization OF terrific
rial government was struck out, and the
Senate substitute adopted instead. This
substitute provides for the appointment
of three commissioners to negotiate with
the Cherokees and all other
west of the 9Sth degree, of all their title
or claim to lands, the result of the nego-
tiations to be reported to the President
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ton of the lands being opened up for set
tlement.
Before the report was disposed of, Rid
dleberger was endeavoring to interpose a
motion to proceed to executive business.
The presiding officer took no notice of
him at first. but finally recognized him,
put the motion and declared it lost. He
repeated his action till, finally, he was
notified by the presiding officer that he
would not be recognized further.
Hearst asked leave to offer resolution
instructing the Secretary of War to ex-
anime all vouchers of a. counts, papers
and evidence submitted, or to be sub
mitted, in support of the Indian war
claims in California.
Edmunds objected and the resolution
went over.
On motion of Frye, the Union Pacific
Funding bill was recommended to the
Select Committee on Pacific Railroad In
debtedness. The passage OF private bills
went on under unanimous conset.
In the meantime, Riddleberger, who
had left the chamber, again made his
appearance, and informed the officer
that he had just telegraphed to the Gov
ernor of Virginia his resignation as Sem
ton from the presiding officer. He was
now awaiting an answer, which would
relieve him from the responsibilities OF
his position. He had found that Re-
publican Senator from Virginia could not
be recognized by heEPresident of the Sem
ate pro tempore.
The Presiding Officer-The statement
made by the Senator from Virginia is in
violation of the order OF the Chair direct
ing the Senator to take his seat.
Riddleberger did not obey the order,
but made another attempt to speak.
Presiding Oficer-The Senator will not
be allowed to proceed further without
the permission of the Senate, which must
be on motion made for that purpose.
AS Riddleberger still remained stand
ing, the Presiding Officer added: "The
Sergeant-at-Arms will see that the orders
of the Chair are executed" Riddle
berger took his seat, but he did not keep
it. In a few minutes he was up again
with an objection to private bill, and
was again suppressed. Soon Riddle
berger arose, and this time was informed
that if he persisted in further violation
of the order, he would be taken in GUS
tody by the ergeant-at-Arms. In a
minute or two he was up again, and the
Sergeant tat Arms was directed by the
Presiding Officer to execute the orders of
the Senate. The Sergeant-at-Armsa and
one of his assistants took Riddleberger
in charge, and led him out of the Senate
Chamber into the nearest cloak-room.
Then the business of the Senate Was
allowed to run its regular course. Most
OF the bills that passed were OF a private
character. Among the public bills that
passed was the Senate bill to incorporate
the Washington and Great Falls Narrow
Gauge Railway Company.
During lull in the proceedings, and
while the Senate had no item of business
before it, two petitions were presented
by Cameron, one in favor of the Sunday
rest law and the other in opposition to it.
The presiding officer himself contributed
from the citizens of Kansas petition pro-
testing against the passage of any bill for
the observance of Sunday. Then Blair
presented a petition from Philadelphia
for the constitutional amendment against
religious or sectarian education in public
schools. Dolph's contribution to the
"Sunday rest" idea was motion which
he submitted to discharge the Committee
on Education and Labor from further
consideration of the bill. Under the
rules, action went over, and at 10 AS the
Senate took recess until midnight.
On re-assem bling after recess, a mes
sage was received from the House, ask
ing for further conference on the Def
cheney bill, which was agreed to. At
12:40, Hall presented the conference re-
port and explained the action of the
Senate conference regarding the appro.
priation for the French Spoliation claims.
The Senate conferees had felt that
the Senate had committed itself
distinctively in favor of those
claims and an appropriation to cover them
But it was evident that the condition of
the House issuch that it was impossible to
pass the Deficiency bill with the Spolia.
tion provision left in it. Not only would
the Deficiency bill itself be imperilled,
but the deadlock caused by it would pre-
vent action on other important matters.
Therefore the Senate conferees had felt
constrained to recede from their position
on this provision. The report was agreed
to, and at / O'Clock the Senate proceeded
to.executive business.
RIDDLEBERGER's DUTCH COURAGE.
There was intense excitement on the
floor and in the galleries of the Senate
when President pro tenn Ingalls, ordered
the arrest of Senator Riddleberger. The
condition OF the Virginia Senator was as
bad, from a total abstinence point OF
view, as it has been any time during his
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