Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-04
and get him intoa reasonable frame Of

cloak room, quieted down, and after
about quarter of an hour left the Capi'
tol for his hotel in the company OF a
friend.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-When the
Speaker called the House to order at
O'Clock to-day every seat in the gallery
was occupied and an overflow crowd
surged through the corridors.
The Speaker said there were upon the
table various Senate bills and veto mes
sages from the President. He would like
to have the sense of the House as to
whether he should now lay them before
the House. On motion of Mills, by
unanimous consent, the Speaker was re-
quested to lay the Senate bills before the
House, but withhold the veto messages.
Acting in conformity with this request,
the Speaker laid before the House
the Senate bill increasing to 81 800, 900
the limit of the cost of the
public building for Detroit, Mich.
which was passed. On motion of Reed
the Senate bill, was passed granting a
pension of $50 month to the widow of
Gen. II. J. Hunt. Sayers, Texas, sub
mitted the conference report on the De-
ticiency Appropriation bill. An agree
ment had been reached on all points OF
difference except the anne ldraents OF the
Senate relating to the water supply of
the District of Columbia, providing for
the payment of the French Spoilation
Claims, and granting an extra months
salary to the Senate reporters. The re-
port was agreed to, and the question
aroee as TO whether the conferees should
receive any instructions relating to the
existing points of difference. After dis
cussion, consideration of the report
was suspended to enable Peel, Arkansas,
to submit the conference report on the
Indiana Appropriation bill, and it was
agreed to.
McCreary reported favorably Ed
mund's resolution in regard to the con
struction of the Panama Canal. Placed
Oh the calendar.
The Deficiency bill having again been
taken up, the French spoliation claims
amendment by the Senate was read.
Springer, of Illinois, asked the unani.
nous consent of the House to insist upon
disagreement; intimating that, unless his
request was acceded to, he would fill
buster against the bill. McComas, of
Maryland, having objected to the request,
Springer carried out his threat by mov
ing recess until o'clock. After some
delay the House took recess until s
o'clock.
When the House met at o'clock this
evening, Sayers was accorded the floor
with the Deficiency bill. sayers yielded
the floor to Springer, and that genti eman
moved recess until O'Clock. Caswell,
Wisconsin, expressed astonishment that
the gentleman in charge OF the Deficiency
bill should yield the floor to an avowed
filibusterer, and inquired whether the
gentleman's object was to defeat the Di-
rect Tax bill, bill of which two-thirds
of the House was in favor. Sayers re-
piled that his object was to pass the De-
ficiency bill.
A vote was then taken on the motion
for recess.
At 8 80 Springer withdrew his motion
for recess, and instantly Sayers moved
that the House insist upon disagreement
to the amendment McComas then
moved that the House receded from the
disagreement. Then the House was
thrown into a tumult, Sayers claiming
the floor for an hour, and McComss and
his friends insisting that the floor be &C.
corded him. The Speaker pro tenn,
Hatch, recognized McComas to make
his motion, but decided that Sayers was
entitled to the floor, decision which
called forth angry protests from the Re-
publican side. For ten minutes the gall
leries were entertained by viewing one of
the noisiest scenes which had been pre-
sented in the House during the present
session. The two hours debate which
ensued was participated in by Men
sur, McComas, Dibble, Kerr and Bland.
They were continually interrupted by
laughter and applause. Bland finally
moved a recess, and until 1880 the
House relapsed into state of mamma
ton. At that hour McComas said he
was willing to withdraw his motion to
recede, and to allow square vote to be
taken on Savers motion to insist on dis
the enemies of the French Spoliation
Claims, and chorus of objectir :
such procedure came from the
cratic side. Again, after another hali-nour
had been consumed in the vain endeavor
to secure a quorum, Sayers asked the
unanimous consent of the House to in
sist upon disagreement. After slight
colloquy, the bill was returned to the
Conference.
Payson, of Illinois, was then recog-
ulZ0u lOE d luutlOh w puopOhA eIO AuiOC
for the passage of the Land Forfeiture
bill practically as it had passed the Sem
ate.
Crisp, of Georgia, called up, as ques-
ton of the highest privilege, the Sulli-
van FELTON, contested election case, and
then the filibustering was transferred to
the other side of the chamber, McKenna,
of California, making motion for recess.
A motion for recess having been voted
down, Payson. in the interest of the Land
Forfeiture bill, raised the question of
consideration, and Caswell, of Wiscon-
sin, seconded him in the interest of the
Direct Tax bill. Then filibustering once
more banded over to the Democratic
side, and motions were entered for
recess.
Representative McMillen, from the
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries, to-day reported from that COM
mittee adversely the bill providing for
the payment of subsidy of thirty cents
per registered ton for each 1000 miles
traversed by sail and steam vessels built
and owned in the United States. A mi
nority report in favor of the bill was also
presented.
While the tellers we're in position
keeping desultory count of the mem
bers who strolled between them, Warner,
Missouri, madean earnest effort to secure
the passage of the Senate bill for public
holding in Kansas City. but Lynch,