St. Paul daily globe., 1889-01-12
BLOCKED BY A BO0R.
Representative Weaver Ties
Up the Lower House With
Crazy Motions.
EX-Justice Vincent Vindi-
Gated by the Proffer of the
Montana Justiceship.
Secretary Villas Recognizes
Bird as Governor of the
Chickasaw Nation.
Cramps New Cruiser Vesuvi-
us Is the Fastest Vessel
That Floats.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE house
spent most of the day in filibusterlng.
A strong effort was made to transact
business, but Mr.. Weaver continued to
interpose dilatory motions. At the
close of the prayer Mr.. Weaver, of
Iowa, moved that when the house ad-
journ to-day it be to meet on Monday
next. During the count "a conference
of prominent Democrats was held at the
speakers desk. AS a result, when the
vote Oh this question had been deter
mined, and Mr.. Weaver moved to take
a recess until 80, Mr.. Randall made
the point of order that no business could
be transacted until the journal had
been read. This point the speaker up
held. Mr.. Weaver insisted that the chair
had made another ruling before. .and had
allowed motions for adjournment to
be voted on before the reading of the
journal, but the speaker said that even
had he so described on previous Occa-
sions, he would now reverse his own
ruling. The journal having been read,
Mr.. Weaver moved an adjournment un-
til Monday, but MIR. Dibble, of South
Carolina, came forward with confer
ence report upon the senate bill for the
erection of public building at Milwau-
kee, and the speaker ruled that this was
of higher privilege than motion to ad-
jOurn. While the motion to agree to
the conference report was pending MIR.
Weaver moved an adjournment, but the
chair declared him out of order, holding
that a motion to postpone was the only
motion which could put aside the report
or permit adjournment. There was
some
FILIBUsTERING ON THE VOTE
on motion to order the previous queS-
ton. When the previous question had
been ordered Mr.. Weaver asked whether
a motion to adjourn until Monday would
be in order. The speaker thought not,
but expressed some doubt of the cor
rectness of his own ruling. MIR. Weaver
solved in favor of the rights of the mi
nority. The Speaker-The chair thinks
it is better to resolve the doubt in the
interest of the transaction of the public
business of the house, and he has there
fore done so on this occasion. APP
plause.1 During the debate on the Mil
waukee bill Mr.. Weaver made some re-
marks in favor of the Oklahoma bill,
and he was quickly ruled out of
order. On the request for the
yeas and nays no quorum voted,
and Mr.. Weaver pressed the point that
a quorum was necessary. The speaker
overruled the point on the ground that
the practice for thirty-fve years had
been the other way, although in the
Thirty-second congress ruling had
been made that quorum was necessary.
The conference report was agreed to.
Mr.. Dibble then presented conference
report on the bill apprOpriating 100000
ho of q
the construction of a public building at
Omaha, Neb. Despite Mr..
WEAvER'S ATTEMPTED OBSTRUCTION,
the house considered and agreed to the
report. When Mr.. Dibble rose with an
other conference report, Mr.. Weaver
raised the question of consideration.
Further points of order were made and
ruled upon. and finally, without accom-
plishing any further legislation. on mo-
ton of MIR. Weaver, the house at
O'Clock recessed until 7:30 o'clock-the
night session to be for consider
alton of private pension bills.
Mr.. Weaver, OF Iowa, was not
present when the house met
this evening; but Mr.. Kilgore, of Texas,
was on hand to block legislation by
raising the point of no quorum upon the
motion to go into committee of the
WIOlC lOl UuC COllSluCldtiOI VI plINQbC
pension bills. Mr.. Kilgore said that it
had become evident that one man in the
house could prevent the transaction of
public business; he now wished it to be
understood that as long as this state OF
affairs existed no private bills should be
passed. A call of the house was ordered.
Mi. Mason, of Illinois, moved that all
the absentees be excused. with the ex-
ceptlon of Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, and
that that gentleman be compelled to be
present. "Oh, no! we don't want him."
said several members. Mr.. Mason said
that he would yield to the desire OF the
house to dispense with Mr.. Weaver's
presence, and he withdrew the motion.
The call continued until $50, when the
house adjourned until tomorrow.