Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-05
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| WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The speaker hav-
| ing proceeded with the call of states for
the introduction and reference of bills,
flibustering was inaugurated by Mr.. Pay
son, of Illinois, who sent to the clerk S
desk and demanded the reading of a long
printed bill to establish court of appeals.
His opposition is directed to the .Union
Pacific funding bill and upon his desk
rests stack of bills, the reading of which
will consume the entire day, unless he re-
ceives assurances that no efforts will be
made to pass that measure under sus-
pension of the rules
The court of appeals bill having been
duly read and referred Mr.. Payson brought
forward for reading and reference the
bankruptcy bill, which owing to its length,
is favorite weapon for fillbustering by
thOse who desire to kill time.
Mr.. Payson stated that his opposition to
the Union Pacific bill is not directed
against consideration of the measure IN
der the ordinary rules of parliamentary
procedure, but against its consideration
under a suspension OF the rules, when
but a limited time for debate and no OPP
portunity for amendment are presented.
With the prospect of a long monotonous
task before him, the reading clerk did not
put the customary vim into his voice, but
drearily droned out the well known terms
OF the bankruptcy bill.
A break in the monotony was made by Mr.
Crisp, OF Georgia, who, stating that 1t was
apparent that nothing would be done I'M
der suspension Of the rules, called up as
a matter of the highest privilege, the con-
ference report on the bill to attend the
interstate commerce act. The point upon
which the conferees have been unable to
come to any agreement relative to the
transportation in barrels, in tank cars
and to comforting concurrent jurisdiction
upon the state courts to bear and determ-
ine questions under the act.
ARMY GOSSIP.
WASHINGTON, Feb 4.-Second Lienten-
ant w. H. Bean, End cavalry, stationed at
the Preside, San Francisco, arrived in town
Friday on two months leave.
Captain o. w. Pollock, 23d infantry,
who has been spending the past few
months in Europe, arrived in the city on
Friday and will remain several weeks.
General Henry j. Hunt. United States
army, the governor of the Soldiers Home,
is very i'll. The doctors reported his con-
ditiOn last night as being more favorable
than any time since his attack.
The nominations of the nOncommls-
stoned officers who passed their eXamIna-
ton for second lieutenants in the army be-
fore the army board at Fortress Monroe
last summer, will probably be sent to the
senate tomorrow. Tits the intention of the
war department to assign them SO far as
possible to the regiments in which they
formerly served.
There is story current in army circles
to the effect that certain officer came
home drunk one night last week. His
wife had often threatened that if he did
not reform she would drink too. She pro-
ceeded to carry out her threat. The officer
who is well known in Washington, was
so enraged about his wife's intoxication
that he beat her. AS soon as she was able
to get about the wife took choral. The
doctors worked all of Friday night bring
ing her round. She is now out of danger.