Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-12
THE HOUSE.
Another Day Spent I'm Filibustering
Weaver,s Tenacity.

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WASHINGTON, January IL. In tn
House, Weaver, OF Iowa, at once movet
that when the House adjourn it be t
Monday. After the count had proceeded
half an hour without quorum making
ITS appearance, Randall demanded the
yeas and nays and they were ordered
The motion having been defeated, yeas
2. nays %, Weaver, who had voted in
the negative, moved a reconsideration.
Randall made the point that it was not
in order to move to reconsider a vote
upon a motion to adjourn to certain
day. The point was sustained by the
Speaker. Weaver moved to take a
recess until 80, but was again blocked
by Randall with point of order. He
held that the motion was in the nature
of business, therefore not in order until
the journal had been read. The Speaker
decided the point we'll taken.
WEAVER STILL ON TOP.
The journal was then read and Weaver
again began dilatory motions. These
were finally interrupted by Dibble, who
came forward with the conference report
upon the Senate bill for the erection of a
public building at Milwaukee, Wis.,,
which, notwithstanding Weaver's pro-
test, the Speaker ruled Of higher privil-
ege than motion to adjourn. The re-
port having been read and the previous
question demanded by Dibble, Weaver
moved to adjourn.
The Speaker decided, as the rules
gave the conference report precedence
over q motion to adjourn, subsequent
motion to adjourn could not deprive it Of
precedence. This ruling did not facili-
tate matters much, as at 3 O'Clock the
House had been so far unable to reach a
vote on the conference report, owing to
the tactics of Weaver. The Speaker
seems inclined to resort to arbitrary
measures to suppress the gentleman
from Iowa.
Weaver took advantage of the half
hours debate upon the Milwaukee bill
to deliver a speech in favor of the Okla
homa bill, in behalf of which he has
been making a flibustering fight for
some days past.
Mason, of Illinois, made the point OF
order that the gentleman was not speak.
ing to the subject before the House, and
the Speaker pro tenn. (McCreary) sus-
tanned it.
No quorum voting on ordering the
yeas and nays on the adoption of the
conference report, Weaver again raised
his point of order that a quorum was
necessary. The Speaker overruled the
point and the conference report was
agreed to; yeas, 179; nays, 81.
Dibble then presented the conference re-
port on the bill tor the erection of "a public
building at Omaha, Neb. Weaver per-
mitted the report to be agreed to without
forcing q yea and nay vote, but when
Dibble rose with another conference re-
port he raised the question of considera-
ton, and pending this, moved to adjourn.
Dibble raised the point Of order that
the latter motion was not in order, but
the point was overruled by the Speaker
Who held that pending the question o1
consi / r ton, it was competent for ths
House to adjourn. He also held in order
the subsequent motion that when the
House adjourn to-day it be to meet on
Monday next. The latter motion having
been defeated, Weaver withdrew his mo.
ton to adjourn, and on his motion the
House took recess, the evening session
to be for the consideration OF private
pension bills.
EVENING SESSION.
Weaver. of Iowa, was not presen,
when the House met this evening, Du'
Kilgore, of Texas, was on hsnd to BLOCK
legislation by the point OF no quorum
upon a motion to go into Committee O
the Whole for the consideration OF pri'
vate pension bills. The call OF the
House was ordered and continued until
2 20 when the House adjourned.