The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-21
THE SILVER BILL.
Its Place in the House Not Yet
Decided.
Another Day Consumed in Parliamentary
Debate.
In Effort TO Be Made to Consider the Senate
Amendments TO-Day-A Night
Session.
Special Dispatches to TIE MonxrSs CALL

WASHINGTON, June 2O-In the House
this morning yesterdays contest was re-
newed. The Speaker announced the pend
ing question to be ordering the previous
question on the motion made by Mills to
approve the journal of Wednesday as
amended by the resolution yesterday.
The previous question was ordered
ayes 126, noes 122. lGreat applause on the
Democratic side.l Morrow and the whole
Pacific Coast delegation, except McKenna
ard Vandever, voted with the Democrats
Mckinley voted AYE" and changed his
vote to mo" and then moved to reconsider
the vote.
McMnlin moved to lay McKinley's mo
tion on the table. The motion was carried
ayes 131, noes 1880 the previous Ques-
tion was ordered on the approval Of the
journal as amended, which was agreed to
ayes 1S2, noes 100. The clerk then pro-
ceeded to read the journal Of yesterdays
proceedings, which was approved.
Stewart of Vermont presented a confer
ence report on the Anti-T BIZ.
Bland raised question of consideration
and offered 4 resolution that the House bill
directing the purchase of silver bullion and
the issuance Of treasury notes, with the
Senate amendments, be taken from the
Speakers table and the Senate amendments
concurred in. The House determined by
vote of IA noes to 102 ayes to consider the
conference report. The entire Republican
Pacific Coast delegation deserted the silver
men. Tne Trust Bill was then taken up.
After short debate the report was adopt
ed-ayes 243, noes O.
Bland then offered a resolution to take up
the Silver Bill.
Mckinley made point Of order that the
motion was not privileged.
Conger Of Iowa added the further point,
amid sarcastic Democratic laughter, that
the bill was not on the Speakers table, but
in the hands of the Coinage Committee.
Bland held that the bill was on the Speak
er's table.
A long discussion followed as to whether
the Senate amendments TO the bill were new
matter, such as would require consideration
in committee of the whole.
Conger said, Notwithstanding the action
of the House in correcting the journal, the
bill had been referred to the Committee on
Coinage, and the Chairman of that commit
tee had actual possession of it.
Crisp said there was no evidence of the
reference The journal did not show it.
Morrow said the action of the House yes
terday was exceedingly significant in its
disposition. The fact is there was no refer
ence at all. The Speaker had no authority
to refer the bill. His action was not void
able, but void. The fact was the bill was
upon the Speakers table. The mere phys
ical fact that the gentleman from Iowa
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of the bill made no difference in its parlia-
mentary ositlon.
Butterworth denied that the House, by
adopting Mills resolution, declared the bill
had not been referred.
Henderson OF Iowa asked II Morrow
would contend if the House, being under
Democratic management for the time being,
should burn up the record of the passage OF
the Senate bill The bill would fail?
Morrow insisted there was a material
difference between the fact and this suppo-
sition.
TWENTY-FIVE men under the dome of the
Capital who believed the bill Incorrectly
referred upon their oath. Republican ap-
plause.
Morrow replied that the majority of the
House had declared otherwise
Williams of Illinois said that yesterday
while the motion to reconsider was pend
ing and the resolution had been adopted,
the Chairman of the Committee on Coinage
walked up to the Speakers desk. took up
q bill that he (Williams) believed was the
Silver Bill and handed il over to the CLERK
of the Committee on Coinage. This looked
ike conspiracy to obtain physical posses
sion OF the BILL
ConCer the Chairman of the Committee
on Coinage, said the bill was delivered to
his clerk before II o'clock yesterday morn
ing. During the afternoon, upon the re-
quest Of the journal clerk, it had been put
80 in his possession for a short time, in order
to make some clerical Endorsements, but
he (CongeD had again taken it back to the
committee clerk.
McCrearv maintained that under the
Constitution the bill had never been prop
erly in charge OF the Committee on Coinage.
The Constitution required the House to
keep journal, and until that journal was
approved it was not proper TO send bill
anywhere. The entry in the journal was
void He held that the bill was on the
Speakers table, and should be placed be-
fore the House for action.
After q further discussion by Bland, the
Speaker and others Bland modified the IAN
guage of his resolution so as to direct that
the Speaker, under Rule "a, should lay all
matters on his table, including the Silver
Bill, before the House for action.
The Speaker said that perhaps he could
simplify the matter and suggested to Bland
that he understood his wish to be simply to
get at this matter when 1t would naturally
come up, supposing it was upon the Speak
eTs table, 1ot passing upon the matter 9t
siiis time. What the Chair proposed to do
was that when the bill was reached it should
be brought before the House, but the gentle
man did not seem to consider that this was
Friday, private bill day, and that private
bills alJne were in order.
Bland asked whether the bill would be
laid before the House tomorrow morning.
The Speaker declined to answer that
question until tn proper time.
McComas demanded the regular order.
The Speaker said that the regular order
was a private bill which he passed to the
reading clerk
Springer wished to know when the Chair
might be expected to decide where the bill
was.
The Speaker-Whenever the bill would
be in order, providing the views Of the
other side were correct, about which the
Chair presents no opinion because he does
not think 1t is the proper time.
As Bland and Springer finally insisted
ON a specific ruling the Speaker finally
ruled that BANDS resolution to proceed 10
the consideration of the Silver Bill was not
in order under the rules.
Bland appealed.
Mckinley moved to lay the appeal on the
table
The ayes and noes were ordered pend
ing which Crisp moved that the House ad-
lonrn.
The motion was defeated, but the hour Of
o'clock had arrived, and the House under
the rules took recess, the evening session
to be for pension business.
No business was transacted at the even
ing session, however.
THE SILVER MARKET.
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