The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-23

At the end of the second call the ma
jority had neither increased nor diminished.
Then came change OF votes. Fully two
dozen changes were made, and in the
alterations the affirmative came out trium-
phant. the vote being announced as ayes
100. noes "a.
Then Grosvenor of Ohio, who had changed
his vote for the purpose, moved a reconSid-
GRAFTON. Frank of Missouri moved to table
that motion.
The motion to table was agreed to--ayes
113. noes %.
The vote then recurred on the passage Of
the Senate bill as amended. Passed
ayes l76, noes 3S. Those voting in the
negative were: Abbott Adams, Breckin-
ridge of Arkansas, Breckenridge of Ken
tncky. Garter. Caruth. Chipman. Clunie.
Dunphy, Elliott Foreman, Fowler. Frank,
Hayes, Lannan, Lawler, Lehlbach, Martin
of Texas, Mason, McAdoo, Mccarthy,
Mutchler, ONeil of Massachusetts, Outh-
waite, Quinn, Richardson, Sayres, Stewart
Of Texas. Taylor of Illinois, Turner of
New York. Van Schaick, Vaux, Whit
thorne, Wike and Wiley.
a conference with the Senate was asked,
and the House proceeded to the considera-
tion of the Bankruptcy Bill.
Z. b. Taylor of Ohio, Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, opened the debate
with speech in favor of the bill as one in
whose preparation no pains has been spared
to make it just He opposed the Voluntary
Bankruptcy Bill. framed by the minority,
as favorable to creditors only.
Culbertson of Texas opposed the bill. Gin
Its general features and scope the bill is not
materially different FROM the Lowell b II of
the former Congress and from the act of
1867, against the latter of which public sem
timent became strong. The Senate In 1873
finally acceded to the third request of the
House that it be repealed. CulDertson said
ha of a ctarn tl1,rtI CHI Of11A
be such anxiety on the part Of the money
and manufacturing interests for the
passage Of this bill, unless 1t was that
the shadow of the legislation which
this Congress had been thrust over them
by the Mckinley bill which absorbed the
earnings of the people in order to enrich
the manufacturers; with the Silver Bill,
which lodged in the Secretary of the Treas
ury (who was always dominated by Wall
street. the power to demOnetiZe silver after
one year; with the Election Bill which
struck down at one blow the unsurpassed
prosperity of the South which had arisen
from the ashes of the great war; it might
be that the convention conceived it neces-
sary to provide wrecking train TO pick up
the debris of the fortunes which would be
scattered all over the country when these
laws we're enforced. Applause on the Demo-
cratic side.
Wheeler of Alabama said the Speaker
ordered the bill passed. Laughter. He
had ordered the Election Bill passed and it
had been passed, and he presumed this bill
would be.
Buchanan of New Jersey, member of
the Judiciary Committee, said he did not
know whether the Speaker was in favor of
the bill or opposed to it. They had
never passed on the subject. He
(Buchanan) was getting tired OF in
situations of this kind. Continuing
Buchanan supported the measure, con-
tending that it was demanded by the peo-
pie. There was nothing political or Sec
ti0nal in it. Those members of the Judi
clary Committee who made a careful study
of the bill were satisfied that it contained
all the safeguards with which it was pos
sible to surround bill of this character
Kelley of Kansas inquired whether under
the provisions of the bill lawyers only
could be appointed referees.
buchanan made: an affirmative response.
Kelley suggested that it was not right to
men who were not members of the bar. He
said that from personal experience the
worst thing that could befall farmer was
to quit farming and practice law. But the
fact was that referees had judicial functions
to perform.
Oates of Alabama opposed the bill, and
at the same time frankly admitted that it
was one of the best and most carefully con-
sdered bankruptcy measures that was ever
brought up in Congress, but the act of 1867
had been so completely debauched and NAL
administered in the South that the very
word bankruptcy had become putrid in the
noStrils Of honest men in that section.
Boatner of Iowa and Hayes of Iowa gave
modified support to the bill, suggesting GER
tain changes. Pending further debate, the
House adjourned.