Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-19
The Filibustering Tactics Kept Up in
the House Today.
SPEAKER COUNTS A QUORUM
His Count is Challenged by the
Democrats.
BANKRUPTCY DISCUSSED IN SENATE
SENATE.

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T. U. a bill to prohibit the manufacture or sale
OF spirituous liquors in the territories. Re-
ferred
TO AMEND THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Mr.. Plumbs resolution to recommit the
bankruptcy bill to the judiciary committee
with instructions to amend it By making it
apply to voluntary bankruptcy only was taken
up
Mr.. Hoar asked Mr.. Plumb to withdraw the
resolution. The bill had been very carefully
prepared, and when it came before the Senate
motion could be made to strike out the in
voluntary clause of it. The two things we're
not mingled at all. He had not expected the
bill to be taken up at this session; but if there
was 10 be any discussion Of it he should be
Obliged to take up two or three hours of the
time Of the Senate
MR.. PLUMB's TWO REASONS.
Mr.. Plumb said that he had offered the reso-
luton for two reasons. One was that he was
utterly opposed to the principle OF involuntary
bankruptcy; and the other WAS that he did not
wish to have any bankruptcy bill passed at this
session. He understood that an association of
wholesale dealers had spent a good deal of
money ill efforts to have the bill passed, and
that fact indicated that the bill was no. in the
interest OF the people of the United States. but
In the interest OF a class of persons whom it
would enable to put a clutch on the throat of
all the business of a small kind carried on in
the United States.
Mr.. Culom remarked that he had had letters
this morning from two OF the most prominent
business men OF Chicago asking that the bill be
not passed at the present session.
MIR. Plumb said that he had also had dis
patch from the leading commercial body of
Kansas City recalling the consent heretofore
given by 1t to the bill.
NECESSITY FOR THE NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY BILL
Mr nEn ne xha, - Il
bankruptcy bill. There were he said, from
10000 to 25O, 900 people in the UnitedStates who
wore on their limbs the fetters of indebtedness.
which they could only escape from by the
operation OF national bankruptcy law. But
1t was absolutely impracticable to have ma
tlonal bankruptcy law that dealt with voluntary
cases alone. He believed that bankruptcy
system could be contrived that would
offord almost absolute, certainly adequate Sc
curity against repetition of the evils of the
former law He did not wish bankruptcy
OH to be passed as party measure or rs a
sectional measure. lie believed that the pass
age, with the assent OF the representatives of
the west and south, of moderate, safe. Just.
reasonable system would have healing and
fertilizing effect on the whole country, and
that such system would, within three years.
reduce the rate OF interest, whore it is now TO-,
IL asor IA per cent, to 3, or per cent
Mr.. PLUME 8 RESOLUTION PUT ON THE cALEN-
DAR
After further discussion Mr. Plumb's reso-
luton was placed on the calendar without ac-
ton, MIR. Hoar stating that he would not ask
its consideration at this session or at any time
when the Senate was not thought to be full
enough to enable both its friends and its op-
ponents to have it fully considered.
INCREASE OF SILVER MONEY
Mr.. Voorhees, introduced a joint resolution
for an immediate increase of silver money.
Referred to the finance committee.
SECRET SESSION.
The Senate then, Oh motion of Mr.. Hawley,
proceeded to the consideration of executive
business
BILLS PASSED.
The doors were reopened at 1920 and the
Senate proceeded to the consideration (for one
hour of unobjectei bills on the calendar. of
which the following (among others) were
passed
House bill to amend section 2399 of the Re-
vised Statutes on the subject OF contracts fOr
land surveys.
Senate bill appropriating $50, 900 for public
building at Joplin, Mo.
House bill to discontinue the coinage of the
s3 and 81 gold pieces and the three-cent nickel
piece.
Nominations Confirmed.
frmed the following nominations: Theodore
NJ. Schleier Of Tennessee, consul at Amster-
dam; Charles B. Nunemacher, postmaster at
Ashland, kas. Charles Scoville, surveyor of
customs, Evansville, Ind. and the following
army promotions: First Lieut.. VIM. Fl,
Miller, first cavalry, to be assistant
Fifteenth infantry-Second Lieuts. VIM. F.
Blanvelt and VIM. L. Stamper, first lieutenants
Second cavalry-Additional Second Lieut. Jas.
j. HornbroOk, second lieutenant. Fifth cav
Additional Second Lieut. Samuel G.
Jones. jr., second lieutenant Seventh cavalry
Additional Second Lieut. VIM. F. Clark, second
lieutenant. Seventeenth infantry - Second
Lieut. James I. Kerr, regimentAt sdjutant first
lieutenant. Twenty-second infantry Second
Lieut. Henry c. Hodges, jr., first lieutenant
w. James, captain; Second Lieut.. Joseph b
Batcheler, jr., first lieutenant.
Also the following assignments Of cadets--To
be second licutenants: Robert B Wallace. Sec
ond cavalry; Frank NJ. Caldwell. third cavalry;
Milton I. Davis, fourth cavalry; Francis c. Mar
shall, eighth cavalry, James A. Ryan, Melvin
W. Rowell and Lawrence j. Fleming, tenth
cavalry; Hiram Mel. Powell second infantry;
Peter Murray and Paul A. Wolf, third infantry;
John II. Wholley, fourth infantry; Frank b.
Keich, fifth infantry; Harry II. Baudholtz, sixth
infantry; Henry !. Ferguson, seventh in
,
Charles s. Clark. ninth infantry; Willis Uline,
twelfth infantry; Joseph C. Fox, thirteenth In
fantry; James n. Lindsay and Frank W Sladen,
fourteenth infantry; George NJ. Brown, six
teenth infantry; Henry G.. Lyon. seventeenth
infantry; George ID. Moore and Charles J. SYM
monds, eighteenth infantry; Wm o, johnson
and II enry q Learnard, nineteenth infantry;
Hugh Swain. twenty third infantry; Vernon A.
Caldwell, twen.y-ffth infantry; Edmund L.
Butts, twenty-trst infantry
Additional second lieutenants-James j.
Hornbrook, second cavalry; VIM. F. Clark.
seventh cavalry; Samuel G. Jones' jr., fifth
cavalry; Grin D. Meyer, first cavalry; James
N. Andrews, jr., fifth cavalry; Golden LII
Ruggles, first artillery; Henry ID. Todd, jr.,
third artillery; John c. Rennard, first artillery;
James Hamilton, Geo. Montgomery and Daniel
W. Ketcham, second artillery; Frank G.
Mauldin and VIM. s. McNair, third artillery;
Thomas b. Lamoreaux, Clint C. Hearn.
Maurice G.. Krayeubuhl and Thomas w. VIM
ston, fourth artillery; Alfred G. Merriiat, VIM.
c: Davis and George G. Galley, fifth artillery;
VIM. J. Snow, first artillery.
HOUSE.
After prayer by the chaplain, Mr.. O'Ferrall
Va.) suggested that there was no quorum pres
ent, but the Speaker was able TO count one.
and the clerk proceeded to read the journal
Mr.. Oates (Ala.), Mr.. O'Ferrall and Mr.. Crisp