The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-21
REEDS RICHOCHBp
On the EmascuIated Silver Bill
Of the Senate.
A DAY OF DREARY DEBATE
Over tho Subjcct-Thc Opposition
Don't Know Whether tho 8ill Is
on tho Speakers Table or Not.
Antitrust Hill Passed.

PiNtecuiuS5 WtB uOt feau
and the Speaker announced tho penlin,
question to be ordering tho preyiou
question on the motion made by Mr.
Mills, OF Texas, to approve the journa
OF Wednesday, rs amended by the reso
luton OF yesterday. lr
The previous question was ordered
yeas, loG; nays. Ice.
Mr.. Mckinley, before the announce
nent OF the vote, changed his vote t
the affirmative, (amid suggestions @
hllibustering and jeers from the Demo
cratic side and then moved Il reconsider
alton.
Mr.. Tracy, OF New York, voted will
the Republicans. Republicans votinl
with the Democrats in tho ailirmatiy.
werc MessrS. Bar.ine, Carter, Do Hn
ven, Hermann, Kelley, Morrow and
Townsend, OF Colorado. Mr.. Mckiule,
also voted in the affirmative for the pur
pose stated.
Mr.. Mills moved to table tho motion
to reconsider The motion to reconsid
er was tab!ed-yeas, l3l nays, l20. The
question then required on approving
the journal Of Wednesdays proceedings
as amended.
The motion to approve the journal OF
Wednesday rs amended was agreed to-
yeas, l32; nays, $50, and the Clerk then
proceeded to read the journal OF yester.
days proceedings amid II triumphant
buzz on the Democratic side.
ANTITRUST DlLL PASSED.
The journal having been read and np.
proved, Mr.. Stewart, of Vermont, asked
lor recognition with the conference re.
port on the antitrust bill, and Mr.. Bland,
OF Missouri, was on his feet raising The
question OF consideration.
The House determined, yeas. IA
nays, l02, to consider the conference re.
port.
After short debate III in the course
OF which alr. Kerr, OF Iowa, declared
that it was the first bill directed against
trusts that had ever passed tho Ameri.
eau Congress, and that in II years con.
troll OF the House the Democratic party
has not produced a syllable OF legislation
Of the kind. The report was adopted,
yeas o43, nays none.
Mr.. Dalzell, OF Pennsylvania, pre-
eented tho report OF the Election Com.
mittee in the contested Mississippi con.
tested election case OF Chalmers VS..
Morgan, in favor OF Morgan, and Mr..
kowell OF illinois, presented the report
from tho same committee upon the case
OF Miller vs. Elliott, in favor OF Miller.
MIR. Bland, Of Missouri, then offered
his resolution to take. up the silver bill.
MIR. Mckinley, Of Ohio, made the
point OF order that the motion was not
that the only way to reach
the Speakers table was to follow the or.
der OF the morning business.
Mr. Conger, OF iowa, added as fur
ther point, amidst sarcastic Democratic
laughter, that the bill was not on the
Speaker's table, but in the hands of the
Coinage Committee.
Mr.. Bland argued in opposition TO the
point OF order, and held that the bill
was on the Speakers table and therefore
within reach.
POINTS OF DIFFERENCE.
Mr.. Springer, OF Illinois, said that the
effect OF the special order under which
the bill was originally considered, was
to take the bill out OF the Committee OF
the Whole. The only question was
whether the Senate had added now
matter, new amendment that was sub
ject to consideration in the Committee
OF tho Whole: Tho original House bill
had an indefinite appropriation clause,
The bill as it came from the Senate had
an identical clause except that the order
Of the words was slightly changed.
MIR. Peters, Of Kansas, asked if the ap-
preparations were not for different pur.
poses-one for free coinage aud the
other for something else.
MIR. Springer did not think 60. The
Senate appropriation clause would not
involve the expenditure Of 9 per cen. OF
the sum appropriated by The House bill,
but the purpose was identical. The new
matter inserted by the Senate was not
subject 10 reference to the Committee oi
the Whole. II tho friends OF free silver
would vote in the proper direction they
would aoon have an opportunity to vote
directly upon the bill as it came IRON
the Senate.
Mr.. Conger, Of Iowa, maintained tha,
the appropriations were ior ditIeren,
purposes. There was record evidence
that the Speaker had referred the b,il tc
the Committee on Coinage. Ii The
HOUSE wanted to recall the bill from 'tht
Coinage Committee, it could do so b,
proceeding under the rules. :
Mr.. Crisp, Of Georgia, wanted to know
where the evidence was that the bill
had been referred. The House spok,
only through it's journal.
Mr.. Conger said that the gentlemen
could see the bill in the committee room
Mr.. Crisp replied that lhat made NJ
difference in the legislative situation.
Mr.. Conger nevertheless maintained
that the bill was still properly and ac
tually before his committee.
Mr.. Morrow, OF California, said tia
the action oil the house yesterday wa.
exceedingly significant Of ils disposition
The TACT was, that there was no refer
cuoe at, all, that the Speaker had nc
authority to refer the bill, and that hi
action was not voidable, but void. Th,
fact WIS that the bill was upon til,
Speakers table. v :.
Mr. Brewer, OF Michigan, (solto roce
"I'll bet you dollar and half it isn't.
Mr.. Butterworth declared that til,
House, by adopting Mr.. Mills RESOLUTION
had declared that the bill had not beer
referred. .J''lE5 y
Mr.. Dutterworth uail there was nc
tyranny like the tyranny ol the major.
ity that acted iu disregard OF the law
Great Democratic npplausct] Ii gen
tlemen acted in conformity with theil
applause they would not stand trying t
place the bill before the House in viola
ton Of the plain rule. ~
WHERE IS THE SILVER BILL? i
Ar. Williama, OF Illinois, said that yes
..srday while tie motion to rcconside
was pending and the resolution ha'
been adopted. the chairman Of The Com
mittee on Coinage hr1 walked up to III
Speakers desk, taking up bill, hande,
it to hia clerk, who refused to apswe
a question IS to whether it was the si
yer bill, and who took 1t sway, It re
quired m explanation; 1t looked like
] oppspirncy 10 Obtain pbysical possaRsio,