The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-18
|siness Blocked While Repre-
|sentatives Rush to Strength
en- Their Fences
One Sided Operation Of the Holi-
day Bill-How Bills Go
to Sleep.

Gf1CC6 IL O6O IOAIou l1k0 y GOIU6UOy over.
blming many representatives seeking
election. Republicans and democrats had
Ia served alike. In other districts it re-
hbled food sweeping over river bot
hs and carrying everything before it.
pre were asst ounding reports from Kan
and reports equally alarming from
Ith Carolina. Alabama, Georgia and the
K states. Senators az distinguished as
Ealls and Vance were threatened. There
10 anxious faces in the house. Experi-
led veterans heard the whistlinR Of the
km and knew that they were in danger.
By paired with men of opposite political
th in equal peril and sped to their dis
Fts to look after their political house.
&c. Z: T. =c=.> ceses they were too late
have themselves. In others they are still
hggling.
Fhe rising Of the farmers might aptly be
|apared to the rising in the departments
France at the time of the French rsvolu-
b. Honest legislators who had never
led in devotion to the agricultural inter
y Of the country. struggled for their
ftical existence. In Georgia there was
lent gale. James H. Blount, of Macon,
F1ng his eighteenth consecutive year in
house, was forced to raise his umbrella.
tge J. D. Stewart was overwhelmed. Tom
mes and Judge Barnes had only fight
chance. There were alarming reports
cerning the political future of that
noe Of confederate soldiers, Gov. John
Gordon. The farmers were making the
ht for the legislature with the intention
putting one of their own number in the
tied States senate in place Of Gov. Joe
wn. Gov. Gordon had thrown himself
b their ranks in the vain hope Of secur-
the prize. ss
uch were soms Of the reports that
phed the house. In Mississippi such
d veterans as Gen. Hooker, James
Rht Morgan, Gen. CatchinRs and Thorn
r. Stockdale were endangered. Bril-
ht John II. Allen received his renomina-
before the storm had fairly burst. In
bama Gen. William II Forney was
eatened. His loss would have been q
iopal loss.
b Kansas, Iowa and Illinois everything
{ sea. The political life of Rev. John
anderson, of rough-and-ready Perkins
of pertinacious Funston is at stake.
Rerson is born fighter. His assaults
n the Pacific railroads alone ought to
ear him to the farmers. He will be in
field despite all opposition, and if he
st 90 down, will fall like hero.
hen there was alarming news from
th Caiolina. The veteran George d.
man alone was undismayed. He is
ther Of the Tillman who is shaking up
vNnvikIN01 0riokrnroNo ~ kho Do1 ID
e, and whose obituary ID probably al
~ in type in the composing rooms of
Ee than one daily newspaper.
flld rumors came from the northwest.
sitting members we're not only exposed
he blasts of the Farmers' Alliance, but
9 shaken by school question that had
lied the German Lutherans. This a9its-
threw the republican representatives of
Badger State into fever. It threatens
u supremacy to such an extent that it is
med the state will 20 democratic. The
Pt Caswell is said to have been knocked
of denomination. There were also
Jones in congressional districts in I'LL
Indiana, Minnesota and Michigan.
these fumors withered mp the house
q sirocco. It shrunk to the smallest
ensions. The speaker had difficulty in
hting quorum. Many an empty seat
Of the desperate struggle. Both sides
it difficult to keep their lines. Tele-
ns are received day after day telling of
fortunes of representatives hundreds
thousands Of miles away.
quorum was found only when vote
taken upon the most important meas
tee OF the whole on the original pack
the bankruptcy and other bills. Men
ke to empty seats. The committee on
kept its grip on the throat of the
Pc. 1t not only directed what bills
bid be taken up, but allotted the time
consideration, and specified the hour for
ng. Without this specification itwould
been almost impossible to have OBJ
ed voting quorum at the critical mo-
Il.
here was no chance for the thousands
little bills upon the calendars. Thess
usually showed in to fill the interetioee
legislation by unanimous consent. The
of billy ON the printed calendars to.
the end of the month filed one hum
and twenty pages. The calendar Of
bommittee Of the whole on the state Of
Union took up twenty-three; the house
ndar carried nine. and the private CAL
II was spread over forty-seven pages.
10 was page of special orders, i've
es Of unfinished business. and page
rivileged reports. Over 1,700 bills re-
and thirty seven of which were pri-
bills.
be laboring men looking for labor legis-
N, the claimants seeking just dues
the government, and the thousands
rested in measures affecting the COM
be, agriculture and other business in
tg of the country, can readily under
4 Why nothing is done to relieve them.
rules, it was said, were made to do
hess. They do business, but it is the
aes designated BY the committee on
under the rules. Privileged business
mp much of the time. If through inn
unity q member secures recognition
the speaker, and asks unanimous con-
for the consideration of q bill which
not dollar out Of the treasury,
body invariably objects. II. BY any
lent, the objection 10 not heard, some
y sure to raise the point Of no quorum
the vote il taken.
I an hour mp TO July s. had been given
% committee on rules to the commit
labor, to the committee on patents,
Q dozen other committees equally inn
knt. indeed, the committee On patents
bad terrible time. Il got mo- day In
ftieth congress, and il has had NO day
ffty-frst congress. The rules set
Friday as q day for the consideration
ivate bills; yet under tbs rulss thsss
have BEEN robbed e their day fos OVER