Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-25
FIFTY FIRST CONGRESS.
House..

Tie conference report on the OIL lOT d
public building at Beaver Falls, Pa, (the
limit OF cost is $5o,ooo(. Also the con
ference report on a bill for q public
cost cust'i'' Is az = 5000. NAf MIR. Williams
CO., presented the petition of ex-
soldiers of Dayton, O., for the en-
actment of q law prohibiting the sale,
use, manufacture or importation Of ban
ners or flags representing the Con-
federate flag or the flag of the Anar-
chists. On motion of Mr.. Williams co.
an amendment was agreed to appoint
ing +. M, Morrill,, of Kansas, and AL
fred L. Pearson, of Pennsylvania, as
members of the board of managers of
soldiers homes.
TUESDAY, June I'm the House, in
committee of the whole, the sundry
civil appropriation bill was considered.
On motion of Mr.. Tracey IN. " an
amendment was adopted appropriating
$41 900 for an electric light plant and a
drainage system at Watervliet arsenal,
n. Y. The Indian appropriation bill
came up, and the appropriation of $780,
600 to refund to Cherokee Indians the
expense of their removal to the Indian
Territory was stricken out.
WEDNESDAY, June 19.-The silver bill,
as amended by the Senate, was present
ed to the House at 1915. Mr.. Bland, of
Missouri, Immediately moved that the
committee of the whole rise, in order
that the House might at once proceed
to the consideration Of the bill. Mr..
Peel, of Arkansas, who had the floor,
ton, but the chairman of the CON-
mittee, Mr.. Allen, OF Michigan,
directed the clerk to continue the read
ing of a long printed precedent bear
ing upon the point of order then under
discussion. At the conclusion of the
reading Mr.. BANDS motion was put,
and was defeated on q standing vote by
70 to 80. On a vote by tellers the com
mittee refused to ~rise-yeas 81, nays
los, and continued the consideration of
the Indian appropriation bill.
THURSDAY, June 19.-There was a good
deal of anxiety to get at the discussion
of the silver bill in the House to-day.
Messrs. Mills and Mckinley remained
standing during the reading of the min
utes, and, as the reading closed, Mr..
that the journal be approved. Upon
this he demanded the previous
question, despite Mr.. Mills pro-
test that he was entitled to
recognition to move to correct the
journal. After a wrangle which lasted
until Z o'clock tonight, the motion to
correct the journal was carried. The
silvE bill is now in the possession Of the
clerk of the committee on coinage,
weights and measures, and he has no
authority to surrender its custody, ex-
cept upon the order of the House or of
the speaker. No such order has been
adopted merely expunging the state
ment of the transaction from the jour
nall, and the speaker is not
likely to recall it. There is no
record on the journal that any
reference of the measure has
been made, and therefore it is doubtful
whether or not a motion to discharge
the committee of the whole from the
further consideration of the measure
will be in order, or even whether the
committee Oh rules can report a resolu-
ton fixing the day for it's consideration.
The journal of Wednesday, however,
not yet having been approved, some
method may be devised to cut the gor-
dion knot which now binds the silver
bill, and some means may be invented
to relieve the House from it's present
dilemma.
FRIDAY, June 20.-The House con.
tinued Yesterdays contest over the APP
proval of the journal, and it was finally
approved as amended. Mr.. Bland then
moved that the silver bill be taken from
the Speakers table, and the Senate
amendments c%oncurred in. This started
ly warm debate, lasting nearly all
day, Mr.. Bland asked whether the
bill would be laid before the House to-
morrow morning. The Speakerdeclined
to decide that question until the proper
time. Mr.. McComas (Md.), demanded
the regular order. The Speaker said
that as this was Friday, private bill day,
the regular order was a private bill,
which he passed to the reading clerk.
Mr.. Springer (Ill.), wished to know
when the chair might be expected to
decide where the bill was. The Speak
er-"Whenever the bill would be in
the other side were correct, about
which the chair presents no opinion,
because he does not think it is the
proper time. AS Mr.. Bland and Mr..
Springer insisted OF a specific ruling,
the Speaker finally ruled that Mr..
BANDS resolution ito proceed to the
consideration of the silver biil), was not
in order under the rules. Mr.. Bland
appealed from the decision. Mr.. Nc
Kinley moved to lay the appeal on the
table. The yeas and nays were or
dered, pending which Mr.. Crisp
moved that the House adjourn.
This motion was defeated, but
the hour Of 5 o'clock arrived
and the House, under the rule, took a
recess, the evening session to be for
pension business. During the day, be-
tween the rounds, Representative Dali
zell, of Pennsylvania, reported to the
House from the committee on Pacific
Railroad the bill agreed upon by the
committee authorizing the secretary of
the treasury to negotiate with the Sioux
City & Pacific Railway Company for a
settlement Of it's Indebtedness to the
United States.
SATURDAY, June 21.-After the reading
and approval of Yesterdays journal, Mr..
Bland, Of Missouri, moved to reconsider
the vote, and a vote of yeas and nays
was ordered on McKinley's motion to
table Mr. BANDS appeal from the deci-
sion of the chair yesterday, declining to
entertain his motion to take the silver
bill from the speakers table. Mr.. Bland
announced that he desired to with