The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-06-20

to be disposed . the House, and nos the
speaker. should tesermine.
bfeckiqrsdEs of Kentucky argued that
the speaker went beyond the sccpe of his
authority In reference 70 this bin his scticn
Has erroneous. Illegal and void
Ins peaker. In ferdering his decisioa.
sald he desired the members Of the House
70 disast themselves Of The idea that any
rnusnal procedure had taken place in con-
necticn with this bill Reference Of bills OF
THIS kind IN this way had been of dairy cc-
cusence since the adoption oi the present
rEies- Ihs chair desired also that the
House should know that this particular
transaction did not take place in corner.
In the regular course Of business the Jour
nM clerk informed the speaker that among
the hst Of bills TO Be referred under
he rules 70 appropriate committees was
the silver bill with Senate amendments
The speaker had been asked whether he
had any particular direction to make in re-
gard 70 IL. Knowing the bill 10 b one Of
grave pubic importance. and anxious that
he should have ali the possible hight ON the
anbject. the chair had consulted the DEM
ocratir members of the committee on rules
tblount and McAillinl and the gentlemen
from Missouri aud Illinois fBiand and
Springerl. not for the purpose Of throwing
any responsibility npon them. bu: in order
ttas be might benefit BIZ any light they
might b able to give After conversing
with those gentlemen j; had seemed clear
to The chair that the rules Of the House
covered the question, and that his duty
was TO trsat the bill a. be would treat any
other. Accordingly. the clerk was not d.
recfed to make the entry in regard to refer-
ence. The House must bear In mind that
this was not question OF politics or of
currency. Ii Was question Of parliament
ary law. and on the decision Of the House
depended the carrying out Of the system Of
rules the House had adopted II not sat-
is6ed with the references directed BY the
speaker under the present system of rules,
the House could change the reference.
Did this bill contain provisions which. un-
der the rules. ought to be considered in
committee Of the wholef There was
provision in the original House
bill BY which certain bullion Wa 20 be pur-
chased and certificates issued thereon.
1h< Senate amendment was an amend
ment for free coinage. and for this
m appropriation Was made. II
anything was clear in parliamentary law IL
was that the bin Was one of those which
vould he properly considered in committee
OF the whole, and. this being so, 1t was the
Obvious duty of the chair to refer il in the
Same manner in which hundreds and
thousands of bills have been referred
during the present session. The point OF
order raised By the gentleman from Illinois,
Cannon, put the chair in sn embarrassing
position. because the proposed action Of
the House was declaration that m error
had been made in parliamentary law. 1t
was proposed to erase from the journal .
question Of fact. While the chair might
have some doubt about points OF order. he
felt II was = question the House ought to
determine. He would therefore overrule
the points OF order and submit the ques-
ton to the House.
TWAS moved to table Mills resolution.
On standing vote this was carried. 40 to
Ito. Morrow of California. Bartine Of
Nevada. and Townsend Of Colorado. voted
with the Democrats. They were overlooked
by the speaker in the first count, but
Morrow called attention to the omission,
and IL was rectiiied.
On vote by tellers the motion to table
Was l0st-yeas lis. nays f23
The question then recurred on Mills res
olution. and e was agreed to--yeas III.
nays III. At the conclusion Of the roll
call the vote stood yeas 1la. nays III. A
change Of one vote would be necessary to
defeat the resolution by . tie vote. and that
change was made by Funston of Kansas,
amid the derisive cheers of the Democrats
This left the vote--yeas lis. nays 11s. But
the change proved unavaiiing Abbott of
Texas and Bullock Of Florida. whose names
were not recorded. stated that they had
voted in the affirmative, and the speaker.
accepting their statements. the vote stood
yeas 40. nays lis.
Then Mckinley arose and changed his
vote to the affirmative. and the vote was
finally announced: yeas 121. nays III.
Mckinley was then recognized to move re-
consideration and also 70 move adjourn
ment.
Mills managed to sandwich in . motion
to lay the motion to reconsider on the
table. On the motion to lay Mills resolu-
ton on the table. the following Republicans
voted with the Democrats in the negative.
Bartine. Carter. DE Haven. Ewart. Kelly,
Morrow and Townsend Of Colorado. On
the resolution itself Ewart did NOT vote, but
the others named voted in the affirmative.
but only for the purpose Of moving recon.
sideration. The molten TO adjourn was
iost--yeas lisl. nays 10.
The vote recurring ON Mills motion TO
table the motion to reconsider. IL was
agreed to, yeas l2l. nays la.
Mills then moved TO approve the journal
as amended. asking to withdraw the pre-
amble which recitcs that the order Of refer
ence made by the speaker referring the
silver bill to the committee on coinage.
weights and measures was incorrect un-
der the rules Of the House and done with
out authority under said rules.
Mckinley objected. and the question re-
Cured on adoption of the preamble 1t
was lost. yeas lia. nays rs Republican
applause
Springer moved approval of the journal
as amended. pending which, on motion OF
Mckinley. the House adjourned.
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