The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-21
-, STORM IN THE HOUSE.
wgRs. ALLIANCE SWEEPS
TIE ~ LIKE A TORNADO.

- Holiday Bill-Ho" SN-s -e0' -
COIL -, I'm the Netc York Sun.
- Aug. 16.-TOward the
W ASH full half the members OF the
emo 5L =, If If representatives. were absent from
Hous9 . ~ storm clouds had une1pec',
Their uuo .o-aa in nearly every congressional
ediy app + AGRICULTURAL sections OF the coun-
district ~ "a west. The political sky was
try sou'n -rjtb suggestive premonitlons.
49, farmers alliance was az WI IN =.
Inc la districts it had roared ike
I Io overwhelming many representa-
tornau '".;rg a reelection. The repuoh-
tlv~S 500 sar,ocrats had been served alike.
cans anu . districts it resembled flood
In o'ne- uor river bottoms and clrrylng
s"eepins tofore it. There were astound-
s eve r-,Crts from Kansas and reports equaiiy
ing III from South Carolina Ala
alalil-- Georgia, and the Gulf States.
oana' az distinguished as In
oena'9. Vance were threatened. There
gaiiS a. ions faces in the House. Expe-
~ .noad veterans heard the whlstilng OF tne
Ite,lU, aid knew that they were IN uaea
storm a , = with men of opposite political
Ihey paw. no,,al peril, and sped to their dis
faltn IL, ~ look after their political house
trlcts W come cases they were too late 70
holds; ~ In Others they are still
struggling. ,... for,,ers might aptlv be
lue II % the rising in the department OF
coupe Of the time ct the French reVolu-
France 5 az I,st legislators, who had never
non - 5avotion to the agricultural IN
1Sheu If - the country, struggled for their
teI ,eso - existence, III Georgia there was
poli Ione 9sle James H. Blount of Ms-
VlUi0ns Irving his eighteenth consecu-
t,Ta ' wear in the House, was Iorceo 10
r .tiS his umbrella. Judge }. ID. stewart was
ln%v,asrwbemed. Tom Grimes ana Judge
Barnes also went under. 1here were alarhs
%. -oT.1rts concerning the political future or
!iLs 9pince of confederate soldiers, Gov.
1 tnb, 2 Gordon. The farmers were max
: SonL fght for the legislature with the IN
.ns If uniting one of their own number
.: 10 ITnifed States Senate in the place OF
r ~ wv loo BROWN. Gov. Gordon had thrown
S;r,.eIf into their ranks in the hope Of Sc
curing the prize. .., .h..
-oachad the House. In Mississippi such
ir;od veterans as Gen. Hooker, James
Prlgbt Morgan, Gen. Catchings and Thomas
p Stockdale were endangered. Brilliant
lam NJ Allen received his denomination
Iofore the storm had fairly burst. In Ala
hama Gen. William H. Forney was seri-
onsly threatened. His loss would have been
n national less. He wells fills Samuel j.
Randalrs place in the committee on appro-
prations.
at sea The political life of the Rev. john
Anderson, the rough-and-ready Perkins,
and of pertinaciJus Funston is at stake.
Anderson is a born fighter. His assaults
mon the Pacific railroads alone ought to
endear him to the farmers. He will be in
the field despite all opposition, and, If he
must 20, will fall like hero.
Then there was alarming news from South
Carolina. The veteran George d. Tillmann
alone vas undismayed. He is brother of
the Tillman who is shaking up the political
aristocracy of the Palmetto state, and whose
obituary is probably already in type in the
composing rooms of more than one daily
newspaper.
Wild rumors came from the northwest.
The sitting members we're not only exposed
to the blasts of the farmers alliance, but
we're shaken by school question that had
excited the German Lutherans. This
tlyes of the Badger state into fever. 1t
threatens their supremacy TO such an extent
that it is claimed the state will go demo-
cratic. The great Caswell is said to have
been knocked out of a denomination. There
we're also cyclones in congressional districts
in illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Michi-
gan. ....
All these rumors withered up the House
like a sirocco. 1t shrunk to the smallest
dimensions. The speaker had difficulty
in counting a quorum. Many an empty
seat tells the desperate struggle. Both sides
f1d it difficult to keep their lines. Tele-
grams are received daily telling of the
fortunes of representatives hundreds and
thousands Of miles away
quorum was found only when q vote
was taken upon the most important meas
ures. There were tiresome debates in COM
mlttee Of the whole on the original package,
The bankruptcy and other bills Men spoke
10 empty seats. The committee on rules
Kept It's grip on the throat of the House. 1t
not only directed what bills should be taken
up but allotted the time for consideration
sad specified the hour for voting. Without
NS sterilization it would have been almost
impossible to have obtained a voting
quorum at the critical moment.
mere was no chance for the thousands o.
IV'e oils upon the calendars. These arr
Usually showed in to fill the interstices q.
"Shauon by unanimous consent. The lis
oiS on the printed calendars toward tn,
sll OF the month filled 100 pages The
sienaar OF the committee of the whole OF
N7 STATE OF the union took I'D twenty
.4lee; the House calendar carried nine. alC
lle private calendar was spread over forty.
Nyen pages. There was a page of specia
WueiS, hve pages of unfinished business
f T+o a page OF privileged reports. Ovel
os. o." o1iS renamed upon the calendar, onl'
~ WHICH were private pension bills,
st;n 'a1or4ng men looking for labor legis-
t 4Iaou' tne Claimants seeking just dues from
@ government, and the thousands inter
el IN measures affecting the comrnerce
.silcuiture, and other business interests OF
r nv otc'ouhtry, can readily understand vhy
i,us Is done to relieve them. The rules.
T "S sad, were made to do bus;aess.
is a9. uo business, but it is the busi1ess
pnde. "Vt e by the committee on rules
ss,s l Vne rules. Privileged busin,s:
nor,Ia;. .iluch OF the time. If through in
fm,uIi'y member secures recognition
s aO,i vle speaker, and asks unanimous con
tst.a toF tne Consideration of a bill whic
Sn4s noO dollar from the treasury. som.
dsn9 AZ Invariably objects. If, by any acc
/. s sr we Objection is not beard. somebod
sy Sue 70 raise the point of no quorum whe
tto.e is taken. --- -" -0
the s'V oo an hour up to date has been given b
nm Io Itonnlttee on rules, to the committf
sdo ,aoOF, 70 the committee on patents, or
am - In G.her committees equally impor
had t tnueed' the committee on patents ha
Rftietb ,llole time. 1t got no day in tt
Rfty.SSrSIto congress and has had no dav in IL
Frido+- congress. The rules SET dow
may nay as a day for the considera+ ion ,
bs ,I,ate bills; yet under the rules these hill
mo mon osen robbed of their day for over fo,