Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-06-28
FIFTY. FIRST CONGRESS.
House..

W # amendeaYy Tie SENATE; Was present
& & to the House at 12:45. Mr.. Bland, OF
Missouri, mnediately moved that the
a0mm:ttee OF the whole rise, in order
4Eaat the House might at once proceed
Il 38 the consideration of the bill. MIR.
Eel, of Arkansas, who had the floor,
rs induced to yield to this mo-
IN, but the chairman OF the com
zSittee, Mr.. Allen, Of Michigan,
lfrected the clerk to continue the read
Z z3sg of long printed precedent bear
"a upon the 0oint of order then under
Riscussion. At the conclusion of the
eading Mr.. BANDS motion was put,
nd was defeated on a standing vote by
ID TO 50. On q vote by tellers the COM
mittee refused to rise-yeas "a, nays
Jos, and continued the consideration OF
u lie Indian appropriation bill.
III THURSDAY, Jne l9.-There was good
8deal of anxiety to get at the discussion
III of the silver I'LL in the House to-day
III Messrs Mills and Mckinley remained
ri standing during the reading Of the MIN
81 utes, and, as the reading closed, Mr.:
a4 Mckinley was recognized, and moved
8 that the journal be approved. Upon
# this he demanded the previous
a test that he was entitled to
n recognition to move to correct the
journal! After a wrangle which lasted
until o'clock tonight, the motion to
correct the journal was carried. The
silver 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 theorder Of the House or OF
the speaker No such order has been
made by the House (the resolution
adopted merely expunging the state
ment of the transaction from the Jour
4 likely to recall it. There is no
i record on tne journal that any
reference of the measure has
BEEN made, and therefore 1t Is doubtful
Nhether or not motion to discharge
he committee of the whole from the
&rthcr consideration of the measure
W be in order, or even whether the
mmittce on rules can report resolu-
III II fixing the day for its consideration.
&c journal OF Wednesday, however,
~ &8, yet having been approved, some
...a4hod may be devised to cut the COR
I'm knot which now binds the silver
n and some means may be invented
Nelieve the House from its present
l4ma.
NAY, June 2O.-The House con-
HNNesterday's contest over the APP
HON the journal, and it was finally
byed Was amended. Mr.. Bland then
hi thaN the silver bill be taken from
Aneak Eer's table, and the Senate
Man$tfts concurred in. This started
Mp3X5 again. After an extreme
aYe q.aaebate, lasting nearly all
81 Hand asked whether the
M 81 beliJ before the House to-
" Z,.oFir1ng. The Speaker declined
flagtnat question until iMEprCpcr
0 skE1 t9~ Mr. :McJomas lMd), demanded
the regular order. The Speaker said
that as this was Friday, private bill day,
asmthe regular order was a private bill,
(which he passed to the reading clerk.
Mr.. Springer (Tll.), wished to know
HIN when the chair might be expected to
decide where the bill was. The Speak
# er-"Whenever the bill would be in
II order, providing that the views Of
I the other side were correct, about
#3 which the chair presents no opinion,
III because he does not think it is the
M proper time AS Mr.. Bland and MIR.
III Springer insisted on a specific ruling,
III the Speaker finally ruled that Mr.
b BANDS resolution Ito proceed to the
ID consideration of the silver bill, was not
VI 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 its Indebtedness to the
United States.
SATURDAY, juno 21.-After the reading
and approval of yesterdays journal, Mr..
Bland, of Missouri, moved to reconsider
the vote, and 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 speaker table. Mr.. Bland
announced that he desired to with
draw his appeal, but Mr. Mckinley in
sisted on vote. Mr.. BANDS motion to
reconsider was put and defeated-90 to
100. The roll was called on Mr.. Me-
Kinley's motion to table Mr.. Bland's
appeal, and it prevailed 146;
nays, Is. All of the free coinage men
except Mr.. Dehaven, who did not vote,
voted to table the appeal, as
we'll as the following Democrats
Messrs Buckalew, Campbell, Dunphv
Fitch, Geissenhainer Lewis, McAdoo
Mutchler and Tracey. large number
n = l.