The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-01-20
OBSTRUCTING TACTICS.
Democrats in Congress at Their
Old Tricks for Delay.
LIVELY TIME IN THE HOUSE.
In which Speaker Reed and Major
Mckinley Score Point or Two.
Tho Scheme to Defeat the
Elections Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 1s.-The
intention of the Democrats OF the
House to resort to obstructive tactics
until tho fate of the Elections bill is de.
cided in the Senate was again mani.
tested to-day. a fight is being made
over the approval of the journal and the
Speaker and Mr.. Springer are making
things interesting for each other.
Mr.. Springer, OF Illinois, took the
floor under the rule allowing forty
minutes debate after. the ordering Of the
previous question.
The House was in good deal OF con.
fusion, and Mr.. Rogers, OF Arkansas,
calling the attention Of the chair to the
fact, the Speaker (while rappiug his
desk vigorously dryly suggested that
when the House understood that the
gentleman from Illinois was speaking it
would be silent. The chair hoped the
House would listen to the debate.
Mr.. Springer replied with mock po-
liteness that ne would be much obliged
Il the Speaker would preserve order
when he wss talking upon q measure OF
such importance, as that to which he
wished to call the attention OF the
House.
Continuing, he said that never before
the session Of this Congress had mo,
ton to reconsider-A privileged mo-
sioa-5sen denied by the presiding oiR
Ger. In the last election (he was pleased
to say) the honorable Speaker had reCog.
nized the great principle OF the right OF
the people to rule. The Speaker had
said, in speech in New York, that this
was q government "of the people, by
the people, and for the people," etc.
The Speaker hoped that the gentle
man would give the House the benefit
Of the "etc."
MIR. Springer replied that he would
print the Speakers remarks in the
Record.
Mr.. Springer said that during the
campaign this was "a government ofthe
people, by the people and for the peo
pie" and he would abide by the decision
Of the people. The Speaker had put
before the people as question to be
considered his conduct in making his
rulings, which he had 0enominated as
the turning aside OF the precedents OF a
hundred years, but which he hoped
would be the making OF precsdents for
the next hundred years.
Mr.. Springer manifested his willing.
ness to yield i've minutes OF his time TO
the Speaker, ii the Speaker desired to
cay anything.
After remarks by Mr.. Bland, the
Speaker said tironicallyl that as the gen
tleman from Illinois (Mr. Springer)
had been good enough to |
yield him some time he would
have read some decisions made
by Speaker Randall. He then had read |
several extracts from the journal show.
ing that Mr.. Randall had refused to en-.
tertain appeals from his decisions.
Mr.. Springer said that Speaker Ran
dali had been governed by law, while
the present Speaker was governed by
bis will.
Mr. McKinley-Nobody would deny
that the motion made by Mr.. Mills was
purely dilatory. 1t must be manifest
TO the country and manifest to every
gentleman on the floor that for the last |
six weeks the whole effort Of the other
side had been to obstruct the public bus
iness. Republican applause. There
was not 9 gentleman on the other side
who would not declare, il he was truth.
ful, that the whole purpose OF the fili-
clustering tactics was that it should be
impossible, Il the Senate should pass the