The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-24
has not met the approval of the majority
of the house.
Springer-How about the county?
RIand-HOW about the silver hill2

Springer~-How about the county?
Bland-How about the silver bill?
McKinley-We understand about the
silver bill. The action of the speaker
was for moment reversed by the ma
iority, but the majority ultimately affirm
ed It,. and the gentlemen on your side
helped to do it. You say we lost the
election. So we did, but we are the
agents of the popular will until the 4th
/ of March next, and we propose to carry
out our trust. Republican applause.
The speaker ruled out various dilatOry
motions and the clerk proceeded to call
the roll, forthwith, on the adoption of the
resolution reported by Cannon, and it re
resulted-yeas 1853, nays 1874.
The house finally went into committee
of the whole, with Burrows of Michigan
In th- chair, on the District of Columbia
appropriation bill. After the debate the
committee rose and reported the bill to
the house. While the roll was being
called on the amendment body of dem
ocrats left him, leaving but bare half q
dozen of their members on the floor. The
result of this move was that no quorum
voted and the speaker being unable to
note quorum the house adjourned.
As soon as the senate journal of yes
terday was read, German moved to cor
rect 1t by striking out the words, stating
Aldrich's motion yesterday, to proceed to
the consideration of the resolution as to
the closure bill was determined in the
affirmative. He asserted that it had not
occurred, and the result of the vote had
never been announced. He read from
the record to sustain his position, and ex-
pressed his belief that the senate would
not permit the journal to stand, which he
declared falsehood. The motion has
been taken advantage of for the general
discussion Of the election bill. which
Eustice occupied an hour in criticlsing
and condemning.
Hoar responded warmly. The debate
continued, the senators talking on the
elections bill and closure rule. At 6
o'clock the motion to adjourn was lost.
The absence of quorum was noted and
the seageant- alarms was directed TO re-
quest the attendance of absent senators.
1t Is doubtful If the situation in the
senate has ever been more horelessly
tangled than it appeared to be at o'clock
tonight. There were few external
evidences of the real state of the case to
the Impractical eye, for matters seemed
to be proceeding in the usual routine
fashion. A senator was reading in a
manotonous tone of voice from long
columns of printed clippings. and no one
of his dozen colleagues who retained
their seats in the senate chamber ap
peared paving the slightest attention and
there were no'slgns of the bitter struggle
that was going on. The democratic SEN
ators publicly deny that they are "ili-
clustering" in practicing tactics inaugur.
ated for the first time today in the senate.
just how long the present state of affairs
will continue can hardly be conjectured.
The ostensible hope Of the republican
managers lie in their expectation if they
succeed in preventing an adjournment,
democratic orators, worn out with so
much continuous talk, will finally sue
cumb. But of this there is little hope,
for the democrats feel confident of their
ability, by sklllful management of their
powers and use of relays of senators in
rest and duty in talking away and emerg-
ing In good condition at the end of this
congress. The feeling is deepening on
the republican side of the chamber that
to break the deadlock otherwise than by
an ignonimous defeat on the closure res
olution and elections bill the vice presi-
dent must come to the rescue of the ma
jority by ruling which will destroy in a
measure some of the time-honored tradi-
tions of the senate as to the rights of in
dividual senators as opposed to the rights
of the majority.
The time was taken up in roll calls, in
obtairlng the attendance of absent mem.
bers and in the delivery of Vests speech
in sections and at midnight the senate
| adjourned leaving the subject of the ap,
proval of Tuesdays journal to come
up again tomorrow.