The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-03-04
FUN IN THE HOUSE.
A LIVELY TILT BETWEEN FUNS! ON
AND BUTTERWORTH.

AND BUTTERWORTH.
McMilHn Gil es Four Reasons Why the
Rules of the House Were Changed The
Immigration Bill Observation-Disclosures
Scenes in the House.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-In the House
this morning Mckinley, from the Com
mittee on Rules, reported resolution
providing that tomorrow the House
Shall meet at 10 o'clock and shall I'M
mediately proceed to the consideration
of the shipping bill. the general debate
TO close at s o'clock. Friday the House
shall meet at 10 o'clock and proceed to
the consideration Of the bill by para
graphs, the previous question to be
considered as ordered at 5 O'Clock.
Blount protested against this method
of doing business, but said that as a
member the Committee on Rules he
had agreed to the resolution with the
view of getting as much debate as
possible. 1t was the best the minority
me nbers could make out OF the sltua-
ton.
McMillin took the same position.
He then inveighed against the code OF
rules, and asserted that the prophecy
he had made in the beginning OF Con-
gress had been verified. He had said
that the rules had been adopted for
four reasons: To pass an election bill
which subjected the ballot box to the
bavonet. That had been uone. 10
pass a tariff bill that should rob the
people. That had been done. 10 pass a
direct tax hill. That had been done. To
pass bill placing further taxes upon
the depressed and burdened interior for
the benefit of the shipping interests.
That was about to be done.
Mills protested against the reSolu-
ton, which he said was in line with
the policy of the majority. Let the
gentlemen on the other side so on with
their measures. Let them pass Acts
of Congress by proclamation instead OF
legislation. Let them make their
special orders, and let the Democrats
avail themselves of every moment OF
discussion to expose to the American
people the wrongs which had been per
petrated on them.
Cannon said that the House could i'll
spare two days, but he had yielded to
the general desire that the shipping
bill should be considered and he had
couiesced in the resolution. He gave
notice, however, that if the order was
made he would ask the House to sit
tonight and tomorrow night for the
consideration of appropriation bills:
What the gentlemen from Texas and
Tennessee had said about the rules was
chestnutv, and chestnuts had Worms IN
them.
Rogers-"The people took some
worms out of your cheStnuts last fall.
Cannon-"That is the 99sth time you
have said that"
Richardson of Tennessee-"Why not
take the days for the appropriation
bills and let the steal 60 on at right.
Cannon-"Oh! that is so cheap.
Mckinley denied that the practice Of
making special orders had originated IN
this Congress. It had been practiced IN
every Congress since the forty.siXth. but
in former Congresses it had been done
in violation of the rule, and now 1t was
done against the direct authority Of the
rules, The majority were responsive
for public legislation. and 1t should be
permitted to put its purposes into
public law to be tried only before the
great tribunal Of the American people.
[Republican applause.
"You have been tried;;" "you have
been weighed in the balance and found
wanting" were some of the remarks
that came in chorus from the Demo-
cratic side.
McKinley-"I do not believe that
there is gentleman who has studied
the causes that led to the verdict IN
November who can consclentlously de-
clare that it was based on the work OF
this Congress-
"What was it," queried the Demo-
Gratis.
McKinley-'The majority on this
floor having only few days more (de-
risive laughter on the Democratic slde)
and all of us leave here with our
seats well flled-we propose to go on
and complete the work of the Fifty
first Congress, no matter what obstruc-
ton may be put in our way by the gen
tlemen on that side of the chamber"
TRepublican applause.
The resolution was then adopted
yeas 13O, nays ia.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the agricultural appro-
priation bill.
In the course of the general debate a
controversy arose between Funston OF
Kansas, in charge of the bill, and
Butterworth. The latter having made
a remark which irritated FunSton, he
made an attack upon Butterworh, IN
which he alluded to the Office which
Butterworth holds in the Worlds Fair
Commission, and said that If that gen
tleman, whose name was associated
with the anti-option bill, had taken as
much time to forwarding that measure
as he had to drawing his salary as Sec
retarv of the Worlds Fair, the meas
ure would now have been passed-a
measure which would bring great re-
lief to the agriculturlStS. The mem
bers on both sides surrounded the two
gentlemen and thoroughly enjoyed the
controversy.
Funston was emphatic and voclfer-
Gus in his utteranceS, but the merr!-
ment was so great that his words coulo
not be heard. He declined to yield 10
ButterWorth, which led Rogers to warn
him that he must either get out OF the
ring or let the gentleman from ONO get
over the ropes, while SplnolaS contri-
button was "Break away.
Butterworth in his reply paid his re-
spects to Funston. charging HIM. as
Chairman of the Committee on Agrl-
culture, with neglecting the interests
of farmers. The gentleman was active
ly concerned about the antI-optlon bill,
4 half-million farmers had asked the
gentleman over and ever again. us
chairman Of the committee, to get up
and move the consideration of the bill.
Had he done it? ICries of NO! Not
at all. He had not moved II that dl-
rectton, but had stood trembling like
an aspen leaf under the frown of the
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