The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-26

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report from the committee on rules tho
House adopted n special order whereby
the shipping bill will be tho special
order for Thursday and Friday, and the
previous question will be considered us
ordered at 5 o'clock on Friday. Mr..
Blount, of the minority, protested, but
said that he had struggled to get as
much debate allowed as possible and
acquiesccd.
Mr.. McMillin, another minority mem
Der of the committee on rules, took tho
same position. lie then inveighcd
against the code of rules and asserted
that a prophecy he had made in the
beginning Of Congress had been verified.
lie had said that the rules had been
adopted. for four ~rcasons-to pass the
election bill, which subjected the ballot
box to the %bayonct. That had been
done. To pass the tariff bill that should
rob the people. That had been done.
To pass the direct tax bill. That had
been done. To pass a bill placing further
taxes upon the depressed and bur-
dcncd interior, the forfeit of the ship
ping interests. That was about 10 be
done.
DONhoiI oiltNA tlOAtlLLOu W IIlt'
fact that under the rules. up to the
present time, the net increase of appro-
p%riations made by the present Congress
was SlO2 ,00O,O 900 rs compared with the
appropriations made by the last Con-
gress. Mr.. Mills protested against the
resolution, which. he said, was in line
with the policy of the majority. Let
the gentlemen on the other side go on
with their measure. 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 discus
sion to expose to the American people
wrongs which had been pcrpctratcd on
them.
Mr.. Cannon said that tho House could
i'll spare two days, bu he had yielded to
the general desire hat the shipping bill
should be considered, and he had acQui-
eSced In the resolution. He gave notice,
however, that if the order were made he
would ask the House to sit tonight and
tomorrow night for considc ration of an
preparation bills.
Mr.. Mckinley denied that the prac-
ticc of making special orders had orig
mated in this Congress. 1t had bccn
practiccd in every Congress since the
fourty-siXth, but in former Congresses
IL hN' ptCli oOlt III NlOldIlOn Ol rules
and now it was done under direct
authority of the rules. The majority
were responsible for public legislation,
and it should be permitted to put its
purpose into public law, to be tried only
before the great tribunal OF the Amcri.
can people. Republican applause.
"Iou have been tricd,'' .'you have
been weighed in the balance and found
wanting,' were some of the remarks
that came in chorus from the Demo-
cratic side.
McKinlcy-I do not believe that
there is a gentleman who has studied
the causes that led to the verdict in
November, a cO~nscientiously declare
it was based on the work OF this Con-
grcss
What was it >" qucricd the Demo
Gratis.
McKinley-The majority on this
floor having only u few days, (derisivc
laughter on the Democratic sidc) and
all of us being here with our seats we'll
flled, we propose to go on and complete
the work of the Fifty-first Congress, no
matter what obstruction may be put in
our way by gentlemen on that side of
the chamber.
The resolution was then adopted,
yeas, 1879; nays, III. The House then
went into a committee of the whole on
the agricultural appropriation bill.
In course Of the general debate Il
controversy arose between Mr.. Funston,
OF Kansas, in charge of the bill. and Mr..
Butterworth, of Ohio. and the la tier hay
ing made Il remark which irritatcd Mr..
Funston, Mr.. Funston made an attack
upon Mr.. Buttcrworth, in which he
alluded to the Office which Mr.. Butter
worth holds in the Worlds Fair COM
mission. and said thatif that gentlemen.
whose name was associated with the
a~nti-option bill, had taken as much time
to forwarding that measure as he had to
rawln his salary as secretary of the
NorldS Fair, the measure would now
nave been passed-a measure which
woul bring great relief TO the agricul-
turalists. Members on both sides sur
rounded the two gentlemen and thor-
oughly enjoyed the scene. Mr.. Funston
was emphatic and vocifcrous in his
utterances, but the mcrriment was so
great h n his words could not be heard.
MIR. Butterworth, in reply paid his re-
spects to Funston, charging him as
chairman Of the committee on agricul-
ture with neglecting the interests of
farmers. The gentleman was actively
concerned about the anti-option bill.
Half n million farmers had asked the
gentleman over and over again as chair
man of the committee to gat up and
move a consideration of the measure.
Had he lone it? Not at all. lie had
not moved in that direction, but had
stood trembling like an aspen leaf under
the frown of the Speaker. lie Clutter
WORTHY had at least the courage of his
convictions.
Mr.. Hatch. of Missouri, after deplor-