Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-02-26
THE new> OF CONGRESS.
he shipping Bfn Special Order for
Today ANA Friday.

Today ana Friday.
WASHINGTON Feb os- The house adopt
ed a resolution making tn shlpping bill I
special order for today and \ rlday, tae pre-
vlous question to be consider a as ordere,
at s o'clock Friday evening The immi
grafton bill was passed and the IN use wen
in committee Of the whole on the a. ,ricult
ural appropriation bill. Without dssA osini
OF the bill the committee rose. The IA atl
OF Senator Wilson was announced, aA q
after eulogistic remarks the house adj
journed until 8p m
When the house met Mr. Mckinley, from
the committee on rules, reported a resolu-
tion providing that today the house shall
proceed Immediately to the consideration
Of the shipping bill, the general debate to
close az O'Clock. Friday the house shall
meet al 10 o'clock and proceed to the con
sideration OF the bill by paragraphs the
previous question to be considered as or
dered az o'clock.
Mr.. Blount GA protested against this
method OF doing business, but said that as
a member OF the committee on rules he
had agreed TO the resolution with view
OF getting as much opportunity OF debate
/ as possible. II was the best the minority
members could make out OF the situation
| Mr. McMillin Crenn.), another minority
member Of the committee on rules, took
| the same position He then inveighed
against the code Of rules and asserted that
the prophecy he had made III the begin
ming Of the congress had been verified lie
had said that the rules had been adopted
for three reasons: 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
4 r1~f hnr trt4v
dened interior for the benefit OF the ship
| ping interests. That was about to be
| done
Mr.. Dockery (Mol called attention to
the fact that under the rules, up TO the
| present time, the net increase OF appropria-
tions made by the present congress was
SlO3VOO,0OO as compared with the appro-
i priations made by the last congress
| Mr.. Mckinley denied that the practice
OF making special orders had originated in
this congress. II had been the practice III
every congress since the Forty-sixth bur
/ in former congresses it had been done IN
violation of the rules and now il was done
under direct authority of the rules The
majority were responsible for public legis
| lation- and it should be permitted to PM
its purpose into public law to he tried only
before the great tribunal of the American
people
To that tribunal we confidently commit
the work Of the Fifty-h first congress II
| gentlemen on the other side imagine that
the verdict Of last November was based or
| the public legislation Of the Fifty-iirsi
congress they are very much mistaken
| and in error DE not believe that there's
| gentleman who has studied the causes
that led to the verdict in November who
| can conscientiously declare that it wa
| based on the work of this congress-
/ What was itfn queried the Democrats
Mr. Mckinley-The majority on this
| floor having only a few days tderisiye
| laughter on the Democrats sidej and All
| of us being here, with our seats well filled
we propose 10 90 on and complete the
| work Of the Fifty-first congress. no matte
what obstruction may be put in our way
by gentlemen on that side of the chamber
| tApplause) The resolution was adopted
yeas, lS9; nays. ia
The house went into committee Of the
whole (Mr. Dingley, of Maine, ia the chair
on the agricultural appropriation bill In
the course of general debate on the bill q
controversy arose between Mr.. Funston
/ (kan. in charge of the bill, and Mr.. Butter
worth (O.), and the latter having made
remark which irritated Mr. Funston Mr.
Funston made an attack upon him ir
which he alluded to the Office which Mr.
| Butterworth occupied in the Worlds fair
commission and said that if that gentle
man, whose name was associated with the
| anti-Option bill, had taken as much time
| to forward that measure as he had Il
| drawing his salary as secretary Of the
| worlds talr the measure would now have
| been passed-a measure which would
| bring great relief to the agricultural in.
terests
Mr.. Butterworth in reply charged Mr..
| Funston, as chairman OF the committee on
agriculture, with neglecting the interest.
| Of the farmers The gentleman he said
was actively concerned about the anti.
/ option bill Half million farmers had
asked the gentleman over and over again
as chairman OF the committee, to get NJ
and move the consideration Of the meas
ure Had he done it, (Cries Of NO Nol',
| He had not moved in that direction, but
had stood trembling like an aspen Leaf
under the favor OF the speaker general
laughter and loud applause on the Demo
cratic sidel He (Mr Butterworth) had al
least the courage Of his convictions.
Mr. Funston denied that he had failed
to do his duty in regard to the anti-option
bill. He had used every means in his power
for the purpose Of getting the bill under
consideration
The house met again at o'clock last
night and for the second time in its history
held two distinct legislative sessions in the
one calendar day, Mr.. Burrows Mich oc
cupying the chair.
Mr.. Dingley (Me) submitted the report
of the silver pool investigating committee
and it was ordered printed. Mr. Dingley
gave notice that he would call it up for
action at the earliest opportunity. The
house then went into committee Of the
whole on the agricultural appropriation
bill That the congress was drawing to a
close was manifest The disorder was
great and incessant, and the chair was ut.
terly unable to prevent it. As the hour
grew later the proceedings became more
noisy, and it was with extreme difficulty
that the chairman preserved a semblance
Of order. The house passed the agricultural
appropriation bill, but without disposing
of the general deficiency bill adjourned
The Tour of Yale's Ball Team.
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