The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-03-05
FUN IN THE HOUSE.
A LIVELY TILT BETWEEN FUNSTON
AND BUTTERWORTH

Rules of the House Were Changed The
Immigration Bin Passed--DiscrcditabIe
| Scenes in the House.
WASIIINGTON, Feb. 25-In the IIouse
this morning Mckinley, from the Com
mlttee on Rules, reported a resolution
providing that tomorrow the House
shall meet at 10 O'Clock and shall i'm
medlattly proceed to the consideration
OF the shipping bill, the general debate
to close at 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 O'Clock.
Blount protested against this method
of doing business, but said that as Il
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
members could make out of the situa-
ton.
McAlillin 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: 70 pass an election bill
which subjected the ballot box to the
bayonct. That had been done. TO
pass tariff bill that should rob the
people. That had been done. 70 pass
direct tax bill. That had been done. TO
pass bill placing further taxes upon
the depressed and burdencd interior for
the benefit Of the shipping interests.
That was about to be done.
Mills protested AGAINST the rpsolu
tlon, which he said was in a line with
the policy Of the majority. Let the
gentlemen on the other side 10 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-
pctrated 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
aCQuieSced in the resolution. lie 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
chestnuty, and chrStnuts had worms in
them.
Roger<-"The people took some
worms out Of your chestnuts last fall ,
Cannon-"That is the 999th time you
have said that"
Richardson of TenncSsee-"Why not
take the days for the appropriation
bills and lot the steal go on at right"
Cannon-"Oh. that is SO cheap"
Mckinley denied that the practice of
making special orders had originated in
this Congress. 1t had been practiccd in
every Congress since the rty-SiXth. but
in former Congresses it had been done
in violation Of The rule, and now it was
done against the direct authority of the
rules. The majority were responsible
for public Legislation, and 1T should be
permitted to put It's purposes into
public law to be tried only before the
great tribunal Of the American people
lRepublican applause
"1 on have been trled;' "vOu have
been weighed in the balance and found
wanting" were some Of the remarks
that came in Il chorus from the Demo-
cratic side.
Mckinley--"I do not believe that
there is a gentleman who has studied
the causes that led to the verdict in
November who can conScientiously de-
clare that it was based on the work Of
this Congress-
"What was it," uueried the Demo-
Gratis.
Mckinlcy-"rhc majority on this
floor having only few DAYS more de
riSivc laughter on the Democratic slde)
and all of us leave here with our
seats well tilled-wc propose to 90 on
and complete the work of the Fifty-
first Congress, no matter what Obstrlc-
ton may be put in our way by the gen
tlcmcn on that side Of the chamber"
ltepuDllcan applause.
The resolution was then adopted -
yeas 13O, nays If.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the agricultural lppro-
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 m ldc
Il remark which irri 'atcd Funston, he
made an attack upOl Bultcrworh, in
which he alluded to the oilice which
ButtcrWOrth holds in the Worlds Fair
Commission, and sad that if that gen
tlcman, whose name was associated
With Lnc anll-OptlOll hlll, nau taken as
much time to forwarding that measure
as he had TO drawing hi, salary as Sec
rrtary OF the World'S Fair, the meas.
urc would now have been passed a
measure which would bring great re-
lief to the agTiCulturiStS. The mem
brrS on both sides surrounded the two
gentlemen and thoroughly enjoyed the
controversy.
Funston was emphatic and vOcifcr-
GUS in his utterancCS, but the merri-
mcnt WAS SO great that his words could
not be heard. He declined to yield to
ButtcrwOrth, which led Rogers to warn
him that he must either get out Of the
ring or let the gentleman from Ohio get
over the ropes, while Splnola'S cOntri-
button WAS "Brcah lway."
Bnttcrw0rth in his reply paid his re-
SpectS to Funston. charging him, as
Chairman Of the Committee on Apri-
culture, with neglecting the interests
of farmers. The gentleman was active
Is concerned about the anti-option bill.
y half-milliOn farmers had asked the
gentleman over and ever again. as
chairman of the committee, to get up
and move the consideration Of the bill
Had he done it? Cries of "NO"I Not