Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-21
stormy Scenes in the Ma
tional Legislature.
Vice-President MOrton's Ques'
tionable Rulings.
Sneaker Reed Resorts to His Old
Tyrannical Tricks.
Congressman Mills Denounces in EN-
phatic Terms the Autocrat
of the House.
Associated Press Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The resolution
offered in the senate yesterday by
Mitchell, calling on the secretary OF war
for statistics and information as to the
site for gun factory on the Pacific
coast, was taken up and discussed.
Allison asked that the resolution
should 90 over till tomorrow, intimating
that the location of an additional gun
factory should not be restricted to the
Pacific coast; but that the interior of
the country should be considered in the
matter.
Mitchell assented, and asked unani-
nous consent that it should come up
tomorrow as unfinished business in the
morning hour. Agreed to.
Aldrich moved that the senate pro-
ceed to consideration of the resolution
to change the rules, and it was
agreed to.
Harris rose to question of order, and
said the notice given did not call atten-
tion to the part of any rule proposed to
be modified, but simply left the chair
and each senator to find it out for him.
self. He argued that the motion was
not sufficiently specific.
The discussion was proceeding when
at O'Clock the elections bill came up,
and George took the floor to continue
his speech. After he had spoken three
hours and half, Butler, with view to
giving him a rest, asked him to yield
the floor while he had read chapter of
the revised statutes relating to the SUBJ
ject of elections.
George assented, but after the secre-
tary had read for some time, Butler
discovered that the chapter was not the
one he meant, and he said he would
read it himself.
Before he began, Morgan claimed the
floor on the elections bill, but the vice.
president said he had Aldrich's name
next on the list. Morgan protested
against the parceling out OF the floor.
The vice-president responded that
George had the floor. The latter again
offered to yield to Butler, but Hoar OBJ
iected, stating that under such an ar
rangement the senator might hold the
floor for the whole session.
The vice-president again announced
that the senator from Mississippi was
entitled to the floor, and after long
argument as to yielding, the vice-presi-
dent said: ''The chair is of the opinion
that senator entitled to the floor can
not transfer his right to any other sena-
tor"
George then resumed the floor, and
picking up a pile of manuscript, COM
menced to read dissertation upon the
origin and history of African slavery in
the United States. After some time he
complained of weariness and asked
whether Butler might read for him, so
he could rest.
Aldrich objected and George resumed.
After ten minutes more reading, AID
rich asked if George would yield for a
motion to take up the resolution refer
ring to the closure.
George, with an air of WEAKNESS, said
he believed he would.
Aldrich then moved that the senate
proceed to consideration of the resolu-
tion, and after much further discussion,
the vice-president put the question.
There was a response of ayes, followed
by one of noes, and the vice-president
said the ayes appeared to have it.
Then Morgan pressed his claim for
recognition, and Butler and Ransom in
sisted on knowing how George was left
by the agreement. A long parliament
tary struggle ensued. Finally the vice
president put the question and declared
the senate adjourned.
After the vice-president left the chair,
Ransom declared emphatcally to the
secretary that the result of the vote on
taking up the resolution had not been
declared by the president. Others
argued that it was, but Ransom may
bring up the question tomorrow.
Farwell, who was one OF the half
dozen senators absent for some weeks
past, was in his seat today.