The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-17
CRISP AGAIN ON DUTY.
THE DAYS WORK IN TEE LOWER
HOUSE OF CONGRESS.

A Report in Favor Of the Contestant
In the Case of Craig VS.. Stewsrr
From the Twenty-fourth Pennsyl
vania District-Tracey Working &c
Pile Up Business to Block the Silver
BIZ.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Speaker CrisI
was at his post of duty this morning, evi
IDENTIFY none the worse for his temporary in'
disposition.
Mr.. Brown Of Indiana, from the commit
tee on elections. submitted report on the
contested election case OF Craig against
Stewart from the Twenty fourth congress
sional district Of Pennsylvania. The re-
port, which finds in favor of the contestant,
was placed on the calendar and Mr.. Brown
gave notice that be would call it up for &C.
tion on Tuesday next.
Mr.. Tucker of Virginia. from the COM
mittee on the election OF the President,
Vice President and members of congress,
reported a joint resolution proposing a con-
stitutional amendment for the election Of
senators by the people of the several states.
1t was referred to the House calendar.
REDUCED RATES FOR DRUMMERs.
In the morning hour Mr.. Wise. from the
committee on interstate and foreign COM
merce, called up the bill authorizing rail-
road companies to grant reduced rates to
commercial travellers. The debate on this
bill occupied the entire morning hour, when
the bill went over without action. Messrs
Wise and Rayner OF Maryland advocated
the passage Of the bill and Mr.. Lind OF
Minnesota opposed it.
Then there were few moments OF hesita-
ton, no member asking for recognition on
any motion. The bill was disturbed by Mr..
Caruth of Kentucky. who seeing that there
was little prospect of the House transaotiug
any business, moved an. adjournment. The
yeas and nays were ordered and resulted:
Yeas 70, nays 1874
THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
But the House had not by that time deter.
mined what business it wished to take up,
and Mr.. Burrows of Michigan moved TO
proceed to the confederation of the unfin-
fshed business.
The speaker pro tenn, Mr. Dockery Of
Missouri, stated that the calendar showed
that the first unfinished business was mo-
ton made by Mr.. Kilgore of Texas to table
the motion to reconsider the vote by which
the House indefinitely postponed the Senate
joint resolution authorizing the Secretary Of
the Navy to transport contributions for the
relief of the suffering poor OF Russia.
MIR. Blount suggested that the resolution
upon which the motions were pending was
improperly placed upon the calendar OF I'M
finished business.
The speaker pro tenn. remarked that as
a motion to table the motion to reconsider
was q privileged one it could be called ND by
any member and any difficulty could be
thus avoided.
In response to this suggestion Mr.. Blount
called up the motion and was recognized by
the chair.
TRACEY AS A FILIBUsTRR.
Then MIR. Tracey of New York came for
ward in the role Of filibustsr with
motion that the House take a recess for one
hour. pending which MIR. Owens OF Ohio
moved an ad journment This motion was
lost by q vote OF 65 to "a.
On Mr.. IrRceys motion no quorum voted
on the standing vote. and Mr.. Tracey having
raised this point the tellers were ordered
Mr.. Tracey's reason for assuming the role
of a flibuster lay far deeper
than the resolution which 10 was
proposed to consider. On the calendar of
unfinished business there are but two meas
ures-the Russian resolution and the bin for
the relief of Aquilla Jones, Sr. Should the
free coinage bill be considered in the morn
ing hour and consume two days without
disposition it will go upon the calendar OF
n
provides that after the morning hour sha all
have been occupied it shall be in
order to proceed to the consideration of the
unfinished business in which the House NAV
have been engaged at Adjournment, and at
the same time each day thereafter, other
than the first and third Mondays, until dis
posed of; and it shall be In order to proceed
to the consideration of all other unfinished
business whenever the class of business to
which it belongs shall be in order"
TRACEY'S OBJECT.
1t is Mr.. Tracey's desire to keep upon the
as many measures as possible to
act as Obstacles 20 the silver bill should it
be placed upon the unfinished business cal
endar. He further desires that some of the
tariff hills should secure the right OF way
before the silver bill obStructs the road. On
the vote by tellers quorum appeared, after
o weary wait, and then Mr. Tracey de-
manded the yeas and nays. BY this time
the members, who at first were In the dark
as to Tracey's object, had been informed
and sufficient number Of the opponents OF
the free coinage bill were mustered to order
the yeas and nays.
A motion for a recess was deteated-yeas
6, nays 1876, many Of the opponents of the
silver bill withholding their votes in the
hope OF breaking quorum Immediately
on the announcement of the vote Mr..
Tracey was on his feet with a motion to
ndjourn.
The motion to adjourn was defeated
yeas IS, nays 140-and the question required
on the motion to table the motion to recon-
slider the vote by which the Russian relief
resolution was indefinitely postponed. Il
was finally tabled without division, thus
defeating the measure
The House then adjourned.