The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-03-05
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS.
BILL INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE
RELATING TO SILVER.
Speaker Crisp and Ex-3peaker Reed
Have Tilt of Words in
the House.
Special 10 the REcoRp-USros.

WASHINGTON, March An the Senate
to-day Stanford introduced bill direct
ing the purchase Of silver bullion and the
coinage thereof It was referred to the
Finance Committee. The bill directs the
Secretary of the Treasury to purchase
! from time to time such silver bullion as
may be offered at the market price, not
exceeding 81 for Bill grains of pure silver,
and to issue III payment therefor legal
tender money of the United States
without regard to the material of which
it is composed. A sufficient amount of
/ such money is to be prepared by the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury.
! The Nice-President laid before the SEN
ate communication from the Secretary
OF the Interior in relation to Yosemite
Park in California. 1t was referred to
the Committee on Public Lands.
The pure food bill was taken up, and
Vest stated at length his position in re-
gard to it, and such legislation in general.
The pending measure was one OF that
brood of bills that grew out of a feeling
Of paternaliSm which was spreading over
the country. He believed the Constitu-
ton Of the United States intended that
the inspection and quarantine laws
should be in the hands of the States. The
people of the United States were being
taught that instead of going to their State
authorities, to go TO Congress for every
thing from million acres of land to a
paper of pins. The States were slowly
| having their constitutional power taken
away, and power was being vested in
Congress to-day intended by the trainers
of the Constitution to be left TO the States
| exclusively.
| Paddock denied the statement made
some days ago that the bill was aimed
particularly at the cotton seed oil inter
| r-tsy 10 6nftn 20 n1,,t
| provision or word in the bill that dis
eliminated against any honest and hon
estly branded article of food in favor of
another. AS to the extravagant criticism
that the bill would be used for imaginary
| political purposes, 1T was a serious mat
ter, he said, to charge, even indirectly
that those engaged in the formation OF the
bill and the great body of people who de-
manded its passage were moved chiefly
| by desire to inaugurate cheap, nasty
! political scheme for partisan uses.
| After the delivery of eulogies on the
| late Representative Lee the Senate add
journed until Monday.
IN THE HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, March 4.-Greek met
! Greek in the House to-day and for few
minutes a lively parliamentary colloquy
was carried Oh between Speaker Crisp
and eX-Speaker Reed over the vexed
question of mo quorum" The entire
| Gay had been consumed in desultory
| consideration of minor measures, and
| Kilgore of Texas moved a recess until 8
| p. NJ. On division the vote stood So to a.
Enloe demanded tellers, and they being
refused, raised the point that no quorum
had voted.
1.-The gentleman from Tennessee said
the Speaker, makes the point of no quo
rum on the motion, and the chair will
| have to appoint tellerS.''
AIr int coI
mark: The gentleman does not make
the point OF no quorum. He makes a
point OF no quorum voted"
Under the rules of the House, and
under the present administration of the
House," said the Speaker, gentlemen
are not present unless they vote.n APP
| plause on the Democratic side.l
THAT shows" said Mr.. Reed, ''that
there has been new system adopted
| since last Congress-"
That shows that the present occupant
of the chair viii endeavor to enforce the
rules of the House as they now exist"
retorted the Speaker.
Nevertheless, )" replied the ex-Speaker.
1.-The observation l made is entirely cor
rect"
perhaps it isl said the Speaker, with
dignity, but it is entirely out of order -
at is entirely correct persisted Mr..
| Reed, land the Chair has no right to
make such remarks"
1.-THE Chair thinks the gentleman en-
tirely out of ORDER" retorted the Speaker.
! 1.-THE point Of no quorum was made by
somebody else, and the Chair entertained
the point, whereupon the gentleman from
Maine made suggestion',,-
And thereupon,' ihterposed Mr..
| Reed, Il said to the Chair that the gentle
man made the point that no quorum had
voted, and the Chair stated it to be a
| point of no quorum, which is a different
proposition. l have right to call the at
! tention of the Chair TO that. The Chair
! had no right TO make such a retort. even
1 if he was supported by disorderly APP
/ plause upon his side, which he permit
! ted''
1.-The Chair will state" said the Speaker.
that there is no distinction, under the
present rules of the House, between the
point of no quorum and of no quorum
voting. There was distinction between
those points under the rules of the last
| Congress"
! During the colloquy between the
! Speaker and Reed both gentlemen ap-
peared to lose, IN some degree, their Gus
/ tomary equanimity, and their retorts
were characterized by some degree of
warmth.
The House afterward took a recess I'M
/ til s p. NJ, the evening session TO be for
/ private pension bills.
4
| The pregnant reply of President Lin
/ colin to a caller during the war is worthy
of freqent remembrance. The caller said:
81 hope that God will be on our side"