The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-02-17

He Wants to Get as Many Measure
| as Possible on the Unfinished Business
| Calendar Ahead of the Bland Bill
| Bland Says He's in No Hurry.
WASHINGTON, February 16.-In the
House, today, Mr.. Wise of Virginia,
from the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce, called up the bill au-
thorizing railroad companies to grant re-
dnced rates to commercial travellers.
| After debate, the bill went over until
tomorrow. Then came few moments
of hesitation, no member asking for rec
ognition on any motion. Finally Mr.
Caruth of Kentucky moved an adjourn
ment. The motion was lost. MI. Bur-
rows of Michigan then made motion to
| proceed to the consideration of unf1n-
| ished business.
| The Speaker pro tenn, Mr.. Dockery of
| Missouri, stated that the calendar
showed the first unfinished business to
| be the motion 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. The ques-
| ton being raised as to whether the
above joint resolution was on the un-
finished calendar, the Speaker pro tenn
decided it was on the calendar, but re-
marked that as the motion to table the
motion to reconsider was privileged, it
could be called up by any member and
| any difficulty could be thus avoided.
Mr.. Blount of Georgia thereupon called
up the motion and was recognized by the
Chair.
Then Mr. Tracy of New York came
forward in
The Role of a Filibusterer,
with motion that the House take a re-
cess for one hour, pending which Mr..
Owens of Ohio moved adjournment, the
motion being lost. On Mr. Tracy's mo-
ton no quorum voted. On a standing
vote, Mr.. Tracy having raised this point,
tellers were ordered. Nj. Tracy's rea-
son for filibustering lay deeper than the
resolution ii was proposed to consider.
In the calendar of unfinished business
there are but two measures: the Russian
Acuilla Jones. Sr. Should the free coin
age bill be considered in the morning
hour and consume two days without dis
position, will go upon the calendar as
unfinished business The rule of the
House provides: '.After the morning
hour has been occupied, it shall be in or
der to proceed to the consideration of the
unfinished business in which the House
may have been engaged at adjournment
and at the same time each day thereafter,
other than the first and third Mondays,
until disposed of, it shall be the order to
proceed to the consideration of all unfin-
ished business when the class of business
to which it belongs shall be in order"
1t is Mr.. Tracy's desire to keep on the
calendar as many measures as possible to
act as
Obstacles to the Silver Bill,
should it be placed upon the unfinished
business calendar. He further desires
that some tariff bills should secure the
right of way before silver obstructs the
road.
On the vote by tellers no quorum ap-
peared, and, after weary wait, MI.
Tracy demanded the yeas and nays. By
this time the members who were in the
dark as to Mr.. Tracy's object had been
informed and sufficient number of the
opponents of the free coinage bill had
mustered to order the yeas and nays.
The motion for a recess was defeated
Yeas, 6; nays, 1876, many opponents of the
silver bill withholding their votes in
hope of breaking quorum. Upon the
announcement of the vote, Mr.. Tracy
made a motion to adjourn, which was de-
feated. The question then recurred on
the motion to table the motion to recon-
slider the vote by which the Russian relief
resolution was indefinitely postponed.
This was tabled without division which
finally defeated the measure. The House
then adjourned.