The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-04-08
The House.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-When the
house met yesterday not over fifty of
the 336 members were in their seats.
Later, other members strolled in, but
at no time would roll call have devel-
oped the presence Of a quorum and it
was found impossible to take decisive
action upon any important measures.
The speaker laid before the house a
communication from Representative
Joseph McKenna of the Sixth district
of California, informing the house that
he had sent his resignation to the gov
ernor of California. The communica-
ton was spread upon the journal.
WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The free
coinage advocates have not yet given
up the fight in the house of representa-
tives. The controversy between Mr..
Bland and Speaker Crisp is the subject
of general comment and the
former announces that he will
make no further attempt to
secure a degree of cloture from the
committee on rules, but Mr.. Pierce Of
Tennessee and other leaders in the
free coinage movement have again
taken courage and will make one SUI
preme attempt to force the committee
on rules to report a rule fixing day
and hour for final vote on the pass
age of the bill.
Perhaps the most jubilant members
in the house just now are the nine Peo-
pies party congressman who rejoice in
the discontinue of the Democratic ma
jority and proclaim that the failure of
the Democratic house to pass the free
coinage bill means that the Peoples
party will carry six or eight states in
the coming campaign.
The notice given in the senate by
Stewart of his intention to call up his
silver bill next Monday created a sem
sation. 1t is said by some of the silver
men that Speaker Crisp has urged
them to pass the silver bill in the SEN
ate and let it come over to the house
when it would be in a position much
more favorable for action than if it
came before the house in the shape Of
an original report from the coinage
committee.
The Democratic senators are as vet
undecided as to the attitude they shall
assume when the bill is called up.
Senator Carlisle remarked that the
outcome of the effort to pass the bill
would be extremely doubtful and this
view appeared to be generally enter
tanned on this side of the chamber.
On the Republican side of the senate
the opinion is that the bill will not
pass. Mr.. Stewart himself is not very
sanguine of the success of his move.
He says, however, that the country is
entitled to know exactly how the SEN
ators stand on the silver question and
he proposes to put all of them on
record if he can.
WASHINGTON, March 81. 49, The
Springer free wool bill was denounced
in the house of representatives as a
conspiracy between the cotton raisers
of the South and the wool manufac-
turers of the North to enrich themselves
at the expense of the nation. This
charge was made by Representative j.
d. Taylor, of Ohio, and will doubtless
be the subject of some vigorous retorts
from the Democrats later in the ses-
sion. Beyond this utterance, which
attracted general attention, the tariff
discussion was without any unusual
incidents.
After the usual morning business
had been transacted and number OF
petitions and bills of unimportance
had been introduced and referred. Mr.
Dolph from the committee on foreign
relations reported a bill to provide for
the punishment of violations of the
treaty rights. The bill was suggested
by the Italian troubles in New Orleans
last year. The bill went on the calen'
dar.
Killed His Wife and Two Daughters.