Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
ROCK ISLAND. TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1892.
BUSINESS RUSHED.
The House Embraces an Op-
portunity for Work.
FOUR BILLS OF INTEREST PASSED.

rsepuphcans Trebteu TO q surprise by
Bryan, Who Gets the Free Binding
Twine Measure Through-vest Inti-
mates That There Was Doodle in the
Fair Location-The Pension Office In
quiry-Some Talk of Duels-Trouble
Ahead with Italy-Monthly Financial
Exhibit.
WASHINGTON, May 3-The house took
fit Of industry yesterday and also ad
vantage of the fact that it was suspension
day, and did days work that was
not all wind. The first bill called up un-
der the suspension of the rules was one
that admits to American registry linn
tied number of high class steamships al
ready running in established lines, of not
less than 5000 tons, with a speed of not
less than twenty knots per hour The
parties obtaining registers for such vessels
must contract for the construction in
American shiDyards Of an equal amount
OF tonnage with that of the foreign built
steamships which are to become Amer
icanized. It passed without trouble. Then
came a bill to pension the survivors of the
Black Hawk, Greek, Cherokee and Sem
mole Indian wars 1t passed also
Surprised the Republicans.
After the passage of bill which will
open the northern half of the Colville res
ervation in Washington to settlement at
$3.50 per acre, the Republicans were sur
prised to hear Bryan, the Nebraska cham
pion of free trade, move the suspension of
the rules and passage of the bill putting
binding twine on the free list Burrows
said he did not think that Bryan seriously
intended to pass bill that way, without
notice to the minority. But Burrows did
not know Bryan, for the latter remarked
that such was his intention, and he asked
for vote.
Skirmishing for a Quorum.
1t was first necessary to find a Demo-
cratic quorum and this took half an hour
Then fifteen minutes were given each side
for debate, in which Payne of New York
charged the Democracy with fishing for
the farmer vote with a ball of free bind
ing twine for bait, and Hatch was not sur
prised that the Republicans opposed the
bill as they opposed, he said, every at
tempt to take burdens off the people. The
bill passed-lS5 to 47-Coburn of Wiscon-
sion and Covert of New York, Democrats
voting no, and Broderich, Picker and
Jolley, Republicans, voting aye
Holman Gives 'Em Warning.
While all this going on so smoothly it
was not to be wondered that some bill
with an appropriation attached should
find its way to a vote. Thus it WAS that
bill was passed to established military
post at or near Helena, Mont, and appro-
priating 100000 therefor. Holman
opposed to the bill and warned the house
that their faces would turn pale when
they discovered the lavish expendi-
ture being made by the passage of bills in
this way without proper and due con-
sideration.
Vest Says al Told You So"
In the senate Vest took occasion (while
expressing contempt for certain petitions
threatening congressman. if they did not
use their influence for closed Worlds
fair on Sunday, with trouble over ret .elec-
tion), to make some imputations on the
Worlds fair management. The Worlds
fair committee had found, in nosing
around the finances of the fair, that 500 900
had been spent in locating the fair, and he
wanted to know who got the money. He
was sorry to say that the committee had
found just what he expected it to do. The
statement was received in silence, although
1t contained plain charge of boodlery.