The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-17
In the House

WAsHIEGToN, Feb. 16.-The donations of
western farmers and millers to the starving
millions of Russia have at last served a
practical purpose in the House. They
served as bludgeon for the gold men TO-
day to oppose for five hours the steady
march Of the lower house toward free coin
age legislation. In to-day's struggle poll
tics had no place, fllibusters and opponents
beng alike members of the Democratic
party. Tracy, of New York, led the fight
against consideration of the resolu-
ton authorizing the transportation of
food donations to the starving Russians
but did it simply because ne desired to
keep as many measures as possible in the
way OF the Bland free coinage bill. There
are now the Russian relief resolution and
several other measures on the calendar Of
unfinished business, and it Is the plan of
Tracy and his followers to ilibuster
against all these measures in order to pre-
vent the free coinage bill ever being
reached on the calendar and passed dy the
House. The free coinage men may, how
eve, force q vote on the Bland bill before it
can pass to the calendar OF unfinished bus
mess, which would be within two days
after being reached in order of considera-
tiOn.
Burrows, of Michigan, moved the House
proceed to consideration of unfinished bus
mess. Speaker Pro Tenn Dockery stated
the first unfinished business was
KIgores motion 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 contri-
buttons for the relief of the suffering poor
of Russia.
| Blount, of Georgia, suggested that the
l yHyar
| ing was improperly placed upon the
! calendar Of unfinished business. On this
question there was much desultory debate
and finally Tracy, Of New York, came for
ward in the role of hlibusterer with q
motion that the House take a recess for an
hour. Pending this, Owens, of Ohio,
moved an adjournment, but 1t was lost
On Tracy's motion no quorum voted and
when he raised the point tellers were
| ordered. On q vote by tellers, quorum
appeared after a weary wait and then
| Tracy demanded the yeas and nays. The
motion for recess was defeated 8 to 1876.
Many opponents of the silver bill withheld
their vote in the hope of breaking the
quorum. Immediately Tracy was OF his
feet with motion to adjourn, which was
defeated by 80 to 40. The question re-
Cured on a motion TO table the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the Russian
relief resolution was indefinitely post
pOned. IL was tabled without division,
thus finally defeating the measure. The
House then adjourned.
The resolution to-day introduced in the
House by Fithian, gave warning that the
gentleman from Illinois is preparing to re
sumo his fight against all mail steamship
subsidies and appropriations. Immediately
after the reading of the journal, Fithlar
presented resolution calling for informs
ton as to all contracts under the ocear
subsidy law and asked immediate consider
alton.
Dolliver objected and the resolution wal
referred to the committee.
The House committee on postofices to
! day adopted Enloe's resolution, with
( amendment, calling on the postmaster
, general for all information concerning con
tracts made under the mail subsidy act.
4 The House committee on military affair,
adopted q resolution providing for the reap
pointment of General MITCHELL of Wiscon
: sin; General Sewell, of New Jersey, ant
General Mcmahon, of New York, at tn
expiration of their terms, as members o
Y the board of managers of national home
r for disabled volunteer soldiers.