St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-15
HOUSE WAS IN A DEADLOCK
REPUBLICANS REFUSE TO K0TE ON
ARIZONA STATEH0gB.
NOT a DEMOCRATIC ayoRum.
Leaders of the Republican Party
Do Not Want the Democratic
Territories OF Arizona and New
Mexico Admitted into the
Union A Dali Day in the
House.

WASHINGTON, Dee. 14.-fhe house
was deadlocked for two hours today by
the refusal of the Republicans to vote
the whole for the consideration Of the
Arizona statehood bill. The Demo-
cratic leaders decided this morning to
proceed with the consideration of the
Arizona and New Mexico bills and dis
pose of them before the holidays. The
Republican leaders do not relish the
idea OF bringing these Democratic
territories into the Union, and they, at
the request of the leaders, refrained
from voting, except those from the far
West, especially those from the newly
admitted States ::of Washington, Wyo-
ming, Montana. Idaho and the Dakotas,
who could not with consistency place
any obstacle in the way of their sister
territories. The Democrats expect to
have their own quorum present tomor-
row. The McGarrahan bill was called
up today during the morning hour. but
was filibustered against by MIR. Sayres.
of Texas, chairman OF the appropri
ations committee.
immediately after the reading of the
journal Mr.. Dockery. from the joint
committee on expenditures in the ex-
ecutive departments, called up the bill
introduced by him few days ago to
improve the methods of accounting in
the postof1ce department.
THE BILL ABoLISHES
the postal note. reduces the schedule Of
rates for money orders approximately
to the scale of the fee charged by ex-
press companies. the postmaster gen-
eral is given authority to designate
offices for the issue of money orders up
to S., and all money orders unpaid for
one year are covered into the treasury.
The money order certificates contain a
device designed to facilitate the settle
ment of postmasters' accounts. The
certificates Of deposits of postmasterssgo
to the sixth auditor, instead OF as
now, to the third assistant post
master general. The act takes
effect July 1, 1894. The re-
port was read; also letters from the
secretary Of the treasury and postmas-
ter general indorsing the bill. Then,
without debate, the bill was passed.
Under the call Of committees Gen.
Catchlngs, the chairman of the commit
tee ON rules. presented the report of
the committee making the bill for the
admission of Arizona and New Mexico a
special order after the morning hour
until disposed of. Without division
the report was adopted and the order
made.
A bill donating two old cannon to the
cities OF Pittsburg and Allegheny was,
on motion of Mr.. Stone, of Pennsyl-
vania, taken up and passed.
A bill supplemental to the act defin-
ing the manner in which land scrip can
be assigned and located was passed
without objection.
A bill limiting the time under which
| claimants to property under
THE DONATION ACT
| of 1850 must appear TO Jan. l, 1895, and
giving the present occupants of those
| lands preferential claim in case title
| under the act of 1850 is not perfected,
was taken up. Some debate was in
| dulged in by Mr.. Hermann, of Oregon
| Mr.. Lacey, of Iowa; Mr.. Tracey and
| Mr.. Van Voorhis, Of New York. The
| latter intimated that some private inter
est must exist in the bill; that it sought
| to deprive one class of claimants for the
| benefit of another. He declared it
| would be another DeS Moines river
case.
| Mr.. Hermann, in reply. stated that
| the old claimants had had forty-three
years to confirm their titles. 1t was not
| designed to dispoSsess any claimants.
The bill simply required the original
claimants or their heirs to come forward
and protect their titles or surrender
them to the present occupants. The bill
was passed.
Mr.. Pendleton, of West Virginia,
from the committee Oh private land
claims, called up the McGarrahan claim,
but Mr.. Sayres, 6f Texas, made the
point of no quorum on the motion to &c
into committee of the whole. The
morning hour expired before the
quorum appeared.
A communication from the sergeant
alarms was read. stating that there
were no funds available for the pay
ment OF mileage for members. A reso-
luton to pay officers and employees Of
the house for the present month Oh Dec
81 was passed without objection. Gen
Wheeler, Of ALABAMA, then moved thai
the house go into committee of the
whole to consider the bill for the
admission OF Arizona. Tbs stand
ing vote resulted 79 to 4. MI
Hooker, of New York, made the
point of no quorum. and the ayes
and nays were ordered. The Repub-
Iicans generally refrained from voting
Word was passed around by Messrs
Reed and Burrows, the Republican
leaders. to force the Democrats to pro
duce their own quorum, if any more
territories were to be admitted into the
Union.
Gen. Wheeler made statement to the
effect that as the Republicans were fill
clustering, he would move an adjourn
ment. Accordingly, at $40 the house
| adjourned,