The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-09
BANKRUPTCY BILL BEATEN
Blald'S Motion to Strike Out the En-
acting Clause Carried.

1t Was First Successful in Committee
of the Whole and Then Went
Through the House By Vote of 142
Yeas to Ill Representative
Talbert Aims Rap at the Demo-
cratic Members.
Washington, Dec. SIN the House to-
day MIR. Talbert, of South Carolina, in
troduced a resolution setting forth the
delays and deferments which have oc-
Cured since the Democratic party came
into power, and calling upon the ways
and means committee to at once bring in
revised tariff bill, and directing the
committee on banking and currency to
report bill providing for financial relief
in order that the dominant party may re-
deem its platform pledges. Objection be-
ing made to its immediate consideration,
the resolution went over.
MIR. Kilgore moved that the House 90
into committee of the whole to consider
the bill providing for the organization of
a constitutional government in Utah, and
the admission of that territory as a state.
DISGLEY FUIBUsTERs.
Mr.. Dingley raised the point of no
quorum, and the clerk was directed to
call the roll.
The call resulted: Yeas 145; nays g.
no quorum.
Mr.. Kilgore moved a call of the House
and Mr.. Dingley demanded the yeas and
nays, which were ordered.
The call of the House was ordered by a
vote of 1876 yeas to 81 nays.
OThe morning hour having expired the
point of order was made that the call
was not in order The chair held that the
call had been ordered.
Successive motions 10 reconsider the
vote by which a call was ordered and to
refuse call of the House were made.
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL TAKEN UP.
Another motion was made that the
House go into committee of the whole on
the bankruptcy bill, which motion pre-
vailed.
Mr.. Bailey asked unanimous consent
that the House take vote to substitute
his bill for the pending measure before
proceeding under the five minute rule,
but objection was made.
M. Bland moved to strike out the
enacting clause and on a division the yeas
were 20 and the nays r. The point of
no quorum was raised and Messrs Bland
ana Oates were appointed tellers. The
vote resulted in ll9 yeas to 81 nays The
announcement of the vote was received
with applause.
Mr.. Bland moved that the committee Of
the whole rise and report the bill back to
the House, with the recommendation that
the enacting clause be striken out. Thi S
prevailed and the committee rose.
Mr. Bland moved that the House con-
cur in the action of the committee of the
whole, and Mr.. Oates demanded the yeas
and nays.
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, undertook to
speak upon the parliamentary status of
the bill
HATCH MAKES POINT OF ORDER.
Mr. Hatch raised the point of order that
debate was not admissible upon motion
TO concur in the action Of the committee
of the whole. Such motion required an
immediate vote.
Mr.. Cannon claimed that a motion to
concur was always debatable, and that he
could have an hour in which to discuss
the matter.
The speaker stated that unless there
was some limitation, debate was always
in order in the absence of the previous
question. He quoted from the digest,
that a motion to strike out the enacting
clause was debatable, and said that
motion to concur was of similar nature.
Mr.. Patterson, of Tennessee, said that
the question to be determined was as to
whether a majority of the House favored
voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy
bill
CANNON RESUMES his SPEECH
Resuming, Mr.. Cannon said that he un-
derstood the pending bill to embrace both
forms of bankruptcy. If the pending mo-
tion prevailed the bill would be dead and
the possibility Of legislation on this ques-
tion would be ended He said that the
proper place for full consideration and
the Offering of amendments was in com
mittee of the whole. He was not speak
ing either for or against the bill, but sim
ply pleading for an opportunity to have
full, free and fair discussion with the
right of unlimited amendment. He then
proceeded TO discuss the provisions Of the
bill. After further speeches by Messrs.
Van Voorhis, of New York, and Bland,
the yeas and nays were ordered on Mr.
BANDS motion and resulted, yeas, 142;
nays, Ill, and the recommendation was
agreed to that the House concur In the
report Of the committee of the whole,
which stated that the enacting clause of
the bankruptcy bill be stricken out.
The House then adjourned to Monday.