Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

repeal Dill Mr., TELLER, or Colorado, spoke
/ OF the rights OF the minority TO obstruct and
J delay, after which the senate held n short
executive session and soon adjourned.
! OUsE--The Republican hlibuster dead
| lock was broken az result OF the Demo-
! cratic caucus of the previous uay. AS soon
as the Journal had been read ar Loud, OF
| California. asked unanimous consent for
the consideration OF a resolution calling on
the secretary Ot the treasury TO know how
under the sherman law In July and August
aud also what amount OF silver had been
offered for sale during these months, and II
the government had not purchased the
4,5OlO0J ounces required by law, to know
under what authority the secretary had
acted Mr.. Fitch objected and the resolu-
! ton went over. Then began the struggle
which broke the deadlock. Mr. burrows
moved to dispense with the call of commit
tees for reports; cen Gatherings, of the
committee OF rules, presented "a report pro-
viding that no other business should be I'm
order until the reports OF committees were
received. y T. Burrows raised point OF
order that no suoh proposition had been
could not originate orders of business A
brilliant parliamentary duel then ensued:
put speaker Crisp oVerruleu the point OF
order r. burrows appealed from
the decision OF the speaker Mr.
Fitch moved to table the appeal Mr.
! Burrows moved recess. Mr. Catchtngs
raised a point of order that pending action
on the committee report but one motion
was I'm order. +. burrows was granted
permission TO make an argument against
! the point OF order The speaker instructed
the clerk to read the order. r. Reed Wig
]
/ intense, but Speaker Crisp remained obdu-
rate and the motion TO appeal was lost; LIZ
NAYS, 90 yeas. notions TO take recess
we're made by VI Hepburn, but being de-
! clared out OF order, he appealed from the
/ decision. The appeal was lost. The
| question then required on ordering the pre-
Vious question on the report from the COM
mittee on rules. Then motions came thick
and fast. All were brushed aside by the
speaker Mr.. Payne, OF New York. raised
the question OF consideration against the
report. Mr.. Catchings made the point that
] order. Z. IHXnH HnDpnla0
from the decision. Tho vote just taken
announced the chair, sustained the de-
ciSiun OF the chair, which held that no mo-
ton was In order except one motion to adj
! lourn The chair therefore refuses TO en-
! terrain the appeal and further announces
that no further motions Will be entertained
| till the repeal of tae Oill Is acted on. This
arbitrary decision knocked the Republicans
out, nut they were stubborn and ma q "a
motion TO table the committee report The
motion WAS declared out Of order and the
! right to appeal denied and then pandemo-
MUM broke loose. The speaker pounded but
! IL was some time before lac succeeded in
getting the members seated A call OF the
! House was ordered The previous question
required on the report of the committee on
] rules and Il motion for the previous CUES
! consider Mr.. Fitch moved TO table the
motion. which carried Isl to l. Thirty min
utes was then allowed for debate and r.
/ Reed took the uOOr, He tainted the Demo
/ Gratis with Illuminating themSelye, by fail
! Ing into line with the line of action against
when they stormed and howled four years
| ago, AIr Catchings replied TO the Mr. Reed
and csSrs. Payne and Henderson spoke
! against the action OF the ma GRITTY Mr.
! burrows made "A motion 10 adjourn
! which was lost and tie vote REQUIRED on the
adoption OF the report of the committee on
rules which carried, l16 10 81. The night
was over and the Democrats victorious.
] The Tucker Till to repeal the federal cleo
ton law was then reported.
SENATE -Fortieth day.--Mr;. reGer, Pop.
| KS introduced "a bill 10 establish bureau
| of loans. Mr.. ilatt, Rep, O., offered an
amendment to the rules providing Tor clos
ure on the repeal bill debate n support OF
| the amendment Dir IIatt SAID the senate
was fast losing the respect OF the people for
| its lack of action; that - Senator'S could so
! divide the time under the rules rs 10 pre-
vent a vote being taken; that there was
! only three ways To come to "a vote on the
! (Which IL was impossible to obtain: by con-
! tinuous Sc sion (which was inhuman, and
by this amendment closure. Mr.. Hill,
! Lem, y, y, offered AN amendment to the
rules that when any bill or resolution had
! been debated ~ days IL shall be In order for
/ "A senator TO move TO fix a date for taking
vote thereon and such motion shall not be
| amendablc or debataOle. II passed by n
ma GRITTY OF all senators the vote on the bill
/ or resolution with all amendments which
! may be pending. shall Immediately be taken
without debate or amendment except by
| unanimous consent. Ir White Dem, cal.
then addressed the Senate on the repeal
! bill After he concluded Mr. Voorhees,
moved that MIR; I eher amendment be
/ tabled and asked the yeas and nays Fill
! clustering was INDUCED In and after a fine
parliamentary struggle Mr.. oorhees with
/
! iourned. HOUSE THE Democrats mustered
! quorum and the order from the committee
on rules for considering the Tucker bill for
repeal of the federal election law came up
under the order OF the previous question.
Thirty minutes were allowed for debate.
! The House then adopted an order setting
! aside two weeks for considering the Tucker
| bill
SENATE.-Forty-fr day.-The closure
| amendment offered by A.r Platt was again
the subject for consideration Both Sena-
/ f,.pa from lfnInpa1n 40 fsh in
the rules. r. A len. Pop, Nep., introduced
IA bill making the dollar (Which may be
! coined of 4l2M grains of silver or - S-l0
! grains OF gold the unit of value. The bill
! also rCpealS the sherman act, and provides
| that oAner OF silver bullion may deposit 1t
in the mint when less - per cent TO be de-
Quoted for seiEnora .e and coined into silver
| dollars and put in the treasury 1t shall be
/ coined into standard dollars for his bene {.
! r. . itcuell, hep, On, introduced uill
/ apDropriattng ~ DiOO Tor the construction
! OF two steam revenue cutters for the racine
| coast r. ockrell Dem, y o., offered n
resolution calling for information as To the
coinage of silver dollars since lS'S which
was agreed TO HuUsE.-Nery heavy de-
crease In attendance. No business of inn
portance.
--Forty-sccond day-Mr. Stewart
! introduced "a resolution which declares that
! the INDEPENDENT of the CO. ordinate Depart
ments of the government must be main
/ tanned, and that the use OF the power and
influence OF one department To control the
action OF another Is in violation OF the Con-
stiiution and destructive OF our form
I of government This resolution
| created "a sensation ina,murh rs IL viii ar
| ran le President leVeland for violating the
/ spirit of the onstitutiOn in endCaVOring to
! destroy the Independence of the laWmak-
ing branch of the government by seeking
To coerce Congress into the passage of the
repeal bill. The closure resolution was
taken up ana SIR Turpie, lem, Ind, ar
gued against it, as did ~, dubois, Rep,
ldaho. and Mr. Call Dom fla. Executive
ses ion Adjourned HOUSE.-No business
OF general importance.
Two Russian Vessels ami ego Lives Lost.
Following closely upon the founder