Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-09
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 8.
SENATE.

SENATE.
There were only seven Senators
present this morning while the Chap.
lain prayed The roll was called ana
IN the course of half an hour Il quo
rum made its appearance.
Mr.. Frye, in reporting back ADVERSE
" certain amendments, referred to the
committee on commerce proposing
river and harbor appropriations, said
that the sundry civil appropriation Dill
already contained river and harbor APP
priations to the amount OF about Sl6,-
100000 (under the continuing contract
clause and that the committee on COM
merce would not recommend any fdr-
Their river and harbor appropriations.
A Senate bill was passed, to author
ize the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company to renew and operate its rail
road bridge across the Big Sandy river
near the site of its present bridge.
The Senate then on motion OF Mr.
Morgan went into executive session.
When the doors were reopened mo-
ton was made by Mr. Wolcott to have
the hour of meeting again changed to
noon. The vote resulted yeas 80, nays
80, and the Vice President in announc-
ing it said The Senate being equally
divided, the chair "a pause votes
aye" daughter and applause
The credentials of Stephen N. White,
Senator-elect from California, were
presented by Mr.. FELTON, and were read
and nlaced on file
The automatic car coupler bill was
then taken up. the question being on
the amendment offered by Mr.. Dolph
to that offered by Mr.. Morgan. Mr.
Morgan's amendment requires the At
torney General to bring suit for the
condemnation" of any device that may
be selected; and Mr.. Dolph's is that no
railroad company shall be required to
use such device until such "condemna-
ton" has taken place.
HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading and
approval of the journal Mr. Catchings
called up the resolution of the commit
tee Oh rules setting apart this legisla-
tive day and Gf necessary the next
legislative day for the consideration OF
the bill repeating the Sherman silver
act
Mr.. Bacon offered an amendment to
the order reported by Mr.. Catchings
providing for vote on the bill and all
pending amendments at p. m. to-
morrow, after which no diliatory mo-
ton shall be entertained until the bill
is finally disposed of In brief
speech he said that the silver question
should be disposed of here and now.
The amendment was in form exactly
like that proposed by Mr.. Bland last
summer and was in substance the same
as rules reported by such staunch dem
ocrats as Mr.. Randall and Mr.. Mills,
and by republican such as Mr.. Reed.
He would accordingly move to vote
down the previous question in order
that vote might be obtained. Cen
tlemen should understand that vote
against his melton was vote against
the bill, and they must take the re-
sponsibility. He told his side of the
House that the rules committee was
not here opposing his motion; the au-
thority for which statement Mr.. Pierce,
o Tennessee, disputed.
Mr.. Bland then took the floor for the
other side. The gentlemen who were
here now demanding cloture were all
opposed to considering it last summer.
Now they wanted cloture in order to
demonctize silver at the dictation OF
Wall street The bill proposed to be
brought up was monstrosity. Leave
silver alone until the tariff was revised
and the election laws reformed, on
which they were all agreed. Mr..
BANDS words were very plain, and
were loudly applauded.
Mr.. Bartine, q free silver republican,
followed in speech against the amend
ment of Mr.. Bacon and the repeal of
the present law. He gave warning
that the AndrewCate bill would never
be brought to vote if he could pre-
vent it, for the gentleman from New
York and his associates had tilibuster-
ing the free silver bill to death.
Mr.. Watson denounced the Andrew
Cate bill as donation to the national
banks.
Mr.. Bryan opposed the amendment
to the rule because he opposed the bill.
The Sherman bill was Il hostage given
the free coinage men by the gold-bugs,
and they would hold the child, ugly
and deformed as it was, until they were
given free coinage.
Mr.. Reed then spoke for cloture.
Deliberation, he said, some time went
on until it ceased to be an absolute ard
unqualified advantage to the commune
ty. Qaughter.) He hoped and ex-
pected to see the currency question re-
moved from the domain of politics, and
closed by ridiculing Mr.. Bryan's speech.
Mr.. Catchings said that the commit
tee on rules had no feeling about the ac-
ton of the House on its report, and then
the previous question.
At 1925 o'clock the House began vot-
ing on the motion of Mr.. Catchings-
the anti-silyer men aiming to vote it
down in order to have chance on clo-
ture.
On the first roll call the silver men
were ten votes ahead. The anti-silver
men got more votes on the democratic
side than had been expected, but the
publicans split up. Before the final
vote could be announced Mr. Fitch de-
manded recapitulation.
The official vote was announced as
follows: Yeas 152; nays l43; so the
previous question was ordered.
Mr.. Cox then moved to re-commit
the report to the rules committee with
out instructions, his object being to kill
the matter entirely, and his motion
was carried by vote of $50 to So, and
the report was re-committed to the
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