The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-02-09
KILLED BY PICKLER,
The Scheme to Prune the Pension List by d
Commission Filibustered to Death.

The Scheme to Prune the Pension List by q
Commission Filibustered to Death.
Special TO the Indianapolis Jonrnal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Representative
Pickler, of South Dakota, has, during the
past few days made the Democrats in the
House wish q thousand times that they had
one of the "Reed rules with which to stop
filibusteripg. In the legislative. executive
and judicial appropriation bill was DEM
ooratic proposition to create q commission
to sit during the recess of Congress the
coming summer and investigate the opera
tions of executive departments. the
Ostensible object being to revise tSe cler-
ical forces, improve the service and cave the
government money. Major Picklel. who
Is On ardent Republican. says it is only a
scheme to cut and slash the pension
rolls out of oil resemblance. and
he has fought 1t with vim, even though it
was III general appropriation bill.
Every Democrat stood by the proposed in
vestigation. and the proposition would
have been passed with whirl had not
the South Dakotan exercised the preroga-
tives loft him and shown the one.man DO w
er under the Crisp rules. He simply
stopped all progress upon the bill for two
DAYS, and declared this important bill
should not become law till the Democratic
stab at pensions was stricken ont. Late
this afternoon Major Pickler won his fight.
He forced the Democrats to Withdraw,
but he did not succeed without
a stormy scene In the House.
so persistent was he In MS opposition that
the Speaker ordered the mace. the emblem
of authority, to be brought forth. and
threatened Pickler's arrest. The South
DakotaD brushed the mace aside. exclalm-
ing Take away that goose" and continued
his fight. At last Mr. Dockery, of Mis-
hN q md mo ant 2 hor
iZing the 'investigatioD," withdrew his
proposition. and consideration of the gen.
eral appropriation bill was resumed, and
the raid upon pensions was for time, at
least. deferred.
Soon after the House was opened to-day
the Speaker presented the Honse quaran-
tine bill, with Senate amendment and Mr..
Raynor moved q concurrence. MIR. KIlgore
was present. however. and moved a recess
until 12:45. Pending that his colleague.
Mr.. Antony, interjected motion to ad-
journ, and pending that motion, that when
the House adjourn. 1t be to meet on Satur-
day. Mr. Boutelle suggested that the
House could not adjourn to-day before l
from performing constitutional duty.
Such an adjournment would prevent the
counting of the electoral votes. He hardly
thought that his friend intended to do that.
Laughter.
Nh. Antony-Under the circumstances.
withdraw the motion.
The motions were declared lost: but Mr.
Kilgore demanded the yeas and nays. Mr.
Boutelle vigorously protested. 1t was
obvious. he said. that one or two persons
were trying to prevent Congress from keep
ing out pestilence. He hoped that the
Speaker would refuse to recognize them.
but the Speaker, in conformity with the
rules, did recognize Mr. Kilgore, whose de-
mand for the yeas and nays received only
three backers. Mr.. KIlgore made few
moro flibusterlng motions, and as he took
his seat, after Intellectual efforts and after
Mr. Raynor's motion TO concur was agreed
to, he was greeted with sarcastic applause.
At 1 o'clock the electoral vote was
counted. and when the Senate had retired
the House resumed. in committee. consid.
GRAFTON OF the legislative appropriation
bill. lt wns then that the scene in which
Mr. Picker was the central figure took
place.