Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-03-02
Speaker Crisp Fills Hatch with
Joy by Promising
Recognition,
But the Proper Time Fails to
Appear-The Farmers
Claims.
Thinks TWO-Thirds of the Mem
bers Favor Consideration
Lively Debate.

WAsmNGToN. Feb. 27.-Farmer
Hatch donned his red necktie again
this morning and entered the House
with fire in his eye and his breast full
OF confidence. I he confidence was due
to promise from the Speaker to recog-
nize him some time during the day to
move suspension of the rules and
pass his anti-option bill He spent
large part of the Sabbath in
drumming up recruits and had
concluded that he had secured the two
thirds necessary to pass his bill under
suspension of the rules. When this
new confidence was reported to the OPP
ponents of the bill they smiled and rid
iculed the idea Of Hatch having Sc
cured the strength of which he boosted.
Because he had the Speakers
promise to recognize him Mr..
Hatch did not object when the
Indian appropriation bill was called up.
Before the latter measure was finished
each side was granted d half-hour for
debate. Alb Taylor had the disposition
of the time for the opponents of the
bill. To the surprise of the House the
Chicago Colonel, instead of speaking
on the bill under consideration,
launched forth a four-minute speech
against the anti-option bill.
The advocates and opponents took
the cue, and Representative Coombs of
Brooklyn who followed Taylor, after
having the clerk read an able editorial
showing up the hollowness of the anti
optlonists claim, denounced the meas
ure in vigorous terms. Mr.. Morse from
Massachusetts, obtained minute and
protested in the name of his constit-
uents against the use on next Sun
day evening of "a government building
(peusion office, where the inaugural
ball will be held for a promenade con
cert. Then Farmer Hatch obtained the
floor for ten minutes and sang what
some called his death song. 1t was one
of his characteristic harangues on his
crank bill. He denounced Col. Taylor,
accusing him of not knowing what he
was talking about.
Gle shows his ignorance to the
House." he said, land lets us see how
little he knows of my position on the
anticipation bill or about the antioption
bill itself when he says that | adj
mitted that the bill would not
raise single dollar of revenue l
never admitted any such thing
Hatch said that he hoped that the
next Congress would choke the life out
of all trusts, and particularly of the
Boards of Trade engaged in unlawful
business He told how he had for a
month pleaded before the rules COM
mittee for time for consideration of his
bill and been denied, land yet he said,
S'four of the members represent farm
ing constituencies He ended by cry
ing: ''This Congress has worse record
than any predecessor in twenty years
as friend of the farmer
Representative Boatner of Louisiana
in brief speech said that Hatch had
been complaining of wind sales and
yet was advocating measure made up
of wind, supported by wind, andwhich
it was sought to pass by wind. He de-
clared that not one syllable ofevidence
had been produced to show that the
alleged wind sales had affected the
prices of grain or cotton.
Alb Taylor then took back what he
had said about Mr.. Hatch, declaring
that the bill would not raise dollar of
revenue. But he said that all the rest
of the anti-optionists had made the adj
mission, and he had supposed that
Hatch had had done so.
This exhausted the time allowed de-
bate and the Indian bill was passed.
The sundry civil bill then secured the
floor and Mr.. Hatch retired to do a lit
tie more recruiting before the time
came for the Speaker to recognize him.
That time is expected to come this
afternoon, but as the Speaker alone
knows and won't talk, it is problemat-
zeal SO far as the rest are concerned.
The House agreed to non-concur in
the amendments to the 4ndry civil
appropriation bill and il has been sent
to conference.
LATER
MIR. Hatch was doomed to idsap-
pointment again. The speaker did not