The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-10-20
OUTGENERALED.
a Parliamentary dob Sc, Up BY Teller
and Dubois.
Tho Antl-silverites Walked Right Into tho
Trap-A Nice Constitutional Question
Involved Prospects Of the Chinese
Extension Btll In the House.

AsAffNNNhN nun W INV hRhH'f
wAsmNoToS. Oct, i6-The tangle
which the senate final found itself in
Friday night and which resulted in
the adjournment OF that body was tie
outcome Of eleverly laid plot origin
ated by senator Dubois and executed
through the help Of Senator Teller
The silver men knew that on roll call
where pairs would have to be recog-
nized that the repeal members would
not lo able to obtain quorum,
though on call OF the senate in
which pairs can he violated quorum
was present The difficulty then be-
came % obtain roll call. Senator
4 Teller examined the rules and discov-
cred what proved 10 lc q successful
manner Of bringing about the desired
cad II lsa rule Of the senate that ex-
ccpt Ny unanimous consent public
document can not be rcnd in that body
/ II IL has been previously read Mr..
( Teller during call for quorum ex-
plalncd his scheme to Mr. PETER, who
was speaking and few moments later
Mr. Tcficr from the mass Of manuscript
that he had on his desk resurrected a
public document and began 10 read
with great elaboration.
Immediately Mr. Teller was on his
feet and objected TO the reading. lie
raised point OF order against the
reading aud after some debate the
chairman gave his decision. from which
an appeal was taken and roll call or
dcrcd This was what the silver men
were looking for and on the roll call II
WAS developed that no quorum was
present II was then that the repeal
men stepped into another trap. Mr.
Villas tried 20 force Mr.. Dubois TO vote
and long debate ensued. An effort
was made TO take vote that the SEN
ate should not excuse Mr.. Dubois from
voting and on this roll call another lack
Of quorum was developed and the sen.
ate was forced 70 adjourn. The pending
question now becomes the effort "a
have Mr.. Dubois vote and II Is the In
tontiOn Of Mr. Villas TO have Mr.. Dubois
ccnsured
This, II Is stated, will bring out o
nice constitutional question which viii
develop debate which the silver men
J claim will last for month at least
and thus the time Of the senate win be
given to another question and the timC
OF the senate win be this much &C
: cupied
In the house Friday a bill was passed
Increasing tho number Of the army
: officers detailed as military instructor,
Of state institutions from seyenty-fvI
to one hundred
Before the debate on the Chinese ex
tension bill was resumed, an agroemen
was reached by the friends and foes o
the measure 20 vote on the bill Monda,
at o'clock In yesterdays debate tn
east was pittcd against the west, ire
spectiye Of party lines. the former SUP
porting and the latter assailing III
!. measure.
Dir Rnyner Of Maryland, made
most brilliant speech in advocacy. dun
ing which lie attacked the decision q
the supreme court aud declared II wa
!, almost the unanimous opinion OF tn
! American bar that the Gcary law wa
: unconstitutional Mr. Mcguire, Q
California, made reply on behalf q
= the Pacific coast lie claimed that III
:. advocates of the bill had shown Tn
: cloven foot They did not want tn
Gcary net extended; they wanted
nulifled hy an adverse decision OF I'll
supreme court Mr. bowers, OF Cal
= iornia. and Messrs Draper, Morse an
Mccall, Of Massachusetts were the othc
sDcnkera