The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-09
THE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
Talbot Wants the Tariff Bill
Brought in at Once.
Consideration of the Admission OF Utah
Shows the Lack of Quorum-Oates
Bankruptcy Bill Debated aud the
Enactment CIause Stricken Out-A
Parliamentary Question Ar,sea I'm the
Debate.

Debate.
WASHINGTON. Dec. Sin tho House
to-day Talbot, OF South Carolina, intro
duced a resolution setting forth the
delays and deferments which have
occurred since the Democratic party
came into power, and calling upon the
ways and means committee to a. once
bring in a revised tariff bill, and direct.
ing the committee on banking and cur
rency 10 report bill providing for
financial relief in order that the domi-
nant party may redeem it's platform
pledges. Objection being made to i'm
mediate consideration, the resolution
went over.
Kilgore moved that the House go into
committee OF the whole to consider the
bill providing for the organizatio of a
constitutional government in Utah and
the admission Of that territory as a
State. Dingley raised the point OF no
quorum, and the clerk was directed to
call the roll.
The call resulted yeas las, nays c.
no quorum. Kilgore moved cali OF the
House and Dingloy demanded the yeas
and nays, which were ordered. The
call OF the House WAS ordered by a vote
of l56 yeas, nays 80.
The morning hour having expired,
the point of order was made that the
call was not in order. The chair held
that the call had been ordered. Sue
cessive motions to reconsider the vote
by which a call was ordered and to re-
fuse call of the House were made.
Oates moved to go into committee OF
the whole to consider the bankruptcy
bill VIII ch motion prevailed Bailey
| asked unanimous consent that the VI ouse
take vote to Substitute his bill for the
pending measure before proceeding
under the live minute rule, but obiec-
ton was made. Bland moved to strike
out the cnacting clause and on a division
the yeas we're ~, nays re. Tho point OF
no quorum was raised and Bland and
Oates were appointed tellers.
The vote resulted in lOl yeas to Of
nays. The announcement OF the vote
was received with applause. Bland
move that the committee Of the whole
rise and report the bill back to the
| House with the recommendation that
the enactment clause be stricken out
Tho motion prevailed and the com mi ttee
rose. Bland moved that the House con-
cur in the &C ion of the committee of
the whole, Oates demanded the yeas
and nays.
Cannon, of Illinois, undertook to
speak upon the parliamentary status of
the bill. Hatch raised the point of
order that debate was not admissible
upon motion to concur in the action of
the committee of the whole, and such a
motion required an immediate vote.
Cannon claimed that the motion to con-
cur was always debatable, and that he
could have an hour upon which to dis
cuss the matter.
The Speaker stated that unless there
was some limi tation, debate was always
in order in the absence of the previous
question. He quoted from the digest
that motion to strike out the enacting
clause was debata BILE, and til at motion
to concur was OF a similar nature.
Patterson (renn.) said that the CUES
ton to be determined was as to whether
majority of the House favorei a
voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy
bill. Resuming Cannon said that he
understood the pending bill TO embrace
both forms or bankruptcy. II tho pend
ing motion prevailed the bill would be
dead and the possibility of Legislation
on this question would be ended
he said that the proper place for full
consideration and the Offering OF amend
ments was in committee Of the whole
He was not speaking either for or
against the bill, but simply pleading
for an opportunity to have full free
and fair discussion with the right of
unlin tied amendment
He then proceeded to discuss the pro-
visions of the bill. After further
speeches by Van Voorhees,, New York,
and Bland, the yeas and nays were
ordered on BANDS motion and resulted:
Yeas, l42; nays, Ill; and the recommen-
dstion was agreed to that the House
concur in the report of the com mittee Of
the whole, which stated that the enact
ing clause of the bankruptcy bill be
stricken out.
The House then adjourned to Monday.