The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-23
OUR HOUSE IS
DISORDERLY
The Members Became Very BOSterOuS on
WaShin8tOn'S Birthday
TO REVOLUTIONIZE BALLOTING
Senator Martin Would Have the Votes
Cast for President and United
States Senators Direct. A Perma-
nent American Financial System
Suggested Which Shall include Un-
restricted Coinage of Gold and Sill
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. %.
" .I9IIIs'V IVE'i lD' VI HVV w
GPHERE WAS no business transacted
in the senate today beyond the
passage Of house bill to extend

in the senate today beyond the
passage of house bill to extend
u the time for building a street
railroad on the military reserva-
ton Of Fort Riley, Kansas. A short
discussion was started by Mr. Hoar,
Massachusetts, over an article in the
New York Times relating to the estab-
lishmsnt in the state OF Florida of the
Honduras lottery, revival of the Lou
isiana lottery.
Mr. Martin, Kansas, offered two
resolutions which went over without
action. One instructs the finance com
mittee to formulate and report to the
senate n bill providing for psrman-
ent American financial system which
shall Include the free, unrestricted
and unlimited coinage and use as
money of both gold and silver on the
basis Of sixteen to one.
TO REFORM THE ELECTION METHODS.
The other instructs the judiciary
committee to formulate and report Il
propOs d amendment to the constitu-
tion for the election of president and
vice president Of the United States by
direct vote Of all the people. and for
single term Of six years-the presi-
dent to be thereafter ineligible to cleo
tion for second term; also providing
for the election of the United States
senators by direct vote Of the people
Of the several states.
The days session was wound up bv
the reading of Wasbington's farewell
address. 1t was the third time in late
years of the observance Of that cere
y,of which Mr., Hoar is the author.
On ths frat occasion Mr.. Ingalls,, Kun.
sas, was the reader. on the second Mr..
Henderson, of Nebraska, and today
Mr. Martin, of Kansas There were
verd few senators present. and at the
close of Jhe reading at 3j p IN. tue
senate adjourned until Monday.
THE HOUSE BECOMES NOISY.
The house celebrated Washing ton 3
birthday by three hours of the most
dlsorderly proceedings Of the session.
There was no bitterness manifested
except in one or two instances, the
members being generally in good
temper, but the lack of decorum has
not been equalled in years. 1t became
so marked at one point that the speaker
pro TEN. (Mr. Dockery, Mo announced
that this was the house OF representa-
tives and not beer garden.
At the beginning Representative
Cummings. Dem, N. ", rising to a
question of the highest privilege, de.
nounced with much feeling his arrest
on the floor Of the house previous to
meeting as unbridled tyranny, and pro-
testing against farcical session on
Washingtcn's birthday, moved to sd-
jonrn. Other mem bers. Hulick, (Rep.,
o.. SickleS, Oem., N. Y. and John
son, (Rep, Ind.) denounced their ar
rests as unjustiiable and unauthorized.
A reading of the warrant issued to
the sergeant-at-arms by the speaker,
under which the arrests had been made.
disclosed the fact that it contained nc
names, whereupon the Democrats sue
ceedSd in forcing an adjournment unit
tomorrow. leaving the cause OF the ar.
rested members undispossd of.