The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
THE NATIONS SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-.
SENTATiVES.
Oar National Lawmakers and what The
Are Doing for the Good OF the country
various Measures Proposed. Discussed.
and Acted Upon.

The senate adjourned Il few minutes past
O'Clock on the 10Th. after spending the
greater part of Two days considering tne
nomination Of ". II. Perkiam OF New York
10 be Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court. a vote had just been taken on the
motion 10 confirm the nomination. ana the
result j. that il was rejected by u vote OF
~ to ~.
The chief event of the Senate on the 10Th
occurred In executive session and was the
prom pill udc with which the senate con-
hrmcd the supreme Court nomination OF
the President without even referring 1t to
committee. 1t is fully in accordance with
the traditional courtesy of the Senate that
u member Of that body. when nominated
for a high public trust. should be confirmed
without reference to committee: but still.
when cOntrasted with the stubborn and
prolonged contests that have successfully
taken place over the HOrnbiOwer and Peck
ham nominations. the prompt confirmation
Of Senator White 10 the supreme bench
came as "a refreshing surprise to the public.
The haste OF the Senators to show courtesy
IN their colleague would not even permit
senator Daniel, of Virginia. to finish his
speech on the Hawaiian resolution. Daniel
was speaking when the nomination was an
nounced. and after an interchange OF
glances with his fellow Senators, he an
nounced that he would conclude his speech
at a later time. and senator Caffery moved
that the Senate proceed TO the considera-
ton OF executive business. The doors were
at once closed. Upon reopening the doors
the Senate conference ON the Oklahoma
railroad bill was agreed to. Then the
senate adjourned.
The filibuster over the silver bill in the
House continued until 4 o'clock. when an
adjournment was had to give the Demo-
crafts an opportunity to consider the situ-
alton in caucus. After the opening Mr..
Marsh of Illinois asked unanimous consent
for the hill uuthOriZinp the construction of
wing dam, canal and power station in the
pes MOlnes rapids OF the Mississippi in
Hancock County, Illinois. The bill was
passed. March 81 was made a special order
for Il tribute to the memory of O'NeillO of
Pennsylvania. The Committee on Invalid
Pensions reported back favorably the
Tawney resolution calling OF the Secretary
of the Interior for regarding
suspended pension cases: passed. Mr..
Bland then moved to go into Committee OF
ihc Whole on the scigniorage bill; that the
general debate be closed or the previous
question be demanded. The Democratic
and Republican opponents declined to vote
and the result was III to I: two short OF a
quorum. Mr.. Bland moved u count of the
House.
Bland bill. AT the opening on the Goth
til" crgeant-at-arnIs reported that he sent
tlitty-seven kilograms to absent members
and received fifteen replies: five that they
were sick. and ten that they were on their
way to Washington. The others were
brought before the bar of the Hous" and
excused after giving a satisfactory eXpia-
nation and Mr.. Bland renewed his siege.
The Republicans and eastern Democrats
renewed their iilibustering breaking the
quorum again by not voting, the vote
standing l62 TO 5. twelve short Of a quorum.
\ call of the House was ordered on
BANDS motion. The call developed the
presence of 3b4 incixbers. and the vote re-
cured on BANDS demand for the previous
question. The vote resulted ISL to ); %
short of n quorum and II less than the pre-
rcdiug vote. Another call of the House
foliowcd. On this call Il quorum again re-
appeared. 369 members responding. Mr..
Bland then made ii statement to the effect
that Il quorum could not be obtained as
long as committees had leave to sit during
the sessions of the House. and he therefore
offered II resolution revoking leave to all
committees to lit during the sessions of
;:ic House, except the Committee on APP
preparations. Mr.. Reed made the point of
ORDER against the resolution that the action
Of The House ON previous occasions could
not hr revoked pending proceedings under
call. a lively Skirni>l, occurred over the
point Of oroicr. and eventually Bland with
drew his resolution. at the same time stat
Ing that unless the members Of the COM
mitteee Included in it attended the sessions
Of the House he WOuld AGAIN Offcr and press
the resolution. The vote then REQUIRED on
Bands demand for the previous question.
The vote resulted 165 to q. within Q votes of
a quorum. Another call Of the House fol-
lowed. The quorum rpappcared only to
disappear again on the next roll call-1G2
to I. When the announcement was made
Bland stated that as it was evident Il quo
rum could not be secured to-day. he moved
an adjournment. Accordingly at 4:l0 the
House adjourned.
The session OF the Senate on the Goth was
,Iny,iI ~ Spn.inI intnrnst Snnnt,r Dan
iel- of Virginia concluded his speech on the
Hawaiian question and while supporting
warmly the course followed by the admin
istratiOn. he declared that now there was
nothing to do but recognize the new gov
eminent ard wish it godspced. After SEN
ator Daniels speech the bill for additional
printing Office facilities was taken up and
discussed in Il de>ultory manner the re-
niainder OF the day. Senator Voorhees,
presented a petition signed by 1000 citi-
zens of Massachusetts in favor of the pass
age of the new tariff pill. and indicating
that such legislation would be beneficial to
Massachusetts industries. senator IIoar
called attention to the fact that the petit
ton was really "A petition for protection.
senator PETER presented a resolution to
amend the rules to provide the executive
sessions shall be held with open doors ex-
cept until the President shall suggest that
IL matter requires secrecy or II committee
Of the Senate recommend that a specific
matter shall be considered behind closed
doors. There was AN interesting cOntro-
versy over the selection of a man to read
the farewell address of George Washington
on Washington's Birthday. Finally Sena-
tor Martin of Kansas was chosen. Pending
the consideration of the bill 10 provide adj
ditional recommendations for the Govern
ment Printing Office, the Senate went into
executive session and at 5:49 y. M. adj
journed.