Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-03-01
TO find q way out of their predicament
the motion was carried.

Washington, Feb. 2I-The members Of
the house under arrest We're finally dis
charged from custody to-day by dispens-
ing with further proceedings under the
call. 1t required four hours to accomplish
this, and although the scenes of disorder
ly turbulence which characterized yester-
days proceedings were rot repeated to-
day the proceedings were fully as inter
esting. The Democrats We're evidently
very anxious when the house met to ex-
tricate themselves from the complications
arising from the wholesale arrest of mem.
ters, but by flank movemInts the Re
publiCans succeeded in preventing tins
until the whole situation had been thor
ouahly ventilated. Perhaps the most in
teresting feature OF the day, barring Mr..
Bands bitter ph.lipic against the fill
bt STEERING Democrats, was a verbal duel
between Mr.. Reed and Mr.. Tuner over
the question of a ~ ru.n- question just
rev Of rr~e-eInirent Importance in house
circles on account Of the proposed Demo
Natic aucus 10 COZ :der the adv isability
Of adopting this e~xpedient. After the
arrested members had been discharged
Mr.. Bland returned TO the oliver bill,
but his motion failed again for lack of
a quorum. He only lacked two votes,
however, and this is the high water
mark. Although Mr.. Bland still insists
on going ahead with the ~Sriguior lge bill,
many of the Democrats believe ii should
row be abandoned.
Mr.. Bland denounced the New York
delegation il. heated words. He was
several times called to order by Repre-
sentative Coombs Cf New York. The
house, in consequence, was in another up
roar. Mr.. BANDS speech was sensational
in is criticism of the disorder which
reigL.ed in the house yesterday. He de-
ai.red that the men who are obStructing
legislation and defying the house We're
anarchists and revolutiCnists They were
worse than the criminal who would throw
dynamite bombs from the galleries. There
were Kisses ut this statement, which grew
louder and eliminated in cries of
Shame" Mr.. Bland proceeded in his
impassioned utterancas. He said mob
OCIacy had taken possession of the house.
The mObism of anarchy was being given
al object lesson. The anarchist was be-
ing invited to parade the streets and com
init his deed J of Violence. Mr.. Bland pro-
ceeded with frequent characterization of
u osc meThers who mad distracted legis-
il ton as anarchists" 'revoluticnists."
As Mr.. Bland spoke ther3 were alternate
scenes of extreme confusion aud silent as
constituent. Seldoi1 or Eev,r in the mem
CRY of yetprt n members had such violent
characterization Of the members of the
hCu'e been heard.
Numerous plans for strengthening the
Jules are under consider alton. The one
most generally approved is to provide that
the attention Of the speaker may be di-
rected to the fact that n member is
present and not voting. Thorrupon the
spes ker m2y direct that the mamber be
brought to the bai II the house and his
name recorded as present, to make a
quorum. 1t is said that this Obviates the
criticisms of Reed rule in the method
of counting : quorum. The proposed rule
would be guard ii by the formaGty of
bringing members to the bar of the house
here there would be no question as to
the actual presence. The feeling is so
strcng that some Democrats are ready to
accept Reed rules on the quorum uues-
tier without any excuses or explanation.