St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-25
BLAND is BADLY BALKED.
FlLiBUSTERS MAKE A BOLD FIGHT
AGAINST TIE SILVER KING.
TWO HOURS OF ROLL CALLS.

After Weary Struggle SIr. Bland
Shouts That at Is Evident
That the Bondholders Have
Control Over This Country"
and He Adjourns the House
No Business Done.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Today's ses-
sion of the house was brief and devoid
of interest. For over two hours roll
call followed roll call. the opponents
of the seigniorage bill throwing aside
all pretense of not filibustering,
and boldly injecting motions to
take recess and to adjourn in order 10
prevent vote on Mr.. Bland'S motion.
A rule will probably be brought in Mon
day to prevent filibustering, when the
fighting will go OH. The house leaders
insist that the struggle will not be aban-
doned until q vote is had upon the
measure.
Speaker Crisp. who was indisposed
yesterday, was back at his post today.
yesterday, the galleries were thronged
with spectators. After the reading of
the journal. at the request of Mr.. Gros-
venor, Ohlc, the time for paying the
tribute to the memory of the late Rep
resentative Enochs, of Ohio, was post
poned from the Sd TO March II. A
communication was then read from the
sergeant-at-arms, who had been directed
10 investigate the question as to wheth-
er Mr.. Johnson, of Indiana, had been
arrested under the warrant of the 10Th
inst. 1t stated that as a matter of fact
that Mr.. johnson was not arrested, and
that mistake i'll the return was due to
an error in tranScribing. 1t recon-
mended that his name be stricken from
the warrant, and, without objection, it
was so ordered.
Mr.. Bankhead, of Louisiana, then, in
the temporary
ABSENCE OF MR.. BLAND.
moved TO go into committee of the
whole on the seigniorage bill. and,
pending that, moved that general de-
bate be limited TO thirty minutes. On
the latter motion he demanded the yeas
and nays.
After the roll call but before the an
nuuncement of the vote Mr.. Boatner
Oem., La.) stated that he came III after
his name was called and desired to he
recorded as present to make a quorum.
The speaker explained that there was
no rule to warrant such record.
Mr.. Reed insisted that there was no
rule against it. By the direction of the
speaker the Iule was read.
The chair will observe my constant
efforts to help the house out of its diff
Guilty." said MIR. Reed amiably. "Oh,"
replied the speaker, with twinkle in
his eye, 1.-The chair is sure the gentle
man from Maine would like to see a
quorum on this vote"
The house smiled at this retort court
eous.
The result of the vote, 152 to z, was
then announced. Mr.. Bland lacked two
votes of quorum, and moved call of
the house. The call developed the
presence of 273 members. and the vote
recurred Oh the. demand for the pre-
Vious question. Mr.. Wilson (Wash.)
moved The house adjourn. Mr.. Bland
said he desired to withdraw the demand
for the previous Questiod, and moved
that debate close at O'Clock on Tues
day. but Mr.. Wilson insisted ON his
motion. and the vote was taken by yeas
and nays.
The motion to adjourn was lost, 49,
175. All attempts thereafter to conceal
the fact that the opponents of the Bland
bill were engaged i'll an intentional fill
buster were then
THROWN TO THE WINDS.
Mr.. Reed took the helm. He moved
that the house take recess for two
hours, ana afterward modified it to 10
O'Clock Monday morning. Mr.. Bland
shouted above the confusion that pre-
vailed something about flibuster and
bonds. The motion was defeated on a
rising vote. Mr.. Reed made the point
Of no quorum, whereupon Mr.. Bland
moved a call of the house.
The call developed the presence of
25S members. Mr.. Bland then moved
that all leaves of absence granted eX-
cept for sickness be revoked, but upon
the statement of the speaker that there
were none such he withdrew his motion,
and the vote recurred upon Mr. Reeds
motion for a recess until 10 o'clock
Monday.
AS there was still disposition to fill
buster, Mr.. Bland demanded the yeas
and nays.
MIR. Reeds motion was lost, 27-16S.
Mr.. Bland then moved to close general
debate Oh the seigniorage bill at
o'clock on Tuesday next, and pending
that MIR. Tracey moved that the house
adjourn.
Mr.. Tracey's motion was also lost, 34-
1T, and Mr.. Warner Dem., n. ", then
moved that the house take recess until
10 o'clock. On rising vote it was lost.
1920. Mr.. Warner made the report of
no quorum.
MIR. Bland, rising in his place, shouted:
"It is quite evident that the bondhold-
ers have control over this country. and
l therefore move that the house ad-
journ."
Without division it was carried, and
at 300 p. III, the house adjourned.
CONGRESS OF DAUGHTERS
OF the American revolution Elect