Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-04-05
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS,

CONGRESSIONAL NEWS,
Washington, March 27.-When a mo-
ton was made to take up the JOY
O'Neil contested election case in the
house today the republicans began fill
clustering. The ayes and noes having
been demanded. the republicans re
fused to vote and Il call of the house
was ordered.
Before the call had been completed
and after the presence of a quorum
had been shown, it was moved to take
UP the Joy-O'Neil case. A second roll
call showed eight less than a quorum.
republicans refraining from voting.
Washington, March 2S-NIr. Petit
| grew 6. d. introduced two resoIu-
tons, which were agreed to, one call
ing on the secretary of the treasury
Tor information regarding changes
made in the weight or fineness of sill
yer standard countries, and the other
| calling on the secretary of the interior
Tor information as to whether the
sugar refineries have complied with all
provisions of law in regard to the
taking of the census. A resolution in
roduced by Senator Frye and agreed
to asks the secretary of war whether
subordinate employees and laborers en-
gagged by engineer officers on works of
public Improvement have been en-
ployed or discharged for political rea-
sons.
The senate took up the McGarrahan
bill, Senator Morrill,, of Vermont
speaking in opposition to the claim.
Mr.. HuntOn, of Virginia, followed Mr..
Morrill, and argued in favor of the bill.
Senator Villas then rose to address the
senate but an adjournment was taken
Washington, D. c.. March 2S.-The
house proceeded with some routine
business pending a report expected
from the rules committee for the dis
position of the contested election cases
of O'Neill VS.. Joy and English VS.
HilbOrn. Mr.. Outhwaite (dem, Ohio,
from the committee on rules, reported
a rule limiting debate on two hours
each on the election cases, the final
vote to be then taken. Mr. Cultivate
demanded the previous question on
the adoption of the rule. The vote on
ordering the previous question resulted
164 to 0. Mr. Reed made the point
Of no quorum. A long season of fill
clustering ensued. The vote finally re-
CURED on the substitute for the re-
port of the majority Of the committee
presented by the minority, declaring
Mr.. Joy entitled to his seat. The vote
resulted: Yeas, 1902; nays, 146. The
substitute was rejected
Mr.. Burrows rep, Mich.) moved to
reconsider, and Mr.. Springer (dem,
Ill) moved to lay that motion on the
table. The republicans then precipi-
tated another filibuster by making the
point of no quorum on the division,
and the roll call was taken, the re
publicans refraining from voting. The
vote resulted: Yeas 1877; nays, 8. On
motion of Mr.. Patterson the house
adjourned.
Washington, March 29.-Filibuster-
ing was begun in the house today as
soon as the regular order, the JOY
O'Neill contested election case was
speech in criticism of Mr.. Reed and a
long and acrimonious debate occurred,
followed by filibustering. Mr.. Patter-
son offered a resolution to revoke
leaves Of absence and to instruct the
sergeant-at-armS to take absentees into
custody. An hours squabble resulted,
but the resolution was finally adopted,
tn +ho
Washington, April Pm the senate
today Mr.. Voorhees, opened the de-
bate on the tariff bill. He spoke two
hours. The speaker declared the Nc
Kinley law gigantic crime, not only
against the working man but against
the manufacturer as we'll. Mr.. Voor-
hees then defended the ad valorem
system as against the specific: dwelt at
length on the fact that sugar, even
under all revenue tariffs, has been con-
Sidered one Of the best articles from
which to raise revenue; pointed out
that the bounty under the Mckinley
law had grown to S12,500,O00 annually
and would become S20,000,000 annu-
ally, instead of $S,0OOOOO, as origin
ally calculated.
Washington, April 2.-For five hours
today roll call followed roll call in tie
house in an endless attempt to bring
the republican filibuster against the
O'Neill-Joy contested election case to
a close, but at no time were the dem
ocrats able to muster a quorum and
the fight was finally abandoned for the
day.
Mr.. Patterson, of Tennessee, who |
has charge of the case, just before the |
close Of today's session announced that (
tomorrow he would ask the house to .
sit in continuous session until the case /
is decided.
Today 10 was the high water mark
touched by the democrats on any roll !
call. This was nine short of quorum.
About ten democrats voted on every
roll against O'Neill, three from his own
state