The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-04-28
WORK OF CONGRESS-
nrsuME OF PROCEEDINGS OF In"
SENATE AND HOUSE.

r.,aor.ed Record of the 1mpor'""'
T-.r.nctious of Our National Inv.
...,-.-.-The Work sDone In bosR
Branches.
Washington, April II. - The sena.e
no ssed the resolution for the coinage VI
HGex;can dollars in the United states
n,;nts The president is requested 10
nntor into a correspondence with Mexico
regarding the scheme n report " " -
gross. Arrangements were ''aAe so:i;nr
bv the tariff bill will have Clear s"t1.s
during the remainder OF the week. oe1
ator Lodge delivered the princlpal au'
dress on the tariff bill, when ne te-
normoed as bsi1g a~ntago1ls'lc TO the IL
terests of the American manufactures
f;rner and laborer. ..
m house passed the bill to extend tue
IN, ;sdiction of the Ur;tcd States court OIL
over VI !,lowstone Park. Inc
consideration of the postottice appropr1a-
t;on hill was resumed. During the DAY
Messrs. Reed and Bryan INDUCED IN all
ir tercsting tariff debate.
Washington, April 12.-The senate TO-
dav noticed the Minnesota Democratic
association statement issued from ST.
Paul. The association resolved that TAR
if legislation was being delayed by Dem
ocratic senators. and they We're severely
criticised. In the list named were Sen
ators Hill, Murphy, German, Pugh' Ilp-
son. Morgan and others. The mugWump
New York Ev. ming Post, acting upon tAls
Democratic association proclamation pro-
&C eded to roast certain of these senators,
n of them being Senator Morgan. Inc
Washington Post called attention TO this
in IN editorial this morning. Senator
Morgan arose to a question OF personal
privilege and humorously replied TO the
attack upon him. Of course, the Min
mes ota critics made a bull in classins
Senator Morgan as a kicker. He is one
Of the most earnest supporters OF the Dill.
He said to-day he would vote for the bill
as it now stands, no matter whether 1t
was amended or not. He was also
against any delay. The Alabama senator
raised a laugh by stating that he had
been a tariff reform Democrat before the
men in st. Paul, who had prepared the
re solution, were born. The Minnesota
association seems to have made a very
sorry spectacle of itself by attempting to
dictate or to c~riticise the United States
congress-. The method adopted by the
Minnesota Democrats, Senator Morgan
said, is the French method of trying a
man in his absence and without serving
notice upon him.
Senator Washburn took advantage of
an opportunity to bring Minnesota's pc
culiar interests to the front during the
tariff debate. Senator Hale was criti-
cising the bill for its probable effects on
the farm interests of this country, and
mentioned the matter of potatoes. Sen
ator Allen interrupted to say that po-
tatoes were sold in his state for Is
cents a bushel despite the high protection
afforded by the Mckinley law. Senator
Washburn Immediately pointed out the
absurdity of the claim that the con-
sumers of those potatoes were paying any
tax upon them and incidentally told how
the home market fer potatoes alone guar
anteed by the Mckinley law had made
a number of counties in MINI asota
wealthy, increasing the value of every
acre of land and the general prosperity
Of the American producers.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal to-day the house got in a dead
lock over a technical parliamentary Ques-
ton, the Republicans not voting and the
Democrats lacking 33 of a quorum, and
soon adjourned.
Washington, April 13.-The Democratic
managers in the house to-day decided to
take heroic measures to force the Repub-
licans to participate in the proceedings.
The committee on rules, consisting of
Speaker Crisp, Messrs. Cultivate and
Catchings DEM and Messrs. Reed and
Burrows Usep.), held a meeting just be-
fore the house convened and formulated
a rule to crush tl.bustering, making the
penalty of failure to vote punishable by a
fine of $40. The Republicans having
cognizance of the rules by which their
hands were to be tied before the meeting
of the house, Messrs. Reed and Burrows
determined to contest every inch of the
ground, and a fierce parliamentary fight
was Immediately precipitated. Speaker
Crisp, however, was in no humor for
trifing, and with a stern hand he
swept aside all preliminaries and
forced the fight on the main issue. As
soon as the journal was read he recog-
nized Mr.. Catchings, from the committee
on Jules, to present the report. Mr..
Catchings demanded the previous uues-
ton. Mr.. Reed tried to secure recogni-
ton, but failed. The house was in an
uprOar.
The speaker lost patience, and with a
Rang OF the gavel stated the question to
be on the demand for the previous ques-
ton. Mr.. Reed was left standing in thu
aisle while the speaker took the rising
vote. The Republicans declined to vote,
n when the speaker announced the re-
sul:-99 to O-Mr. Burrows made the
point of no quorum. The yeas and nays
were demanded. The Republicans were
deter mined to force the Democrats to pro-
dIce a quorum at every stage of the par
liamentary progress looking to the adon-
ton of the roll, and when the roll was
called declined to vote. Eleven of the
democrats refused to give the proposed
rule their approval, and voted against the
demand for the previous question. They
were as follows:
Causey, Delaware; Coombs, Cummings.
New York; Geary, California; Geissen.
manner, New Jersey; Kilgore, Texas: Ma
gulre' California; McAleer, Painter, Ken
lucky; Ryan, Warner, New York.
The Populists voted with the Demo-
Gratis in favor Of the demand. The an
nouncement of the vote-141 to IL
showed that the Democrats were tbirtv-
seven short of a quorum. After more fi;-
clustering a motion was finally carriaa
resembling all leaves of absence. and tho
house adjourned. "e
IN the senate Senator Kyle of South
dakota introduced a joint resolution nro-
posing a constitutional amendment relat-
ing TO marriage and divorce, which was
re reierred to the committee on judiciary.
u urgency deficiency bill was under con.
s,deratlon for a short time, and then Mr..
Iener was recognized and delivered the
'hird lhstalment of his tariff speech.
StElkAra Mnv e.