Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-02-15

" =" VI "PPNH1o VI Il cOur OF re-
view for the acts Of a previous admin
iStration.
Mr.. Hooker. of Mississippi, strongly
defended the administration.
\ vote was finally taken on the pend
ing resolutions. The first was thp
majority (McCreary} resolution. CON-
demning Stevens and approving
Cleveland's ron-interference policy. de-
claring against the ~protectorate. The
second was the minority resolution.
offered as a substitute for the Nc
Creary resolution and condemning
Cleyeland's policy.
To the last resolution. Blair offered
a substitute approving the recognition
of the provisional government by both
administrations and declaring for an
neXation. A vote was first taken on
the Blair amendment which was lost
on a rising vote, - to 155.
Gen. Sickles sided with the republi-
cans.
A vote was next taken on the minor
ity (Hitt) resolution, 1t was lost by 4
yel-and-nay vote. 1872 TO 162.
Mr.. Reed then sought to have the
whole matter recommffted but upon
this motion Mr.. Cummings, democrat,
Of New York, voted with the republi-
ans and Sickles, democrat, Of New
York, refused to vote. The motion was
lost, 9S to 60, and the vote then re-
CURED upon the adoption of the
majority resolution. No quorum was
developed, and a season of republican
tilibustering followed, but the reSolu-
ton was finally adopted.
Washington, Feb. Tn the. senate
the home bill to repeal the federal
election laws was taken up and Mr..
Hoar addressed the senate in oppesi-
ton to- it.
Mr.: Allison argued against the bill,
and WAS followed by Mr.. Daniel.
Mr.. Gray, democrat of Delaware, re
piled to Mr.. Hoar.
The debate was continued by Sena-
tors, Daniels, Chandler and Bate.
Half q dozen amendments presented
by republicans were voted down and
ihs'it " WV - ttiNNA oh lS HtScStiSS
of the repeal bill and it was adopted
by a vote of 80 yeas to % nays, the
populists uniting with the democrats.
The house again failed to adopt the
McCrear-y resolutions endorsing the
presidents policy in connection with
Hawaii for lack of Il quorum, the vote
standing, yeas ia, nays 8. Half a
dozen democrats On the floor refrained
from voting. These were Messrs.
Geary, of California, Sickles, of New
York, Straight, of South Carolina.
Swanson, of Virginia, and Lati1ner of
South Carolina. These were sufficient
to. make the 179 necessary to.a quorum.
On the second r~oll-call on the Ha-
waiian resolutions it became evident
that the democrats had a quorum and
three republicans changed their tao
tics and voted no" and the resolution
was agreed to.
Mr.. Bland. of Missouri. made an at
tempt to get up his bill for the coinage
of the silver ~seignorage in the treasury.
The eastern democrats, led by
Messrs. Tracey and Cochran, Inaugural
ted fflibustering, in which they were
joined by Il majority of the republi-
cans, although i few of the latter in
Dictated by their votes that they favor
ed consideration of the bill. and for
four hours Mr.. Bland and the re-
mafnder of the democrats were held at
bay.
After Il persistent struggle which
lasted until Z o'clock, Mr.. Bland sue
ceeaed, and 4 resolution was passed
revoking all leaves of absence and
inStructing the Sergeant-at-arms to ar
rest ~abSenteeS.
Washington, Feb. S.-The deadlock
in Mr.. BANDS silver seignorage bill
was broken after four hours of con-
tinuous f~ilibustering today, when. by
a vote of 176 to 4, the house carried
BANDS motion THAT he house go into
committee of the whole for considera-
ton of his bill.
The eastern democrats and the great
mass of republicans made a deter
mined opposition, but Mr.. Bland was
at last victorious. On the final vote
sixteen republicans and all the popu-
lists voted with him, while the demo
Gratis who were present joined with the
remainder Of the republicans in re-
fusing to vote.
1t was thoroughly understood that
quite a number of democrats who vOt-
ed with Bland this afternoon are in
favor of certain notifications of the
bill, although they would not carry
their opposition to the extent of OPP
posing its consideration. 1t is also well
known that Secretary Carlisle and the
administration generally is opposed to
the bill in its present form.
After the consideration of the bill
began, Secretary Carlisle arrived at the
capitol and had a conference with sew
eral of the leading democrats of the
house as well as those democrats who
were managing the filibuster, and just
was officially made On the floor by Mr..
Tracey that no further attempt at
filibustering against the consideration
of the bill will be made.
This Is taken to mean that a com
promise has been agreed upon and
that certain concession will be made
in line with the suggestions Of Secre-
tary Carlisle, who, while represented as
not being against the coinage Of the
silver seignOrage in the treasury, yet
insists that discretionary power ought
to be lodged with the secretary Of the
treasury about issuing s~eignorage,
either in the form Of certificates or
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