Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-04-21
CONGRESSIONAL.


April y The Democratic managers In the
house decided 70 take heroic measures 10
force the Republicans 70 participate In the
tuies, consisting Of Speaker Crisp.
ns:, Cultivate saS M.., and Rs Ss.'h1 aSS
Burrows, Republicans, held meeting Just
before tho house convened and formulated
rule 70 crush filibusterin making the penalty
O. failure TO vote punishable by fine The
ruIo by. which their hands were to be
tied. MessrA Reed and Burrows de-
termined 70 contest every inch OF
was Immediately prccipitated The Demo
Gratis were unable TO muster quorum act
on tho now rule, md finding themselves un.
able to proceed, . resolution was offered 10
revoke leaves OF absence and compel the Mt.
tendant o OF absentecs. BY q resort TO every
means known to parliamentary law the Re
publicans succeeded In preventing the adop-
tion OF this order for six hours and half
ness in tho senate Mr. Kyle OF South Dakota
introduced . resolution proposin u con titn.
tional amendment relative to marriage and di.
vorco which was referred - the committee
90 snrss the ws ssr iii III wa nES aid Before
the senate. and Mr. PETER was reco nized and
delivered tho third installment Of his speech
on tho bill A. o'clock MIR PETER hid not
nu sucu, uuu, uCCOfutnf 10 ugFttUeut. tne
tarin bill was laid do and the ur.ent de-
nciency bill was tai N up Al o'clock the
senate adjourned, without further action on
the bill
April 10 But ten Democratic senator's were
present when the senate met and about half Us
that on Tuesday next Mr. McLaurin would
The urgent deficiency bill WAS taken
up and Mr.. Cockrell offered IN amendment
which was agreed to, appropriatin. $40 Oh for
tho unprecedented coinage OF gold NJ that
mint Tho question OF the destru,t ion
oil plates and reports prepared for the
senatos WAS again taken up and dis
cusscd hy MIR under on The dis cussion
was continued until o'clock when the ur- ent
ociic cncy hill wa> diSnliccd by the tariff bill
and Mr.. PETER resumed his speech Al its
cone usion senator Mitchell OF OREGON was
recognized and he began his speech He Ton.
cludcd a few minutes after o'clock Alr
Oh Edlcr made the point Of no quorum pres.
cnt. n call OF the roll showed exactly quorum
present After IN executive session the sen.
ate ad iourned
The stru lie over the adoption OF the new
rule To secure "A vOin quorum was resumed
when the house met. Tbs Democrats were
agan without quorum and the house id
Iournci
Arrll II The principal speech on the tariff
question In the senate was b. Mr. guy OF
Pennsylvania he declared In opening TINT
the senate was disappointed in the turin bill
pre- Jared BY the iinin.c committee which in
ste d OF preseninf b'old measure which
would give tranquility TO business for years
tire lIcncd the country with u measure which
his been described rs sectional partisan,
biundrTn!. discriminating and unjust He
held that the bill was PREPARED In such fash.
ion ~ to prevent the restoration OF
Mckinley law ~ an experiment In fostering
American captil and labor He predicted
that the enactment OF the present law
would make America colonial depend.
the history OF tarlf LEGISLATION in
this country and shown; the
enec's OF HI h irlg> aId low tariffs on the In.
duStric of the country, he closed by dc scrib.
In with emph sis aud apparent cnrne 'tness
the ruin Which tcp sl:c Of the Wi on bill
wouli h. In TO IN iniu tries Of his 81 ite.
Senator Hill Introduced some proro ei
am ndmcnl~ 10 the rules AMI Senator Pcner
ohcrci resolution giving Coxey's army u
hrar.n
Flihusirrn was resumed in the house as
soon ~ 1t convened The tr>t call OF the roll
showed that the Democrats Licked thirty
seven ot aquorum and AT l::U he house I'd
lourned.
sembl n ont OF respect - the memory Of
senator Van e OF North C..rlliIa IN th- AZ
icrnoon the funeral service took place in the
senate chamber att 'ndel b. the President
an e. ! moi ~hrffltf court ] u flDli ulll~.
members .. tic hou.c M other diStin gl-hcd
onl,ial, The remains. tcomp lnird h; nnuse
and senate commit e.. were taken TO A,hc.
vile North Carolina for inlermcut
April II In the scnuc McI.aurin OF Mlssis
S ppi spoke In favor Of the tlr,n bill
Smith OF N,w Jersey followed nm In
an earnest speech, which was 'eyoted
entirely 10 an attack On the in, ONE
tax He touched on the char Z OF
ircl~on by Minnesota democrats. .yil:'
Party ties gro weak when they mike dis.
re ard Of olce own conviction nnddi,ilvAlty
10 ones owu people the test OF feilty And
do not hesitate 10 add that even the
msr lie OF tn republican y Owls TO he pre-.
f. red to The communism o, III" Populist, and
socialists II that ic ir' son then Sc APP
p"nlci ccnsnrs nj Minnesota do ri ut TO nv
The ch trEc 1t my door a the conclusion OF
Mr. smiths speech the senate adjourned
In the house tae quorum rountin rule OF
OK Sp aikcr lie, d WITS adopted by a vote Of III
10 ~ after short debate Routine business
occupied the remainder OF the day
April Is In the .elatc, arlsin TO ques.
tion OF privic e. senator Gallery u. 10 si.
mn denied that n allie ed h' the New York
Evcnin Post he wl> an ohstruvtOuis' and
not In hirmony with his party. He should.
sen IT, nrence committee scn1tor PEI.
er's rcso ution for select Committee
TO receive editions from COAeyitcS vent over
shire gave mott III u h. won't! >Nc NJ on the
turn neXt Frid v and senator Palmer would
SPEAK on Iuvsiiy Svn tor Morrill, ( Yer.
mont then aGdr ts,cl the senate in oppo> tion
TO the tar.I bilt senator Iurp.e. DcMo.rt
OF Indiana spoke N sup IOri o. the 'ar!n bill
Al 3;ij he concluded his speech. and
Senator Cameron OF Pcnn>ylvInia,
the bill Following Senator Cameron his col
league. Senator QUAY continued h see h
begun last Saturday. discussing tue produc.
tion OF iron Al o'clock Mr. Quay suspended
the second installment OF his speech II IL
10 be continued nj u later d ,to
The house dew ted the entire DIV 10 debate
on con- ular and diplomatic appropriation bills.
IL touched a wlGe variety OF subjects and at
times was hrimfal OF latcEe ,tlls personalities
The Hawaiian policy OF the present
came In for u good
share OF attention The appointment
OF Van Allen as minister 10 Italy provoked
very extended discussion II was held 10 rid.
lculc by the Republicans. who tntimated that
II was u reward for his s50.JJJ contributed TO
the Demo rite campaign fund The Democrats,
In defcn In the appointment. tried TO counter
on the Harrison adm.nStr .tion nv detailing
the history OF the ii.1DI campai fund
raised by ex.Postm ,stcr General Wanamaker
Later IN the day Mr. Wise took up tue author.
ship OF quorum counting ~ parliamentary
anti. hlibustering expedient and quoted from
the record to show that the fir I proposition
In this line had hecn offered By ]. Ran
dolph Tucker. Vir-inia Democrat. In
1881 when IL had been vi orously opposed by
Mr. Reed Mr.. Walker OF NJ ssachusetts met
this attack on the speaker's fame by snriek.
in out before the house this re cord OF the
rule In the Fifty. first congress, Speaker Crisp
LEADING The onno sition.