The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-04-26
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
SOME LIVELY SCENES ON CUES
TONS OF PRIVILEGE.
The McNeill-Joy Contests Furnished the
Subiect-Senator Mills Delivers a
Great Speech on the Tariff Bill.
Political Dots.
THE HOUS Z

bard, Republican, Iowa, still persists
in his determination to hang on the
flank OF the Democratic majority by
constantly harassiDg them for the con.
sideration of pension bills reported
from the Friday night sessions. Again
at the opening of the house today he
objected to the approval of The Jour.
nal and forced roll CALL The Journal
was approved, 332 to nothing. The
senate joint resolution authorizing the
laying OF a bronze tablet to commemo.
rate the Tooth anniversary of the lay
ing of the corner stone of the capitol
was taken up and passed on motion Of
Mr.. Bynum OF Indiana. An interest.
ing little row was precipitated at this
juncture by Mr.. BarthOldt, ReIubli
can, Missouri. 1t was an echo of the
O'Neill.Joy election contest case.
Mr.. Bartholdt claimed the floor as q
question OF privilege and sent to the
clerks desk to have read series OF
resolutions passed at mass meeting
in st. Louis, Mo-, last saturday de-
cIaring Charles +. Joy to have been
illegally deprived of his seat as a re-
preventative from the Eleventh dis
lrict of Missouri.
Before the first whereas" had been
read, the nature of the resolution was
developed and Mr.. McMillin, Demo.
crat OF Tennessee, raised the point
that they did not involve the ques-
tion of privilege. The speaker held
that as the O'Neill election case had
been adjudicated Mr.. Bartholdt's
resolution could have no privilege
status.
Mr.. O'Neill, the subject of the at.
tack, demanded the floor as a matter
of privilege and was proceeding to re-
ply to the imputation that he had OBJ
tanned seat to which he was not en-
titled, when Mr. Wise, Democrat of
Virginia, raised the point that MIR.
O'Neill was out of order. The
speaker sustained the point,
but Mr.. O'Neil would not sit
down. He harangued the house
while the speaker was vainly endeav-
oring to restore order. He offered to
submit the question of his election to
special committee and abide by its
decision. AT last the speaker was
forced to order MIR. O'Neill to take his
seat.
The pending amendment was that
of Mr.. Kyle, Democrat OF Mississippi,
to strike out the appropriation for the
fast south mail. Mr.. Kyle continued
his remarks in opposition to the ap
preparation.
Messrs. Meyer and Robertson Of
Louisiana and Mr.. Hooker of Missis-
sippi warmly supported the apprOpri'
alton.
Mr.. Kyle's amendment to strik the
appropriation from the bill wac de-
| teated.
An amendment providing a limta~
ton of 10 years upon the payment OF
money orders and for the destruction
Of money order files at the end OF that
time was adopted. The committee
then arose.
BY arrangement the bill was re.
ported to the house Mr.. Qnigg was
! given three.quarters of an hour TO OBJ
pose an amendment adopted in the
committee making all publications
purporting to be issued periodically
| to subscribers, but which are merely
books or reprints of books whether
they DO issued complete or in parts
bound or unbound, sold by sabscrip.
tion or otherwise, subject to posting at
third class rates when transmitted
/ through the mails. The amendment
affects seaside library publications
all book (reprints) given as prem
iums with country newspaper sub.
scriptiOns, etc.
Mr.. Picker of South Dakota, to
whom Mr.. Quigg yielded portion of
his time, opposed the amendment in
| the interest of cheap literature for the
| farmers.
Mr.. Hopkins, Republican of IIli-
nois, Mr.. Daniels, Republican OF New
YORK, Mr.. Bingham, Republican OF
Pennsylvania, aud Mr.. O'Neil, Repub-
lean Of Massachusetts, also made
! speeches against the amendment.
MIR. Henderson, Democrat Of North
Carolina, defended the amendment as
a step toward purging the mails OF
the enUrmus amount OF second class
matter which they were numbered.
The amendment was stricken out
ON the bill, 26 to 1873.
The bill was then passed.
Mr.. Campbell, Democrat, New York,
entered a motion to reconsider the
vote by which the bill was defeated
yesterday.
At o'clock the house adjourned.
THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April "a There was
q small mum Der of visitors in the gal
leries of the senate when the vice
president took his seat and the senate
be gan debate on the tariff bill before
it was taken up and read by para
graphs.
Oh motion of Senator Pettigrew the
senate passed the bill to extend the
time tor building bridge across the
Missouri river at Yankton, 5. d.
The morning hour having expired,
the tariff bill was laid before the sen.
ate. Even at this time the attendance
II the galleries TO hear Senator Mills
speech was very email one. y beau
titul bunch Of long ~stemmed yellow
red and white roses was laid on Mr..
I NIiIls' dpgk INT was immediately re-