The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-30
VETOES THE SEIGMIORAGt BILL.
The President Sends a Message
Stating His Reasons.
Hhe House Consumes the Dav In Fribus-
tertng Over the Contested Election
Cases and Adjourns After EGeoting an
Amicable Agreement to withdraw a
Pending Motisn-A Portion of the
Text of MIR. Cieveiand's Message.

WARRINGTON, March 29-After tho
presentation of number Of executive
communications which were appropri
ately referred, Mr.. Dockery mo }, in
troduced a bill from the commission ap.
pointed to investigate the status of la VS.
organizing the executive departments,
Ito improve the methods of accounting
IN the department. of the Treasury.
The principal features of the bill nave
already been published.
Patterson (renn.) demanded the reg.
ular order. which was the vote on
Springer's motion to lay on the table
the motion made by Burrows to recon
slider the vote by which the House dis
agreed to the resolution declaring
Charles L. Joy entitled to seat as rep
res entative from the Eleventh district
of tiissouri.
the y''As and nays were taken on this
motion yesterday, uisclo. ins the pres.
ence OF less than Quorum, and the call
OF the roll was again begun. But few
names had been called when Mr..
truoen, executive secretary OF the Pres
1dent, appeared st the door with the
message vetoing the Bland seipniorage
bill
The call was suspended long enough
10 formally receive the document and
have 1t laid on the Speakers table.
There 1T was examined by numerous in.
terested representatives., while the rest
Oh the names on the role were reeled off
by the clerk. The vote resulted: Yeas.
l54; nays, 11-no quorum.
MIR. Patterson moved "a call of tho
House and on this motion flibuste rinp
Was renewed, after it had continued for
some time Mr.. Patterson offered a reso
luton directing the sergeant-at-arms
TO arrest and bring to the bar OF the
House all mem bers absent without
leave and he was authorized to employ
sufficient number of deputies to exc
cute the order, which was made continu.
ing after adjournment.
Mr. Patterson demanded the previous
question and the demand was sustained.
me resolution was argued by Grosvenor,
PATTERSON, Reed and Speaker Crisp, the
latter having taken seat among his
associates on the floor. The former two
made semi-political speeches, but the
latter two devoted themselves generally
10 the parliamentary situation before
the House. The Republicans endeay-
oreo TO secure separate votes upon the
four propositions in Pattersons resolu
ton, and the House became involved in
parliamentary tangle that involved a
great deal of time.
flnally the vote on agreeing to the
resolu ton introduced by Patterson for
the arrest of memb ers absent without
leave of absence and revoking leaves Of
absence was agreed to, yeas, 1854; NAYS,
s5 Hancock (Rep., Neb moved to
reconsider the vote just taken. and this
induced another hours flibustering.
during which the House twice refused
to adjourn.
While this was going on, however,
the leaders OF the two sides got toe other
and effected an amicable arrangement.
oy which Hancock withdrew his motion
TO reconsider, and at o'clock Patterson
moved to djourn until noon to- morrow,
which was agreed to-