St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-24

ercising Mobocracy," He Ex-
claims.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The members
pf the house under arrest were finally
discharged from custody today by dis
pensing with further proceedings unaer
the call. 1t required four hours To-Day
10 accomplish this. and, although Tue
scenes of disorderly turbulence when
characterized Yesterdays proceedings
were not repeated today. the proceed
lngs were fully as interesting. Inc
Democrats were evidently very anxious
when the house met to eXtricate tnem-
selves from the complications arising
from the wholesale arrest OF members
but by flank movements the Repuolic-
ans succeeded in preventing TINS ultli
the whole situation had been thoroughly
ventilated. Perhaps the most interest
ing feature of the day, barring Mr..
BANDS bitter philippe against the NIL
clustering Democrats, was the verbal
duel between MIR. Reed and Mr.. Turner
over the question of quOrum-a ques-
ton Just now OF pre-emlnent lmpor-
tance IN house circles. After the
arrested members had been discharged
Mr.. Bland returned to the silver bill, but
his motion failed again for lack OF
quorum. He only lacked two votes,
however, and this is high water mark.
Although Mr.. Bland still insists on
going right ahead with the seigniorage
bill. many of the Democrats believe 1t
should now be abandoned, and unless
quorum is procured tomorrow it would
seem that it would bave to be, that Is II
A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
does not decide TO adopt some method
of forcing members to vOto, or to count
them if they do not. Clerk Kerr called
the house to order today. He read
communication from Speaker Crisp,
who has a severe sore throat, and was
confined to his hotel, appointing Mr.
Richardson, of Tennessee, speaker pro
TEN. for today. The peculiar clrcum-
stauces under which the house ad-
iourned Yesterday, and the anticipation
of a repetition of the disorderly scenes,
had attracted great crowds to the gal
leries. AS soon as the journal was read,
MIR. Adams (Rep., Pa.), who was being
tried when the proceedings were termi-
mated yesterday by the adjournment,
was clamoring for recognition on a
question of privilege. He yielded. how
ever. to MIR. Wells (Dem., Wis.), who
made statement to the effect that he
was enormously reported as voting mo-
on the motion to adjourn. He denied
that he had taken any part whatever IN
the unseemly proceedings in the house
OIL Washington's birthday.
Had l voted at all," said he, II
should have voted for the adjournment
in order to put astop 10 the disgraceful
performance"
MIR. Bland this afternoon denounced
the New York delegation IN heated
words in the house. He was several
times called to order by Representative
Coombs, of New York. The house, IN
consequence, is in another uproar. Mr.
Cummings (Dem., n. " asked that his
colleague, Mr.. Sickles, be excused or
account of sickness. He was so ex-
cused, whereupon the speaker pro tenn
ordered the pending question to be the
motion to discharge Mr.. Adams from
the custody of the sergeant-at-arm
MIR. Adams demanded to be heard OF
the
QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE
he desired to raise. Ire speaker sale
that one question of privilege was al
ready pending, but agreed to hear MIR
Adams. The latter wanted to know
why, while he was under arrest at the
bar of the house. explaining his cBSe il
a parliamentary fashion yesterday, tht
mace of the house should have beer
employed to force him to his seat.
WHY" he asked. "should this in
dignity have been put upon me while
was endeavoring TO carry out the man
date of the housep
The chair stated that this question
would have to be raised later, the pend
ing question now being to discharge th
gentleman.
Mr.. Reed called attention to the fac
that the question had not been properl,
stated. IL was to discharge Mr.. Adam
because the warrant under which h
was arrested was unauthorized. MI
Springer attempted TO interpose a.
amendment which had for its purpos
the discharge of all members under ar
rest. as the most expeditions way out o
the tangle, but Mr.. Reed demanded th
previous question, and he was cut off
The Democrats then decided to vot
down the previous question in order t
epen the way for Mr.. Springer's amend
ment. Some of them, however, nOtabl
lNnnanoratc taA ,r,i4 I,
Republicans.
EThe previous question was vote
down, 95 to 159. Mr.. Bland then offere
as substitute for Reeds motion a mo
tion to discharge all members
ARRESTED BY AUTHORITY
of the resolution passed by the house o
10Th inst. Mr.. Reed made the point {
order that Mr.. BANDS amendment wa
not germane, and the point was argue
at some length. 1t was debated b
Messrs. Reed, Bland and Johnson lind.
aid finally eliminated in a sensations
denunciaiiOn Of the Democratic filibus
ter8 by Mr.. Bland. MIR. johnson, {
Indiana. made long statement, goin
to show the absurdity OF including h
name in the list of those arrested.
Mr.. Bland, after Mr.. JohnSons stat,
menE, decided to withdraw his subsr
tnte, and confine it TO the discharg
from custody of Mr.. Adams. On th
modification of his motion lie demande
to be heard. He got the floor. and
livered a scathing arraignment of h
side OF the house. lie realized, he sal
that it was humiliating to be brougI
before the bar of the house in ARE
1t was hard, he declared, to gi'
leaves of absence and Immediately II
woke them and order the arrest of met
bers. But public eXigency sometim
required such a course. The house h;
been deadlocked for days. The who
press of the country was full of 1t, al
every member must have been ava
that his presence was needed. He mai
hined that when member of congre