Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-03-10
The House.

WASHINGTON. Feb. "a In his prayer
this morning Chaplain Bagley referred to
the illness of Representative Wilson,
dem, West Virginia. and asked that he
might be restored to health.
Bland moved thai the house go into
committee of the whole on the seigniorage
bill, general debate TO close at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. The vote was yeas
121. nays2; no quorum.
The statement Of Representative Pence,
pop. Colorado, jnst at the close OF yester-
days proceedings respecting Mr.. Hainer,
who had called him 10 order, was the
basis Of "a personal explanation by Pence
In the house today. He stated that the
reporters had misunderstood him;
that lie had said the gentle
man from Nebraska was full OF
beard, not beer. Pence said he was salts
fed ho o.yca Hsiner and the house an
apology for the language he did use,
which was uttered In the heat of debate.
He desired 20 act within the rules OF the
house. He asked unanimous consent that
the colloquy between himself and nainer
be cxpunged from the record This was
granted and the incident closed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-Bland moved
that the house talc up his seignlorage
bill, general debate TO close at 3 p m. to-
morrow I he motion received on division
l2s votes in the affirmative and In the
negative No quorum appeared and Bland
asked that the yeas and nays be called.
which was done. The vote was announced
yeas 9, naysG
At a. BANDS motion to consider the
seigniorage bill seceived quorum OF
votcs-yeas IL, nays 1-amid applause.
Onthwaite. dem, Missouri, offered an
order from the committee on rules limit
ing the debate on the bill! to two hours.
On demand tor the previous question on
this question the yeas were lH and nays
. and the yeas and nays were ordered.
The previous question was ordered on
Outhwaites resolution by "a vote of l70 to
l0-one more than quorum. The quorum
failed to vote on the passage of the reso-
lution--i45 to 0, and the yeas and nays
were ordered.
WASHINGTON, March LIN the house to-
day quorum voted on the order limiting
Diet on the Bland seigniorage
bill 20 two hours and tho order
was declared adopted amid applause
from the democrats and populists..
Speaker Crisp voted tO make the required
quorum. The bill was then stated to be
before tn house for consideration and
the amendment was ordered to be adopt
ed. Bland offered substitute for the
pending bill. making some changes In
tended 10 meet the objections thereto, but
intended 10 accomplish the same purpose
In a less objectionab, way.
Several amendments were proposed by
other members including one by Outh-
waite. dem. Ohio, to strike out the second
section, which provides for the coinage Of
the remainder OF the silver bullion pur-
chased under the Sherman law. and one
by Straus, dem, New York. authorizing
| the secretary of the treasury TO sell five
year per cent bonds payable, principal
and interest, In coin. This latter was
ruled out OF order
The house refused by IN vote OF "a to 13o
to strike out the second section OF the
Bland substitute, relating to the coinage
of treasury bullion.
| WAS ISGroN, March 2.-The resolution
Of the committee on judiciary directing
an investigation OF Judge jenkins re-
strainng order in the Northern Pacific
railroad case was reported by Boatner,
dem, Louisiana, with a request for unan-
imous consent for its consideration; but
| Kilgore. dem Texas, objected, and II was
withdrawn.
| Bank head, dem, Alabama. chairman OF
the commitie on public buildings, asked
consideration OF "a resolution authorizing
| the committee to investigate the question
Of the erection of n new public building
at Chicago, with permission to hold ses-
sions in Chicago il deemed necessary /;
ali expenses TO be limited to Sl,'00, to be
paid from the contingent fund of the
house The resolution was agreed To after
being amended SO that only the subcom-
tee should be authorized to proceed to-
Chicago.
| On motion of Holman, dem. Indiana,
unanimous consent was given To swear In
Hon. Galusha A. Grow as representative
at large from Pennsy lvania, at the pres
cnt time. In the absence of his creden-
tials. Grow then took the oath and was
greeted with applause.
The house resolved itself into a commit
tee OF the whole and took up the fortitica-
tions bill. The appropriation carried in
the bill was reported at S2,!l9.654, being
s5,2ls,70l less than the estimates and
500 more than the total of
the last bill. The bill was passed
with slight amendments and the house
took mp the pension appropriation bill.
The bill carries an appropriation OF $751;
5sl, $40 for the year ls94-95, against esti
mates of Slf2, 63l $40 and an appropriation
for the present year Of Sl8l BAL 430.