Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-02-15
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF THE
LAW MAKERS.
Report Of the various Measures Intro
euccd aud the Action Taken Thereon In
both the senate and House.

The National Law Makers.
In the House on the 9th the Hawaiian de-
bate was resumed. Mr. Outhwaits. Demo-
crat. OF Ohio. taking the floor In support Of
the McCreary resolution. Mr.. Culbgrson OF
Texas, chairman Of the Judiciary Cotnpsit-
tee. followed Mr.. Outhwaite In support OF
the administration policy In Hawaii. At
2;30 o'clock Mr.. Hooker OF Mississippi was
recognized for one hour for the closing
speech of the debate. Hooker is one OF the
Democratic members OF the Foreign Affairs
Committee.
BY vote OF 115 to 81 the House on the
5th adopted the resolution c0ndcmning
Minister stevens and sustaining the Ka-
wiian policy Of President Cleveland. Thc
Republicans hlibustcfed against It to the
end Upon the first vote the resolution
carried, 174 to ., and nm interesting pafliA
mentary question was raised AZ to whether
III instead Of fS0 was not q quorum, four
seats being vacant on account Of deaths.
The Speaker held that majority Of the
members chosen and living constituted
quorum, quoting In support OF hts position
a review of the subject made by the Speaker
in the Fifty first Congress. His position,
however. was warmly assailed by some
Democratic members and II YVES finally
agreed to take the vote over again, 10 the
ruling was eventually withdrawn. The
Bouteile resolution was defeated by strict
these resolutions wascompleted Bland made
an attempt to get up his bill for the coinage
of the silver seigniorage In the Treasury.
The eastern Democrats, led by Messrs.
Tracey and Cochran, inaugurated y 6libus-
;er in which they were joined by \ major !.
ty OF the Republicans. although few Ot
,he latter indicated by their votes that they
favored consideration OF the bill. and for
tour hours Bland and the remainder OF the
Democrats were held at bay. Finding 1t
impossible to secure quorum to proceed
with consideration of the bill and fearing
lhat the House might be deadlocked indef~
nitely upon the proposition, Bland directed
his efSsrts toward securing the adoption of
resolution to revoke all leaves Of absence
and instruct the sergeant -at-arms to arrest
absentees. After u persistent struggle,
which lasted until O'Clock. Bland was sue
.essful and the resolution passed In order
to make it stiil more effective, the order
was made a continuing one until vacated
by tile House.
In the Senate ON the sth Senator Wolcott
OF Colorado presented resolution for the
submission Of q constitutional amendment
prohibiting the states from denying the
suffrage to any person on account OF sex.
Senator sherman presented memorial
from the wool growers against the Wilson
bill, saying the finance committee had re-
fused the wool growers hearing. and re-
guessing that the memorial be printed. 1t
was so ordered. Senator Wolcott presented
several amendments to the tariff DILL. Res
illusions OF the Order OF Railway Conduc
tors the brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers. the Brotherhood OF Railway
Trainmen, the switchmen's Mutual Aid
Association and the American Railway
Union, protesting against the rulings of
United States Courts on the question of
strikes, was presented by Senator Voorhees,
and ordered to be printed for the use of the
Senate The resolution of Senator Stewart
dem wing the right OF the secretary Of the
Treasury to issue United states bonds and
questioning their validity, came up as the
regular order with the various pending
amendments. At O'Clock, the matter be-
ing still undisposed Of, the unfinished busi-
ness OF the day came up. senator Stewart
was granted unanimous consent that the
resolution retain Its place on the calendar.
The unfinished business was the House bill
to require railroads In territories over q
right of way granted by the Government
to establish stations and depots at all
townsites on the lines OF said roads estab.
lished by the Interior Department.. The
bill was warmly discussed, and pending the
discussion on the bill and before a vote
could be taken the hour OF 8 o'clock arr
rived and the special order. the memorial
resolution in memory OF Representative
Mutchler OF Pennsylvania came up. Ad.
dresses we're delivered by Senators Quay.
Mitchell of Wisconsin. Hansbrough and
several others, and at 1925 the Senate ad-
journed until the 18th,
The deadlock on BANDS silver seignior-
age bill was broken after four hours OF con-
tinuouS filibustering on the sth when, by n
vote OF 178 To 4, the House carried Bland's
motion. going into Committee OF the Whole
for COZ. sideration Of his bill. The eastern
Democrats and the great mass Of Repubii-
cans made determined opposition, but
Bland was at last victorious. On the final
vote sixteen Republicans and all the Popu-
lists voted with him. while the twenty two
Democrats who we're present Joined with
the remainder of the Republicans in refus-
ing to vote. After the House went into
Committee OF the Whole Bland took the
floor I'm advocacy Of the bill. He at once
entered upon an explanation OF the pro-
visions OF the bill, but without concluding
his speech yielded to let the committee rise,
an arrangement having been made that the
flibusterfng was to cease. With this un-
derstanding, upon Blands motion, that
part Of the resolution passed Ms directed the
sergeant at-arms to arrest absentees. was
revoked, The bill from the Joint Commit
tee on Expenditures In the departments TO
make unifcrm methods OF accounting In
the departments wns taken us and passed
on motion Of Mr.. Dockery, and then, at
4:40, the House adjourned.