The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-27
He Endeavors to Make Capital for Broth
er Populists by Indulging in Cheap
Ridicule and Threats.
TWICE CALLED TO ORDER
And Finally Denied the Right to
Continue His Tirade.
Fithian Also Tries to Secure NOtOriety
An Exciting SessiOn-Bland Still
Without Quorum.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2s.-The proceed
ings in the House to-day were full Of ex-
citing Incidents Mr.. Bland, being unable
to secure a quorum, concluded to allow the
debate on the bill to proceed, at the same
! time declaring that he would return to the
assault tomorrow. Two sensational speech
| es followed, one by Mr.. Pence, OF Colorado,
| who denounced the Republicans for submit
| ting to the crack of ex-Speaker Reeds
| whip, and warned him that If the election
of President were thrown in the House in
| 1896 he would rue his flibustering course.
and the other by Mr.. Fithian. of Illinois,
| who condemned in the severest terms the
| action of his Democratic colleagues who
| were taking part In the filibuster. Toward
the close Of the session Mr.. Pence's refiec-
! tons Messrs. Pickler and Ellis drew
| forth from them statement which Mr.
| Pence characterized as absolutely untrue"
| He twice called to order, and tho
| House. by vote, refused to allow him to
proceed. 1t Is probable that Mr.. Fences
speech will be the occasion Of further COM
ment tomorrow.
| When the House met to-day the Repub-
| lican and Democratic opponents of the anti
| option bill, who did not want the bill re-
| ferred to Mr.. Hatch's committee. pursued
| the tactics Of the adversaries OF the Bland
| seigntorage bill by abstaining from voting,
| but they did not succeed In breaking a
| quorum, and the motion to refer to Mr..
| Hatchs committee was carried. Mr.. Enloe
] presented resolution reciting the fact OF
| the publication and distribution by the Com
missioner Of Education Of an attack upon
| the educational system OF Tennessee, and
called upon the Secretary OF the Interior
for the authority for such a publication.
The resolution was referred.
| Mr.. Boutelle, as a privileged question. then
| sent to the Clerks desk and had read
| long resolution. with several whereases, ex-
| pressing 1t as the sense OF the House that
| Mr.. Willis should be recalled from Hawaii.
| lis this a resolution looking to a sue
| ces5or TO Minister Willis or a resolution to
| Put the Democracy in a hole?' asked AIr.
The Speaker declared he did not think
that was parliamentary inquiry He held
| that the resolution was not privileged, and,
under the rule, it was referred to the COM
mittee on foreign affairs
resumed. Mr.. Bland moved to go into
committee of the whole on his bill. and,
eoeR a TO c0' On ths latter motion at
he demanded the yeas and nays. The Vote
resulted l62 to E. eleven short of a quorum
moved a call of the House. The call de-
yeloped the presence OF 27S members. Mr.,
debate and moved to go into committee
| of the whole. The filibusters interposed no
rnn0 0 this as hsoT hm3t0n sbnn aT m e5 the d d
| IL was carried-1l9 TO o. Mr.. Bland ex-
planned his move by saying that inasmuGh
be obtained to-day, he thought the time
could best be spent in debate.
A PENNYWORTH OF TALK.
Mr.. Pence. who was speaking when the
flibustaring began two weeks ago, took the
floor to resume his speech. The scenes of
the last ten days. he said had proved If
any one had ever doubted it, that just as
Senator Sherman was the chief lieutenant
of the Democratic President on the money
question. so. in this House, his lieuten-
ant was the eminent and talented general
from Maine CMr. Reed) He had witnessed
scores of roll calls. on which all the Re-
pendent gentlemen, Messrs, Sweet, Broder-
lex, Bowers and Hartman, had been the
chief + allies of the executive and Secretary
above the control and crack OF the whip Of
the leader of the minority. But the Dem
the Republicans. They had juggied with
silver; they. had stricken 1t down, and now
sopgn 10 Of tS 5her n sb s1 by the
| Democratic caucus had been held, and the
most rampant man In the hall was said to
son, who last fall took back all he had
said for fifteen years. He acted with the
patronage for his district and his State.
| No man on this floor had eaten more ad-
ministration pie than he. Yet this man who
on that occasion and stood up like the gem
teman from Texas (NIr. Kilgore) and
| thanked God that he had changed his mind
and had the courage to stand by his con-
| victions, became in that caucus the most
rampant of silver leaders. He went to the
| extent OF proposing a resolution authoriz-
Mr.. Pence, continuing, said his chief OBJ
| lection TO this bill was that the backsliders
last summer would utilize their vote upon
1t TO cover up their retreat and deceive the
voters. The utterances of Mr. Patterson
in the Democratic caucus would be made 10
commend him TO his constituency sill
Yer leader Mr. Chairman" said Mr.,
would do bit OF good If the gentleman
from Maine OIr. Reedl were here now FOR
hands off, 10 fold up his whip, TO suspend
his management of his party here upon this
left his seat. ] will treat some of his rep
resentatives now present standing in his
stead, and will make an appeal in behalf
of Republican members who 1t seems to me-
have not had the courage TO make the ap-
peal for themselves. Uaughter.) The crack
OF the gentlemans whip has failed to con
ity here. And, Mr.. Chairman, in addition
TO those four there have been five or SIX
Of the most accomplished. well-rounded
graduated and slippery dodgers that ever
went record upon any vote i'm any house
OF Congress. Q4aughter) Cannot the gen.
teman from Maine (AIr. Reed, who is I'm.
terested more than any one in the election
or the next House, hOld or his hand q
little while and let Republicans here from
the silver-producing sections of the country
vote their own convictions and the con.
victions of their constituents?
A THREAT AGAINST REED.
"Mr. Chairman, / have never engaged II
the role of prophet, but I going TO dc
so now The next President OF the United
States will be elected by the vote Of tn,
Fifty-fourth House OF Representatives. Il
there is any one man here especially interest
ed i'm knowing what will be the answer on tn,
roll call OF the States at that time. prob
ably IL Is the gentleman from Maine who
to-day and upon every occasion IS standing
up here and elsewhere u be measured
against Major Mckinley as candidate fol
President I'm 1896. QaugIter) When TN,
question comes before this House the vote
of Idaho will be big as the vote from
4 Pennsylvania. The vote of Montana will b,
as big the vote from New York, .eacf
State having one vote | say 10 him now
that when that roll call comes 10y State.
he will rue this day and the last fifteen
days. Why cannot he take his hand cfi
OF Ellis OF Oregon? Why should Ellis ol
Oregon or Picker OF South Dakota be re-
quired to wind in and wind out and appear
and disappear as his vote may be desired
or not? Do they believe for one moment
any one OF them-that they can deceive