The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-09

His Motion to Reconsider To-day.
WASHINGTON, March s-The Vice
President laid before the Seuas 20 letter
from Senator White. of Louisiana, stat
Ing that he had sent to the governor OF
Louisiana his resignation as Senator, to
take effect Monday, March ~.
A Senate joint resolution for the ap
pointment Of commission to compro-
mise, adjust and settle certain claim S
and counter-claims between the United
States and the State OF Texas. went over
until tomorrow.
The calendar was then taken up in
regular order for bills until objected to-
Several met this consideration. Numer.
Gus pension bills wore passed. including
one giving Sac month to the widow Of
General Hitchcock.
At 2:4O the Vice President laid before
the Senate the unfinished business, be-.
ing the Bland bill, the pending question
being on Allison's motion to reconsider
the vote of yesterday ordering the en-
grossment and the third reading OF the
bill.
Sherman expressed the hope that the
Senate would make no real objection to
Allison's motion, so as to leave the bill
open to amendment. He proposed to
show the Importance of having the bill
amended. He declared that there was
no disposition on his side of the cham.
Der to prevent action on the bill. There
was, therefore, no objection on the part
OF the majority to avail itself of tho &C.
cidental position Of the bill in its hav.
ing passed beyond the amendment
stage.
Harris declared that the bill had
reached its present stage through the
regular order methods OF procedure in
the Senate, and he know of no reason
why Tho bill should not be disposed of
in thirty minutes.
Sherman appealed to Hai ris, as a
kind-hearted man, and man observart
OF the courtesies of the Senate, whether
1t was wise to insist upon the result of
vote taken without the knowledge of
several Senators. He then went on to
argue against the bill.
Henderson called attention OF Sher-
N an and of the Senate to the fact tn at
under the language OF the seiginorage
bill, not only might $1,000. 600 of silver
dollars be coined, but an additional S55,-
oOViooo VI eiooSuly HOteS HlSuG %
issued.
Aldrich inquired, satirically whether
that was not the intention of the trainers
of the bill.
Henderson could not imagine that
that was what was desired by those
who framed the bill but he thought
there was no question of that being the
English Of it.
Arguments against the bill were also
made by Senators Lodge (Rep Mass. }
and higgins (Rep, DELI, the latter
Senator characterzing it as q most OBJ
noxious and unfortunate measure.
The question being on Allisons mo-
ton to re consider the vote ordering the
engrossment and third reading of the
bill, 4 motion to lay that motion on the
table was made by Faulkner (Dem., w.
Va }, but as that motion would shut of
debate and as Allison and Villas sig.
nified their wish to address the Senate
Faulkner withdrew the motion to lay
on tho table.
floar demonstrated against such q
violation of the practice of tho Senate
in rushing the bill yesterday to its
third reading. Faulkner, who had occu-
pied the chair whom the proceedings
took place, insisted that they had been,
on his part, characterized by extreme
caution-so extreme that, having ascer-
tanned that the bill had never been read
to the Senate in full, he had ord cred
that to be done. lie was not responsible,
he said, for the negligence" OF Son
ators
Harris expressed his determination to
resist any reconsideration. and any
amendments of the bill, on the ground
that if the bill bad to be sent back to
the House the changes against action
on it there would be toll
Finally it was arranged that Allison
wonld have the floor to moro " to speak
in favor of his motion, and then at $50
the Senate, after a short executive
session, adjourned until to- morrow.