The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-17

to the Strike - Other Washington
News.
Washington, July 16.-In the House
today the Senate amendments 10 the nav
al appropriation bill were disagreed. to
and sent to conference.
Mr.. McCreary, Democrat, of Kentucky,
offered the following;
Resolved, That the House of Represen-
| tatives endorse the prompt and vigorous
efforts of the President and administra-
| tion to suppress lawlcssness and restore
order, prevent improper interference
with the enforcement of the laws of
| the United States and with the transpor-
| tation of tie mails of the United States
and interstate commerce, and pledges
the President hearty support, and deems
the success that has already attended
| his efforts as a cause for public and gen.
eral congratulatlon.
| Mr.. Pence. Populist. of Colorado, said
| the resolution went farther than he
| though the Republican side of the House
at least was desirous of going in approv-
al of the administration. 1t might be that
| the time would come when there would
| be such conduct between striking orders
| and their employers that it would he
necessary to call out the strongest arm
of governmentito restore order, but the
people of the country would never
agree that man who called out the in
| functions, who ordersd the Indictment
of strikers, who directed the military,
should be director ana stockholder in
the corporations affected. This resolu-
tion went further than endorsing the
President; it approved everything done
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tion. Mr.. Pence asked If there was a
Democrat on the floor who approved the
action of the Attorney General, who,
when he found it necessary to employ
special assistant district attorney in Chi
cago, selected the attorney of railroad
corporations for that position? He be-
lieved not. Bedid not believe the at
torney of trusts should occupy the posi-
| tion Of attorney general, as was the case
at present according to charges made by
| prominent Democratic papers. who did
not.sapprove his action in that position.
Mr.. Bland, Democrat, of Missouri, said
he had no sympathy with the men who
violated law, destroyed property or en-
gagged in riot, but did not believe in
calling out the military -under q pre-
| tended exercise of authority. He stood,
as Democrat, in favor of the rights of
all the people. Hesprotested against the
setting aside of the power and forces of
| the state by the federal troops, and pro-
| tested against the issue of blanket in
| functions by the federal courts. If the
court was to be maintained it was to be
maintained by the recognition of the
rights of states and the federal govern
ment alike.
| The resolution was advocated by
| Messrs. McCreary, and Catchlngs, Dem
| there was no place in this broad coun-
| try where federal troops might not go in
| the performance of their duty toenforce
| the laws of the land. No one had point
| ed out in any respect wherein the Presi
dent, in his recent action, had contra
| vened any statute on the books, and,
| speaking not only as representative but
| as lawyer, he said the President COM
| mended himself to every lover of his
| country.
| Mr.. Pence and Mr.. Hopkins, Republi-
| can, of Illinois. made efforts to secure
| an extension of time for the debate, but
unanimous consent was refused. Efforts
were made on the passage of the resolu-
tion to secure vote by yeas and nays,
| but they were refused On the adoption
| of the resolution it was virtually unan-
imously yea, the noes being few and
! faint.
| Mr.. Catchings from the committee on
rulesareported an order setting aside to-
| DAVIS session for the consideration of Mr..
Bailey's bankruptcy bill and tomorrow
| for the consideration of bills reported
| from the committee on Judiciary The
| order was agreed to and the bankruptcy
| bill taken up.
! Before the House entered upon the dis
| cussion of the bill, MIR. Reed, Republi-
can, of Maine, endeavored TO raise a
| question of consideration, saying that the
| digest contained abundant evidence of
| the propriety of the proceeding.
Speaker pro tenn Richardson asked
Mr.. Reed if he could cite any rule in sup
| port of his contention.
Mr.. Reed suggested that in a certain
decision of Speaker Carlisle he held, not
withstanding the House set apart cer-
tain day for Reconsideration of meas
| ure, the question of consideration could
he raised against It. In response to re-
mark by the Speaker pro tenn, Mr.. Reed
| said the chair was correct in saying that
many practices indulged:in by the House
| in late years were unknown under Mr..
| Carlisle.
The Speaker pro tenn ruled that under
the existing conditions the question of
consideration could not be raised.
Mr.. Reed d.did not appeal from the de-
cision contenting himself with the re-
mark that he desired to get Speaker Car
| Ii sle obliterated from the record as far
as possible.
The bankruptcy bill was advocated by
| Mr.. Boatner. Democrat, of Louisiana,
Mr.. Bailey, Democrat, Of Texas, while
Mr.. Ray, Republican, of New York, op-
posed the bill, saying the title should be
| changed to a bill to enable debtors to
escape from their contracts and obliga-
| tions without consideration and enable
dishonest debtors to swindle their credi-
| tors.
1t was also opposed by c. Stone, Re,
publican, of Pennsylvania, and Mr.. Pow
| ers, Republican, of Vermont.
When the discussion had passed the
five-minute stage, Mr.. Ray. Republican,
| of New York, moved to amend the bill
to provide that the assignment or cession
be made in accordance with the provis-
ions of the bill, instead of In accordance
with the laws of the state where the
debtor resides, as provided in the bill.
On that amendment the yeas and nays
were ordered, resulting: Yeas, 90: nays,
| 1874; answered present. z; present but not
voting, il: total. 174.
For the first time since tie quorum
| countino rule went into effect, many of
the names of those noted as present, but
not not voting were read by the clerk. with
than quorum was not obtained, and
ON motion of Mr.. Bailey a call of the
Honse was ordered. Two hundred and
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