Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-16
AGAIN INDORSED
The House Approves the Presidents
Action on the Strike.
MSSRS. PENCE AND BLAND PROTETS
But Mr.. McCreay's Resolution
Was Passed.
WORK OF THE SEN ATE

This was suspension day in the House.
| The Senate amendments to the bill grant
ing to the Washington Navigation Com
pany the right Of way through the Yakima
| Indian reservation were agreed to.
| Under suspension Of the rules the Senate
amendments to the naval appropriation
| bill were disagreed to and the bill was sent
| to conference.
To Indorss the Presidents Action.
| Mr.. McCreary Ry) then precipitated
something Of sensation by Offering the
| following resolution:
Resolved. That the House Of Represen-
tatives indorses the prompt and vigorous
| efforts Of the President and his adminis-
| tration to suppress lawlessness, restore
order and prevent improper interference
with the enforcement Of the laws of the
| United States and with the TRANSPORTATION
OF the mails Of the United States, and with
| interstate commerce. and pledges its hearty
| support and deems the success that has al
ready attended its efforts is cause for
proper and general congratulation."
| Mr.. Pence (Col) demanded a second but
| there Were loud cries Of vote" and he
| finally allowed the second to be considered
as ordered SO that the debate of thirty min
utes might come directly on the resolution.
Mr.. McCreary said the purpose of the
resolution was SO manifest and SO eminent
| ly proper that he did not care to make any
Mr.. Pence's Opposition.
Amid cries of vote" vote" Mr. Pence
| Col) then took the floor. He declared at
the outset that any one who would attempt
to discuss a resolution of this character at
| such a time from a party standpoint would
be public enemy. But no one had had no
tfce that an attempt was TO be made to in
dorse the administration under suspension
of the rules. Besides. the resolution was
hrrn IAr ha .
guided by its conscience, was ready to
adopt. 1t went further, he believed than
old-linc democrats who Were states rights
men would be willing to go; II went fur
ther than the republicans would be willing
to CO. in that II not only indorsed the ac-
ton of the President, but all other officers
of the administration.
There might be proper time for calling
out the strongest arm OF the federal gov
ernment, for invoking the power of all
sweeping injunctions. and for calling out
the military, but In his Judgment, the
American people ought to insist that the
Attorney General, at whose instiSation these
vigorous measures were taken, should he
neither an attorney, stockholder, director nor
other official OF railroad whose property
such measures were designed to protect. The
resolution, SO far as IL touched the eXecu-
tive, might be proper, but 1t implied, it
adopted, that the House stood ready to ap-
prove the action of every branch of the ad-
ministration He, for one, did not believe
that praise and congratuation" should be
extended to gentleman who at the time
of his appointment as Attorney General
had been and Qf what the New York World
and other papers said was true) now,
an attorney for corporations and trusts.
MIR. McCrenry Defends the Resolution.
Mr.. McCreary deprecated any attempt TO
bring partisanship into the discussion of
such a resolution. He had hoped, he said,
that members in such crisis would be
patriots rather than partisans. He paid a
hi iuh frih 70 Mr. ND
and while recognizing the right of labor to
organize In its own interest, declared
higher than the right of labor was the pres
ervation Of the republic. and the upholdng
of law and order. The people, he said, were
gratified that lawless men had been COM
PEELED to submit to organized government.
Mr. Bland's Protest.
Mr. Bland (Mo) arose when Mr.. Nc
Creary took his seat, and Mr.. Hopkins at
tempted to have his time extended from
five to fifteen minutes, but Mr.. Dockery
Nio) loudly objected. Mr.. Bland said that
the question involved in the resolution was
an important one. and it was to be re-
gretted that resolution had been thrust
in under suspension of the rules. Not, he
said, that he did not believe that every
member Of the House would indorse every
effort OF the administration to preserve our
institutions, to put down riot and to up
hold the majesty of the law. He had no
sympathy with any man who destroyed
property or attempted to prevent another
man from exercising his right to work IL
he chose. But the House should hesitate
about adopting a sweeping resolution. AS a
democrat he had always believed in the
rights and dignity of the states. Every
means at the command of the state should
be exhausted before the federal government
should be called on, except for the protection
of its own property. He protested against
the Instructions issued by the Attorney
General. by which the country had been
flooded with deputy marshals, by which
sheriffs had been arrested, and the author
ity of state overthrown.
He protested against the omnibus injunc-
tion issued. The essence of democratic prin-
ciple had been violated and surrendered. If
the Union was to be main ain ed Ii would be
by maintaining and respecting the rights of
the state. Mr. Pence at this point asked
unanimous consent that the debate be ex-
tended ten minutes. but Mr.. Wells CEis)
objected, and Mr.. Catchngs (Miss) closed
the debate in a brief speech I'm favor of the
resolution.
MIR. CatchfnEs Closes the Debate
No man, he said. believed in the llmita-
tions placed by the Constitution upon the
rights of state and federal government more
thoroughly than he, but the shadow of the
national flag spread over all and obliterated
state lines. There was no place where the
power of the federal government could not
so when occasion arose.
AS a lawyer he maintained that the Ar
torney General had done nothing he should
not have done. He paid a high co,npli-
ment to MIR. Olney, whose course had in
spired admiration and confidence. and to
the President, whose lofty, courage and
determined attitudes IN this dreadful contro-
Versy mad administered a lasting lesson to
men like Debs and those who claimed the
right to lay their heavy hand on the bus,-
ness of the country with impunity.
The Resolution Adopted.
When the vote came to be taken Messrs
Pence and Hepburn attempted To secura
the yeas and nays but they could not mus
ter sufficient strength, and the resolution
was adopted. 27-125.
Mr.. Catchings, from the committee on
rules, then presented a special order set
ting aside three hours this afternoon for
the consideration Of the Bailey bill to es-
tablish uniform system of bankruptcy
tomorrow to business reported from the
committee on judiciary, and Wednesday to
business from the committee on military
affairs. The special order adopted by
a vote of 131-50
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