Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-03-02

' ieD 23-NumerOlk;
plans Tor strengthening the housa rules
are under consideration. One of tho
most generally approved provide. thai
the attention Of the speaker NAV direct
that he member be brought before the
bar OIL tle mouse and his name recorded
~ present, 70 make a quorum,
II IS s1ld that this obyiates the
criticism 10 the Reed rule" in the
method Of counting q quorum The
feeling is So strong that some dome
eiai9 'le ready TO accept Reeds rules
on the quorum question without any
excuse or explanation.
HOUSE.
Washington, Feb 23.-Members Of
the house under arrest We're finally
discharged from custody today bv dis
penslns with further proceedings under
call IL required four hours to ac-
COIL pllsh this end. Although the series
OF dlsordefly turbulence which char
acterized yesterdays proceedings were
not repeated, the proceedings were
fully as interesting.
The democrats We're evidently very
anxious when the house met 70 extri-
cate themselves from the complications
arising from the wholesale arrest of
members, but by flank movements the
republicans succeeded In preventing
this until the whole Situa ton had been
thoroughly ventilated.
Perhaps the most intereS ting feature
Of the day, barring Mr.. BANDS bitter
Philippe against the filibuStering demo
hnI
Messrs. Reed and Turner Offer the cues
ton OF counting quorum. After the
arrested members had been discharged
Mr.. Bland returned to the silver bill,
but his motion failed again for lack
OF quorum. lie only lacked two
votes. Although Mr.. Bland still i'll
slsts on going ahead with his Seignior-
age bill, many democrats believe it
should now be abandoned, and unless
quorum is procured tomorrow it
would seem that would have to be
done, that is if the democratic coucus
does not decide to adopt some method
OF forcing members to vote or count
them If they do not
On request Of Mr. Cummings, Mr..
SicllleS WAS excused on account of
sickness The Speaker declared the
pending question was the motion to
discharge Mr.. Adams from the custody
Of the Serge;tnt-at- arms Mr. Adams
was given leave TO state his question
Of personal privilege He wanted to
know why, yesterday, while explaining
rlfs ease, t4A lutrteeee vt the house She,l,i
have been used to force him to his
+ i,1Ii ~, b,,
endelyoring to carry out the mandate
Of the house. The chair stated the
question would have to be stated later
as the pending question was on the
discharge of the gentleman from
custody.
Mr., Reed made the point that the
question should be to discharge the
gentleman because the warrant under
which he was arrested was unau-
tEoriZcd Mr. Springer tried to inter
pose Il motion to discharge all under
arrest as the shortest way out of the
tangle, but Mr. Reed demanded the
previous question, cutting him off.
The democrats decided to vote down
the previous question, to give Mr..
Springer u chance; but some eastern
democrats voted With the republicans
and the previous question was lost, %
To la9
Then Mr. Bland moved to substitute
for Reeds motion to discharge all the
members under arrest. Mr.. Reed made
TIL point of order that the amendment
WAS not germane, and the question was
argued 1T some length.
I,, ~, .l,J, pl1,,
denounced the New York delegation i'll
heated words. He was called to order
several times by Mr.. CoombS, OF New
York. amid Il general uproar. Mr..
BANDS speech was very sensational III
It's criticism of the disorder which pre-
vailed yesterday He declared the men
who We're obstructing legislation and
defying the house We're anarchists and
reyolutioniSts. They We're worse than
the criminal who would throw Il bomb
from the galleries.
There were misses at this, which grew
louder and eliminated i'll cries OF
Shame! Mr.. Bland proceeded III I'M
paSSioned utreranceS and declared that
the mobocracy had taken possession OF
the house. The mobS of anarchy We're
being given an object lesson. The
anarchist was being invited to parade
the streets and commit deeds OF VIC
lence. He proceeded, with frequent
characterization of the members who
INSTRUCTED legislation us anarchists and
reyolutioniStS.
AS he proceeded there were alternate
scenes of extreme confusion and 81
lent establishment. The speaker was
frequently called to order and was
finally compelled to take his seat, and
then proceed in order. He was fire.
quently applauded in his milder criu-
cism, but silence followed his more VIC
lent utterances. The aiSles of the
house We're choked with members while
he was speaking, and the galleries
We're crowded.
Finally, on motion of Mr.. Bland. the
order of arrest was vacated aud all
congressman under arrest were dis
charged.
Then the call of committees, usually
coming at the opening ef the days
session, was begun. Mr.. Bland moved
that the house go into committee of
the whole to consider the silver bill.
and all debate close at D. m. tomor-
row. On this, the previous question
was demanded. FilibuStering was at
once begun again, as Mr.. Tracy, demo- |