Evening star., 1894-02-17
IN T HE H0U S E
The Oklahoma Railroad Bill in Con-
ference.
Mr.. BLAND AND HIS SEIGNIORAGE BILL
Mere FiIibustering Until the Meas.
ure is Laid Over.
FOR TRIBUTES TO Mr.. LILLEY

At the opening Of the session this morn
ing Mr.. Wheeler moved that the Senate
amendment to the bill to require railroad
companies operating in the territories over
a right of way granted by the government
to establish stations and depots at all town
sites on the lines of said road established by
the Interior Department be non-concurred
in.
The Senate amendment provides that,
within thirty days after the passage OF the
act an election shall be held in l. and o
counties in OklahomsNfor the purpose Of de-
termining the location Of the county. seats
of those counties.
Mr.. Hopkins Qll.) moved to concur and a
spirited debate followed.
Mr.. Wheeler and Mr.. Simpson opposed the
Senate amendment on the ground that the
object of the bill was to compel the rail-
roads to establish stations at the town sites
located by the Interior Department. The
Senate amendment, Mr.. Simpson declared.
would give rise to county seat wars and the
railroads would be victorious.
This was a contest between the power of
the government and the power of the rail-
road corporations. Was the government
town sites located by the Interior Depart
ment or was it going to turn 10000 people
over to the tender mercies Of the Rock Is
land railroad and the land companies of Ok
lahoma?
Sent to Conference.
After some further debate by Messrs.
Wilson (Wash.), Pickler, Dunn. Gear. Clark,
Cannon and McRae. Mr.. Hopkins withdrew
his motion and Mr.. Wheeler demanded the
previous question on his motion to nom
concur and asked for a conference.
Without division 1t was SO ordered.
Rising to personal explanation. Mr..
Burrows called attention to the fact tnat
rlxc Tod 1.rv \.
Mr.. German. the latter referred to a speech
which he (Burrows) delivered, but had not
been printed in the Record.
If his statement were true" said Mr..
Burrows, "the difference between him and
me would be that he prints his speeches
without delivery and 1 deliver mine without
printing them Qaughter) However"
he continued. the speech had been printed
on the day after its delivery
Mr. German explained that he had no de-
sire to do any injustice: that he had ex-
amined the index Of the Record and had
failed to find any trace of the speech.
(which shows" interjected Mr.. Eeed,
what a safe place the Record is as bury
After some further routine business the
fight over the silver seigniorage bill was re-
sumed. Mr.. Bland moved to go into CON-
mittee of the whole on the bill and. pend
ing thu motion. moved that all debate be
limited to one-half hour.
Filfbusterinx on the SeigniOrage Bill.
The republicans and democratic opponents
of the measure repeated their tactics of yes
terday and refrained from voting, and again
the motion was defeated, 1873 for lack of
quorum; 10 short. Mr.. Bland moved a call
Of the House.
EuloEies Of the Late Mr.. Lilley.
The call developed the presence Of a
quorum and then, at 2 o'clock, by special
order. the remainder Of the afternoon was
devoted to eulogies upon the life character
and public services of the late Repre-
sentative VIM. Lilley Of Pennsylvania.