St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-18


lahoma Bill Compelling the
Rock Island to Stop Trains at
Certain Stations-Eulogies on
Dead Congressman.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.-The proceed
ings In the house today were unim-
pOrtant. Mr.. Bland was again unable
to secure quorum to close debate on
the silver seigniorage bill. and at 2
O'Clock, by special order, the rest of the
day was devoted to eul0gies on the late
Representative Lilley, of Pennsylvania.
A quorum is confidently expected on
Monday. At the opening OF the session
this morning 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 townsites 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 all election shall be held in l.
gnu " CouhtiCo3 IN OniuhOihot iOi vic
purpose OF determining the location of
the county seats OF those counties.
Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois. moved TO
concur, and a spirited debate followed.
Messrs. Wheeler and Simpson opposed
the senate amendment on the ground
that the object of the bill was to
COMPEL THE RAILROADS
to Establish stations in the townsites
located by the interior department. The
senate amendment, Mr.. Simpson de-
clared, would give rise to county seat
wars. and the railroads would be vic
torious. There was contest between
the power of the government and the
power Of the railway corporations. Was
the government going to protect the
people who lived in toWnsites located
by the interior department, or was it 20 :
ing TO turn 10000 people over to the
tender mercies of the Rock Island rail-
road and the land companies Of Okla
homa?
After some further debate by Messrs.
Wilson (Wash. }, Picker, Dunn, Gear,
Clark. Cannon and McRae, Mr.. Hopkins
withdrew his motion, and MIR. Wheeler
demanded the previous question on his
motion to non-cOncur and ask for con-
ference. Without division it was so
ordered. Rising to personal explana-
ton, Mr.. Burrows called attention to
he fact that in some remarks printed by
his colleague, Mr.. German. the latter
referred to speech which he (Burrowsl
delivered which had not been printed
in the Record.
'lf his statement were tue" said Mr..
Burrows, ''the difference between him
and ME would be that he
PRINTS HIS SPEECHES
without delivery. and l deliver mine
without printing Them" However"
he continued. "the speech had been
printed on the day after its delivery"
Mr.. German explained that he had no
desire to do any injustice; that he had
examined the index of the Record. and
had failed to find any trace of the
speech. (which shows" interjected
Mr.. Reed, "whata safe place tue Record
is as burying ground" 9z-
After some further routine business
the fight over the Seigniorage bill was
resumed. Mr.. Bland moved to go into
committee of the whole ON The bill, and
pending that motion moved that all de-
bate be limited TO half an hour. Repub-
lIcan and Democratic opponents OF the
measure repeated their tactics of yes
terday, and refrained from voting, and
again the motion was defeated-157 to
3-for lack Of a quorum, nineteen short.
Mr.. Bland moved call of the house.
Tine call developed the presence of a
quorum, and then, at 2 O'Clock. by spe-
cial order, the remainder of the after
noon was devoted to eulogies upon the
life, character and public services of
the late Representative William Lilley,
of Penn sylvania. Those vino delivered
tributes to the memory of their late col
league were Messrs. Mcdowell, Woomer,
G. w. Stone. Hicks, Wright, Scranton
and Bynum. At the conclusion of the
ceremonies, as further mark of re-
spect, the house, at 3:05. adjourned.