The herald., 1894-02-24
LEGISLATION BLOCKED
No Quorum 0btainable in
the House.
Bland Compelled TO Start on a
New Tack.
He Denounces the Filibusterers as
Anarchists.
His Speech Creates a ssnsation-An the
Memb RS Under Arrest Discharged.
Talk of Adopting the
Reed Rules.

By the Associated Press.
WAsHMGToN, Feb 23.-The members
of the house under arrest were finally
discharged from custody today by dis
pensing with further proceedings under
the cali. 1t required four hours to &C
complish this, and, although the
scenes were disorderly, the turbulence
which characterized yesterdays pro-
eeedings was not repeated, but the
proceedings we're fully as interesting.
The Democrats evidently were very
anxious when the house met to extri-
cate themselves from the complications
arising from the wholesale arrest Of
members, rut by flank movements the
Republicans succeeded in preventing
this until the whole situation had been
thoroughly ventilated. Perhaps the
most interesting festure of the day.
barring Bland's bitter philippe against
filibustering Democrats, was verbal
dual between Reed and Turner, over the
question OF counting quorum. Alter
the arrested members had been dis
charged, Bland returned to the silver bill.
but his motion failed again for lack of q
quorum. He only lacked two votes.
Although Bland still insists on going
ahead with the seigniorage bill, many
Democrats believa it should now be
abandoned, and unless quorum is pro-
cured tomorrow it would seem that it
would have to be; that is if the Demo-
cratic caucus does not decide to adopt
some method OF forcing members to vote,
or count them if they do not.
THE DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Speaker Crisp was confined to the
house with severe sore throat and
cold, and sent note appointing Rich
ardson OF Tennessee speaker pro tenn.
for the day. The galleries were crowded
in anticipation OF a repetition OF the
exciting scenes OF yesterday. As eoon
"a the journal WAS read, Adams OF Penn
sylvania began clamorng for recogni-
tion on a question of personal privilege.
He was being tried when the house ad-
journed Yesterday. He yielded, how
ever, to Wells of Wisconsin, who said
he was enormously reported as voting
mo" on the motion to adjourn. He
denied that he had taken any part in
the proceedings, but said he would have
voted, if at all, to adjourn, in order to
'put q stop 10 the disgraceful per-
formance.
On request OF Cummings, Sickies was
excused on account of sickness.
The speaker declared the pending
question WAS on the motion to dis
charge Adams from the custody of the
sergeant-at-arma. Adams was given
leave to state his question OF personal
privilege. He wanted to know why.
yesterday, while explaining his Gaze,
the mace of the house should have been
used to force him to his seat. 1t was an
indignity, while he was endeavoring 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.
Reed made the point that the ques-
ton should be to discharge the gentle-
man because the warrant under which
he was arrested was unauthorized
Springer tried TO lnterpose motion to
discharge all under arrest as the short
eat way out of the tangle, but Reed
demanded the previous question, cutting
him off.
The Democrats decided to vote down
the previous question, to give Springer
a chance, but some eastern Democrats
voted with the Republicans. The prev
ious question was lost, 95 to 159
Then Bland moved q substitute for
Reeds motion to discharge all the MEM
bers under arrest.
Reed made the point OF order that the
amendment was not germane, and the
question was argued at some length.
BLAND's BITTER SPEECH.
In the course OF the debate Bland
denounced the New York delegation in
heated words. He was called TO order
several times by Coombs OF New York,
amid general uproar Bland's speech
was sensational in its criticism of the
disorder which prevailed yesterday.
1t was hard, he declared, to give leaves
of absence and immediately revoke
them and order the arrest OF members.
but public exigency sometimes required
such a course. The house had been
deadlocked for days. The whole press
OF the country was full Of it, and every
member must have been aware that his
presence was needed.
He maintained that when a mem
ber of congress was elected, he
entered into a solemn contract with his
constituency to leave private business
and attend to the public business for
which he was elected. He then went on
in an impassioned way: II saw gentle-
men here" said he, shaking his head
savsgely and lifting his voice until it
fairly rang through the hall, "disobey
the rules and commands of this house.
saw gentlemen rise and boast that they
had defed the power OF the house.
If that is not anarchy and
revolution, what is it? democratic
applause. We in the house are the
! fountain source Of order, law making
body. Shall we resolve ourselves into q
body OF anarchists7 If some one were
1 to throw bomb from yonder gallery he
would be no moro an anarchist than he
who, on this floor, deties the power of
the house." [Ories of ''Shamel Shamel'
and hisses.
while the people Of this country are
in the throes o. hunger and starvation. =
continued he. angered at the deHonstra-
tion against him, when fhey expect us