The record-union., 1896-01-13
Arbitrated.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-The de-
bate in the Senate this week will be
very much like the debate during the
extra session when Congress was con-
yened for the purpose of repeating the
purchasing clause of the Sherman Silver
Act. The silver substitute to the
House bond bill is now unfinished busi
ness, and will be called up an day at
the conclusion of the morning hour. No
one has given notice of the intention to
speak during the week, but the subject
is fruitful in debate, and a number of
speeches will be delivered.
There appears, however, to be a dis
position on the part of both silver and
anti-silver men to permit the question
to come to a vote without delay, some
of the anti-silver people believing it
would be the best thing to let the coun-
try know at the earliest opportunity,
what element it is that controls the
Senate. 1t is believed the free coinage
substitute will pass by at least a half
dozen votes.
The Finance Committee meets in reg
ular session again Tuesday, and the
Republican members, counting on the
vote of Jones of Nevada, confidently
| expect at that time to report the tariff
bill as it came from the House, in ac-
cordance with the sentiment of the Re-
publican caucus last week
The House will probably continue to-
morrow the consideration of the rule
| regulating the counting of a quorum,
which alone remains to be acted upon.
That can be disposed of at one session,
it is believed, but whenever it is out of
the way the general pension appropria-
tion bill will be called up.
These are the only matters now in
sight to engage the attention of the
House this week, and they may occupy
the entire time. A number of mem
bers, it is understood, are anxious to
make speeches on the pension question,
and, as there is nothing else on the
docket as yet, their longings are likely
to be satisfied.
Whenever the Senate shall return the
revenue or bond bill, with amendments
its consideration will at once supersede
all other business, but neither one is
expected to reach the House this week
There may be a diversion by the pre-
sentation of reply by the Secretary of
State to any of the four or five resolu-
tions of inquiry which the House passed
week before last, but no intimation has
been given, so far as known, that any
of the replies will be transmitted by the
President this week.
AMENDING The RULES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-In the
House yesterday Wanger (Rep.) of
Pennsylvania endeavored to secure a re-
enactment of the rule of the Fifty-third
Congress giving the privilege of the
lobby in the rear of the hall to newspa-
per men, but secured only seventeen
votes in support of his motion The vote
being short of a majority, gave an op-
portunity for the Speaker to count a
quorum for the first time in this Con-
gress. There were 100 gentlemen in their
seats, and the Speaker announced that
a quorum was present to do business
The House resumed consideration of
changes in the code of rules proposed by
the committee. At the suggestion of
Henderson (Rep) of Iowa the para
graph relating to the counting of
quorum when one fails to vote on any
question was temporarily passed.
Wheeler (Dem) of Alabama moved to
strike out the paragraph providing that
''on demand of any member or at the
suggestion of the Speaker the names of
members SuINclenC TO make a. quorum in
the hall of the House who do not vote
shall be noted by the Clerk and recorded
in the journal and reported to the
Speaker with the names of the mem
bers voting and be counted and an
nCunced in determining the presence
of a quorum to do business" His first
objection to it, Wheeler said, was that
it was unconstitutional, and if not un-
constitutional it's operation would per-
nit the passage of a bill or even the
declaration of war in the House by the
votes of less than a majority of
quorum.
WheeIer's amendment was lost Sew
eral committee amendments were
agreed to and the proposition to limit
memorial services over deceased MEM
bers to a series of resolutions was voted
down-31 to 130
The remainder of the committee
amendments were agreed to, as follows:
Making it possible to change the rules
without previous notice; regulating the
privilege of the floor granted to repre-
sentatives of press associations, and
striking out the regulation governing
the printing Of documents that have
been covered in the new printing law