The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-14
BY WAY OF A FEELER
Powers of the House Starts q Little
Presidential Booming.
THEN THERE WAS APPLAUSE
The Mention OF Mckinley's Name
the Signal for General Cheering
"A Few Quay Men-War-
rants for Absentees.

Washington. March 13.-After two
days debate the house. by a vote of 173
TO 50, unseated Caster A. Robbins from
the Fourth Alabama district. and de-
ctded that his republican opponent. W.
F. Aldrich. was elected and entitled to
the seat. All the republicans, with the
exception of White of Illinois. and the
populists and three democrats, Messrs
Cobb. Dockery and De Armond of Mis-
souri,. voted for the majority report
The SO votes against the report were
cast by democrats with one exception.
The case furnished the republicans
with material for airing their views on
southern elections, II being admitted
that fraudulent ballots to the extent of
more than 5000 were cast for the con-
testee in Dallas county. Dinsmore OF
Arkansas. who closed the debate for
the minority to-day. claimed that the
republicans proceeded on the erroneous
assumption that all the negroes in the
South voted the republican ticket. Rob-
bins was a member of the last house
Before the case was taken up the
house passed bills granting an Ameri-
can register to the steamer Mattawan:
requiring officers of American steam
ers to be citizens of the United States,
and repeating the laws exempting from
tonnage duties vessels from countries
which extended similar exemptions to
our vessels.
The house adjourned over until Mon
day.
All proceedings in the house at the
night session. which was to have been
devoted to the consideration of the
private pension bills, were unexpected
ly blocked by Erdman. democrat.
Pennsylvania, who made the point of
no quorum at the very outset on the
motion to go into committee OF the
whole. A resolution was adopted di-
recting the arrest OF absentees. The
sergeant-at-arms had four deputies
scurrying about town with more than
100 warrants in their possession, look
ing for absentees, but no one except
De Almond, democrat, Missouri, was
arrested and brought before the bar of
the house before adjournment, and the
house adjourned at 1O:3O O'Clock before
he could be arraigned.
Pending the hunt for members those
present proceeded to enjoy themselves
by making farcical points Of order.
to get the floor and made a humorous
speech about the contest for the repub-
lican presidential nomination. He gen.
tly ehided Hepburn of Iowa, who had
just returned from the Iowa state con-
vention where the Allison boom was
formally launched, for not taking the
house into his confidence as to the
progress that had been made.
I'VE are all interested" said ne, "be-
cause there are many Reed men here
and Mckinley men, and a few Quay
men,"
The name of the speaker was sprung
so suddenly that his supporters were
taken by surprise and made no demon
but at the name Of McKinley
Mr.. Hulick OF Ohio started a round OF
applause all over the house, which
was echoed by the galleries. and when
Quay's name was mentioned there was
4 counter demonstration. Governor
candidacy was also referred
70 and the mention of his name was
greeted with enthusiasm from New
York's representatives.