Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-08
CLARKE MISSED THE FUN 
 A Lively Time Was Had in the House. ROW STARTED BY TALBERT He Reiterated His Secession Speech Made on
 Wednesday, MIR. FRYE ELECTED SPEAKER PRO ITEM Democrats and Populists Refralned From Making an Unseemly Scramble-Mr.
 Dubois Resolution Was ? Defeated.
iR. FRYE ELECTED SPEAKER PRO ITEM

Washington, Feb. 7.-ToGay's session l of the senate presented some interesting features. The officiating clergyman not 1 MT. Milburn, the blind chaplain, but a. sub), Dr. Hugh Johnston of Washington city, in the opening prayer expressed the thanks for "the confidence of the people m the financial strength of the nation;" a president pro tenn. of the senate was chosen without dissent in the person of I Senator Frye, republican. of Maine, and 1.-the Dubois resolution to distribute the appropriation bills among several com
 mittees was practically defeated by be- with instructions to report 1t back on the first Monday in December next.
 The opportunity for the election of pres dent pro tenn. was furnished by the absence of the vice-president, who sent a. note to the secretary of the senate stat ing his inability to preside over the sen ate today. The reading of this note was followed by the offering of two resolu- tions by MT. Hale; first, that the senate proceed immediately to the election of
 president pro tenn, and, second, that his colleague, MT. Frye, be chosen for that high office.
 MT. German said that he had been in- structed by his democratic colleagues to present the name of MT. Harris of Ten
 nessee, but that in view of the precedent for many years that there should be no scramble for that office, and in view of MT. Harris own desire, he refrained from presenting it. MT. Allen, populist, of Ne
 braska made somewhat similar state ment on behalf of the six populist sena-
 tors, awho had proposed, he said, to nom
 mate MT. Kyle, populist, of South Da- kota. MT. Frye was accordingly declared elected, had the oath of office admins tered to him by the secretary and en- tered on the discharge of his duties as president pro tenn. Later. on in the day the senate got into a parliamentary tan gle, in which the presiding officer stated that if required to- make ruling he wdlld rule in a certain way.
 EsNr. Hill rather too promptly announced that From that ruling he respectfully appealed" but he was politely informed l that the presiding officer had not made any ruling on the point
 | For the two or three days that the Du- bois resolution has been before the sen ate it was confidently predicted that it would be carried by a large majority, and consequently there was a general ex- precision of surprise when today, on mo- ton of MT. Allison, republican, of Iowa, it was referred to the committee on rules by vote of 40 yeas to 29 nays , Notices were given of speeches on the Davis resolution as to the Monroe doc Urine by MT. Smith, democrat, of New Jersey, for Monday next, and by MT. Blanchard, democrat, of Louisiana, for Tuesday.
 At S;15 D. m. the senate adjourned un- til Monday next.
 House.
 { The third session of the parliamentary day of Thursday began this morning at 10.30 o'clock, with Speaker Reed in the chair and about score of representa- lives on the floor to continue discussion of the silver bond bill.
 Mir Newlands. silverite, of Nevada, was the first speaker, declaring in favor of the adoption of the senate substitute. He said 1t was useless to wait for inter- national agreement for the restora ton of the free coinage of silver, giving his rea- sons In detail why England, Germany and France, the principal creditor na- tions of the world, would continue their refusal to unite with the United States on that subject.
 MT. Hartman of Montana followed MT. Newlands in an argument for free coin age. MT Hartman gave notice that he would move at the proper time an amend ment directing the president to call a commercial and tariff congress in Wash ington not later than June 30, 1897, com posed of delegates from silver using countries; the delegates from the United States if possible to secure an agreement whereby the country represented shall open It's ports to the free admission of the products of the United States, the latter to open its hints to the free coinage of silver, and providing that all import du- ties from gold basis countries shall be paid in gold. This proposition was in- tended to develop just how far eastern republicans would go in the way of se- curing bimetallism.
 MT. Tucker. democrat, of Virginia, an- nounced his intention to vote against
 the, senate substitute, because he was sat isfied its passage would not restore to silver. its commercial value.
 At 12 o'clock the house adjourned and a. minute later. the speaker rapped the gavel to announce the opening of Fri days session. Immediately the house
 was precipitated into the liveliest row that has been seen and heard on the floor since sthe early days of the Fifty-first
 congress, which ragged for an hour and 1 a hall and was ended by reference of the ag'tating subject to the committee
 On judiciary
 MT. .Talbert, democrat, of South Caro- lima, rising to question of privilege, said: '1t has been brought to my notice that I have been misrepresented by the press aof the country, unintentional1y, I have no doubt, for I cannot believe that the press of the country desires to mis- represent members upon this floor, and in rising do not rise to apologize for or retract anything that said on that oc- casion, but to re-ecbo and reiterate every word and sentiment that uttered on | that occasion. On last Wednesday even ing. when the present bill was. under dis cusslon, the gentleman from North Caro- lima (Mr. Pearson) saw proper, while making his speech, to go out of his way to unkindly criticise the state of South Carolina, which l have the honor in part to represent upon this floor. the great and grand and glorious state of which am proud. and state that is aa | true and as loyal to the flag today as any st@te in the United States.- Tn his re- l marks he criticised the prominent part l tfat South Carolina took In the act of
 secession in 1861. In the course of his