The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-03-14
A DEMOCRAT UNSEATED !.
Mr.. Robbins No Longer Represents the
Fourth Alabama District.
SUCCEEDED BY A REPUBLICAN
The sergeant-at-Arms of the House Has a
Futile skirmish for Absentees at the
Night session-Mr. Cockrell Talks
About Silver to the Senators.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-After two
days debate the house. by vote of 173 to
09, unseated Gasten A. Robbins, from the
Fourth Alabama district, and decided that
his Republican opponent, w. f. Aldrch,
was elected and entitled to the seat. All
the Republicans, with the exception of
MIR. White, of Illinois, and the Popu-
lists and three Democrats, Messrs. Cobb,
Dockery, and Dearmond, of Missouri,
voted for the majority report The fifty
nine votes against the report were cast by
Democrats, with one exception Mr.. Aid
rich was at once sworn in. Mr.. Robbins
was a member of the last house.
All proceedings in the house at the night
session, which was to have been devoted,
under the rules, to the consideration of
private pension bills were unexpectedly
blocked by Mr.. Erdman, of Pennsylvania,
who made the point of no quorum at the
very outset on the motion to go into COM
mittee of the whole.
A resolution was adopted directing the
arrest of absentees. The sergent-at-arms
had four deputies scurrying about town
with over hundred warrants in their pos
session looking for absentees, but no one
except Mr.. DeArmond, of Missouri, was
arrested and brought before the bar of the
house before adjournment and the house
adjourned at 1O:3O before he could be ar
raigned.
Pending the hunt for members those
present proceeded to enjoy themselves by
making farcical points of order. Mr.. Pow
ers, of Vermont, managed to get the floor
and made humorous speech about the
contest for the Republican presidential
nomination. He gently chided Mr.. Hep
burn, of Iowa, who had just returned from
the Iowa state convention, where the Alli-
son boom was formally launched, for not
taking the house into his confidence as to
the progress that had been made,
1--WE are all interested" " said he, "be-
cause there are many Reed men here, and
Mckinley men and few Quay men
The name of the speaker was sprung so
suddenly that his supporters were taken
by surprise, and made no demonstration
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 Mr. Quay's name was
mentioned the Pennsylvanians made a
counter demonstration. Governor Nor
toms candidacy was also referred to, and
the mention of his name was greeted with
enthusiasm from New Yorks representa-
tives
The excitement of the Cuban debate
gave way in the senate yesterday to Mr.,
Cockrell' 5 elaborate speech, occupying four
hours, on the financial question The usual
large crowd which has filled the galleries
to overhowng since the Cuban debate be-
gan was again on hand but gradually di-
minished rs the theme Of war was laid
aside for that of financial statistics
There wasa spirited reference to Cuba
early in the day when it developed during
an explanation by Mr.. Lodge that the
committee on foreign relations had re.
ceived from Secretary Olney a statement
by Senor Dupuy de LONE, the Spanish
minister, giving the Spanish view of the
case This brought out very animated
suggestions from Mr.. Hoar and Mr.. VOL
colt that the senate be put into possession
of this important testimony.
Mr.. CockrelPs speech was an elaborate
presentation of the financial question from
the silver standpoint, so much so that Mr.
Hoar in the course of an inquiry, stated
that it was the ablest silver speech he had
ever listened to- Mr. Cockrell occasionally
left his arguments for very sharp personal
criticisms of Secretary Carlisle. By q
coincidence, also, Sir Julian Pauncefote
was in the gallery when Mr.. Cockrell
closed his speech with the statement that
if we were to be subservient to the En-
glish money interests we should haul
down Old Glory, raise the gold standard
and cry aloud Long live the queen Of
Great Britain and the empress of India. I"