The morning times., 1896-05-22
Buffers Bond Resolution Caused
! a Stormy and Late Session.
HOT WORDS WERE PASSED
Nav York senator characterized n
Statenent by Mr.. Alien AS False.
Protractad and Biting Coli0quy,
with FiIibust aring RuiI Calls, Ended
the Session.

1t came up aboutl5 O'Clock over an effort
by Mr.. Butler. of North Carolina, to call
up his bill preventing the further issuance
of bonds by the President, without au-
thorty from Congress. The fight lasted
an hour and q Ealf and was only ended
by motion 10 adjourn made by Mr.
Butler.
MIR. H!ll led the opposition to the con-
sideration OF the bill and there was TIE
! hottest kind of a time for awhile. Motions
| to adjourn TO go into executive sessions,
| calls of the Senate, and discussions on the
! privileges of confere nee reports were
| thicker than the dust on Pennsylvania
| avenue on windy day. The discussion
| led TO a sharp personal passage between
Mir. Allen and Mr.. Hill.
Mr.. Faulkner, of West Virginia, occu-
+, pied the chair and was kept busy making
rulings and founding the gavel for ORDER.
At last matters were brought to stand-
! still by the abseace OF quorum. The
| sergeant-at-arms was directed to request
the attendance of a sufficient number or
Senators to form a quorum.
HOW THE SPAT BEGAN.
Pending the call, however, unanimous
| consent was given to Mr.. Pettigrew TO
present the conference report ON the Indian
appropriation Till, in order TO have 1t
| printed and taken up today.
Mr.. Hill was prompt in seizing the ad-
vantage which the reception of the report
gave him, aud demanded the reading of the
| report-a demand in which he was sus-
tanned by the presiding officer.
Mr.. Allen, after some g,s,eral skirmish-
ing, alluded to the nlibustering that was
| going on. with the evident purpose of
| preventing the taking up Of Mr.. Buffers
bill.
He was quickly interrupted by MIR. hill,
who asked the chair, brusquely:
What is the question, and who gives
him the right TO speak, and gives it TO no
other Senator"
Il have a right to speak" Mr.. Allen
broke in. and l think l will do it, too.
| Diners have got rights here as well as
you
MR.. HILL WAS SARCASTIC.
The Presiding Officer: Il VIII state,
very frankly, that (having rules on the
question: there is nothing now before
the Senate except the motion of the Sena-
tor from New Hampshire to proceed to
executive business, and on that the Senator
from Nebraska has the floor by anaGi-
nous consent
Did he request it?" Mr.. Hill asked.
He did not" was the reply of the pres
siding officer He rose to point Of
order"
Yes" said SIR Allen. and he is still
standing on his point Of order "
We'll, it is pretty slight support,
said Mr. Hill, contemptuously.
The chair recognizes the Senator from
| -
when did he request unanimous consent
to speak?'' Mr. Hill asked.
Mr Butler rose TO make remark, but
was interrupted by MIR. Hill, who said he
had 10 objection TO the Senator from Ne
braska continuing but that he did not
believe that both Senators should have the
floor at the same time.
MR.. BUTLER'S CHARGES.
Mr.. Alien said that he yielded to the
| senator from North Carolina for qucs
ton.
Mr. Butler alluded to Mr.. Aliens remarb
that the filibUstcring was due to the fact
that hc (Mr. Butler) was a POpulist. and
i said that the same filibustering would take
place If tic bill had been introduced by a
Democrat or by a Republican. The fill
clustering took place because the bill wa:
right.
Il think so. too,'' Mr.. Allen chimed in
The filibustcring is against a just
measure Mr.. Butler added.
Mt Alien was making some additional re
ma rks when Mr.. Hill broke in with: LIE
them have all the rope they want, Mr.
President
II understand quite wen,'' said Mfr. AL
len, severely, that my talking would
assist the Senator from New York to xii
time. But do not understand, and never
expect to live to be cid enough to under
stand. how q distinguished Senator wht
occupies a chair in this chamber can fee
himself at liberty in a public manner Il
violate openly unanimous consent agree
ment because bill does not originate viii
q member of his party"
HILL GROWS HOT.
"I desire to know Mr. Hill asked
angrily, whether the Senator intends t.
refer 10 me when he speaks of violating
a unanimous consent agreement
what does the Senator want to know
for?' Mr.. Allen queried.
For simple curiosity was the ironica
reply.
MI. President" said Mr.. Allen in an
/
Senator from New York.
Then / desire tos say right here Mr.
Hill responded wrathfully. that the state
ment is false. have violated no unanimous
consent Of the Senate-none whatever.
have simply insisted on my rights, and
have been sustained by the chair"
: 81 do not propose" Mr.. Allen cool
! remarked, ''to say that the Senator S state
nent is false, or anything of that kn6
But the Senator from New York will neve
live long enough to convince me that hi
conduct is honest in making the obiet
: ton"
After the conference report wasread an,
ordered printed the obstruction tactics wer
continued by Senators Hill and Chandler
and half dozen roll calls were had o
various dilatory motions, the average re
l suit being 1 2 to "a.
Finally, whenthe Senateha lad grown rathe
weary of the filibustering proceedings an
when the sereeant-at-armsh had been ordere
to reqhCst the attendance OF absent men
bers. Mr.. Butler moved an adjournmen,
stating that he would move to take u
+ the prohihitory bond bill early today; AM
tfe Senate at 6:25 O'Clock, adjourned