The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-23
BANKRUPTCY BILL PASSED.
Resolution of sympathy for Greece
Referred to Committee.
MORGAN DENOUNCED Speaker REED
The House Con sidercd the Amend
Down--opposition to Bailey.

W hshihttohs StpI u -As--l lIt stsStpu W Nht
senate today was one Of the most eventful
since congress assembled. 1t opened with
a proposition for an official expression oi
sympathy 10 the Greeks in their struggle
with Turkey. This soon was merged into
a turbulent debate over the disorganzed
state of the senate. during which Senator
Morgan characterized Speaker Reed as the
Great White Fillbuster"
Late in the day the Nelson bankruptcy
bill was passed BY decisive vote OF 4y
to S.
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska offered the reso-
luton providing that the chief executive
express sympathy for the American people
TO the government Of Greece. The senator
declared that the present contest was one
between Christianity and paganism. At the
request OF Mr.. Davis. chairman OF the COM
mittee on foreign relations. the resolution
was referred, Mir Davis promising speedy
| action.
The debate on senate committees aroused
MIR. Morgan to a speech of unusual severity.
He spoke OF "dictatorshlps." and of The
subordina,ion OF public business to poll
ties. He characterized the condition OF
inaction in tho house of representatives as
the most gigantic and unheard OF filibust-
ering ever attempted. In conclusion, MIR,
Morgan said that the SPEAKER of the house
who had been known as the great white
car, should be hereafter known as the
great white tilbuster"
Another stirring chapter to the same
subject was added by MIR. Allen. who pro-
posed a complete cessation OF senate bust
"a,
until the committees were filled. The
resolution led to another heated debate. in
which Messrs. Chandler Gear and Allen
participated. The resolution finally went
over.
The bankruptcy bill. as passed. is the
substitute framed by Mr. Nelson of Min
nesota. The success of this Substitute in
displac'ng the committee bill was a sur
prise and a disappointment to the Judi
ciary COMMITTEES. which had reported a
comprehensive bill known as tho Torrey
bill II was regarded as personal trl-
umph for Mr. Nelson The bill. as passed
provides for voluntary and involuntary
bankruptcy. but the theory of its author
was to free 1t from harshness and make It
Oh SUBSTANTIAL bcueilt to debtors and
creditors.
The free homestead bill was made the
unfinished business of the senate.
n committee of fifteen senators was an
-, u
pVSn'eu 10 attend the Grant ceremonies.
u III va tne encouragement of tho death o:
NepresehtatiVe Holman. the senate ad-
i ,,'. 'ei as marx OF respect. the adjourn
mint pe'"s until next Monday.
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""s"ihEI"h' Aprii 22.-The first refer
ence in congress TO the Turko- Grecinn war
came soon after the sonoto on.,.,., 80,
when Mr. Ana, =, -, quay
ea,,.' w. N''en Oh NeorasKa introduced the
'o'p"wlhe resolution;
Resolved That the established no,,c, %
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''''' WIN inc European powers Is in no
Inspect violated by our sympath!zine with
Ihe christian people OF Greece In their pres
eht heroic struggle against the advance.
nicnt OF the Ottoman empirc And mt ia
tue Judgment OF the senate il would no n
recognition of the wishes of all for III. cx-
ecutive to express IN tho co,,or,,, .nv en-
Greece the sympathy of the American moo.
pie
MI Allen supported tho resolution H..
citing presidents In which mo lr,,,,.5
States had expressed sympathy for ~,
struggling against oppression IIo oieo ', roai
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