Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-04-17
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. April II.
SENATE.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
HOUSE.


The Senate was not in session to-day.
HOUSE.
The House met to-day for the second
time this week. The Presidents mes
sage urging Congress to take action for
representation of the United States in
the forthcoming international exposl-
ton at Paris, which had been sent to
the Senate Wednesday, was read.
Then Mr.. Bailey. of Texas, rose to
question of personal privilege and had
read an editorial in a Washington
paper headed From maker to wearer."
The article declared that "the leader.
ship of young Mr.. Bailey" was 1.-The
leadership of old, old Mr.. Reed" said
that Mr.. Bailey was wearing Mr..
Reeds collar and that the democrats
would have done Is we'll to elect Mr..
Reed as their leader as to choose a
middle man. Mr.. Bailey denounced
the article as san Infamous and ma
licious lie," and added, II denounce
every man who has helped to circulate
it as an Infamous and malicious liar"
This declaration was applauded.
Mr.. Bailey, continuing, said he
thought it necessary to again state his
position. He was, he said, convinced
that the democratic party did not ex-
pect nor desire its representatives to
resort to useless and captious opposi-
ton to republican policies in Congress.
In support of this he read an article
from the Atlanta Constitution and
quoted from an interview with Senator
Jones, the chairman of the national
democratic committee. 1t was well
understood, he added, that the demo.
Gratis could not force the republicans
to general legislation. Some of the
democrats were SO opposed to the re-
publicans that they would force them
to make bad laws for democratic ad-
vantage, but he held that no legislation
by the republicans was best for the
country. He would vote for motion
by Mr.. Dingley to adjourn because he
looked not to the maker of motion
but to its substance, but if Mr. Simp-
son moved to adjourn for longer
time he would vote with Mr.. Simpson.
The republicans of the House had at
tempted to carry out their contract to
restore prosperity to the country by
giving it protective tariff and main
tanning the gold standard. He believ-
ed that the democrats should give
them every chance to carry out their
programme unless the democrats were
less confident that the republi
cans would fail than republicans
were that they would succeed.
II am partisan" he said, "but l had
rather have republican prosperity than
democratic depression" Every lobby
| ist, every claim agent, every repre-
sentative of special interests was fight
ing him, Mr.. Bailey asserted, because
they desired general legislation. They
! had subsidized against him all the news
papers whose columns could be bought.
Thousands who had voted for republi-
can prosperity last fall we're trembling
or the balance ready to desert that
party if its policy failed and democrats
should give every opportunity for the
trial of these policies, believing that
they would fail and that the democrat
ic party would gain the doubtful voters.
When Mr.. Bailey finished he was ap-
plauded by those democrats who sup
ported him in the caucus and dozen
| members, Messrs. Dingley, Grosvenor,
DeArmond, Bland and Simpson, among
them, were clamoring for recognition.
Mr.. Grosvenor said, II make the point
of order that discussion germane to
| democratic caucus should not usurp the
time of this house."
Speaker Reed overruled the point of
order and recognize Mr.. Dingley who
stated that the appropriation bills could
not come to the House from the Senate
before Wednesday and moved to ad-
journ to that day.
Mr.. Bland was waving aloft paper
and Mr. Bailey begged Mr.. Dingley to
withdraw his motion, explaining, 1.-THE
gentleman from Missouri has matter
chat is actually one of public business"
The republicans misconstrued Mr..
Bailey's remark and drowned his voice
with shouts of laughter.
Mr.. Simpson declared that q motion
to adjourn to q certain date was debat-
able and made long argument 10 sup
port of that proposition, but the
Speaker overruled his contention.
Then Mr.. DeArmond called for the
yeas and nays on the motion that when
the House adjourn it be to Wednesday,
and it seemed that the democrats might
be put on record as supporting
MIR. Bailey or Mr.. DeArmond. But
Mr.. Bailey cleverly averted display
of party differences by declaring that
unless MIR. Dingley would withdraw his
motion until Mr.. Bland could present
question relating to the Pacific rail-
roads he would be obliged to oppose
the motion.
MIR. Dingley refused to yield and
roll call on the motion was had.
The vote was practically party one,
yeas LOG, nays 81, present ~. There was
something of rustic on the democratic
side when Mr.. DeArmond who has re-
Gently headed the opposition to the
leadership of Mr.. Bailey, rose
to speak, also, to question Of personal
privilege. He prefaced his remarks by
the explanation that he spoke more
from a sense of duty than from inclina
ton. Recent events had only confirm
ed him in his own views. which were
opposed to the views held by some of
his distinguished colleagues.
Mr.. w. A. Stone protested against
the time of the House being taken up
with matters which pertained only to a
democratic caucus, but at The request
of Mr.. Dingley he withdrew his objec
ton.
REPRESENTATIVE Grosyenor. of Ohio.