The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-11
4 LIVELY NIGHT SESSION.


dent appointed Messrs. Hoar and Wal
thall visitors to West Point militnr!
academy. and Messrs. Carter and Lind
say to the naval academy at Annapolis.
The bills to pension Mrs. Rachel Fit
ton and Caroline Mowatt were passed
over the presidents veto
Mr.. Cullom Withdrew his notice OF !;
motion to take up the anti-scalping bill
being convinced that it~cOuld not III
| passed.
He gave notice of his intention to cll
II" the bill in the extra session.
| Shortly after the news reached III,
senate that the house had agreed to the
amendments of the senate. fixing The
maximum price of armOr plate ut $500
per ton, Senator Quay began series OF
| iilibustering motions.
| At every stage of parliamentary pro
ceedings, such as the announcement Of
| the signature of BILL the Pennsylvania
senator would make the point of no
| quorum. which would necessitate one
roll call after another Senator Quay
said he wanted the house to refuse TO
accept the amendment, and those who
wanted other appropriation bills to bass
would get squeezed if there was no
change on the armor plate provision of
the naval appropriation bill.
4 point of no quorum by Mr.. Quay
brought Mr. Hoar to his feet. He said
il was nonsense that one man should he
able to prevent the other cighty-ninc Of
the senate by such tactics as the Penn
sylvania senator was resortng to.
zone man in liquor" Mr.. Hoar was
proceeding to say, might stop business.
when Mr.. Quay jumped to his feet. and.
with much excitement. said:
In IA hn nI
Massachusetts if he intimates that | I'm
! so. he is II lunatic or Il liar. and | will
not entertain II suggestion of that sort
from the senator from Massachusetts or
| any one else"
II am" he continued, simply acting
| in the interests of my constituents
Mr.. Hoar disclaimed any intention Ct
| making any insinuation rs to the sobri-
ETY. of the senator from Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Quay stated he was acting i'll the
| interest of thousands of working men
in his state. as well as much capital. He
stated that when the Sherman repeal
act was "nnding that the silver senators
| frequently made the point just as he had
made it. He repeated this two or three
times. when Mr.. Dubois took the :'ool
| to declare that neither he nor any Other
silver senators had made the point Of
no quorum when it was evident ,her,
l
Mr. Quay's explanation that his course
| was i'll the interest of the capital of l. 5
| state. and said that even though the
| Sherman bill was directed at thousands
| wnere this may strike one, there was III
resort to any such tactics as were now
being made.
Mr.. Bacon, who was in the chair. de
cidcd there was no rule of the senate I'm
der which the chairman could count ;
l,,tt hn t,,in nod int nv
Hill that it was necessary business
should intervene between calls.
The senate then decided. n to q. t,
take up the bill providing for the appoint
ment of Il nOn-partisan labor commits
sion. but consideration was interrupte,
bv the presentation of conference report
on appropriation bills.
Mr.. Pettigrcw presented the report q
the conferccs on the Indian bill, whicl
was agreed to without discussion. Tn
bill now goes to the president
Mr. Teller presented final conference
report on the District of Columbia bill
i, which was also agreed To. This paSse
! the bill.
The discussion of the labor commission
bill was then resumed and was still il
progress ut midnight.
There We're ut that hour no vacan
seats in the galleries. which had bee
=, crowded all the evening. as well as tn
corridors leading to mem. There wcr
many representatives, of the diplomat
corps in the diplomatic gallery during tn
evening and their interest in the proceed
ings did not appear to diminish with tn
y lateness of the hour. Many of them wer
!, accompanied by their wives. and all tn
gentlemen in the gallery were in fu
dress. as We're some of the senators an
! many of the auditors in the senate privat