The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-04
PASSED OVER THE VETQ.
immigration Bill Goes Through
the House Overwhelmingly.
QUAY A TTEM2Ts TO FILIBUsTER
He objects to the Endorsement by the
House of the Armor Plate Amendment
to the Naval Appropriation Bill-His
Opposition Finally Withdrawn.


Washington, March 4. Yesterday
was practically the last working day
of the senate, though the body was
still In session at o'clock this morn
ing. There was the usual hurry to
carry various measures to their final
legislative stage. Reports were re-
ceived from time to time on the pend
Ing conferences on appropriation bills.
several Of them still being in the bal
ance. The postoff1ce and fortification
bills were cleared out of the way early
in the day, but five remained uncom-
pleted at o'clock. A number of minor
bills were passed during the day. Late
In the day Mr.. Chandler made an in
effectual effort to refer to committee
the credentials of Henry Heitfeld, the
new senator from Idaho. This fore
shadowed contest, and had the Gre
dentials been referred some question
might have arisen as to Mr.. Heitfeld's
being sworn in today.
AT the opening of the night session,
which did not begin until 8 o'clock,
the senate promptly passed over the
presidents veto the bills pensioning
Mrs. Rachael Patton and Caroline D.
Mowatt
Shortly after the news reached the
senate that the house had agreed to
the amendments of the senate fixing
the price of armor plate at $500 per
ton, Senator Quay began a series of
filibustering motions. AT every stage
of parliamentary proceedings. such as
the announcement of the signature of
a bill, the Pennsylvania senator would
make the point of no quorum which
would neceSSitate one roll call after
another. To senators who asked him
what he wanted, Senator Quay said
that he wanted the house to refuse to
accept the amendment.
Mr.. Hoar made the point of order
that the matter of the intervention of
other business had nothing to do with
the case. He said it was never in
tended that one man had been able to
prevent the other SO from doing the
business Of the senate by such tactics
as those to which the Pennsylvania
senator was resorting. "One man in
HquOr,' Mr.. Hoar was proceeding to
say, might stop business" when Mr..
Quay jumped to his feet and, all ex-
element exclaimed: II desire to say
to the senator from Massachusetts
that IL he intends to intimate that
am he Is lunatic or liar, and will
not tolerate a suggestion Of that sort
from the senator from Massachusetts
or any one else. ! am" he continued,
simply doing what I am doing in the
interest Of my constituents"
Mr.. Hoar disclaimed any intention Of
making any insinuation as to Mr..
Quay's sobriety.
Mr.. Quay again talked of his motive
as being in the interest of the people
Of Pennsylvania and of thousands of
workingmen In that state as well as of
much capital. He stated 1t to be his
recollection that when the bill for the
repeal of the Sherman law was pend.
ing, the silver senators had frequently
made the point just as he had made 1t.
Mr.. Dubois declared that neither he
nor anv of the silver senator's had
made the point of no quorum when it
was evident there was quorum pres
'ent. ''1S' = '--4-"N "''-' @'''''7'
At 1880 p. m. only two appropriation
bills remained undisposed of-sundry
civil and deficiency. The conferrees are
working hard on these bills. A rough
estimate of the total appropriations for
tNtNt"ii
900. 900.
The house having agreed to all the
amendments to the naval appropria-
tton bill, it is passed and awaits only
the signature of the president. Senator
Quay said the only thing for the house
to do was to reconsider its action, and
that he could defeat the sundry civil
and deficiency bills if this was not
he announced that he would make no
further attempt to fight them.
The house yesterday by the tremen-
dous majority of 1893 to 81 voted to
override President Cleveland's veto Of
the immigration bill. The weary leg
islators, after snatching few hours
sleep after the recess at 8 o'clock in
the morning, met again at 10 O'Clock
and continued the work of closing up
the business of the session. All day
and all night they labored while obliv-
ious to the sightseers who swarmed
through the rOtunda and main corri-
doris making communication between
the two houses almost impossible. The
dreary grind of routine business was
almost unintellgible to the crowds in
the galleries, but they held their places
tenaciously for hours. Occasionally
the monotony was relieved by a sharp
skirmish, but the chairmen of the
committees in charge of the appro-
priation bills held their own, and step |
by step advanced their bills to the final |
stages. The house was strongly in ia |
vOr of the senate amendment to the |
naval appropriation bill, for 1t accepted |
that amendment by vote of 1871 to 81. |