Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-19

pressionS Of approval The House
then quieted down and proceeded I'M
der the call of committees to the con-
sideration of minor matters.
The following were appointed by
the Speaker as conferees on the Cuban
| resolution:
Adams rep, Pal, Heatwole (Rep.,
Mimi, and Dinsmore Oem., Ark.).
After it became noised about on the
House side that the Senate had non
concurred without request for a con-
| ference, the leaders held hasty CONSUL
tations and the galleries filled rapidly.
At g.: 40 D. m. the resolutions were re-
| turned TO the House with the Senates
decision to non-concur.
| Mr.. Dingley, Mr.. Bailey and Mr..
| Bromwell (Rep., Ohio were all on
| their feet asking for recognition. The
| Speaker recognized Nh Dingley, who
| moved that the House insist upon its
amendment, and ask for conference
| Upon this motion he demanded the pre-
| vious question.
| Mr. Bailey, as parliamentary IN
| q-liry desired to know Of the chair whe-
| Their motion to recede and concur
| would not take precedence.
| The Speaker said he thought not
| WI. bdlley ClLSu DlSCCNShI II Jill NAS
| Twenty ninth Congress which he said
| covered the exact case in point.
| The Speaker asked to see it. The
members waited with breathless inter-
est, while the Speaker examined it.
| When he decided it would hold the
! Democrats appauded. The Speaker
| then recognized Mr. Bromwell (Rep.,
| Ohio, who formally made the motion
| to recede and concur.
| This time
| THE DEMOCRATS CHEERED
and the galleries Joined in the demon
stration AS the previous question cut
| off debate, the Speaker ordered the roll
| called
The vote came so Unexpectedly that
the leaders of the respective sides sent
| messengers and officials scurrying in
| all directions to drive in absentees.
| Carriages were sent Gathering to the
| downtown saloons at a gallop and
| committee rooms, restaurants and
| every likely place where a stray Con-
| gresham might be, were hunted out
| by the pages and employees of the
| House 1t was like call to arms.
The responses on the roll call were
| followed closely for further defections
| from the Republican side, but there
! were no acquisitions. In fact two OF
| the Republicans voted against the mo-
| ton to concur, with an amendment on
| the last vote Messrs Johnson, of In
| diana, and Loud, of California, voted
| with the Republicans. They did not,
| however, properly belong to the defec
! ton on the other vote as they voted
| as they did because they opposed any
| action whatever The announcement
| of the defeat Of the motion, 14S to 173,
was the signal for another demonstra-
| ton on the Republican side. The fol-
| lowing twelve Republicans voted for
| the motion to concur: Belknap, Lori
| mer, Mann Warner and White, of Hi
| nois: Bromwell, and Brown, of OHIO;
| Colson, Of Kentucky; Cooper. of Wis
! consin; Dorr, of West Virginia: John
| son, of North Dakota, and SulloWay, of
| New Hampshire.
! Mr.. Dingley's motion to insist and
| ask for conference was then agreed
| to without division, the opposition re-
/ alizing the manifest uselesSness of de-
! handing roll call.
| MR. GROSVENOR THEN MOVED
to adjourn, but Mr. Cannon called at
| tention to the fact that the House would
1
before the resolutions would be legally
| in conference He thought the House
/ should remain In session. Thereupon
| Mr.. Grosvenor withdrew the motion,
| and upon MIR. Cannon's motion the
| House recessed for twenty minutes.
| At $50 p. MS further recess of tf-
| teen minutes was taken.
| The House took another recess until
! o'clock
At o'clock recessed until o'clock.
| Mr.. Adams had a long conference
| with the Speaker at his desk Half q
| dozen Of the leaders crowded about and
! took part in the consultation. A ques-
| ton arose as to whether the House
| having asked for a conference, was en-
| titled to have charge of the papers or
| not, and to settle this question Captain
| Mckee, the journal clerk, paid visit
| to the other end Of the Capitol
| While the House was waiting a half
! hundred Representatives gathered III
| the lobby in the rear Of the hall and
| awoke the echoes with patriotic songs.
The battle hymn of the republic
was sung by Gen. Henderson, OF Iowa.
| The House reconVened at 5 o'clock.
| The members were jubllant over the
news which foated about that the con-
I teIeGS OF the oeHdtt Hdu dSiCtd W
| yield on the independence clause and
the House agreeing to restore the words
ARE and in the first section, but
! suddenly the
| GREATEST CONFUSION AROSE
when it was discovered that there was
| still hitch over the words ARE and
| the two Republicans Of the House
| conferees, Messrs. Adams and Heat
| wole. having refused to yield this
! point.
Several of the members of the House
were in their dress suits, and in the
galleries were many brilliant evening
] costumes. Nothing was done until
| S;45 p. m. when the clerk Of the Senate
announced the disagreement of the
Senate to the House amendment and
| the appointment Of conferees.
! Dixie" and other songs were sung.
| led by some of the ex-Confederates and
| then in tremendous volume the corri-
doris rang with an Improvisation, Hang
| General Weyler to the sour apple tree
| as we go marching on
The war spirit was reflected in the
| songs. Soldiers bivouacng about the
camp fires in the enemy's front could
| not have been more enthusiastic than
| were many of the grzzled veterans who