The herald., 1898-02-11
THE DESIRE TO DO POLITICS
DEVELOPS FRICTION WHICH
STOPS PROGRESS
Nm the Senate Also Gear Reeds Meth
ods Come in for Rather Bitter
Denunciation
Associated Press Special Wire


was In very bad temper today and tn,
whole session was consumed in filibus
tering against two bills Of minor import
ance, one to issue duplicate check ant
the other to make Rockland, Me-, a sub
port Of entry. Neither got farther thar
the engrossment and third reading. Tht
trouble arose over the enforcement o
the rule against the discussion OF irrele
want subjects, when Handy, Democrat
OF Delaware, attempted to reply on tn,
noor during the consideration Of thost
bills, to letter recently written by
Inomas f. Bayard in denunciation o.
the free silver Democracy. Roll call fol
lowed roll call all day long and partisan,
snip reached high pitch. Finally, wher
1t became evident that no progress could
be made with the bills presented, an ad.
,Journment was taken till Monday.
Bailey, the Democratic leader, got
time from Perkins. Republican of Iowa
during the consideration of bill to is
sue duplicate check issued by Chas. T.
McChesney, an Indian agent, in favor OF
c. J. Holman & Co., for $3.50. and yielded
thirty minutes of it to Handy, Demo-
~NNSs h'Chit quSoIiOii was idlotu W the
right of Bailey to yield time. and consid-
cradle friction developed.
Tawney, Republican Of Minnesota, in
timated In an undertone that Bailey had
secured time under false pretenses.
'Of course the gentleman does not
mean that" said Bailey. but If he does,
denounce it as UNANIMOUSLY false"
The situation Immediately became
strained, and when Handy launched his
remarks, which proved to be q criticism
of Hon. Thomas F. Bayard's recent ut
terances on the money question, objec-
tion was made that his remarks were ir-
relevant. Party feeling became strained
by the incident and the Democrats re-
taliated by contesting the passage of
the bill, but the amendment was adopted
and the bill was ordered to be engrossed.
Bailey then formally demanded the
reading of the engrossed bill. AS this,
Of course. could not be done, the bill was
laid aside.
The speaker then began a call for the
committees for the presentation OF bills
This was the first time this order of bus
mess has been entered upon at this ses-
sion. On the first bill presented Bailey
again got the floor and again yieldec TO
Hapfy. He had only uttered few SEN
tentAs. stating that he had intended TO
reply to Bayard. when Dalzell called
him to order. Bailey protested ve-
hemently that there was no way of de-
termining whether Handy was in order
or not. Dalzell replied that the state
ment was a mere evasion.
Williams, Democrat, of Mississippi,
and several others were drawn into the
controversy.
Suddenly the speaker Strengthened
up in his chair and. addressing Bailey,
said: "That the gentleman from Della
ware is out of order can certainly be dis
puted by gentlemen who are looking
each other in the face" Continuing, the
speaker said that while it has been the
custom to allow the widest latitude in
debate in the committee of the whole,
that had not been the practice in the
house. There the debate was confined
to the subject under consideration and
ne thought that members on both sides
must admit that it would not be suitable
to fasten upon them system by which
all manner Of questions could be dis
cussed at any time. 1t was wise, he said
to conform to the principles that gov
erned every parliamentary body.
The speaker said he had no desire to
enforce the rules vigorously except when
they were invoked. If the rule had not
been enforced on other occasions, it was
the misfortune of those other occasions.
There was no longer any pretense that
Handy intended to discuss the pending
bill.
1t becoming evident that the Demo-
Gratis intended to continue the filbuster.
and as the house had no regular busi-
ness to proceed with, Dingley, at this
juncture, moved an adjournment until
Monday.
Richardson, Democrat of Tennessee,
who, with his fellow Democrats, desired
to have session tomorrow for the con-
sideration of private bills. contested this |
motion with plain motion to adjourn.
The speaker ruled that Dingley's mo-
tion took precedence. The motion was
carried-128 to 116.
Henderson, Republican, of Iowa, |
chairman of the judiciary committee, |
asked unanimous consent for the con-
sideration of the bankruptcy bill on
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday of |
next week, with provision for a vote at
o'clock on the following Monday. There
was no objection and the order being
at 4:25 p. m. the house ad-
journed until Monday.