Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-17

the peoples party should De kept 10 itSelt
and dellberated upon privately.
No sooner had Mr.. Buchanan finished than
several from both sides sprang to their feet,
Congressman Barlow demanded recognition.
The chair refused on the ground that he had
previously held that only Colonel Burkitt
and Mr.. Buchanan should be permitted to
speak, as the discussion had not been really
germane TO the questionable credentials
committees report. Then Mr.. Barlow moved
tho previous question to shut off all debate
and II carried.
Viva voce Vote I'm Doubt.
A viva voce vote was taken on the report.
Reversing the case Of the vandervoort
amendment. the fusion majority loudly
shouted aye and the middle-of-the-road
minority fercely yelled no" Chairman But
Ter repeated his act of the night previous by
making a summary ruling. THE ayes have
1t and the report of the committee on Gre
dentials has been adopted he
said with positive infection as
his gavel struck the desk. "Di-
vision! Division! Mr.. Chairman, l rise to a
point of order!" came the shouts of ex-Con-
gresham L. II. Weller of Iowa, Ali Reed
OF the same state, who had an Alabama
proxy, Chairman Milton Park of the Nash
vile committee and several Texans. N. II.
Motsinger of Indiana, f. w. d. Mays of
Washington and w. +. Ha~ughawout of Mis-
souri,. Weller was permitted to state his
point OF order. He asked If the adoption
of the report would not exclude the states
in which the contests had not been de-
termined. This furnished an occasion to
the middle-of e-roaders to raise a clamor
for a call of the roll, and at a suggestion
from Senator Allen, Chairman Butler or
dered Secretary Edgerton to call the roll.
Before it was started, however, a fusionist
motion for a recess until 2 p. m. prevailed.
There is no minority report.
Keep Up the Fight.
Another determined effort was made by
: the middle-o e-roaders in the afternoon
to defeat the report of the credentials com
mittee and the rest of the time was devoted
to an endeavor to GUST Chairman Butler in
8 an executive session. Both failed and the
:, results left the anti-fusionists in very bad
grace.
4 1t was about 3 o'clock before the national
\ committee reassembled. Immediately the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. made themselves
0 heard, through ex-Congressman l.. II. Wei
=. Ter, who was personally interested in the
Iowa contest as a member chosen by the
8 straight anti-fusion convention, and he
inquired of the chair If it was not a fact
o that the chair had declared the report
d adopted by a viva voce vote after a division
had been called for, and also If the parlia-
= mentary effect of the adoption of the report
k would not be to bar the contestants of the
s contested states from membership in the
IL national committee. Chairman Butler re-
e peated the ruling he had made just before
adjournment for dinner had been taken, to,
d wit: That he had declared the reporI
adopted as Weller said. and that he had
3 yielded to a demand for the calling of the
: roll, but that no other question was before
the mmit than the determining of the
g vote by a roll call and none could come be.
@ fore 1t until the vote was decided.
n George f. Washburn of Massachusett
said the report could be adopted as a whole
d and then the matter of the contests could
d be taken up seriatim and disposed of. Tt
d this Senator Allen demurred. The report
6 would first have to be reconsidered as 8
whole, he argued, before any portion of il
: could be taken up again-it could not be re.
d considered in part.
II Butler Chokes Them on.
The chair maintained this position of
Senator Allen despite the objections of We'll
Ter and several other anti-fusionists, and
ordered Secretary Edgerton to 90 ahead
with the calling Of the roll, permitting,
however, upon the demand of Ali Reed of
" 'o'N N'S NhNhoh " thS iSpoft pei Ill
IS to the contests and its recommendations to
: be read first.
y Tellers Vincent and Parker, who had been
n made assistant secretaries, kept tab on the
vote as fast as the contestants would per-
nit 1t to be taken, for numerous explana-
lions were insisted upon during the roll
s call.
y Before the vote was announced Weller
who held the proxy of R. r. Prewitt OF
Mississippi, informed the chair that he
wished to change his vote-his proxy-fron
aye to no. his object being to be in 6
position to move a reconsideration w. F.
Haughawout of Missouri also asked thai
he his proxy vote-that of DR.. Dewitt Askev
lie of his own state-be also changed from &
negative to an affirmative. But antici.
y Ipating what was the intention of the middle
of-the-roaders, w. j. Danford of Illinois
N who held the proxy of Congressman John c
Bell of Colorado, requested that the chail
s would recognize him Immediately upon tn,
announcement of the vote. The vote re
suited in the adoption of the report by al
e almost two-thirds majority. 1t stood Ga t
81. This showed the exact strength of tn,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Chairman Butte
lie had no sooner announced the vote and de
clared the report adopted than both Welle
and Danford were on their feet, shoutin,
' e'oo Aiuubha
won't of Missouri.
Mailing 1t Down.
Danford was recognized. He said he ha
10 asked beforehand because he had anticipate
"a what the other side was intending to d,
Now he would move a reconsideration t
a clinch the vote by which the report ha
al been adopted. Weller also demanded recoe
milton. Robert Schilling Of Milwaukee gre
tired. He managed to get in a few word
-, to the effect that there are Il few peopl
- here who have been bowling and growlin
q. all night over what they said was unfai
,a treatment of them at the hands of the ma
tional committee and now they come her
and. Notwithstanding they have been hon
estly beaten by a majority of over twent
votes, they propose to try to run this entir
meeting to suit themselves" Accordingl
he he moved to table all the motions to recon
IT. slider. They were promptly tabled by tn
mt customary viva voce vote, this time tn
IL fusionists being far more enthusiastic tina
.r- ever, to the point of exultation, and the re
he Spouse in the negative from the middIe-o
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