Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-11
CONGRESS-
Speaker Reeds Pets in a Bad
Temper.
DEMOCRATIC FILIBUSTER
mr.. Alien, the Populist Senator from Ne
braska, Pays His Respects to
the Speaker of the
House
Ry Telegraph.l


WASHINGTON. Feb l0-The House
was in a very bad temper today. and
the whole session was consumed in
nhbustering against two bills of minor
Importance, one to issue duplicate
check. and the other to make Rock
land. Me. SUPPORT Of entry. Neither
got further than enSroSsmeni and third
reading Roll-call followed roll-call all
day long. and partisan feeling reached
high pitch. Finally. when it became
evident that no progress could b2 ,nada
with the bills presented an adjourn
ment was taken until Monday.
MIR. Walker oRepublican. OF Virginia,
presented the report Of the committee
on elections No. 3, on the contested
election case of Thorp VS. Eipes. from
the fourth district of Virginia The
majority report was signed by all the
republican members Of the committee
ano was IN favor of seating the con-
testant, Mr.. Thorp. Mr.. Walker. the
chairman of the committee, asked that
the minority have until Wednesday
next to file the minority report in favor
OF the sitting member.
Mr. Miers Democrat). of Indiana
49, -sested vigorously agaist the brief
=. hSusgested by the chairman of the
Mttee. but Mr.. Walker objected to
ak1 Esurtfher extension
MT: Bailey. the Democratic leader.
got time from Mr.. Perkins {Republ-
CAM, of Iowa, during the consideration
of DILL to issue duplicate check is
sued by Charles +. McChesney, an In
dian agent. in favor of C. J. Holman &
Brother, for S2,S1?, and yielded thirty
minutes of it to Mr. Handy CDema-
craft, of Louisiana. Some question was
raised as TO the right of MIR. Bailey TO
yield time and considerable friction de-
veloped.
Mr.. Tawney CRepubliaan>, of Mime
sofa. iHtinated in an undertone that
Mr.. Bailey had secured time under ia lse
pretenses.
of course the gentleman does not
mean that said Mr.. Bailey 'rbut if he
does.l denounce ii as UNANIMOUSLY false"
The situation Immediately became
strained, and when Mr. Handy launched
his remarks which proved TO be a
criticism Of Hon. Thomas r. I?aya ard
recent utteranceS on the money qucs-
ton; objection was made that his re-
marks were irrelevant Ito the bill. and
when ne protested along the same line
he was called TO order by Mr. Dalzell
tsepubl!can), of Pennsylvania. At this
point Speaker Reed declared Mr. Handy
out of order.
Continuing the Speaker said that
while 1T had been the custom to allow
the widest latitude in debate in the
committee of the whole. that had moi
Deem the practice in the House There
tine debate was confined to the subject
under consideration and he Thought
members on both sides must admit
that 1t would not be suitable to fssyten
manner of questions would be discussed
at any time. 1t was wise. he said, to
conform TO the principles that govern
ed every parliamentary body.
MIR bailey. in reply. maintained that
the custom was as binding as the rule
and he contended that it had always
been the practice to give the gentlemen
latitude. He had never known. he said
"a case where gentleman was called to
order unless he was attacking some one
iUIlflpinp in 8, litinG 10 ,1I ..l
attention to the fact that last week for
TWO hours during the conSiuera ton Of a
pension h;ii> in the House, n debate. on
~ tsa4clfic railroads had gone on. Yet to-
day, said he. The o rule is invoked
against this side of the House. When
a gentleman on this side desires to re-
ply to an attack made upon him and
all those associated With him he rs 81!
lenced. I appeal to gentlemen on the
other side TO reflect how far the prac-
tice they contend for can CO.
The Speaker said he had no desire to
enforce the rules vigorously except when
they We're invoked. If the rule had not
been enforced on other occasions ii was
the misfortune of those other occas-
ions There was no longer any pretcnse
that MIR. Handy Intended to discuss the
pending bill.
AS it was evident that the Democrats
intended to continue the flibuSter, and
as the House had no regular business
to proceed with. Mr.. Dingley at this
juncture, moved an adjournment until
Monday.
Mr.. Richardson GDemocraD. of Ten
neSSee, who. with his fellow Democrats,
desired 10 have a session tomorrow for
the consideration of private business,
contested this motion with a plain mo
ton TO adjourn
The Speaker ruled that Mr. DinglcyS
motion took precedence.
The motion was carried, lbs to ll6.
Mr. Henderson Republican). of Iowa,