The San Francisco call., 1898-04-19

House side that the Senate had non-con- the leaders held hasty consultations and the galleries filled rapidly.
 At $40 p. m. the resolutions were re- | clslon l. to non-Goncur. Dingley, Bailey and Cromwell (R.). of Ohio were all on their, feet asking for recognition. The Speaker recognized Dingley, who moved that the House insist upon its amend ment and ask for a conference Upon his motion he demanded the previous ques- quiry, desired to know of the chair whether a motion to recede and concur would not take precedence.
 The Speaker said he thought not.
 Bailey cited a precedent from the Twenty ninth Congress. which, he said. covered the exact case in point.
 The Speaker asked to see it. The mem bers waited with breathless interest while the, Speaker examined it. When he decided that it would hold the Democrats applauded. The Speaker then recognized Cromwell, who formally made the mo- ton to recede and concur; This time the joined in the demonstration. As the pre- vious 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. Carri- ages were, sent clattering to the down 1 town hotels at gallop, and committee rooms, restaurants and every place where stray Congressman might be 1 routed out by the pages and employees of | the House. It was like a call to arms.
 The responses on the rollcall were fol- l lowed closely for further defections from l the Republican side, but there were no acquisitions. In fact, two of the Repub- l licans who voted against the motion to l concur with an amendment on the last vote. Johnston of Indiana and Loud of | California, voted with the Republicans. | They did not, however, properly belong to the def1ectons on the other vote as ] they voted as they did because they op- pose any action whatever The an- nouncement of the defeat of the motion, i 14S to IFS, was the signal for another | demonstration on the Republican side | The following twelve Republicans voted for the motion to concur: Belknap, Lori | mer, Mann, Warner and White of Illin- 1 ois, Cromwell and Brown of Ohio, Colson 1 of Kentucky, Cooper of Wisconsin, Dorr | of West Virginia, Johnson of North Da- kota and Sulloway of New Hampshire | DfngleyS motion to insist and ask for a conference was then agreed to with out division. the opposition realizing the manifest uselessness of demanding a roll l call.
 Just before o'clock the Speaker an- nounced the appointment of Adams (R.) l of Pennsylvania, Heatwole (R.) of Min l nesota and Dinsmore (D.) of Arkansas | as confereeS on the Cuban resolutions. Grosvenor then moved to adjourn, but | Cannon called attention to the fact that ! the House would have to await the ac- ! ton of the Senate before the resolutions 1 | upon Grosvenor withdrew the motion and ] upon Cannon's motion the House recessed 1 for twenty minutes.
 1 At 5:35 a further recess of twenty-five 1 minutes was taken. At o'clock the l House toe. recess until 8 o'clock | Adams had a long conference with the | Speaker at his desk. Half dozen lead l CTS crowded about and took part in the | consultation. question arose as to | whether the House, having asked for the | conference, was entitled to have charge ] To hfr i question Captain Mckee, the journal l clerk, paid a visit to the other end of the 1 Capitol
 While the House was waiting, a half | hundred of the Representatives gathered l in the lobby of the hall and aWoke the echoes with patriotic songs. The battle 1 hymn of the republic was sung by Gen | eral Henderson of Iowa.
 | The House reconvened at o'clock. The | members were jubiant over the news which floated about that the conferees l had agreed, the Senate to yield on the | independence clause and the House agree | ing. to restore the words "are and in the l first section, but suddenly the greatest 1 confusion arose, when it was discovered that there was still hitch over the words 'are and,' the two Republicans of l the House conferees, Adams and Heat wole, having refused to yield on the point.
 Several of the members of the House were in their dress suits, and in the gal | leres were many brilliant evening cos | tunes. Nothing was done until S:45 D. m.,
 
 the disagreement of the Senate to the House amendment and the appointment | of confereeS.
 "Dixie" and other songs were sung, led by some ex-Confederates. and then in l tremendous volume. the corridors rang with an improvisation, Hang General Marching On" The war spirit was re- l flected in the songs. Soldiers bivouacl1ng about the camp fires in the enemy's front l could not have been more enthusiastic l ha yIrnr m nf cr,1 2 lad x-at.a ms l who participated. The struggle which was | going on was one to secure parliament ary advantage. The, House, which had l possession of the conference papers. could 1 at any time recede and agree. It was l this desire to hold the papers which in- l duced the Senate to refuse, thus com | polling the House to further Insist and ask for further conference. Agreement l to this conference would give the Senate 1 possession of the papers.
 A general conference of the leaders was | held at the Speakers desk after the Sen ate had voted. go to 40, to insist, DalZell and most of the Speakers lieutenants fav- bring voting to further insist, but Gros- venor counseled an adjournment. He ar | gued that if the House adjourned the country would place the responsibility for the deadlock upon the Senate. There were many indignant comments on the l situation, which placed it in the power of one Senator to hold up the resolutions and prevent an agreement.
 At 9S5 D. III. the House was officially notified of the Senates action in further 1 insisting. The Democrats applauded the announcement. Adams (R.) of Pennsyl- vania, as soon as the report of disagree ment had been read, moved that the l House still further insist upon it's amend ment and request a further conference.
 Again Cromwell moved that the House recede from it's disagreement and concur l in the Senate's amendments. | The Republicans who were voting with 1 the opposition lost the vote of Cooper of Wisconsin on the roll call. He voted no with the administration Republicans The i other eleven Republicans again voted to recede and concur
 The motion was again lost 14A17S Secretary of War Alger, who entered the hall arayed in dress suit. while the vote was being. recapitulated joined in l the Republican demonstration of approval when the result was announced Adams motion was then agreed to without divi- sion.
 The Speaker again appointed Adams Heatwole and DinSmore conferees Adams moved a recess until II o'clock. Johnson (R.) of Indiana antagonized | this with motion to adjourn but the chorus of noes was so fierce that he with l drew it, and Adams motion was agreed to-
 At Il o'clock the House took another l recess until 11:30 D. m. to give the con
 ferees another opportunity to meet At
 11:30 p. m. the House was formally notl-