The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-20
ALL AMENDMENTS DEFEATED
STRUGGLE OVER A
MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
Proposal to Limit Operation of the
fea ted Later on Speakers Ruling.

extra session last summer. The bill Is
known as the Henderson bill and contains
both voluntary and involuntary features. 1t
is considered less drastic than the measure
passed by the last House by a vote of 157
to 81 The involuntary feature, however,
had but 16 majority. To-day a motion to
strike out the involuntary features was de-
feated by majority of 10, and the bill was
passed by a majority of So, the vote stand
ing: Yeas, 15s; nays, 1914 Eighteen Repub-
leans voted against the bill and twelve
Democrats for it. The Populists, with one
exception, voted against it.
To-day the bill was read for amendment
under the minute rule. Under the order
made the final vote was to be taken at
o'clock this afternoon. Mr.. Bailey, the
Democratic leader, sought to secure an ar
rangement by which the House could have
an opportunity to vote on the Senate Tor
Nelson) bill before voting on the House
substitute, but he failed. An arrangement
was effected, however, by which the first
vote, taken at o'clock, should be on Mr.
Underwood's series of amendments to strike
out the involuntary features of the substi-
tute. During the consideration of q motion
to strike out the section defining the terms
used in the bill, one of which defined an
'insolvent' as one whose property at
fair valuation not sufficient to pay his
debts, Mr. Bland (Dem., Mo- stated that
the effect of this provision of the bill would
be to declare over one-half of the business
men of the country bankrupts.
Mr.. Lacey (Rep., Ia.) said he could not
give his support to the involuntary features
of any bankruptcy law. Democratic APP
plause) The debate on this amendment
proceeded in desultory manner
Mr.. Bailey (Dem., Texas got the floor
on another unimportant amendment and
submitted briefly some observati tons defin-
ing his position. He was as anxious, he
said, as any member of the House to see
an equitable bankruptcy law placed on the
statute books. But his anxiety would not
lead him to vote for a measure which would
injure the solvent more than it would bene-
fit the insolvent.
Mr. Cannon (Rep., lid created some en-
thusiasm on the Democratic side by an
nouncing that he would refuse to support
the bill.
MAHANY'S AMENDMENT.
Mr. Mahany (Rep., N. W offered an
amendment limiting the operation of the
act to two years from the date of its pas
sage. Mr.. Mahany said he would be glad
to vote for the bill if this amendment were
operation indefinitely law of this charac-
ter.
The vote on the motion was taken by
tellers and the announcement that it had
carried-192 to 129-was greeted with loud
applause.
Mr. Henderson Immediately moved to re-
consider the vote and Mr.. Bailey moved to
lay that motion on the table The motion
to lay on the table Mr. HendersOns motion
to reconsider was lost-146 to 1856. When this
vote was announced the hour set for
vote a o'clock had passed.
The motion to reconsider was put and car
ried without division, and the vote was
about to be taken again on the Mahany
amendment when Mr.. Dalzell made the
point of order that the order under which
the House was operating precluded any
further action, except on the Underwood
amendments, which, under the arrange
ment, were to be voted upon at O'Clock.
This point of order the speaker sustained.
An interesting parliamentary struggle
followed in which Mr.. Bailey Dem, Tex.),
Mr.. Williams Dem.. Miss.) and the speak
er took part, which finally resulted IN the
speakers finally deciding that the House
had reconsidered it's action in regard to the
Mahany amendment and that a vote on it
was now excluded by the order.
The Underwood amendments, which
struck out the involuntary features OF the
bill, were then presented and voted on UNI
ments were defeated-1S9 to 15S.
The vote then came upon substituting the
Henderson bill for the Senate Tor Nelson)
bill, and the motion prevailed-153 to ia.
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
Mr.. Terry Dem, Ark, the senior men,
Der Of the judiciary committee. then moved
to recommit the bill with instruction to
strike out all the involuntary features, ex-
cept those for actual frauds. The motion
10 recommit was lost-130 to 157.
Mr.. Terry insisted on a yea-and-nay vote
on the final passage of the bill. The bill
was passed-15s to 124. The detailed vote
follows:
Yeas-Adams Aldrich Alexander Bah
cock, Baker (MarylandJ, Barber Barham,
Barrows, Bartholdt, Belden, Bedford. Bel
KNAPP, Benner, Bennett Bingham Boutelle
(Maine), Brewster, Broderick. Bromwell,
Brosius, Brumm, Bull, Burke, Burleigh,
burton, Butler, Capron, Chickering, Clark
Connolly, Corliss, Crump, CIumpacker,
Cummings, Curtis (Kansas) Dalzell, Dan
ford. Davey, Davidson (Wisconsin), Davi-
dy, Elliott. Ellis. Fitzgerald. Fletcher,
Foote, Foss, Fowler New Jersey, Gard
ner, Gibson, Gillet (New York;, Gillett
wisconsin,, Grosvenor, Grout Hamilton,
Harmer, Hawley, Hemenway, Henderson.
Henry lConnecticuD, Henry Qndiana),
ell, Hurley. Jenkins, JOY, Ketcham, Kirk
patrick, Knox Kulp, Landis Lanham,
Lawrence Littauer, Lorimer, Loud Lover
ing. Low, Lybrand, McAleer, Mccall, Nc
Cleary. Mcdonald. McEwan, McIntire,
Mahon, Mann, Mercer, Mesick Meyer
Iouisiana). Miller. Miner, Mitchell, Moody,
Morris, Mudd, Northway, O'Dell, Olmstead,
Often. OVerstreet, Packer, Payne, Pearson,
Perkins. Pitney, Ray, Reeves, Rixey
Royse, Russell, Shattuc, Sheldon Sherman,
Showalter. Simpkns Skinner Smith Olli-
nois). Samuel w. Smith, William Alden
Smith, Southland, Southwick Sperry,
Sprague Stephens CTexas). Stevens (Minne-
sotal. Stewart New Jersey, Stewart wis
consin) Charles w. Stone, William A
Stone. Strobe Sullivan, Tawney, Taylor
(Ohio), Updegraff, Van Voorhis, Wads-
worth, Walker Massachusetts,, Walker
(Virginia). Wagner, Ward, Warner, Weav-
er, Weymouth, Williams (Pennsylvania),
Young (Pennsylvania)-l59.
Nays-Adamson, Allen, Bailey Baker
ulinois), Ball, Bankhead, Barlow. Bartlett,
Bell, Benton. Bland, Botkin, Brantley (Geor-
ga). Bremen, Broussard, Brown Brun-
didge Carmack Castle, Clardy Clark Mis-
souri,, Clarke New HAMPSHIRE, Clayton.
Cochran 1Missouri). Cooney Cooper Tex
as) Cousins, Cowherd, Cox, Davenport, Da-
Wis, De Almond De Graffenreid De Vries,
Dinsmore, Doekery, Deliver. Epkes Err
mentrout. Faris, Fitzpatrick. Fleming.
Fowler North Cardinal, Fox. Gaines.
Griffith GndiaRa), Griggs, Gum, Hager,
Handy, Hartman Hay, Henry (AIissis-
sippD Henry CreAas), Hepburn. Him
richsen, Howard (Alahama), Howard
(C5eorgia), Hunter. Jett Johnson dn-
dfaraA 1DhpGDu 4 North D.4lxat1l IpnaS