The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-10
POINT OF NO QUORUM
| Made by MT. TaIbert True to His
SPECIAL POLICY ATTACKED. E:

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WASHINGTON, March 9.-The first
days pension session of the House, pro-
yided for under the new rule adopted
yesterday. proved a great success. Inere
was comparatively little friction, and
ninety-seven bills were fayorabiy acted
upon in Committee .of THE Whole ana
subsequently passed by the House
The only incident was a brisk exchange
between AIr. Loud, of California, and MT.
Sulloway, of New Hampshire, upon the
general policy of special pension lesisla-
ron, in which the former attacked ana
the latter defended the system
When it was moved that the House go
into Committee of the Whole to con-:
slider private pension bills, Mr. albert,
of South Carolina, true to his dnnounced
plan, made the point of no quorum. Inc
Speaker was unable to count. more than
116 members present, and the doors were
closed and call Of the House ordered]
The presence of 21S members resulted,
and the committee began hts proceedings.
WERE UNDEsERvHD.
Mr.. Loud. in his remarks, asserted that
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Congress should never have been favor.
ably considered All of them had been
rejected by. the Pension Office. OF the
million and a quarter of old soldiers ana
widows of old soldiers who survived the
war, almost one million wefe-Ton the
pension rolls. Congress was still Elegis-
lating for cases arising out Of the Revo-1
lutionary war.
Mr.. Loud said he had never objected TO
n 1neritDriOllS
MI. SulEoway, of New Hampshire.
chairman of the Committee on Invalid
Pensions. replied to nIr. Loud. He said
he gIoried in the fact that his country
paid more than any oither country for
the care of those who defended it's flag.
While a single old soldier was hungry
and cold, his body wracked with physical
pain. and his mind with mental agony.
he said he prayed to God THAT the PEN
sion roll would increase.
AIT 4:5o p. NJ. the House adjourned.
In the Senate.
WASHINGTON March a.-Discussion
OF Mr.. nTasons resolution, expressing
sympathy with the Beers, was conducted
in the Senate to-day behind closed doors.
AS soon as Mr.. Mason called up his
motion to discharge the Foreign Rela-
tons Committee from further considera-
ton of the resolution, Mr.. Davis. chair
man of the committee, demanded that
the doors be closed, and the Senate went
into secret session.
The feature Of the session to-day was
speech by Mr.. Lindsay on the Porto
Rico tariff and government measure. He
opposed the tariff measure of the bill
and some parts Of the Porto Rico gov
ernment provisions. 81
Mr.. Allison, of Iowa, reported from the
Committee on Appropriations the House
bill making appropriation of customs
dues exacted from the Porto Rico from
October IS, 1888. to January /, 1900,
amounting to Sc 5455, and gave notice
that hS would CALI up the measure
Tomorrow.
in argument as to whether discussion
should be public or secret
Mr.. Lodge safd that the taking of the
resolution from the hands Of the COM
mittee was unprecedented and a dis!
courtesy.
Mr.. Hoar said he was in favor of pass
ing a resolution asking the President to
offer his good offices In an attempt a
mediation. and the Mason resolution
would stop such action
OFFERED "A SUBSTITUTE.
Mr. TillnIan then offered the following
substitute for the Mason resolution:
That the President be requested to
offer the mediation and kindly offices OF
the United States Government to put an
end to the War in South Africa and se-s
cure peace between Great Britain and
the Dutch republics on terms honorable
to both parties to the conflict
Mr. Lodge made the pOint OF order
that substitute resolution could not.
be offered to the. resolution now, and the
=roiTt was sustained
Mr. Hale made a speech in favor OF the:
H. fvnrlE H1.1k I. r. -
the Mason resolution, but that it was
useless to- try to get an expression of
synpa thy from the Senate.
MIR Mason said that IL there. wss, no
secret alliance, let US carry OUT our usual
habit in such cases. We always have
passed resolutions of sympathy with
struggling republics, con tinued :Mr Mason,
and we should do SO now.
Mr. Spooner RESPONDED that England had
been our friend in the Spanish war and
we should do nothing to interrupt those
friendly relations. @
This brought Mr.. Hear to his feet He
said that great question of right and
wrong was involved. and IT should be
settled regardless Of the question 81 Of
friendship, whether It was#of Spain. Eng
land or the Czar4of Russia. s
Its under stood that the motion will be-
debated again next week
g WI nensthe8 6oorS were thrown open Mr..
Lindsay of Kentuckysssp spoke.
;o5 +. NJ tha Ssna tezrecessed until
o'clock to-nigh tosread the Alaska code
bill, and thensadj jonr1ed
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