Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-04

Having Lost Its Standing as Un-
0niahed Business.
WASHINGTON, January 3.-The
| radical element among the House Re
nublicans who favor cutting down the
representation from the Southern
| States in which franchise is abridged,
suffered defeat to-day because a num-
her of their colleagues refused to act
with them. The issue was precipita-
ted quite Unexpectedly. The leaders
had decreed that the re-apportionment
bill should be taken up to-day, but be-
fore it could be called Mr.. Olmstead,
Of PENNSYLVANIA, offered as a matter of
privilege. a resolution reciting the al
legged %abridgement of the suffrage in
Louisiana, Mississippi, South Caro-
lima. North Carolina and directing the
committee on census to investigate
and report the facts to the House in
order that a constitutional basis or
representation could be established
for those States. The resolution Gre
ated a sensation. 1t was a surprise
even to several of the Republican
leaders. The leaders on the Demo-
cratic side sought in vain to head off
the resolution with points of order,
but the Speaker ruled against them.
They then began a flibuster, Demo-
Gratis openly avowing that they would
fight every proposition looking to the
reduction of representation from the
Southern States to the bitter end. Sew
eral of the Republicans were secretly
in sympathy with them and their in
difference to the fate Of the Olmstead
resolution in the end gave the oppo-
sition the victory of to-day. Many OF
them quietly paired with absent Dem
ocrats. leaving their absent colleagues
impaired.
AS a result when the question of
consideration was raised against the
resolution, it was defeated S1-83. The
vote was a strict party one. Two Re-
%publicans, Lands, Indiana, and Mann,
Illinois, answered present, but did not
vote. The story of the defeat is found
in the %absentees on both sides who
were impaired. Thirty-two Republic
! cans were absent and impaired against
sixteen of the opposition. Those abb
sent and impaired were:
Republicans-Boutelle, Maine; Bro
sius, Brown, Burkett, Calderhead,
Clarke, New Hampshire; Dahle, Sam
uel Davenport. Dick, Fowler, Gardner,
New Jersey; Hawley, Hoffecker, Knox,
Lorimer, Loudenslager, McCleary,
Metcalf, Miller. Mondell, MORGAN,
Needham. Often, Parker. Prince, Rus
sell, Showalter Smith, Illinois; Spra-
que, Stevens, Minnesota; WadsWorth
and Wanger.
Observation-Disclosures. Pennsylvania;
Bradley, New York; Brewer, Caldwell,
Catchings, CASTOR, Gayle, Glynn, Levy,
May, MeekinsOn. Sheppard, Stallings,
Wilson, South Carolina, and Zeigler.
Silver Republican: Wilson (Idaho).
The situation with reference to the
apportionment bill is greatly compli-
Gated as a result of the injection of the
Olmsted resolution. Chairman Hop
kins, however, is confident OF victory
for his bill. He thinks the Olmsted
resolution may pass in a full House
and that the investigation may be
made. but that the matter will end
there. Irrespective of the fate of the
resolution, however. he will press the
reapportionment bill and thinks it will
pass ON Monday. Ii possible he will
displace private bill day tomorrow
with his measure.
I'm the Senate.
Without a murmur of dissent and
without a word of comment. the Sen
ate to-day displaced the shipping sub
sidy bill from its privileged position
as unfinished business and substi-
tuted for 1t the army reorganization
bill. Since the second day of the
present session the shipping bill had
been the unfinished business with the
understanding that it should not in
terfere with the consideration of the
army reorganization bill or appropria-
ton bills.
When the Senate convened to-day in
It's first session of the twentieth cen
fury, the army bill was taken up with
a view to pressing it to a final vote as
soon as possible. Its consideration
proceeded until 2 o'clock-the end Of
the morning hour-when the subsidy
bill was laid before the Senate. Mr..
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, then OBJ
Jected to a request for unanimous o n
sent TO continue the discussion of the
army bill. By a vote of the Senate,
the military measure was continued
for consideration, thus making it the
diminished business and sending the
subsidy bill back to the calendar.
During the discussion of the army
measure, the opposition Senators indi-
! Gated that their line of attack upon the
iI-Eould be against the creation of q
ImaQent standing army. There
on that objection wouso
to a temporary measure
adequate force to main
(rity of the United States
mes. Beyond this poinl
ings developed nothing
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