Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1894 — THE NATION’S SOLONS. [ARTICLE]

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Maker* and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measure* Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Vpou. Doings of Congress. Wednesday, the House wai engaged with contested election cases, the seat of Mr. Joy (Rep), of Missouri, being at stake. The majority report of the committee bad gone against Mt Joy. The vote on the substitute for the report of the majority of the committee, presented by the minority, declaring Mr. Joy entitled to his seat, resulted: Yeas. 102; nays, 146. 'i be substitute was rejected. Mr. Burrows of Michigan moved to reconsider, and Mr. Springer, of Illinois, moved to lay that motion on the table. Friends of Mr. Joy then precipitated another filibuster by making the point of no quorum on the division. and the roll call was taken. No quorum. On motion of Mr. Patterson the House at 5:45 adjourned. In the Senate Senator Berry, of Arkansas. called up the reaolution authorizing and directing the Secretary, of the Treasury to receive at the subtrSasnry In New York from R T. Wilson & Co . or assigns, the money, amounting to $6,740,000. to be paid to the Cherokee Nation, and to place the same to the credit of the Cherokee Nation. It whs agreed to. Then the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business, and when the doors were again reopened took up the McGarrahan bill Senator Morrill of Vermont speaking In opposition to the claim. Mr. Hunt of Virginia followed Mr. Morrill, and argued In favbr of the bill. At 4 o’clock Mr. Hnnton concluded his speech, and Senator Vilas rose to address the Senate. but yielded to a motion for an executive session made by Mr. Pugh, which was carried. At 4:05 the Senate adjourned. The House Thursday renewed consideration of the Joy-O’Neill contest, but It'is still unsettled. In order to get a quorum to transact business, the Sergeant-al-arms was directed to arrest all absentees, and the Speaker counted a quorum, as was done in the days of the Fifty-first Congress by ex-Speaker Reed. Scenes of the wildest confusion prevailed. In the Senate,' The bill prescribing limitations ofj time for the completion of title to certain lands disposed of under the act of Congress known as the “donation act,” and for the protection of purchasers and occupants of the lands, which are situated In the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, was passed by a vote of 40 to 7. The House joint resolution appropriating SIOO,OOO additional to carry out the provisions of the Chinese exclusion act was passed. The McGarrahan bill was passed without division. It refers the claim of William McGarrahan to the Rancho Panocho Grande to the Court of Private Land Claims, which shall report its findings to tfie Secretary of the Interior, who shall Issue a patent to McGarrahan It this decision shall be in his favor. In recognition of the personal sacrifice Speaker Crisp made in declining the Senatorship there was a burst of applause again Saturday morning when he ascended the rostrum to call the House to order. Immediately after the reading of the journal, Mr. Payne, of New York, arose to a question of personal privilege and made an explanation of the Incident which occurred late Thursday afternoon when the Speaker had stated in reply to a seeming defiance of the Chair by Mr. Payne, when the latter was ordered to take his seat, that he would recbgtllze a motion to bring the contumacious member to the bar of the House. Mr. Payne stated that on that occasion the reply which he made—that he would take his seat when he got ready—was In response to something said by Mr. Outhwalte, not to the Chair. Mr. Payne’s statement led to mutual explanations from Mr. Onthwaite and the Speaker. which seemed to clear up the incident. 3he struggle over the O'Neill-Joy contested election case was not resumed, as the day. by a special order adopted some time ago, was devoted to eulogies upon the late Representative O’Neill, of Pennsylvania. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the House, as a further mark of respect, adjourned. The principal interest In the Senate Monday centered In the speech of Senator Voorhees, chairman of the Committee on Finance, who thus launched the tariff question upon the sea of senatorial debate. In the House for five hours roll call followed roll call In an endless attempt to bring the filibuster against the O’Netll-Joy contested election case to a close. b»t at no time was the House able to muster a quorum, and the fight was finally abandoned for the day. Just before the House adjourned Mr.' Patterson gave notice that upon reassembling he would ask the House to sit in continuous session until the case was decided; 170 was the high-water mark touched on any roll-call This is nine short of a quorum. After nearly three weeks of filibustering the O’Nelll-Joy contested election case was finally disposed of Tuesday, when Mr. Patterson, Chairman of the Committee on Elections, Informed the House that he proposed to Insist upon the consideration of the pending election case until a vote was reached', some of the members who have been dodging suddenly decided to help make a quorum. The result was a vote in Which a quorum was shown and thi case was taken np, This action was so sudden and unexpected that even the contestee In the case was absent fro,m the House at the tlma So quickly was It disposed of that when he finally came in he found that he was no longer a Congressman. In bis absence he had been unseated and Mr. O'Neill Lad been sworn in as the rightful member from the North St Louis district. The House then immediately proceeded with the consideration of the English-Hllborn case, two hours being allowed for debate. The resolution declaring Mr. Hilburn elected was lost by a vote of 83 to 136. The quorum failed, and a truce was then declared for the night At 5:30 p. m. the House adjourned. The Senate talked tariff.