Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1894 — Page 9

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One of the Most Exciting oT House Sessions Over the Arrest of Members of That Body. Cummings and Sickles Disgrace Themselves. FORMER DEFIES A DEPUTY, Claiming His Warrant Is Not a Valid One. Tammatiy's Bulldozing Disposition Crops Out And. Again Means to Intimidate or to Bolt. The SrfnF in the t hnmber IH-rnl Anything: in tlif Krcord of the Pre.rnt t ongrri;-lloil t all After Holl Call In ii tleiunt to Adjourn. Itut Kuril Time t Ii Motion li ofil Down Tin- Prneeeil! ng In Dotal' e-ton of the Senate m Holiday Affair djon rn men t lulil MonilnJthrr npital r.i. f : RFRF.Ai: OF TMK SENTINLL. i WASHINGTON. I. '.. Feb. 22. The exhibition .f ihe Tammany h.ill congressmen t"'Jay. b-d by Sbkles an J 'ummings, will produce one good result. It will alienate from lh- Tammany tiger its frienii- in the South. who Iwv so often come to the reccue of Tamil any in national ibdegat ions. Tin- western democrats have never been fri'Midiy t Tanimar.y and have always resisted lue tiger's aiT.-i.aiit. bulldozing disposition. Only th" t il-rant attitude of the southern liü-n ha- prey itel the Tammnn.y l-oa p-s from being denied admission to national oonv mtb-ns on many e.a?hns in tie- p.ist. But th-- action' of Tammany during the past t n .'ays in joining hands with ihe repuMi aus to pi- v'i:t a quorum has i a used ih- soinhein uemocra t to look 1' th West hereafter for fellowship. The fueling among d"m - rats against thTammany members is sin h that, wire a rate-mil eonveiition p, p.. h hi this ear, jr is doubtful wlcther the Tammany delegates wmiM e en be allowed .- .its in the prilhTie. Tie Tammany men ii;e l,n a ::onree of tiouble to the h-mo-rats in ev-ry bin i at i-- eon vntici. They hav hulldo.od r b.itl every national eon cMi.n. In i ngi "; t!i bott evet y il-' iiioerat i'- au. us which they cannot intimidate by threat. Si'-Kis and t "uminiiig-s. the Tammany b-ad-'-, at1inrtel to build - the h us against passing the in- mi,"- tax measure by threatening to Tammany hull against th Wilson bill. Th- Wils..,, bill pass-.l without the v.,te .f Tammany hall. Cleveland was nomina t I and fleet,! without Tammany's helj.. For two ypars th- lemooratie part- ha.s ignored T:i mnany's threats with th" result that the party Is in power in every branch of the gov ernm-iit. tiii; siki i nr. tail. Aoiiirron Roll tall In 11 Krultlenn Attempt to Adjourn. Washinsrt otrg birthday was n.!ire.i Into the hou.s of r"pisentatives with u fries of dramati in idnts which may Iosih!y fulminate with lepal procedir.RS against th fipoant-at-amiii for false impri-äonm'-nt of niembTs of onSrre5. S- rpeant-at-atins Snow, acting by virtu of the g-enral vi-arrant of arrest Issued last Monday. ha,s been apptehenllner tnenit'ers wherever they eould be found. The warrant contains the names cf fifty-six congressman. Mr. Snow b-gan lat niht to arret renpressmen on the floor of the house on warrants charging thm with abfnce llonday. This was in accordance with a colloquy between Speaker Crisp and th? sergenat-at-arms during the session yesterday. Mr. Snow asked If he was expected to arrest members on the floor. Mr. Crisp answered that the pergeant-at-arms was expected to "execute the order." This was accepted as meaning that arrests on the floor should be made and Mr. Snowr at once began to carry this Idea into effect. He arrested tfeven congressmen a.s they sat in their seats. Deputy Hill made as niany more arrests. In each case the member was tapied on the phoulder and then told that he was released on parole to report when required. This morning the arrests began atrain and continued until Interrupted by a stirrtntr scene. Representative Cuinminps of New York came down the middle aisle of the house Just as the session was about to open. Deputy Hill stepped up to him and notified him by virtue cf the warrant he held Mr. Cummings would be placed under arrest and his parole taken. The congressman flushed and tok the matter seriously. He stepped back and in bitter language denounced th effort to arrest him. He refused to recognize the validity of the warrant. "I $rive you fair warnlnR,, said Mr. Oumminir. "that if you touch me you act at your peril." For a moment it looked as though there would be serious trouble, as Mr. fummings plainly intimated that he intended to resent the slightest touch indicating arr?st by the use of force. The deputy quickly withdrew, however, as the orders of the sergeant-at-arm-s are to avoid Indignities to congressmen in every way possible. Members who were apprehended threaten to secure suitable redress and talk of legal proceedings for false- imprisonment. The proipect3 of securing a quorum were not a good today as they were yesterday. Mr. Bland and his supporterH were for th first time apparently disheartened, although Mr. IJland refused to accept a oompromine proposed which contemplated tfi- dropping of the second sctlon of the bill. (Providing for the coinage of the temalnder of the bullion and the retire .nefet of the Sherman treasury notes of theWt of 1830.) After the readliv; of tho Journal Mr. Pence, rising to a quet',; of personal privilege, corrected, newspaper Statement to the effect roat meml-crs of the populist minority irtzp PAtfcodemocrat.o

caucus on th 19th. He explained that the populists were i t entire sympathy with the resolution adopted by the caucus to the effect that it was the duty of the democrats of the house to attend the sessions of the house and transact business-. (Laughter.) But he wanted it understood that the populists were not attending democratic caucuses. They ould not if they could, and probably could not if they would. Cummin jt ' Hot Speech. A sensationai scene followed. Mr. Cummings of New York arose, and in a most vigorous manner denounced an attempt made to arrest him. "This morning," said he, standing at lis seat, immediately in front of the speaker's (hair, "at 11 o'clock, while on the floor of this house, I was approached by an assistant sergeant-at-anns and informed that I was under arrest. I refused to acknowledge the service and toM him and his bosses to try and arrest me at their peril. I have been on the fl-x.;- of this house and day after day in my committee rooms three hours before the sergeant-at-arins has been in this capitoi and have b'-eri lu-re four hours after he had left. I denounce this attempted arrest n Washington". birthday ...s unbecoming- tyranny. (Republican applause.) In the name of the American people. I protest against holding a farcical session on this national holiday, and in honor of the memory of George Washington, I now move that this house adjourn.'" A round of applause greeted this statement, but Mr. Dockery. who was in the chair, explained that Mr. Cummings had beii recognized only to make a personal explanation, and Mr. Cummings thereupon withdrew Ids motion. There was a good deal of excitement on the floor and Mr. Iteed tried t renew the motion, but the chair declared it was not In order, a.s lie had previously recognize Mr. Bland. T!v- latter wanted Ihe privilege of making an explanation, but the loud demands for the regular order cut him off and he was obliged to pullnit his motion, which was to rlos genoral debate on th seigniorage bill next Saturday at V. nVlook without explanation. The hange in form in the motion Indicated for the t;--st time that Mr. Bland's fai;h in his a'-ility to secure a quorum was waning and that he jenli;:d that if li was to win that furth.r concessions to (he opposition must b made, on his motion he hminde( the previous question, pending that nioiion Mr. Cummings again moved an adjournment in honor of the memory of Washington. On a rising otu the motion was lost. 02 to 124. Mr. Cummings lemanl-d the y.-as and nays. Tin- republican and 'enio rati'opponents of the bill voted f.-r tin- adjournment, but it was hst. Mr. Blair a.ked unanimous ci tisciit tint the (leik. in honor of the ,1-y, read to the house ih- fa add less ot" Washington. M i . p.ndhtmi objected. The chair then stated the qu-sli. u to ho upon Mr. Bland's h maud for lh'- previous iiue--i Jon upon ids motion to di.sharge .h-. 1 1 1 1 1 i I- from enstodj. McklfM on Hit MelMe. As the house was dividit g Mr. Sickles of New York, stj-.uding on Lis rub lies in tli im r aisle, was loudly iilPng f r recognition, statin,; that ho had a ouestl n of the hi.-;!icst per-o-.-il privi-le-.. to pres.-nt. ) .-im in form--!," t; iid lie. "that i an. uiuhr arrest. 1 demand to know by what authority." Mr. Dockery. wh was in lie- i-hair, de.-larvd thai Mr. Si-khs could n-t. i-i-te.riupr the proceedings -, ;- t he - h..t, wis dividing. Mr. Si. kl -s. h .Vo !-. jn-t-iste-j ,,n ting lojiid a id Mr. Terry .-f Ark'iiis'is called him to or! r. Th" soeaku- pro t.-m. ordered Mr. sjc.eS to la- his se.u. Mr. i-'i. kb s -lia d ( sit doun. ib- s.iid: "If I am undid- airest I lam'ot be any worse off if I ;(tn in coni.-ei't. I .n: n?i-rb-r aifesr now. sir. and in -usb-dy of : lie s t g -ani-at-a rns." All thi.T time Mr. Si. kb s h.ol b- . 11 staniing -tMii in.limr that he-sin-eld b.-l-arl and he r.is fjialiy !: gt:!;;e.I. ""I am inform '1 by the s, t ant-at-atnis that I am nndtr art -st. I desire to know if this is tin.-." "If h" is ini'l-r arr st." itit-i i H.i--1 Mr. Snodgrass, "- l.;is no clrht to bl.ear.l." "h. 1 ani not r-..nicte,1 yet." re:.;ed Mr. Si.-kle.. "I still have the Hubr to 1" licird. I desire to know for v. l-. it r'os.'ii I am under arre.-t. I ak thai the report of the s t g-a n t -a t-arms be made bov.'." "I stiegest. '" interrupted Mr. lb-Mi. " in the interest d tb. orderly ooi.d i. t of business, that the ipnestion of priv-Ib-fce to whi' h the g. -nth man from Ohi(Fluliek) arose, shoi.ld b-- lirst lispo.sd of." Report of the -reji n (-11 1-A rmi. He went on to mgne. at some length that this question having b"-n presented took precedence over all other questions o- privilege until disposed of. and Messrs. Springer, McMillan. Bland and Hopkins were drawn into the controversy, which at la.t became so confusing that by general acquiesence It was de-hj.d thear the report of the serg. aut-al-anns. Th.; report is as follows: "Feb. 22, lVM. "The Hon. Charles F. Crisp, Sneaker, J-:tc: "Sir I present herewith a detailed report of my further a tion under housa warrant of Feb. W, lsf4. Of the list of absentees returned to me by the clerk the following are imported sick ami unable to attend: Messrs. Botitelef Crane. Dalzell, Hendricks and Scianton. "The following are excused by the house: Messrs. Hillette, Harris, ilines, L,okwood, Wright. Brosius and Northway. The following have been reported to me a.s arrested and an present in the. house: The Hons. Richard Adams, jr.. F. K. Belt zhoo vor; J. M. Clancy, H. A. Coffeen. M. Coover, A. J. Cummings (who refuse arrest). J. T. Dunn (who protests). C. J. Krdman. M. D. Harter, ;. F. Kribbs. T. M. Mahon. William McAleer. (J. W. Murray. M. Mutchler, J. B. Reilly, W. Rush. D. K. Si kb s. ;. W. Hulick. A. C. M Dowcdl, A. N. Johnson. K. M. Woomer. It would be but Just to say that these members when notified by wire or otherwise .voluntarily came to the house and responded to their name? on roll-calls. tut th positive order of the house warrant . to me. directed to arrest them 'wherever Sound." left me no alternative but to execute the order. "The following have not been fourd: R. II. Clark. John C. Ilouck. T. L. Johnson. C. A. Russell. W. J. White, J. IX IBcks. J. C. Hutchinson. All of which" Is respectfully submitted. "H. SNOW. "Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Representatives." "I demand a separate trial." said Mr. SickleM. after the reading of the report was concluded. A dozen members were clamoring- for re-ngnitlon. Others were pushing and crowding in the aisle, paying not the slightest heed to the continuous gavel-pounding of the speaker pro tern. , "V-t n. Reer Gnrilrn." "This is the house of representatives," finally shouted Mr. Dockery. "not a beer garden." (Laughter and applause.) "The gfntleman will have a separate trial if he desires it, but the rules must be observed. The gentleman will take his seat." "I always obey orders," said Mr. Sickles as h sat down. When order was restored Mr. Johnson of Indiana attempted to Interject a question of privilege. He said he wanted to state when .and where, and by whom he v. iixslcC. but Una U--aif held ttat h-j

would have ample opportunity to do this when he appeared before the bar of the house. It was then decided to call the prisoners Pi their order. Mr. Adams of Pennsylvania, the successor of Mr. O'Niel. was the first called. He appeared very indignant. lie was asked to givj his excuse for being absent without leave. "I was in the state of Pennsylvania." he stated, "exercising the highest duty of citizenship, voting for a member ot this house. (Republican applause.) Partly through my efforts we were able to roll up 177.0V majority for Calusha A. Crow. (Renewed applause.) The moment I received this summons from the ser-goant-al-arnis I Immediately returned." "I move the gentleman be discharged," said Mr. Reed, '"and that his name be t-tricken from the warrant." Mckleft Drclnrrit It Aull and Void. "N" Interrupted Mr. Sickles, loudly, "his name should not be stricken from the warrant. The warrant is null and void. There are no names in the warrant." This statement created a sensation. Mr. Dockery ordered the warrant to be read, when it was proved that it was the warrant to the sergeant-at-at ms, which, after reciting the house resolution directing the arrest of absent members', proceeded as follows: "Now, therefore, T, Charles F . Crisp, speaker of the hous of representatives, by virtue of the power vested in me by the house hereby command you to execute the said order of the house. Hereof fail not and make due return in what manner you execute the same. jn witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the house of representatives, this, the lPth dav of February ISP 1. CHARLES F. CRISP. "Speaker." Th excitement grew apace. Members crowded about Oen. Sickls from the iiisr, into the area in front of the speaker's chair. The noise and confusion was deafening. "There ought 10 he some way of squelching him." shouted Mr. Meridiih, but Mr. Sk-klcs stood firm and unflinching in the face of the cp-mi. He wanted t know, if he was under arrest, whether he had a right to vote. "IL's he any rights at all?" asked Mr. Wilson of Washington. The chair directed th- rule to be read, foil Whig which Mr. Sickles appeah d to the house to be allowed to make a statement, and Mr. Post (republican of Illinois) moved that he be allowed t explain. Mr. Springer insisted that Mr. Sickles should take his seat. "Don't do that." shouted Mr. Wilson of Washington. "Don't you see h- is a tipple. Don't make him sit down and get up. You can boh up at any tini"." ( Laughter.) '11 in 111 i i' na 1 11 Hoard. A moment lat-r. while the chair was attempting to udl the impending riot, Mr. Cummmgs rose in his place and wit i uplifted arm and ringing oke caib.d out : "Von did not call him to ider at i let tysKui -g." Applaus. 1 During all this tinn Mr. Dockery had been counting th" house ;m l at tins point ln annouiaeil thai the demand for the- previ us question had been carried, I7 to (. When the point of no quorum v;'s made Mr. B! ud v.ithdro'V the demand f r th. pivviou.-- question and also th motion at the same time renewing his n: ti-.i to close debate on Ihe seigni'Tiige bill. The complications raised by the allege 1 discovery i f the faulty harai ter f the wairan. was sieh that Mr. Outhuai'e, in order to obtain a breathing space, moved an ad i.ei'-nnient. M r. Adams tri ! to make a staiement. l'i:t the hair declined to ivcogni.e him, pending th motion to adjourn. The molt n was lost ss to 12.".. As soon as the announcement of the vote was made Mr. Sickles do hired that he objt-ted to farther pro e;- dings under this warI a nt . "ft does not contain a single name," h" "and is absolutely void. The sergeant-a t-a t ins is liab'e to an action bv eii eh m'-mber who has 1 . n arrested under U." Mr. SoiingT insisted that the warrant was at: I ho: t;-od by th house. Mr. Reed the., attempted to hange the f,.i in f his motion so as to excuse Mr. Adams on the ground that tie artest was not aut le rized. '"Th i:M'l letnan from Maine canni.t insert an argument into his motion," returned the hainn.m. "t!ut be bus :loiie so," replied Mr. lb ed with the utmost sang froid. Again a dozen members tried to mak points .f order. The tangle and cojifu-uon seem-d hopeless, and in thmidst f the din Mr. Blaml moved to adjouri. 'Ate you going to adjourn and leave me in chains?" asked Mr. Sickles, in a ui'H-k piteously-appealir.g fashion. The m ti"U t. adjourn was then put. As Mr. Bland, the r'cognized leader of the tight, had made it his supporters voted with him. one of them. Mr. Pendleton if Texas, standing on top of his desk in the rear of the hall. It was carried, 12 to P I, and at 3:0." the house closed one of the most exciting and disorderly sessions of this congress, by adjournment until tomorrow at 12 o'clock. ir. Snow'w Ilie-. Sergeant-at-Arms Snow says: "The greatest care has been taken to avoid giving offense to members. My orders to deputies are to proceed with the greatest caution -Mid deference. We do not arrest members as though they were tramps or common drunks. They are merely notified that iheir names are on the warrant and then the member is touched to make the service effective." I'rtilion for 1 0in. A petition for a democratic caucus to consider the adoption of a rule by which a quorum may be secured was in circulation on the floor of the house today just before adjournment. Representative Painter of Kentucky fathered the idea. Many lemoerats refused to sign It. including most of those who are opposed to the Bland bill. can't a; nun yet.

Sriiiitom Still WorUlnic on the Tariff inn. WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. The democratic members of the senate are much disturbed over the situation concerning the tariff bill. They used the whole holiday to make a decided effort to agree noon the features of the bill so as to inr.sure its passage. They did not make marked progress, according to all reports, and they will continue their efforts tomorrow and Saturday undisturbed by other official business, as the senate has adjourned until Monday. Whether the call for a caucus, which was circulated today, shall be considered seriously will depend upon the suc-ee-s of the democratic senators in reaching an agreement without this conference. The call was circulated quite vigorously for a short time during the early part of the session, and after about fifteen names had been secured the effort was suspended. It was presented, -as a rule, to senators who are known to be urging changes- In the Mil, the result being that many of those In accord with the sub-committee on tariff were Ignorant of the fact that the call was in circulation when spoken to upon the subJed. There Ij no doubt that a sufficient number of signatures had been e?curcd

to Insure the calling of the caucus, as only five are required for that purpose, but it would appear ihat the Mgners do not Intend pressing the call if a satisfactory agreement can be arrived at without a caucus, and Senator Gorman, who is chairman of the democratic caucus, said late this afternoon when asked if the caucus would be calhd that there was a possibility that the call might not be pressed, and that he would not decide on the matter of calling a caucus until tomorrow. There is little doubt but that Mr. Gorman is in accord with the movement for a caucus, for it developed this afternoon that he was present at the conference in Senator Butler's room earlier In the day. in which the circulation of the call was decided upon. Six senators took part in this conference Messrs. Gorman, Butler, Hill, Murphy. Bnce and Caffery. A movement agmnst the bill a.s prepared by the sub-committee was more clearly outlined today than at any previous time. It includes senators specially interested in securing a duty on sugar, coal and various manufactured articDs. These senators contend for a higher duty than the sub-committee is willing to concede in the interest of harmony and entire unity on the tariff bill within the deni'K-ratio party. The oal men say that äO cents per ton will not prevent the importation of large quantities of

Nova Scotia coal to New York and N?w ! England and vigorously oppose any lower rate than this. The New York senators and Senators Smith 01 New Jersey and Briee of Ohio find a variety of provisiois in the bill to whie.i they object as affecting many industries in their states. They have said very littD as to their views with regard to the bill, but there is very little doubt as to their attitude blng antagonistic to it Jn Its present shape, though the measure cf their opposition when it comes to voting is uncertain. The friends of the (induce committee find sonio consolation in the prospect jf a call for a caucus for the reason, as they say, that there wcai Id li" a majority against the discontented senators, and if these gentlemen should initiate the movement for the caucus and should participate in its proceedings th y would bound by its decisin. It is said that republican-: are being asked if they would support Ihe bill in case democratic senators should V"t. against ii. Senator Pet t icqvw of South Dakota and Senator Dubois of Idaho, both have be-n asked such pn-stions, and both have said emphatically hat it was not possible for the ommittee to ;;gr'' on and report a bill which would insure their votcy. T th i m 1: I'o vrs. 1 11 lin 11 a Members Are Doing: Tlielr Duty. BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL. WASHINGTON, D. ., Feb. 2". The hnnllock in tlv house annot last many days l.'iip r. If a voting quorum i-annot b- obtained by Monday next lh silver bill will be dtoj.jcd for this session : until the rule- have been changed so as to make up a quorum of m?uib:,rs present but not voting. There is a .1-i-ided majority ..1 the- democratic side in favor ' f counting a ip'orum. but it is undersiooc) that Speaker Crisn is opposed t this. Still, if a ib-moctatlc caucus dvid s in favor of taking this iui Sethe speaker will abi!e by the caucus action. During th"se two v.teks of deadlock, through the want of a voting iin.'iuin, with the exception i'f Brown, who is ba I; h'.mo looking after his iviiondnation. th-el'-vcn Indiana t'emo, n;' : 1n.1nb. rs ha voted on every 1 ' I- :; II to consider th' silcr bill. Mr. B iium is opposed t tie section providing for the issuance f .s-;i- ! -erti!icales prior to c .it.ing tie bullion, but he voting every time take up t'ne bill with the pope . f amending if. Mr. Waqb. although :i 1 publican, also votes with th. b-mo rr ts. Mr. Johnson, the other Indiana republican, follows Mr. Ree I. and never reFponds to his name in order to prevent the consideration of the 1,111. Tie n w pension agent for In liana, Mr. Spencer, has returned home to Ft. Wayne, to iUo his bond, which must be returned here for approval before he receives Ids commission. Representative Brown is expected back by Monday. Hi presence will assist in making a quorum. TO STIIKMiTHK.V TH K Hl I, KS. V Dcmoerntic C'atieiiK AVIII t'oiinlder the MemiK. Representative Holman of the democratic caucus of the house will call a caucus at an early d;de to consider a change jn the house rules by which iifiii-be-rs may be compelled to vote to make a eiuorum. The call is in resjnse to a written reepiest signed by 104 democratic members. The request is the direct result of the uproarious demonstration in the house yesterday. Representative Paynter of Kentucky circulated the cr.ll and secured an even hundred names last night and more this morning. Th re win a rush to get on tire paper. It contains the names of leading democrats of the house, among them being Outhwaite f Ohio, a member of the committee en ; rules. The :ianie of Mr. Bland Is not on the cn.1. for while he is severe In deprecating the disorder of yesterday, he says public opinion should rebuke those responsible for It and that a change of rules Is not desirable. The New Yorkers are also an exception. They are not anxTous to strengthen the ruh and thus increase the chance of the passage of a bill such as the one new pending. With these exceptions the all represents all shades of opinion in the house, the antinilver men as well as the silver men. Numerous plana for strengthening the rules are unrler eonslde ration. The one most generally approved is to provide that the attention of the speaker may be ilrected to the fact that a member Ivi r.i-esent nnil not votinc. Thereunon the speaker may direct that the member ! be brought to the bar of the house and hi name be recorded as present to mak a quorum. It is said that this obviates the criticisms of the "Reed rule" In the method of counting a quorum. The proposed, rule would be guarded by the formality of bringing members to the bar of the houe where there would be no question as to their actual presence. The feeling Is so strong that some democrats "are ready to accept "Reed rule' on the quorum question without any excuses or explanation. THE TARIFF II I IX. Senator Yooruees Sny the Fnll Com nilllr AV1II Meet Monday. Senator Voorhees decided late today to cad a meeting of the senate finance committee for next Monday at 10 o'clock. The decision was the result of a conference with the sub-committee which is shaping the tariff bill, by which he was notified that the members had agreed upon all the features -of the bill as it is J to be presented and nothing remained to be done except to put the bill lit shape. The character of the changes made In the bill by the sub-committee can only be fturmlsed. It is known that there are many of them and that every schedule has received more or less attention. The committee has from the beginning been very rctlo-eixt ccuccxning tho proposed

changes and has grown more so every day they have had the bill under consideration. Senator Jones, chairman of th sub-committee, said tonight, when asked to indicate some of the modifications: "I can't do that. It would not be safe for the reason that we are liable to make changes up to Monday morning, and if we make one we may have to make others. The whole thing Is in the nature of an arch, and if we take out one stone we may have to pull the whole structure down. Consequently it would not be fair to the public at this time to make any announcement of the rate agreed upon." Four of the eleven members of the finance committee are absent front the iiy. They are Senators Harris and Vance, eletnocrats. and Allison and Jones of Nevada, republican.''. Senator Allison has been informed of the committee meeting by wire and will return. Call fr n Caucus of Senator?. Senator Gorman sail this afternoon that he had iued a call for a democratic caucus of the senate to convene Monday morning at 10 o'clock. It cannot be ascertained whether the caucus will have other subjects than the tariff rr.der consideration and it is even asserted by some of that the tariff will not be. considered at all. a statement which is supported to some extent by the fact that the finance committee is calle1 to meet at the same hour that the caucus v.ill convene fer the purpose of consideiing the tariff bill. There is no doubt, however, that the original purpose of re-t-uesting th issuance of the call was that of comparing notes and trying to reconcilo differences on the subject of the tat iff.

I CHI I. IV 5 PLAY. The llonsi' Again "WnMr the People Time. WASHINGTON, Feb. II. Th- members of the house under arrest were finally discharged from custody today by dispensing with further proceedings under the all. It required four hours today to accomplish this, and, although the scenes ef disorderly turbulence which characterized yesterday's proceedings wer? not repeated today, the proceedings were fully a.s interesting. The democrats were evidently very anxious when the house met to extricate themselves from the complications arising front the wholesale arrest of members, but by flank movements the republicans succoded in preventing this until the whole situation had been throrougly investigated. Perhaps the most interesting feature of the elay, barring Mr. Bland's bitter phlllipie against the filibustering demo. rats, was the verbal duel between Mr. Reed and Mr. Turner over the question "f counting a quorum, a juestion just now of preeminent importance in house circles on account of th; proposed dejucratic caucus to consider (he a lvisability of adopting this wpe-iient. Afbr the arrested members had be. n discharged Mr. Bland returned to the silver bill, but hi:; motion failed again for lack of a quorum. He only lacked two votes, however, and this is high-water mark. Although Mr. Bland still insists n going ahead with the seigniorage bill, many of the democrats believe it should now be abandoned, and unless a quorum is pr --loured tomorrow it would s in that it would have to be lh;.t is. if a democratic caii'-tts does not decide to adopt s. ine method of forcing members to vote or to count tlniu if lh.;. do not. The Tniulilr liebln. T-rk K.1T alb d the house to order today, lie read a omnninieation frm Speaker Crisp, who is suffering from a severe s.-ic throat, and was confined to his bot'-l. appointing Mr. Richardson of Tennessee sp-aktr pro teni. f-r toil a v. The pe.-uliar circumstances under which the Ik. use adjourned yesterday and the anticipation of a repeititioii if the iisord -rly senes had attracted great crowds to the galleries. As soon as the journal was read Mr. Adams, a republican of Pennsylvania, who was being tiied when the pre-eedings were terminated yesterday by the adjournment, whs clamoring for recognition on a. iiiesilon of privilege. lie yielded, however, lo Mr. Wells, a democrat of Wiscunsin, who made a statement to the effect that he was erroneously rejxerted as voting "no"' on the motion to adjourn. He denied that he had taken any part whatever in the unseemly proceedings in the house on Washington's birthday. "Had 1 voted at all." said he, "I should have voted for the adjournment in onler to put a stop to the disgra cef 1 1 1 per forma n e." Mr. Cummings asked that his colleague. Mr. Sickles, be excused n account of sickness. He was so excused, whereupon the spaker pro torn, ordered the pending epiestion to be the motion to discharge Mr. Adams from the custody of the sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Adams demanded to be heard on the question cf privilege he desireel to raise. The speak-, er said that one ejuestlon of privilege was already pending, but agreed to hear Mr. Adams. The latter wantetl to know why on yesterday, while he was under arrest at the bar of the house explaining his ease in a parliamentary fashion, the mace of the hf'use should have been used to force hint to his seat. "Why," he asked, "should this Indignity have been put upon me while 1 was endeavoring to carry out the mandate of the house?" The chair stated that this question would have to be raisxl later, the pending question now being to discharge the gentleman. Mr. Reed called attention to the fact that the question had not been properly slated. It was to discharge Mr. Adams because the warrant umler which he was arrestc! was unauthorized. Mr. Springer attempted to interpose an amendment which had for its purpose the discharge of all members under arreet, as the most expeditious way out of the tangle, but Mr. Reed demanded the previous question and he was cut off. Tiimmnnj Taetlc. The democrats then decided to vote down the previous question in order to open the way for Mr. Springer's amendment. Some of them, however, notably the eastern democrats, voted with the republicans. The previous question was voted down 95 to 139. Mr. Bland then offered as a substitute for Mr. Reed's motion a motion to discharge all members arrested by authority of the resolution passed by the house on the 10th inst. Mr. Reed made the point of order that Mr. Bland's amendment was not germane and the point was argued at onie length. It was debated by Messrs. Reed. Bland and Johnson of Indiana and finally culminates! in a sensational denunciation of the democratic fillbusterer by Mr. Bland. Mr. Johnson of Indiana made a long statement going to show the absurdity of including his name In the list of those arrested. He explained that he had been present on the day when the resolution of arrest was passed; that the assistant doorkeeper, who was given the warrant to Fe-rve. told him that he knew he had been present and should not serve the warrant. He wa surprised to find thereafter, when the return of the sergeant-at-arms was made, that his name was in-bided among those arrested. He was tseeking neither notoriety nor-to posi as

a martyr, but he objected to going on record as absent and arrested when be had been neither absent nor arrested. He insisted that if Mr. Bland's substitute were carried he would have r. redress. Each case should be taken seriatim and decided in accordance with the circumstances surrounding it. Mr. ninnd's Phlllipie. Mr. Bland, after Mr. Johnson's statement, decided to withdraw his substitute and confine it to the discharge fro-n custody of Mr. Adams. On this modification of Ids motion he ilemande! to be heard. He got the floor and delivered a scathing arraignment of his side of the house. He realized, he said, that it was humiliating to be brought before

the bar of the house in arrest. It was 1 hard, he declared, to give leaves of absence and immediately reve.ke them and order the airest of members. But publv exigency sometimes required such a course. The house had been le.idlocked for dayc The whole press of th country was full of it and every nvmber must have b?en aware that Ins ptesene was needed. He maintained that wh.n a member of congress was elected he entered into a soiemn contract with hi.s constituency to leave his private business and attend to the public business for which he was elected, lie th n went on in an impassioned way: "I saw gentlemen hen." said he. shaking his head savagely and lifting his voice until it fairly rang through the hall, "disobey the rules and commands of this house. 1 saw gentlemen rise and boast that they had eleho.i the power f the house. If that is not anarchy and revolution, what is it? (Democratic applause.) We, in the house, are th fountain souree of orier, the law-making body. Shall we ie.-olve ourselves into a body of anarchists? If someone were to throw a bomb from yrnder gallery I would be no less an anan-hist than he who. on this floor, eletle the power f the house (cries of "Shame," "Shime." and hisses) while the people of this country are in the throes cf hunger und starvation." continued Mr. Bland, angered at the tlemonstrat.on against him. "Where they expect us to do something, to become filibusterers and .--tructionIsta is to become a nan hists felts purpose is the defianee of the laws of the country. We were sent here to d our eluty. At a time when the cities are throngei with mobs and the -wop'.e cannot go to bd in peace and comb h t is not the time when mob law should obtain here." At this 1 int Mr. Bynum called Mr. Bland to order, and after In-ing admonished by the chair to ce nfino himself to the question at issue he procee-dd to say that since the deadlock a suggestion that the speaker should count a quorum had been advanced by the dem. -oral lc side of the house. Quorum counting, he maintained, was an invitation to absenteeism. It was an invitation to memlKrs to go wishing and wandering i:p and down the earth. He insisted that i wa.s the duty of the house to k-p meml"vs in their s-'it.s. The democratic party had a majority of eighty ia the house and jught to do business. A Muirp DialoKiie. "I don't think it is the duty cf th gentleman fivm Missouri." interjected Mr. Dunn of Missouri, "to lecture the democratic party." "If that is a lecture," reputed Mr. Bland, "the people will read it to the gentleman and every ethr man who is obstructing business to his h -art's content. (Democratic applause.) "While the opposition," li confined, "has a perfect right to break the quorum, what a spectacle we present to the -onntry. with eighty majority, rising in our congressional dignity and defying the authority of the house. We should proceed t. business r acknowledge, our inompetency. f we don't the people, will read the riot a t to us." "They will: they will." came in chorus froihe republican side. Mr. Bland then Irifted into a discussion ef the merits f the silver seigniorage bill, which was being opposed by a portion ef the denvx-rutie majority, in the course of which he was three times called to order by Mr. Coombs, a democrat of New York. "The difficulty is," finally blurte! out Mr. Bland, "that I am too much in order. 1 am telling too many plain truths that the country ought to know." (DemocrfUic applause.) "'That is the fact." shouted Mr. penson, a democrat of Alabama; "give it to the democrats for revenue only." "I thought gentlemen on this side," said Mr. Bland, "would realize that they could not afford to bo revolutionists and anarchists. I say we should either do business or surrender." (Republican applaus and shouts ef "give it to them.") "It will be no outrage for the people t rise up in a mob and ast us down, for we are exercising moboeraey here. If this is a bad bill vote it down. !f you want more debate we will give it to you, but to stay here and not vote is simply jnilitital suicide." Mr. Bland then demanded the previous question, but a.s there was a clamor on both sides of the house for an opportunity to be heard he withdrew it. lr. Heed Sirnf 11I. Mr. Reed demanded recognition in his own right and when Mr. Bland offered him live minutes he rejected ii with scorn. Mr. Compton, democrat of Maryland, secured live minutes'. He went right into the heart of the contention. The validity 5f the Infuse warrant hail been challenged, he said, because it .lid not contain the names of those to be arrested. He ieclared that was in accordance with the uniform practice ef the house and defied anyone to produce a warrant in which a name was incorporated. "I have one here," shouted Mr. Burrows, flourishing a yellow, time-stained document above his head. Mr. Compton disregarded Mr. Burrows and appealed to Mr. Reed to bear eut what he had said. Mr. Reed denied that he had any recollection of whether the warrants he had signed contained names or not. To him (Reed) the trouble lay not so much with the warrtJit. but with the irregular manner in which the resolution crderlng the arrest had been passed. Mr. Comploil went oil t pay a high tribute to Speaker Crisp, who had sign, d the warrant, and Sergeant-at-Arms Snow", who had executed it. Mr. Rurixvvs then being appealed t read the warrant he held and explained that it was Issued In the Twenty-second congress sixty-six y?ars ago when they did things in order. (Laughter.) it contained the name ef Sam Houston, th hero of the war for the independence .f Texas. Mr. Reed said there were two aspects of the case worthy of the consideration of the hemse. First, the house should prxeeI in an orderly manner to transact its business, even if that business were bringing niemlvers here to constitute a house. A gieat error had been committed. Members had been arrested who were prwent and not even technically guilty. Beside all analegy of legal procedure requireel that the names be included in the warrants. The sergeant-at-arms was acting as the constable of the house, and his warrants should fhow- who is to be arrested. He should not be armed with a roving commission. Mr. Bland, he said, had charged that members were acting in an unsuitable manner when they refusenl to respond to their names. He insisted that whether a memLer voted yea or nay or did not ote at all was solely a uestion between the member and his constituency. "I did not deny that." interjected Mr.

Bland. "T was addressing thos. chj.gxi with the ivqonsibi'.ity of p. d-." "I shall adeln ss myself 1 ti.t -lass." retorted Mr. Rvcd. "in a !.:ir.i:ie." (Laughter.) The supreme court, le et iici".!. had deciderf a onstitulio;uil vja-.r. ri to be .. present quorum ;.nl ihe wlvd ditT'e ulty here grew tit f the L. -t tl at tic i nie-J the right if m-ict -is cont ii taring a piornm by th ir prcs-n. c. Mr. Kilgore wanted i know whether M Reed had p.. 1 a n.orn.-nt before admitted the rU'ht f a. n.'-mb. r to iv-miia fcileitt. "C ertaiidy." replied Mr. Reed sarcastically, "the trouMe will, tit gc'V.l-iuan is that he cannot uncj.-rstaiid w!..Lt I saw" (Lausiger. "I tru-t." Iv conclude l. -that th house will tr.ko varning s.:vl pvore d in accordance with th constitution f tic Cnite.i State. O? course, att'-r your vociferation, it will d.it'i -:!t. 1 ut yo.i should b patriotic er.' .ih t sacrifice privat feeling for the public good. O-m-s back into the true p.i.r." said he. sn::ling. "and live happily ev r aft -rwar 1 .' The Jtluht of Arre.(. Mr. Tim-T of G--orgia. who replied t j Mr. Reed, direr ted his aUcr.tioti to th, validity cf the warrant. u;v:i- r v.h: h members had ! . ti atrM- I. Mr. Dunn, a detn-n-rat of N.-w Jersey, risked whether Mr. Turner b lifwd inem- ! rs eon! 1 be -irrest' d v !.- n in side tha bar of th-' ,,u- . "I believe." r plied Mr. Turner, "that the l.o".e of representatives lias l hi right to arrest delinquents wherever the-, -are found. een if th-y were in the vhin he u so." ( A p p 1 a use.) "Now. let me on;e 10 ti e !?eji,vx ef. the supreme court." t-ail Mr. lUe-l, "That eb-eision vas that a present quorn in i ;i constitutional mo rum, not a,; voting ,uornn:. Th-r- tempi" ouestio-i-then remains, how shall we ascertain tr.. f. L if the pres. nc of a quorum i a.: fa. t. Now. iT the penth -man does nr.c (hoose to trust ti e p.-r.kc then it J Perfectly right that he should vote to ex-' chide tiie speak.-- trom t tie c.ejcie of that function. But, in tiv- abnrt, . r.nv method being a 1 U-d ll 're is e.i e.f.icer who is the t"--.- the Loos. -barged t i act as its a;"nt. ard that

officer v ery prop r;y I'et.tS the jevyione--cf a quorum when th r is o-- arid if any gentb-man is üssatisfe-1 with hs action there is an apikal 1" the house, ant wh.n the houe its-elf has .ere ieclare V that that -otintlng is prer r. why, li. -n, that Is the action of the l.o'..v" "Will the gentleman f.-rci Mair.a pardon another inquiry?" ask d Mr. Turner.. "Does the gentlein-rn from Maine insist that the si-'-ak r of the house pad tre authority to cunt the ty.or.r. wjihoj; a rule f the house?" "i do." : "Then the gentleman, d.ffe-.j v, rth h snpr me court its df." "Nut nt all. If the gm: b man will )il men can fully hat deri-in f the fim pr-me court l.e will find that. th- r-u-prviue court. Lhe .1 .-'Upreir.e c .urt. ci.-iin-d itself to the question at ban 1, and decided that a j re.-ent viomm was the, constitutional quorum. I want to g.-t that into a reasonable r.utubtr f mind n the other fide (laughter), ar.I ther we shall be victorious." "Will the gentleman from Mn!r. permit r.vi to correct one impression that t think he would rt wish 10 have uii .-apprehended?" asked Mr. McMiMiu. "Tl. gentleman has stated that h va.t -sustained by the house in hi.J ruling that hi had a right t nur.t a eruoruin befori the adoption of the rul- s. By referring to the digest the gentleman will find that from this ru'ing the erne that I 1 ivi named an appeal was taien and debated for two dayp, but no vote was evertaken in the house en tustairlng the deeMon of the chair. A motion to ly tin appeal on the table was, ho-ivover, declared carried on a vote by y.is and nays, a quorum rot voting, but txirr supplemented in the fame manner at was done in the ruling appealed from. So that the ruling that he lual a right ti count a quorum, being appealed from, was sustained onl7 by his eountli-g eiuorum himself." (Applause cm tli democratic side.) "Oh, well, now-," drawled Mr. R.cerJ "this democratic applause at theso utterances you know is getting fainter an l fainter. I measure your advance, lr knowledge by your approach to silertcy (Laughte-r on the republican side.) The-tr-i is no trouble about you. The only d!3? culty with the democratlr; party is that It takes a little longer time for it tr aw rive." (Laughter ard applause on. republican fide.) Tli rrlonp t the Tin is During all this time Mr. Adam. thl prisoner at the bar. had been seated In a, revolving chair in front cf the bar of thhouse, lazily swinging to and fr- an amused spectator cf tiie proceedings, an-1 a laugh was occasioned when Speaker? pro tern. Richardson announced that h-5 had excused the gentleman at the bar cf the house to get his lunch. Representative Dunn, a. IctnotraL e.f New Jers-ey, one of the meml,. rs arrested, denounced the arrest as a breach off his constitutional rights. He offered 4 resolution to the effect that the warrant was v. id and the nam- s should b-a stricken from it. At this point Mr. Bland unexpectedly withdrew his amendment and moved t-i suspend all further proceedings under the 'all of the house under which the aire:t? were mad?. The purpose cf tLH was to drop the much-confused questjoii instead of attempting to straighten, it out. Mr. Rtt-d made the point of erder thnt Mr. Bland cnld not dispense with a call partially executed and on whk h numbcr-i w iv now under arrest. Mr. Springer insisted that vacating th order f the house f Feb. '.) would release the members under arrest. Many members attempted to talk and the chair protested that he vuld not hear half a doen ni.-mbeTs at once. Mr. Re-.l said that every r-spe-tiMi man must be so si. k and tin d of tl.ithing that even th sr-lutiu -ff. red Ly Mr. Bland r.iUht be ;l blessing. Tin.closed the opposition. The acting speaker overruled the point .f eirder and put the -ue iion ..:i tl.i Bland resolution for vacating the call f Feb. VJ and releasing the nn-nliors under arrest. This was carried by a loud viv: vnce vote with very tew dissenting vote-. Thus the tangle was suddenly temi nab'd and the arrested men: hers of con. gress were again five. Representative Johnson of linliana of fered a resolution calling on the fer geant-at-arms to inve-stigate whether Mr. Johnson's am-st w.s w ith proper authority and to correct the writ if error win discovered. The resolution w.is agreed to. Then th" call of committee", v.sualiy (oming at the opening of th day's ses fcion, was begun. GIRL WITH A MILLION. Mlum Rnuil of thieaiio Will il (rurtic A. Y rbttrr. NF.W YORK. Feb. 21 The Tre-s tomorrowwill say: "The engagement of Miss Rand of Chicago to George A. Wehster ed 10 Maiden-lane is announced. It is expected the weeding will take plaeu In early summer. Mi:-.s Rand, while having distinctive claims to beauty, will inherit 51.0ort.000 from her father, head oj 1he linn ef Rar.d fc M-Nally, publisher.and printers of Chicago. Mr. Web.--ter Is a member of the firm of H. tj. Webs ter fc Son, silverware dealers.