Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1903 — WAGONER IS SEATED. [ARTICLE]

WAGONER IS SEATED.

Butler Is Ousted From the House Amid Exciting Scenes. Washington dispatch: Amid scenes which recalled the exciting days o! the fifty-first congress when party feeling ran fiercely and the house of representatives resounded with denunciations of the high-handed methods of the majority, James J. Butler of Missouri was unseated by the house and George C. R. Wagoner was seated in his place. The democrats had decided at their caucus that if the case was called up they would prosecute a filibuster from now until March „4, regardless of consequences to legislation, and they began the fight as soon as the gavel fell. • Roll call followed roll call and It took over three hours to approve the journal. Then when the decks were cleared the case was called. A spirited debate of two hours followed, and finally after repeated roll calls the case was brought to a vote. Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who was in the chair, refused to recognize a demand for a division, and Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, denounced his course amid the jeers of the republican side. The few democrats present were overriden roughshod and Mr. Wagoner was seated.