Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1891 — CONGRESSIONAL. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSIONAL.

THE CLOTURE RULE. . . , The Senate, on motion of Mr. Aldrich, •took np the cloture rule by a viva voce Eire, on the 2<)th. At the expiration of the orning hour the cloture resolution went over for a time, as Mr. George, who had the floor, refused to yield to Mr. Aldrich, who wished to continue its consideration. i enator George's demand for the right t o speak on the election bill, and his refusal to yqeld for any purpose, is another of the numerous political surprises of the day. Mr. George announces his intention to hold the floor as long as he wants to sneak on the election bill, and insists on his right to it from day to day. The probable result will be that the cloture rule will be considered In the morning hour from day I to day until a vote can be had.- i - .-=-2 i After the Vice-president had left the I chair in the Senate Tuesday evening, but ' while the Secretary and clerk were still at ' the desk, Mr. Ransom, walked up to the i desk and declared emphatically that the | question on taking up the resolution had not been declared by the Vice-president | The Secretary and clerks gave their recol ’ lection in the matter, and Mr. Shurey, of- ■ ficial reporter, read his short-hand notes which showed that the Vice-dres;der.thad said that the yeas appeared to have it, and thathe had subsequently laid the rcsoluI tion before the Senate. Mr. Hoar and Mr.' ■ Aldrich were in the group about the clerk's i dest, and argued that the resolution was formally and properly before the Senate Mr. Ransom, however, was not satisfied, and may bring up the question on the adoption of the journal. Mr. George continued his speech against time, but became weary and attempted to transfer his right to the floor to Butler, but the chair ruled this out of order. Mr. George then resumed the floor, and picking up a pile of manuscript commenced to read a dissertation upon the origin and history of African slavery tn the United States. After some ten minutes he complained of being very weary and inquired whether he might ask the Senator from South Carolina to read the speech, or a part of it, for him. so that he might have a lit- ' tie rest, to which proposition Mr. Aldrich objected, and Mr. George resumed the reading with the words; “Immediately after tire discovery of America,” which caused considerable laughter at the idea that there was so much more to come He read about ten minutes, when another parley ensued, ending by 'George saying: •‘I will go oa, and I get fresh as I go on. [Laughter ] I hope that nobody will act on the idea that I want a rest, because it is a great pleasure to me to entertain the Sen ate on the very important matter that I am now reading.” [La ighter. j He had hardly resumed when he concluded ha couic. continue no longer and yielded. Mr. Morgan then attempted to gain recognition bat the chair ignored his demands to be heard and proceeded to the consideration of the election bill. The Senate then adjourned

The House of Representatives of the Fifty- first Congress has been the arena of many a stormy scene, but an incident which threw the Louse into a turmoil Tuesday, eclipsed any other turmoil in noise, confusion and general ill feeling. The duration of the tempest wqgbrief—not more than four minutes being consumed in its enactment. But those four minutes were replete with excitement. While Mr Mills was hurling his denunciations at the Speaker, the members of the House massed themselves on their respective sides of the | center aisle, the Democrats giving cheer after cheer to their champion, and the Re publicans greeting his remarks with hisses and other manifestations of disgust Words were bandied to and fro; but above the tumult, Mr. Mill’s voice was heard in objurgation of the Speaker’s rulings, and. the action of the majority of the House in sustaining them. The Speaker remained calm While epithets more or less polite in their character were passed. After time the tumult was quelled, though the. escape from a general eollison was a narrow one, A special to the Indian a; >olis Journal Isays: They (Democrats) are determined ’ to prevent legislation in the House till i some action is taken on the elections bill ‘ by the Senate, as they want to hold the right of way over the heads of the Republicans to prevent consideration of the elections bill should it pass the Senate ; The scene for some minutes, was one of : pandemonium, and should be a disgrac..to | the leaders of it. The Democrats have ' been fighting to kill time every day for more than a week by antagonizing the ap--1 proval to the journal each day, and when the Speaker ruled this procedure out of order Mr. Mills became frantic. He wildly sawed the air, and screamed epithets at the top of his voice. The Sergeant-at-arms was called upon to suppress him. Some of his followers were also wild with excitement. The House committee on leveesand improvements of the Mississippi river has [decided to report favorably the bill to appropriate MO,COO,(M» to repair and bulk. the levees from the head of the passesMo Cairo.