Show HOUSE WASHING Tox A 0 june 19 mills mille objected to the approval of the journal on the ground that it wag was not read in foil full by the clerk the speaker ordered the full reading hie the clerk was proceeding to read that portion of the journal which dis li closed the reference of the silver bill to the committee on coinage weights and an d mer measure eureti when mckinley moved that the journal jon anal le be approved and demanded the previous pro question de despite spite mills protest that be he was entitled to recognition to move to correct the journal cpr springer i nger raised a point of order the journal contained a record of something which never happened the speaker replied that it waa was for the house to decide and directed the clerk to call the roll the tile clerk proceeded while springer amid the applause of bis his par party t y colleagues entered a it vigorous vlao rons protest addressing the speaker be lie said you can agnora the rights of 0 the representatives representative a of the people but the people will pull you down sir air at the polla e next e t Nu november vember and your party till with h ya yon n I 1 the house refused to order the previous question 10 2 to 11 amid loud democratic applause the tile following republicans voted with tle tl e democrats in the negative bartline HartH ne de haven kelly kerr iowa lind morrow and townsend colorado mills mille offered a tea resolution reciting the order of reference made by the speaker in referring the silver bill to the committee on coinage weights and measures meas urea was incorrect and made without authority under the rules and resolving that the journal be corrected by striking this entry cainnon of illinois ail argued cued that the enato amendments would require to be considered in committee of the whole that be being ng BO so it waa was the speakers duty to refer it to the committee on coinage w weights e bights and measures thil the resolution on bought to strike out the rt recital cital of the facts mills of texa characterized characterize can nona lions position iosi tion as the boldest moat most reckless and absurd position he be ever beard maintained in a legislative body hotly under the constitution the journal waa was to be kept by the houde no not t by the speaker or hia his clerks ll 11 he charged the republican party with being false to its pledges on the matter of silver the democratic party would give the people tree free unlimited coinage of silver the people would ask the tile republicans why when u they were war sent here bere as friends of silver they voted it to death to prevent the lion of the peoples wishes and the fulfillment of 0 their promises peters of kansas though declaring himself a free coinage man sustained the speakers kers action contending that under the the rules it was the speakers duty to refer the bill as he had done biggs of california put an in interrogatory with such velie vehemence mence as to draw forth the laughter of the house louse which was tells renewed ed when bings in in perfect good nature but wally to ally ob livious of the speak speakers P rs gavel coat coot n nod t to put t III his question t tion Fl florip finally riP th the speaker ae hiir asked sternly 11 will the gentleman from california come coma to order 1 I will replied biaza in a meek and pleasant voice which again gave rise to merriment crisp of georgia submitted an argument ara ora to show that under the rules rule a the speaker had not the tile power to r refer the hill bill as he ile bad done springer of illinois contended for th the e r ight 0 of the house haase to revise the journal I 1 0 and land make it show what the uuna majority I jorl ty of the house decided it should bid show the purpose of referring ohp the bill to the committee on coinage weights and measures was to prevent the house from voting on the question of concurrence in the senate ame amendments the rules which it waa was claimed were intended to allow the majority to do business and anti produce results were now prostituted prostitutes to the base purpose of gagging the majority blond of missouri held that no other course was open but to strike the erroneous reference of the bill from the journal that would place the bill on the speakers speaker a table again and allow atlow the house to get after it butterworth of ohio said the file time had bad not come when the republican party was willing to abdicate its control over the house the tile question would ild be 1 ut next fall but not in time 10 lo affect hatt ct this question mcmillan of tennessee but it will be in in time for thin this question to effect street it democratic applause continuing butterworth Buiter worth held that the real qu etoi i before the bouse house was whether or not he speaker bad had referred the tile bill to the committee not that it was not properly referred the question arose as to whether ahe speaker wai wa ai i to make the reference he lie contended that ha he was so authorized rule 21 gives the speaker the authority to refer t the h a pu public bile bills to the appropriate committees co m M mit tte tees springer argued that the silver bill waa was not properly under the rules before the house yesterday because the business 0 on the Speak speakers ets d ek sk bad had not been reached butterworth said the pending proposition sought to unhorse the republican majority and to put the D democratic ell io craic minority into the saddle the republicans Republic aus should not abdicate in favor of the democrats until at least they should determine that they were unable to conduct the business 0 of the majority republican applause I 1 he ile waa was in favor of an early consideration of the tile silver bill anderson of kansas while declaring hemsell himself au an earnest advocate of free co nage maintained the correctness of the speakers rulings he want wanted ed to ask the chairman n of the committee ommittee on coinage weights and measures nes saas whether betha r the committee would give the a chance to vote upon the me meA Bure anure conger of iowa chairman of that committee replied that so tar far as he be personally was concerned he would make every effort to secure legislation on this subject crisp said the committee on rules might interfere as it did to prevent prevent a rate on the free co coinage inage of a silver ver mills mille of texas said the point to be made was that under the a existing istine rulea rules the silver bill remained T upon the S speakers table to be disposed of as ill the lion house I 1 all and d not the speaker should determine breckinridge of kentucky argued that if the speaker went beyond the scope of his authority in the reference of the bill his action waa was not only erroneous rone ous but illegal and void the the speaker in renden rendering ng his life decision eaid said he desired the members of the house to divest themselves of the idea that any unusual procedure bad had taken place in a connection with this bill the reference of bills of this kind and in this way bai bal been of daily occurrence since th the a adoption of the rules the chair desired also that the house should know that this particular transaction did not take place in a corner in the regular course of business the journal clerk anfor informed m ed the speaker that among the it lists te of I 1 bills to be referred under the ru rules Is 8 to ap prop committo committe waa was the u e silver bill ill with the senate amo amendments n the speaker bad had been asked whether be he had bad any particular direction to make in regard to it knowing the bill to be one of grave public importance and anxious that he sheild have all possible light on the i subject the chair bad had consulted the democratic members of the committee on rut rules as blount and Mc mccallen Uallen aud and the gentlemen from missouri and illinois bland and springer not tor for the purpose of throwing any rep in n lity u upon n them but in n or order er t that a he 0 might ight benefit befit by an any light they might ight be able to give va after after fter co conversing U with those gentlemen it had seemed clear to the chair that the rules of the housa house covered the question and that his duty was to treat the bill aa As he would treat any other accordingly the clerk was not directed to makenny make any change in in re regard rd 1 to reference the house must lve bear ar in mind this was not nut a question of politics or currency rency it wall a question ol 01 parliamentary law and ou on the dec eion slon of the house depends the carrying out of a system of rules the house had bad adopted if it not satisfied with the reference directed A by the speaker under the present system of rule rules the houie house could change the reference did this bill cont contain sin provisions which under the rules 0 ought to be considered in committee of the I 1 whole there waa was a provision in the ori original inal house bill by which certain bullion bullion wag was to be purchased and certificates issued th thereon a reon the benle sanle pate amendment waa was an amendment for free coinage and for this an appropriation was made if 11 anything visa as clear in parliamentary faw law it was that this bill was one of those which would be properly considered in committee of the whole and this abeln being 10 it waa was the obvious duty of the chair to refer it in the same man ner der in which hundreds and thousands thou tho sanda nand of bills have been referred it during bilig the h present session the point of order raised by the gentleman from illinois cannon put the chair in an embarrassing position tiou because the proposed proposed action of the house waa was a ecla raLlon that an error bad had been made in parliamentary law it was prop proposed obed to erase from the journal a question ot of fact while the chair might have some doubt about points of order he felt it was a question the house ought to determine lie would therefore overrule the points of if order and submit the question to the house cannom moved to table the mills resolution reBo lation on a standing vote this carried to morrow 51 orrow california bartine nevada an and it townsend Towne end colorado voted with the democrats they were overlooked by the speaker in the first count but morrow called attention to the omission and it was rectified on a vote by tellers the motion to table waa was lost yeas nays the question then recurred on the mills mille resolution and it was agreed to yeas nays days at the conclusion of roll call the vote stood yeas nays nave A change of one vote would be 6 necessary to defeat the resolution by a tie vote and that change w was as made by burnston Fur of kansas amid derisive cheers from the democrats this left the vote naya days but the change proved unavailing abbott of texas and but bullock I 1 ock of florida names were unrecorded stated that they had voted in the affirmative firma tive and the speaker accepting their statement 9 11 the vote stood yeas nays days then mekin mckin ley arose and changed bis his vote to the affirmative and the vote was finally announced yeas nays days mckinley was then recognized to move a reconsideration and also to move an adjournment mills mille managed to sandwich in a motion to lay the motion to reconsider on the table on the motion to lay the mills resolution on the table the follows following 11 9 republicans voted with the democrats in the negative bartine artine li carter delia dolia dehaven haven ven ewart kelley morrow and townsend colorado colored a on the resolution itself ewart did not vote but the others named voted in the affirmative mckinley also voted in the affirmative but ony tor for the purpose of moving for a reconsideration the motion to adjourn waa was lost yeas naye 1 10 the vote recurring on the mills motion to table the m tion to reconsider it was agreed to yeas nave milla mills then moved to approve the journal as amended asking to withdraw the preamble preambles which re cites that the order 0 of reference made by the speaker referring fening re the silver bill to the committee on coinage weights and measures was incorrect under the rules of the house aud done without authority under said rules rales mckinley objected and the question re recurred on the adopt adoption iou of the amble it was lost yeas nays days republican applause springer moved the approval ol 01 the journal as re amended pending which on motion of mckinley the house adjourned |