Show I 1 IN HALLS OF STATE much talk but little work in congress FIGHTING BIRD FOR THE FAIK FAIR lobbying ia the th interests or r tarpons measures work in the departments hoffle home aid and foreign official If fairs THE SENITE washington jan jail 22 blar presented a memorial from lie the board of missions of the african methodist E episcopal pi zion church of america in favor of the blair educational bill and asked to have it print printed ed in the record harris objected blair aleo also presented numerous oilier other M memorials emo rials of the same Character all of which were laid on th table I 1 the bill adversely reported january from the census committee to ascertain what percent percentage a ge of the people own their farms the number of farms under mortgage and the amount ill thereof e rel was taken from the calendar calenda r i in n order to give berry who introduced the tile bill an opp to state the ground 1 of his opposition to the he t re pox t and why the bill should be passed platt referring to the st statement a terns 1 1 t made by berry as to the efte cistern r n manufacturers loaning money to western and southern farmers at large rates of interest took occasion to SA say that the idea that eastern manufacturers had large rou fits and were loaning money to farmers farmers was an entire mistake berry varied somewhat his original statement and said that trust companies and corporations corp rations in n new york and new england had representatives in all the southern and western estates trying to loan money to farmers on farm mort mortgages gagas hale chairman of the census cc committee sated there was no hostility hostility on the part of the committee to the proposed inquiry but in every suggestion to ent enlarge arice its scope tb the e census committee was C confronted with ith danger of putting in such new work ork as would delay the census and instead of the census being i made ade clear distinct and s swiftly lily taken it would run over years and the committee were desirous to prevent that hale dated stated that a great and valuable body of substantial information on the question w all a now b bang ang obtained by the superintendent of the census reagan argued in favor of the all vest spoke of the abnormal depression of the agricultural interests of the coun country try evidenced by the fact that corn is bringing now to its producers produce ril in missuri and K kansas only 13 to 14 cents per bushel anav and wheat 49 to 60 50 cents while coal cats them 29 cents per bushel trie farming community re had artile d the conviction t that hat legislation nai as largely responsible I 1 ble for the existing depress depression i on lie ile was authorized to make a statement that the superintendent had bad written a letter to his colleague cockrell that the census supervisors would belong wong to the republican idan party that the preference wu would be given them in every instance in that case w who io could blame him if ha lie asked congress to mike make mandatory on tha the deity to give the information which the bill required he was not witling to trust to the discretion or judgment of the superintendent in of the census a duty which ought to be accurately and honestly hone performed spooner otier said he bili believed eved porter eminently adapted for the discharge of the ills duties of bis his position he ile went onto on to ague argue that the mortgages were not always a signal of distress they often indicated enory and vigor and ambition and a desire to obtain more property finally after further discussion the bill went over without action till tomorrow to morrow the senate then passed the senate bill granting to the state of california 5 per cent of the net proceeds proceeds of tha the cash salt 9 cf lf tile public public lands of the state the tile senate passed a joint resolution granting authority for the removal of the apache indian prisoners and their families from alabama to ft sill bill indian territory after an executive session adjourned jour ned THE HOUSE washington jan 21 in the house yesterday yester dav jut jua previous ions to adjournment journ ment blaid bland moved the house anjou n and on division the speaker de declared ciar ed the tile motion lost bland thereupon demanded tellers and according to the tile record una this morning the speaker replie I 1 there is no provision provi Mon bion for or tel jellets lets 11 there ra was no record of this fact mada made in lie the journal ill ro I 1 and anti thin this in ruing bland moved ve d ta to 0 have the jural amended accordingly the speaker elated stated that he be had bad en made ade his reply in an interrogative form and tile gentleman from missouri had se magly acquiesced ai in in it the chair was as informed amed that such details were not I 1 tiser ted in the tile journal the chair submitted blands motion to amend the journal and on division declared the motin moti in lost loasby by a voe vo e of to 95 band d banded t tl abero lers the tile speaker inquired I 1 whether the tile gentleman from missouri hail had disco covered vere I 1 auy any ground iby why tellers debould be appointed the chair bad had suggested ha lie would like to have attention called to any provision regarding tellers bind bl ind caid paid he ile had demanded tellers under tile g practice pr artica of the house the i speaker declined to entertain the demand fr f T tellers bland demanded the yeas and nays days but almont at abe tl e same moment appealed from the deci ion of the chair the speaker apt aker said the appeal came rather late but he would entertain it A long and heated debate debato then began which lasted three houra mills of temos breckinridge Brotkin ridge of arkansas blount of ol georgia mcmillin lm of tenne see eee and others argued that to vote by tillers tellers was as a part of par Iia y law as a motion to adjourn mills stills said it was the only vote by chib the tile house could correct the decision of the speaker and if lie the house did not have the tile right to this ote vote the beams a mere inere czar when the speaker to permit the house to hae have tellers to verify hs h e count he lie simply cretu ed to allow the house to say whether his decision right or wrong ghoul should 1 bland stand cannon of illinois pa payne y no of penns pennsylvania narita and c othlie thel 8 upheld tte the chair Carl carlisle iele inquired what redress a member biad a against a wrong count by the sl si eaker if f lie cou could id not have the yeas and nays the house in the absence of conventional rules estable established lied by itself was to bo be governed rd izah by alie e general dge parliamentary law aa an modiner by y the rule heretofore prevail log la in I 1 10 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k a in submitting the appeal to the tile house tho the speaker speakers bid id the chair had always been unable to see how it is p edible for or lie tile house which hag has pawed out of existence to bend bond by rules and regulation the hou house se which was to come into elkis existence in the future recent decisions by the speaker aker have been to the effect that t the re 0 r rules tiles of the last house louse did not bee become 0 m 6 the rules of the present hou house s e directly the chair is unable to see how they can become the rulea rules of the present house indirectly the tile very fact that they have been made as rules shows clearly the necessity of special enactment if it they became by indirection the rules of the next house it would not become ne necea c eslary aary to reenact re enact them the tile suggestion which has been made that the matter is under launder the exclusive control of the sp speaker eaker at this very moment is receiving a negative because an at appeal is pending in this case as it ban bas in I 1 many others all decisions from the oil chair air which are made under proper circumstances and in good faith are subject to revision by a majority of the broue consequently there is not and cannot be any arbitrary control of this body against its will vill the present occupant of the chair lias ilan frequently ordered tellers since the beginning of this session ees sion and is not unwilling to do so but te t ie question has now come up as a question of right and whatever the personal wishes of the occupant of the chair might be he ii is obliged to decide in accordance with what he regards the unmistakable parliamentary amenta ry law of the land all parliamentary law must be made on the supposition that the man elected to preside must be an honest official honestly performing bis his duties it has hai been suggested also that the speaker may on the question of ordering the yeas and nys n ys miscount and if it tellers can be 0 dered that ml miscount s may be corrected but it is necessary in order to haye have tell tel hellern lern e r to have one fifth of a it quorum dem demanding d 1 ll 11 g them and under the rule of the io last st house the speaker in must oil t count that one fifth ultimately therefore the speaker is counted an fill officer aj and any supposition that he would betray bis his duty is not a supposition on which parliamentary law is founded fonn ded all rules of the last hou house r e define the parliamentary law to be as I 1 conceive it to be that a division may may be bad had whereby the speaker may make male the count drat fira by tile sound of voice and second by the members arising in their teas and that his record may ruay be correct corrected cd under constitutional tut ional right by the yeas and andna davs vs I 1 have aten compelled to make the decision I 1 hive litva mide 11 cannon moved to lay the appeal on the tible mills raised the point of order that the parliamentary law recognized no such a motion the speaker overruled the point of order and submitted the cannon motion it was agreed to yes nays days the question then recurred on blinds motion to amend the emr nal and it was lost aas nays the journal wai then approved grain crain of texas offered a reLo resolution lution directing the committee on judiciary to report within a week whether the late sergeant at arms was the disbursing officer and if sto so to report the bill provi providing Ing for fr tile payment of tha the balario of the tile members referred bills introduced and referred Funston of kansas for the crea tiou of an agricultural commission to investigate the causes of the present depressed condition of the agricultural interests dorsey of nebraska audbor authorizing zing the secretary of the Tr treasury eaury to reduce the reserve to and apply the tile other to the payment of the public debt tits house e then resumed in committee of the whole the oklahoma to town wn site bill but no pro progress gross wag was made and the committee arose and adjourned ine THE FAIR fagerness or of Chi cagos friends on a the he special committee to 1 hasten the tote yote NV washington ASHINGTON jan 21 the special committie on worlds fair held its first meeting this morning mr springer up liis his resolution providing that tile house proceed neati thursday to fi elect thaw eito site for the tile fair by ballot aid wid it wa was discussed for an hour air mr springer urged the importance of speedy action on the proposition he ile held that by its action on the h cannon non resolution reo lution the houi o had virtually decided that the matter must ba be settled as early as possible and that the committee was ally under instructions and wai was as much bound by them as ai if it they had been formally given he ile urged thattie that alie house could not riot move in the tile jeatter ma wr until it bad had first settled where the fair was to be held mr hitt also declared in favor of the tile immediate selection of the site by the house home and pointed out how delay jeopardized the tile chancel chances of the fair mr sir flower thought the date fixed for balloting by the springer resolution thursday next was a little soo moo he lie suggested that a reio resolution lution he lie rr ported reported providing for debate in the tile house next monday one hour and id a half to be he allowed lor for the presentation sen tation of the claims of each cacti city to ba be followed by balloting on tuesday mr sir frank offered a resolution that the lie springer resolution providing for balloting in the house next thursday be referred to a sub committee subcommittee of three to report at the next meeting of the tile committee after much this was adopted and the sub committee was appointed as follows chairman chandler and losses hitt and flower |