Show in BOOB democratic house passes mccrearys McCre arys resolution resolution defeated by a party vote bland makes an attempt to get up hij bill providing the or sll ver he fleuti gallantly fop hours he finally scores a point by the adoption or resolution re leaves or absence washington feb 7 by a vote of to 67 the house today to day adopted the resolution condemning minister stevena and sustaining the hawaiian policy of cleveland ano republicans against it to the end upon the first vote the resolution was carried to 3 and an interesting parliamentary question was raised as to whether instead of was not a quorum four beats being vacant on account of deaths the speaker held that the majority of members chosen and living constituted a quorum quoting in support of his position a review of the subject made bytho speaker ex in the fifty first congress his position however waa warmly assailed by some democratic members and it was finally the vote over again so the ruling was eventually withdrawn bouteller Bout ellea resolution was defeated by a strict party vote after the voting upon the resolution had been completed bland made an attempt to pet up his bill for the coinage of the silver the eastern democrats led bv tracey and cocbrane Coc bran inaugurated a filibuster in which they were joined by a majority of the republicans although a few of the latter indicated by their votes that they favored the consideration of the bill and for four hours bland and the remainder of the democrats were held at bay finding it impossible to secure a quorum to proceed with consideration of the bill and that the house might be deadlocked indefinitely upon the proposition bland directed his efforts toward securing the adoption of a resolution to revoke leaves of absence and to instruct the sergeant at arms to arrest absentees after a persistent struggle which lasted until 7 bland was successful and the resolution was passed in order to make it still more effective the order was made a continuing one until vacated bytho by tho house immediately on the announcement of the voto on the passage of McCre arya resolution bland called up bis bill directing the secretary of the treasury to coin the silver and moved that tho house go into committee of the whole for its consideration tracey democrat of new york raised the question of consideration springer made a point of order that the question of consideration could not be raised the speaker sustained the point explaining that the purpose of the opposition to considering the bill would be sub served by voting against the motion to go into committee of the whole the motion to go in to committee of the whole was lost for lack of a quorum ago to 7 some eastern democrats joined the great bulk of the republicans ad refused to vote on motion of bland a call of alie house was ordered the call developed the presence of 2 15 members proceedings under the call were dispensed with and democrat of new york moved to adjourn this being defeated it recurred on blands motion to go into committee of the whole it resulted to 4 still no quorum coombs again moved to adjourn and it carried on a rising vote to 19 bland was however resolved to continue the fight and demanded the ayes and bayn the house refused to adjourn 87 to bland then moved a call of the house carried tracey demanded the ayes and the call was ordered to 63 wise democrat of virginia moved to adjourn and roll call followed roll call followed roll call in quick succession each succeeding call developing the fact that members were slipping away but at last bland was successful passing revoking all leaves of absence and instructing the sear geant at arms to take into his custody absent members and bring them to tho bar of the house in order to make i the resolution more effective it waa made a continuing order until vacated by the house at 7 the house adjourned the treasury balance Ba lanse washington feb 7 the treasury today is stated to be the first time it has been above the mark for several months this is accounted for solely by alie payment of subscriptions for the new per cent bonds of this increase is gold and currency will report favorably washington feb 7 the senate committee on foreign relations today to day decided to report favorably alie ratification treaty with great britain for the extensions of the treaty for completing the survey between alaska and the northwest territory which was sent to the senate on monday by the president adverse reports rendered washington feb 7 in the evasion of the public lands committee adverse were rendered on billa tor the survey of lands granted to the willam atte valley and cascade mountain wagon cload company in the state of oregon tho bill to prevent alie consolidation of land offices in colorado and the senate bill to dispose of several abandoned military reservations those expensive chinese washington feb 7 special agent fiaher of the treasury department was before tho appropriations committee and explained the request of the secretary of the treasury for to enforce the chinese exclusion act thie item has nothing to do with the geary act but it is to furnish means to carry out the law of may by policing the border and shipping home caught attempting to enter the united state unlawfully |