Show LIVELY MILL in THE HOUSE republicans continue to filibuster the joy anell election case the cause heed boutelle outhwaite payne and crisp get mad democrats short a quorum the senate washington march 29 when alie house met today feverish anxiety wae manifested as to the fate of tho bill after tho reading of the journal dockery from the joint commission to investigate the expenditures expend iturea in the executive department formally introduced a bill prepared by the commission to improve the methods of accounting in the treasury department the regular order the joy election case was alien taken up and the filibuster against seating oneil was resumed while the roll of the house was being called alie presidents executive clerk appeared at the bar of the house with the presidents special massage vetoing the bill and the bill A vote on the pending measure was taken and resulted to 11 14 short of a quorum patterson offered a resolution to revoke all leaves of absence and to instruct the sergeant at arms to take absentees into custody the order according to the resolution was to ton dinue in force from today until vacated the previous question was ordered to 2 reed of maine and speaker crisp then indulged in a short and spirited debate on the manner of procuring a quorum in the house their well known views bein widely different party feeling had been aroused by the remarks of mr reed and speaker crisp and the republicans began filibustering with ie doubled vigor finally moved to adjourn and the speaker declined to entertain the motion by this time the members of both houses were wildly excited partisan blood was at fever heat and for several minutes pandemonium reigned from all parts of the floor members were shouting their and several personal collisions were narrowly averted shut up yelled some one across the floor while the speaker banged his gavel and ordered all members to be beatel 1 I rise to a question of order shouted payne and the chair refuses to recognize the gentleman for that purpose returned the speaker the question ii on the adoption of a resolution instructing the sergeant at arms to arrest absentees and as many as arc in favor of it will say aye contrary no in the midst of the chorus of voices that followed payne boutelle and reed were on their feet clamoring for recognition the speaker refused to recognize them tellers shouted payne pending that motion he moved to adjourn the speaker declined to entertain tho motion reed loudly insisted on his right to know why but the speaker replied by ordering him to take bis seat patterson called for the ayes and nays and payne demanded tellers on the motion the speaker appointed Pat torson and payne the latter was still clamoring to bo recognized recognised on bis point of order the democrats bad crowded down into the area in front of the chair the speaker ordered payne to take his place as teller payne declined to serve the chair then appoints the penile man from maine said the speaker reed was wild with rage 1 I decline to serve said be the gentleman from tennessee mr patterson will act alone the democrats raised a cheer as the sneaker said this and moved rapidly past him in single file to be counted the excitement was intense A band of ruffians has possession of this house shouted boutelle we are giving you some of your own medicine retorted outhwaite when a sufficient number had befth counted patterson ordered alie yeas and davs in chorus the republicans were protesting against this irregularity andi reed in a loud voice declared that the chair knew that the rules required two tellers the house understands the circumstances replied speaker criep firmly the chair appointed a gentleman from new york mr payne he declined to serve the chair then appointed the recognized leader on that side ho aino declined the chair did not intend to be subjected to the humiliation of having every member of that side refuse oa 01 the oba require two tellers returned reed tho chair takes all the consequences quen ces replied the speaker emphatically amid democratic cheers payne was still talking loudly in the alele as the clerk began calling the roll he was ordered to take bis seat and replied he would do so when he got ready tho speaker met this retort by declaring that he was ready to entertain a motion to bring the gentleman to tho bar of the house for contumely he said that the speaker must have some power to enforce order outhwaite and boutelle in the general confusion that followed were engaged in a wordy duel and outhwaite threatened to move that boutelle bo called to the bar of the house for contempt alie speaker recited that such proceedings ce could not interrupt the roll call but upon its completion they were in order the resolution was adopted to 3 havner republican of nebraska moved to reconsider and pending that to adjourn during the progress of the roll call tho excitement subsided and by an cement the motion to reconsider was withdrawn and at p m the house adjourned the senate washington march 29 in the senate after the introduction of several bills the senate boott up the bill propos ine the limitation of time for the corn of the title to certain landa disposed of under the act of congress cnown as the donation act and for the protection of purchasers and occupants of lands situated in the states of washington oregon and idaho the bill was passed senator german reported the pension appropriation bill the house joint resolution appropriating additional to carry out the provisions of the chinese exclusion act was passed at 2 the mcgarrahan bill was passed without division and at the senate adjourned until monday |