National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-25

Mr.. CoNGER, Of Mich, moved to lay the mo-
Mr.. ROBBINS, Of N. O.. moved that the House
Mr. 4. B. SMITH, of N. Y, said he under.
stood the other side would withdraw the motion
me 20 On Hs so06s
Cries Of Irregular order" from the Republican
M. CESSNA, of Pa, made the point Of order
that these were dIlstOry motions which, under
the new rule, were not permissible.
The SPEAKER (Mr. BLAINE) having resumed
the chair, said that under the ne" rule TWO dila-
Mr.; BUTLER, of Mass. oh, fight It out. We
Mr.. RANDALL moved that when the House
adjourn It be TO meet on Friday, and the yeas and
nays were ordered.
PENDING the call Of the roll on the motion to sd-
1ourn, Mr.. CESSNA said he desired to give no.
tice that the time occupied in dIlstory motions
would be deducted from that which was Intended
to be given to the discussion Of the bill.
40 Inc motion to adjourn was disagreed to-yeas
The motion Of Mr.. RANDALL to reconsider the
vote BY which the House refused to go into Com
mittee OF the Whole was then tabIed-yeas, IS2;
nays ne Democrats not voting in order TO
No quorum voting Mr.. OBRIEN moved q call
OF the House, and It was ordered by vote los
Mr.. Butler rose TOT
PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY
and said there was evidently 3 quorum in the
House, and asked If It not in the power or the
House to compel members to vote.
The SPEAKER said that he knew no way
to compel members TO vote. You could lead a
horse to water but you could not make him drink
horses.
Mr.. CESSNA asked If that applied to other
Mr. HYNES, Of Ark, said the purpose of this
was to defeat the new rule to prevent hllIbuster-
ing, and asked If members who were known to be
here, as for instance the gentleman from Penn
sylYania, Mr.. RANDALL could not be comDAIIed
TO vote. tDeTisive cries OF "louder," louder" ~
He moved that the gentlemen be compelled to
Mr.. COX, of N. Y. Let's have the yeas and
nays on that; LLaughter.I
Mr.. OONGER, Of Mich, moved that the names
OF those present and not voting be called IN order
that requests to excuse them might be made.
The SPEAKER. The rules Of the House for.
PIC member from voting after vote has been
The CLERK then proceeded to call the roll under
Ine Orue5 ior a can OF the House, and2l7 members
Mr.. BUTLER, Of Mass, moved that the absen-
tees be sent for.
tees, and Mr.. BUTLER commended that such ex-
cUses could not be offered at this time
The SPEAKER ruled that this was the proper
time 10 offer such excuses; whereupon the OppO-
nents OF the "bil to protect elect Jrs' Indicated
purpose 10 call the yeas and nays upon each indi-
Tidual case of excuse.
Mr.. SENER, Of Va, then msved that all fur-
ther ProeC e1ings under the call be suspended.
Relected-yeas q, nays 10.
MI. CLYMER, OF Pa, then moved to reconsider
tina voc whereby the Hou: re q ed to dispense
with farther proceedings under the call, which
was followed by motion to lay the melton to re-
consider on the table. On the latter the yeas and
nays were ordered and It was adopted-yeas 1874,
NAYS GO.
The question then arose as to whether the yeas
and nays could be called upon the question Of ex-
cusing absent members.
The SPEAKER had read the Journal Of 1858
to show that such motions had been determined
by yeas and nays. He intimated, however that
ne would rule In such way as to prevent these
motions, as they were all calculated to delay
business.
Mr.. BUTLER, Of Mass, appealed to the Re-
publicans to stand by the majority.
Mr.. RANDALL said the Democrats were
ready at any time TO go on with the appropr1a-
tion bills.
Mr.. WHEELER, Of N Y, said 1t was manifest
that the night was to be FILTERED away and he
therefore moved to adjourn. The motion was re-
lected-yeas, 81; nays, lis.
Ats q. m. the House was still in session.