Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-19

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sick. Messengers had ben sent to fnfosm
Bell, Bruce, Bgoth. Chasdtsr, Coke; 6en.
" desseW Wallace.and Vo6shesssof the oftsr 5of
the senate.
At 5:l0 Paddock moved to adjourn, The
presiding officer reused up with start and
put the question. Senators doing in their
seats besfisred themselves and ssvaked up
: The ,sepste1S saandly lleeptpe; I AIoaher7
:.cali of aths siolls t6eM took nl1eas and stheI
motion to adjourn was lost. The sleep sit
uation again prevailed, and At 5 20 the ser.
geant-at.arms further reported. Senators
Booth. Davis and Kellogg answered that
they were teo unweh to come 70 the ssn.
ste. Senator Chandler would not answer
Senators Morrill,, Saunders and Bruce an
swered that they would come Immediately
and Senators Bell, Coke and Kirkwood re.
ported in person. atSt 'St". g. Z 49,
At intervals OF about half al hour mo-
tions were made to dispense with further
proceeding under the call, but only to be 10.
kularly voted down.
Morgan moved that the senator from
New York be called 30 order g,g
Conklthg however mat6talned his place
with his feet elevated upon his desk.
Davis-we can have q general understsnd-
Ing to vote to day. Ii so, propose we
come 10 II.
Coakline-ws can hsve'no understand
ing; We wtllbit here. $50 - 80,
Merrill. at 9:l5, moved that the senate
adjourn. He had no doubt that each side
would be willing TO have the bill disposed
Of during the day. He thought that 90
reaennaete men they could reach sucl-con-
Esass-1 hope se willsnoots sdjourn 10.
cOpstitutiOnally.
Morrill, have no reasonable doubt
that the bill can be disposed of to day.
Platt-1 can, aud will consent that the
bill shall be disposed of at any particular
tlme.
PendlstoazssWtll. the sesator .ssres; ;,aat
ih6 hili iGhalb b disposed torlo.dajiS d.
Platt-At no time.
Eaton-I desire 1t to be understood so
faf as democratic senators are concerned,
that We have been anxious all the time
that there should be no. adjopr1ment until
ss'' so @:s'g %:' ss* 4; Se 9s.'S:,
ten or twenty hours
The senate refused tn adjourn.
Burnside moved that the sergeant-ataIms
be required TO compel the attendance Of
absentees.
Eaton said It would be we'll TO know
who they are. and for that purpose on his
motion . call Of the seDste was. bad and
thiraysseaators ansWsred. q thsirp6ues.
Tie dGe5,tpa HayiSE besns dsRpllias
hunorouSly- fjmStksda athatdhSfSepsd the
senator from Rhode Island did not mean
the military to compel absentees to attend.
Burnside said quorum could be readily
secured u t16.carrta1es. ! katsi employed %
bring in absentees.
Thurman remarked If they waited till
abseatees bad taken breakfast they would
scca4AAApe good .humoredly, but Jrcompell.
ed 10 come before breakfast they would be
III tempered therefore it would be better
10 wait.
Burnside-Is is. row half past .; SENATOR
have breakfasted.
Thurmsn-Oh, no.
Hereford said If the senator from Rhode
Island would snonpel his political friends
to vote whenNReI vere ju tkeir seats prop
er leg,slatsd Modsd bs eartssd on. II wei
now near the first Of July when the appro
priation bills would take effect The dem
oc,ats were endesvoring to pass them &c
that the ioperattopy esf tho ,RoSernmen,
sbnikht be continued, yet republican senators
occupying their seats declinee to answer tt
their names when called. The trouble wal
not that senators were not here, but thai
they pefaseda0svotS. saas@ e&a
Burnside replied that it was in the powel
of the msjority to adjourn when the propel
:. houI asriyed.s Then meeting at1ihs rusaa
time the senate could have rssumed consfd
Grafton Of the bill without conditions. Re
publicane would in 3lstr case have voted
They did not'want itdndasst66d they wouli
be compelled to vote. 1t would easily b
dstssoined where the, responsibility rested
Thurman here resumed the chair.