Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-25
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call. on1rosiop hs .Jjsprppsn,, showed
yeas and 70 naYs-lsss than . quorum,
Shortly afisrsard.s ,hs ssyssntiat-arms pre-:
ssatea . report that sena.er Davis Norrill,
Dave and Anthosy rerorted In person
NJ. Blaine promised Immediate atseadaace
Mr.. Conklirg would give 10 assurances. Of
attendance; Meears. McDenald and Patter.
500 ~erss At their lodsisgs sick Ae.s,,.
Bayard, Butler, Hamlin, B.rnum and Chan.
di.f did saE opsA ss,heirs dSolss Tasio.hez
messenger hsdF.es repafsedoooh
Mr.. Edns.ds 3so.se tyses)7. What are you
going 70 do about ii?
PresidinE onacsr That i for, the senate
to decide. The sergsan. .::s.ms has made
his report.
H.rris-but hes hs 61scuted the order!
: Cokrell-He IL In process of executing Il
Harris-Very we'll if 10 seeds more tim
make no complaint. 'A''
Riesidissl onseso ifhsa ssrilitsse saiiimais
desireA sDskaaEi IT, u stsGhlxduy 1dr forcs ah
entrance. II upon applying At the residence
Of = senator: he y Refused sdm,tsanes. 5i,s
Anthony, (ssrcss.tcallye ~ suggest s6al
...his 10 one Of the fen inslances- --ia--vAici
the use Of The military hes net bess prohib.
tied. Anthony inquired whether he (Hsr-
rs) would have the sergeantst arms in
structed 10 iutrude into the chambers Of
senator's and take then. ny forceso III I
Harris replied-No senator had the right
to bs absent from the trans ac.iou Of public
bd,f1iVess.s WhsGs u. did" 10 fwi,6Snf issvs
~ ssdsie e4h.da,hs. .powsr0 AZ ~bs.ai-
tut,on and rules to compel his attendance,
and if This required in :asion Of his resi-.
dence 4hsPssss a,oald1 1GS9ehos6d.
Morgan said he desired to preseat 70 the
attention of the sen.ts the case Of senator
Conkling who would give NO assurance Of
attendance, aud to inquire, how, ,lens Abe
senate should have to wait for the atten
dance Of the senator. He moved that the
sergeant. .st.arms be instructed 10 bring
Conklipg into the senate. He made the
motion special because he had not heard Of
any other VIE bod. de6ed-she power Of the
senate. and refused. to comply with It's de-
mand. He wished to know II one man
should dominate over the senate or should
the senate exercise its authority. Il
Nr. Eaton thought it was not proper TO
single out senator in this way; it would
be better to make general order to enforce
the .,'aad.sacss Of Al 'en.,ap ,Aas - be
here. f)EivI Y ri
Mr.. Harris agreed with M. Eaton, and
would amend Mr.. Aorgaa's resolution &C.
4 1li.K:rn .zjiss;ssaI l,.ib.a.s .i.sI !
senator who had not yet arrived, intended
to defy he eoasaitutiOa Of shH3 3sdy Gen.
tls.en waksd Up aa g. eselsek IN the nor..
ing, after, perhaps, ksyins ,hs senate cham
ber paired, were no. likely % discuss mat
teri, very sprecieslys with ths sergeass.aA-
ar.a3 Ngsssss5.s Z
Mr.. Thurman called attention to the Ian.
guage 'ofc the oonssitutions sbat ths rules
shall be enforced in such manner and under
such psnalals.as = either house .hsllptovids,
and after pointing out that the senate hes
provided no penalty for casa like Tie pres-
ent be expressed doab.s y - the existence
Of any authority for the sergeant.at.arms to
break through door IS had been suggest.
Cd. Bssides, such thing As breaking down
doors and dragging senator would be in.
exprsssibly diagsacshil. and he shrsnk wish
horror from the idea, Although he thus
believed there was practically No
power toenforceq the rule 10 ques.
ton and although he did mol
believe the senate would gain any time 10,
the propsr .iApssetion Of public busiasae tj
counting the present proceedings, he never
,hcless fol. that % efforts to obtain quor-
um had beea pusheA this u, Y slouN b.
completed.
M. Voorhees, ironically depicted asy
further efforts 70 bring The senator's TO- -
sssd tAsis dssiss. end rensrksi ia, bs ID
never known more con,empslbls iascs q
lsas esisek V Ne oosslae.