Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-09-12

row, and asked consent.
Everybody said 60 on, and Bullitt
spoke at length in faver of his PROPOSE
tion, saying there was no hope of APP
portionment.
81 an getting the worst end of this
thing" he added with smile. 81 am
paying my own expenses and not get
ting q cent"-a reference to his early
pledge to take no pay that was enjoyed
by the House. Collins, Of Sullivan,
opposed the resolution as he would
"oppose any proposition that looked to
the evasion of his constitutional duty"
The roll call followed with 103 yeas.
So the matter was disposed of in form
by sending it to the Ways and Means
Committee.
Mr.. Merry introduced an anti-pay
apportionment resolution similar to
Gordon's, in the Senate, Mackin OBJ
jected, and Merry moved that the rules
be suspended for the purpose OF consid-
ering the resolution. In this he failed;
| 9S Democratic yeas to 80 Republican
nays. The House adjourned. There
was great confusion over the count, the
| Speaker at one time declaring that two
| thirds had voted for the motion, and
then repeating his previous decision
that the resolution had failed.
sUMMoNING THE ABsENTEEs.
HARRISBURG, Sept 5-The extra
session of the Legislature is evidently
reaching a climax To-day Speaker
Faunce announced in the House that
hereafter, after each roll call the names
of absentees and dodgers would be read
out from the clerks desk. Senator
Cooper returned from Bedford this
afternoon and has given general order
for stitfening the lines on the Republl-
can side. He assembled few leading
Senators and members in the Senate
Committee room, No. 3, tonight, where
they remained until late hour in con-
sultation.
The Chairman doubts the wisdom of
the resolution passed in the Senate this
morning and will make an effort,
through the medium of party discipline,
to defeat it in the House tomorrow.
The policy will be to refer it to COM
mittee where it may be kept. Failing
in that, the next move will be to get 1t
amended, so that the process OF strangu-
lation may be made possible in confer
ence committee.
The Republicans have tonight sent
dispatches to all absentees, urging
them to return in time for to-morrow's
session The Democrats have taken
similar measures to secure full attend
ance of their friends, and the outlook is
for the liveliest session tomorrow.
When the conference dissolved tonight
it was with the understanding that
another one, embracing q more general
party representation, will be held In
the morning.
THE DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO VOTE.
HARRISBURG, Sept. 6.-The Repub-
lican Senators made strong effort to-
day to have the Wagner resolution re-
considered in order that they might
strike out the final clause which pro-
vides that no further appropriation
should be made after September 10
until the apportionment bills were pass
ed The Democrats blocked the game
by refusing to answer to their names
when the roll was called, and thus
broke the Quorum. The session was
rather lively. The motion to reconsid-
er was made by Stehman. Wallace
said this seemed strange motion, be-
cause the resolution of yesterday had
received almost the unanimous support
of the Senate, and he could see no
reason for a change of front now.
Davies said the resolution was not
, clear enough and it was in such shape
as to be readily misunderstood and
misinterpreted. From remarks which
had been made yesterday the purpose
of the resolution was not fully stated
or understood. A little thought show
: ed it to be clearly another attempt to
coerce the Legislature into passing ap-
, portionment bills 1t had been author
itatively stated yesterday on the floor
of the Senate that should no apportion-
ment bills be passed there would be NO
pay for this extra session. lie was
: unwilling to indorse such methods OF
coercion. The purpose Of amending
the resolution, he continued, was to
l make the Republican position clear
I decisive and strong to make no appro'
2 priation at all after September TO-
whether bills were passed or not. The
D resolution, as passed yesterday, was
simply an instrument placed in the
hands of the Executive to beat out ouI
| brains. Mcknight said that the reso
0 luton was a violation of the Constiiu'
! ton in spirit if not in letter and there
l fore he had voted against It, When
the vote was finally reached the Demo,
Gratis, pursuing the plan laid out in The
: caucus which they held before the ses'
7 sion opened, sat silent in their seats
. There were but twenty-one Republi.
D cans preseut-less than a quorum
; and there was nothing left but to end
the session. The Senate adjourned
until Monday.
: The House was in session for only a
short time. Senator Wagner's resolu-
tion was not taken up. Mercy, ol
, Lock Haven, attempted to have his
: resolution for final adjournment on the
: 10th inst taken up, but failed to secure
the requisite majority to suspend the
rules. The House adjourned until
4 O'Clock tomorrow morning