Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-12-03

given 90 Republicans would give them a
working majority lsrgs enough TO plaza be-
yord tae domsin doubt the passage of
{, uch laws as viii materially aid in pre-
serving aud peTPetuaiing their party as
cendancy.
Tdey readily see that there will be no
difficulty IN Daki0g a rule to prevent oil
atory motions, ard thst the Speaker whom
tbsy viii elect viii refuse to entertain or
put such motions 10 tee vote. But the
great difficulty il the way IL the quorum
which the Constitution requires to do
business A minority Of one-fth Of those
present NAV demand the yess and nays,
and when thcy are recorded they must
show "a mfi n,y OF TIE House voting on
The proposition. IL viii require in tne
present Ho1se one hundred ard sixty-six
members CD make the constitutional quo
run. TOTS role connot be changed, and
with margin of three over the constitu-
tiDnal requirement it viii be very difficult,
10 So large a body, to keep in their seats
the Indispensable number. There are st
all times a large number of absentees from
sickuess. business, or other caused. TIE
perplexins question that viii not down 10
how 10 ob.lia a quorum If the minority
SIT still and refuse 70 vote. This question
has often been before the House.
In 1882 a resolution was submitted By
Mr.. BNes. Of Maine, 70 cansuTe Mr.. san
berry. of Ohio. Elk President John
Quincy Adams, Who was then q member OF
the House, asked 70 be excused from voting
on TO- Tire House refused to excuse him,
and Mr. Adams eat still when his rame
was called and refused 60 vote. Rssolu-
tions were offered and debated; inquiries
we're set on foot to discover the way 10 en-
force the rule that required every member
TO vote; bat IL al resulted in sound and
Jury siguifyiug nothing. They had led
the horse TO water, bat could not make
him drink" The House, finding IL be-
yoad the power Of g majority to comp
Tie vote of 6 minority OF one, dropped the
whole subject, or, rather, laid It ell on the
table.
Speaker BLAINE 10 one authority, cited
by Mir. Mills who upheld the right Of
the minority to prevent quorum by re-
fusing TO vote. On February "a 1870,
when on a motion to 90 into Committee Of
tue Whole the minority refused to vote,
preventing a quorum, Mr. BLAINE, when
asked if there was no way in which q
member could be compelled to vote, Te-
piled "rhe Chair knows 10 way Of max
ing a horse drink. although you may lead
him to water, aud he repeatedly refused
to declare 8 quorum present. saying: The
Chair cannot declare a quorum present
against Yeaaud-nay vote, " pointing cut
that it would be an "utier absurdity" for
the Chair to put an opinion against the
roll call. When asked By Dir. CoBURN, Of
Indiana, If Che fact that a member vas
present and refused 90 vote could not he
catered on the record and a quorum made
N that way, Mr.. BLAINE replied; "The
very principle enuaciated by the gentle
man from Indiana has been the fOun-
dalton, probably, for the greatest
legislative frauds ever committed.
The moment you clolhe your
Speaker with power to 20 behind your rcll
call and assume that there is quorum
in the hall, why, gentlemen, yOu stand
on the very brink Of q volcano"
When Alr HAwLEY, Of Illinois, as
serted that every member bad the right TO
demand that every other member should
vote, Mr. BLAINE replied, The chair de-
mics chat utterly" he repeatedly sug-
sested that the only remedy was for the
msiori,y Co compel the attendance Of their
own members, that upon the msjority de-
pended the duties aud responsibility Of
legislation.
Kir. MILLS concludes as follows:
Bot the question arises in the mnd,
WAY ia it mOrs necessary nov than for
msrly 10 level the barrier? What great
evI is threatening? Wnat great good Is
10 be accomplished IL is not dithcult TO
psDeirate the thin Disguise that covers
Tho real object so carefully kept IN the
BACKGROUND. The Republican party, Tor
tbe frst time sirce 1874, has the admins
tration and both brauces Of Congress. In
that year ihey lost the House by
a. immense mai1rity. Two years later
they lost the Naturalization and the
Senate. By the aid of returning boards
ald visiting statesmen, the mojorinea IN
Louisiana and Florida against the electors
of their party we're revised away through
the ruleOf addition, division aud silence
and they retained the administration by a
hold and shameless fraud, while a m'l "
ity of the popular vote, a majority Of tue
electoral vote, and majority of the ates
declared fer the Democratic party. Ia
1850 with a large expenditure Of soap,
they made their way slick enough to slide
ia. 10 1881 the ballot box sgaiu de-
c'arsi for the Democracy, bat m 1855, by
an immense outlay OF the sineWs OF
war. they have the administration, the
Senate and tha House. Having control OF
the thres branches If the law-making de
paItment, they feel she necessity Of throw
ioe orhfcations around them, and making
their hold on power SO strong that the bal
lot box c8nno, disl3dgs them. To do this,
they must revive the old returning boards
that throw ont the Democratic votes, and
10 an cases where it Is important give the
certificate 20 the Republican, whether be is
elected OF not
The measure they propose is bold and
revolutionary, and il remains to be seen
whether they will succeed in passing 1t,
and, IL IL il passed, what the popular YER
dict viii be when it comes to be enforced.
About 81 coo has been raised iu Logan
county 10 build church. At present
there is not 60 edifce for worship ia the
county.
An atlemp. is being made to secure arms
ard uniforms for Company /, First Regi'
ment. at MorganlOWn. The company was
inspected last week and found up to the
mark
Ra#+2S32S..5&a2889
qFklLlA1e9OINc0