Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-27

| nineteen members having reported theii
| presence to the clerk the speaker pro ten
| (Mr. Payson) announced that there wal
| quorum present,
Mr.. Morgan Of Mississippi made mo-
tion to adjourn, stating that he did so In
good faith, believing that 1t was possible
to come to some arrangement in regard
to the lard bill. The motion to adjourn
Was lost-yeas, 46; nays, 1873.
Mr.. Cannon Of Illinois then offered q
resolution directing the sergeant-at-
arms TO notify the absent members to re-
turn to Washington without delay, and
revoking all leaves of absence except
those granted on account of illness. The
resolution recites that twice to-day the
legislative proceedings were interrupted
by want OF quorum, that certain MEM
bers mentioned by name) answered TO
their names under calls, but did not re-
spond on regular roll calls, many of
them leaving the hall SO they could not
be counted.
Messrs. Blount, Grain, Osborn, Wheel
er, Hatch and others protested against
the resolution, saying that 1t was an IN
just arraignment of every mem
would be TO censure those members. This
was met with confusion. Finally q
dozen Democrats were on their feet de-
manding recognition on question of
personal privilege, and their efforts TO
secure such recognition was heartily Sec
onded by their friends. Finally Mr..
Grain was recognized and said:
''This is nothing but petty species of
bulldozlng, the object being to threaten
US in order to compel us to vote. l be-
lieve If we had adopted this line of pro-
oedure when the so-called Lodge bill was
before the house IL would not now be in
the senate awaiting consideration.
say $50 called Lodge bill because l be-
lieve that the author was not Lodge, but
that he was only wet nurse. Laugh
ter. / am responsible to my constit-
uents. l went out of the chamber
Intentionally to avoid being counted as
present and not voting. I even took my
hat and umbrella away because 1 have
had 1t asserted that clerks and pages
were sent to cloak rooms to hunt up hats
and umbrellas in order that the speaker
might count hats and umbrellas
present and not voting. daughter.
The change was made continued
Mr.. Grain, 'sthai the Democrats of the
South were depriving the negro of the
right to vote, and refusing to count his
ballot when cast, bat no man in the
South had ever done or attempted what
the speaker, backed by a majority, had
done, and that was to couI. votes of men
who actually had not voted. 1t was TO
avoid this that the men who thought the
lard bill ought not to be passed
had gone out of the chamber.
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa said that moth
ing in the resolution could be construed
into censure. and Mr.. Cannon said that
the naming of the gentlemen in the reso-
luton was but showing what the roll call
showed.
Burrows of Michigan = Is not
the gentleman from Texas aware
that he was violating one rule
of the house in going out?
Crain-It is perfectly immaterial to
me whether did or did not. If 1 sit in
my chair and am counted as voting when
did not vote, will get out of my chair.
Burrows-The gentlemen publicly de-
clares that he is going to violate one of
the rules of the house.
Crain-For that 1 am responsible to
my constituents alone.
Burrows-This is a violation of one of
the rules of the house. For this you do
not answer to your constituents but to
the house.
Crain-I am not prepared to be CEN
sured unless 1 am tried aud found
guilty.
Burrows-You have just entered a
plea of guilty. Laughter
Henderson-You stood by while the
Lodge bill passed and did not secede
until farmers day came and then you
sneaked out of the hall. Republican
applause
Crain-I represent as many farmers as
you do, but they are farmers who pro-
duce cotton seed oil, between which and
pure lard there is no more comparison
than between heaven and hell.
Laughter.
Henderson-Then put if on the mar
ket as such, don't sneak. Republican
Mr.. Turner of New York referred to
the cause OF Anderson and Hays, who
had been present all day, protecting
pairs, yet were named in the reso-
luton. He did not know how many
of the other gentlemen named were
in a like position, yet this 'twindy
breeze" from the prairie, with his cork
screw gestures, attempted to hold over
members of the house out of public
scorn and Indignation.
From time to timo the Republican
members called for vote, but
Mr.. Turner refused to yield the floor,
and said he intended to talk for at least
an hour if his voice held out, and
continued to arraign the chairman
on the committee on appropriations,
h. r.
before the press gallery. He would, he
said, If it were in order, advert to the
star chamber proceedings by which this
bill had been forced upon the house Alto
gether. Mr.. Turner managed to con-
sumo three-quarters of an hour, as he
undertook to fill out, and when he con-
Guided amidst applause of the Demo-
cratic side.
On motion Of Mr.. Bosius the house ad-
journsd.