The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-05
Thes Quorum i'm the House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-That the Democrats
did not consider themselves vanquished and
that they proposed to throw in every obstacle to
the transaction of business until rules are adop
tea for the government of the House was shown
by their demand for the reading of Yesterdays
jOu nal in full. The re ding having been com
plsteu. Mckinley moved that the journal be
approved and demanded tue previous question.
The previous question was ordered; yeas, 1865,
nays 0, number OF Democrats being entered on
the journal as present and not voting.
Springer questioned the correctness of the
tally, but when in response 10 the speakers re-
quest lie express ed his Inability to point out any
| individual instance OF error. no objection was
made to the announcement of the vote, bus sew
eral Democrats kept strict count on the next
vote on the approval of the journal. the jour
nal was approved, yeas, 1853; nays, D; constitu-
| tional quorum being counted by the speaker.
| Springer moved to adjourn, suggesting that
| this was proper time To enter sucn motion
ana on this occasion the motio7 was entertained
by the speaker only TO be defeated by u vote of
| yeas, ia: nays i6l. The speaker then pro-
ceeded to lay before the House the various
| Senate bills for reference and among them was
one to relieve the treasury or the United States
| from the amount now charged to him and de-
posted with the several states. This bill the
speaker referred, under the rule, to the commit
| tee ways and means.
Bland moved that the bill be referred to the
| committee on appropriations. The speaker at
| FIRST declined to entertain Bland's motion, but
after debate said that for the present the chair
would follow the ruling of the last House.
| Springer demanded the reading of the bill and
! expressed his ability to show by parliamentary
law that the demand should be complied with.
The speaker ignored Springer. but the latter
was indefatigable, and instantly the speaker
| directed the reading of the bill.
BANDS motion was defeated, yeas, 81; n2ys,
| Isl, u quorum being counted by the speaker.
| Flower moved that the bill be referred to the
committee on judiciary. Defeated yeas, "a
nays 1876. For the first time in several days this
was not strict party vote. When the result
was announced Mckinley moved the reference
of the bill to the committee on ways and means
and upon that motion demanded the previous
question.
Nc reary then moved to adjourn, but the
speaker declined entertaining his motion
The speaker said that ordinarily a motion Il
adjourn was i'll order, but tnat the situation o
the House was such as to render it improbable
that the House desired to take action. The pro
| ceedngS to day have been of the same character
4 a. those of the proceeding days and 1t was evi
dent to the chair That these motions We're made
for the purpose of obstruction and delay. Th,
chair already had ruled upon this point and al
appeafhad been sustained.
McCreary then rose to a question of privilege
The Speaker-There cannot be demand o
personal privilege when demand for the previ
Gus question is pending.
After some further discussion vote was takel
on the demand for the previous question and
was defeated, yeas 157; nays, nothing. Dur1n
the calling of the roll Springer held a consulta
ton with Mckinley, the result OF which was tina
the Democrats made no further opposition an
the bill was referred to the committee on way
and means without division. linen on motion
| Mckinley the House adjourned. 1t is expecie
that the code of rules will be reported to-mo
, row.