The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-09-20
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.
THE AyGsToN-vENABLE CASE
IN THE HOUSE.

That Body FIitters Away the Day.
In Securing Quorums and Seeing
Them Disappear---The Body Ad-
iourns without Doing Anything.
fBy United Press.l
WAsnINGToN, Sept. 19-The Senate
to-day discussed for a while Mr.. Plumb's
resolution to re.commit the bankruptcy
bill with instructions to amend it
by making it to apply to voluntary
bankruptcy only, and then left the whole
matter on the calendar, with not much
probability Of It's being again called up
this session number Of unobJected
bills on the calendar were taken up and
passed before adjournment at p IN.
House.
WAsnlSGroS, D. c., 10Th. In the
House TINS morning Mr. Crisp, of Geor-
gia, moved 70 amend the journal OF yes
terday's proceedings, but Mr.. Diugley,
OF Maine, moved to lay this motion on
the table
Mr.. Dingley's motion on a rising vote
was carried, yeas 140, nays 2; and Mr..
Crisp at once raised the point OF no
quorum. The Speaker counted 16i
members present, q quorum, hut MI
Crisp challenged the correctness OF the
count and asked for the appointment OF
tellers TO verify the count.
Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Crisp were
appointed tellers to count the House.
After waiting q quarter OF an hour
the tellers announced the presence or
one hundred and sixtyfour members.
Mr.. Crisp made TIE point of order
that Notwithstanding the four vacancies
existing in the mem bership of the House,
one hundred and sixty-four members
did not constitute quorum.
The point of order was discussed by
Mr.. Grosyeuor, of Ohio, Holman, OF In
diana, and Mr.. Reilly, OF Pennsylvania
The Speaker promised his decision with
the reservation that if afrer careful eX-
animation he should find precedents in
opposition to it, he would not
adhere TO it.. The chair had distinct
recollection that Speaker Randall had
held that a quorum was a majority OF
the living members.
A call of the House was therefore or.
dered and as few Democrats entered
the chamber, the presence of 10 mem
bers was disclosed. The Speaker an
nounced the question to be on the ap
proval of the Journal, and it was ap
proved.
The question REQUIRED on ordering th,
previous question on the Langston- Ven
able case
The Democrats then retired, onl.
Messrs. OFerrall, Crisp, Reilly, Holman
and Parrott remaining III their seats
The previous question VAS ordered
Yeas i47, nays 7, the clerk noting a quo
rum. Mr Cheadle of indiana, and Mr.
Coleman, of Louisiana (Republicans)
voted III the negative.
Mr.. Cheadle moved to recommend th
case, lost 7,145.
The question recurring on the minori
ty resolution, declaring Langston no
elected, the quorum disappeared and
call Of the llouse was ordered, which dis
closed the presence of 167 members.
The minority resolution was then re
jected and the vote was taken on tn
second minority resolution declarin
Venabe duly elected. Lost 4 to 155, th
speaker counting a quorum.
The first ajority resolution declarin
Venable not elected was next in oriel
aud again the quorum disappeared, an
once more was it necessary to order
call of the House.
One more than u quorum responde
on this call, and once more did tina
quorum disappear on the pending rest
luton, the vote standing, yeas 14z
nays 4, and once more was a call ol
dered.
One hundred and sixty-four member
responded to this call, the Republican
absentees being T. M. Brown, of Ind
ana, Butterworth, Oonnell, Dorsey
Ewart, Finley, Flood, Ketcham, Knapp
Milliken, Peters, Seney and Wilson, {
Kentucky.
There being no quorum the House a
4:45, by unanimous consent, took r,
cess until O'Clock, the evening sessio
to be for the consideration of prlva
pension bills.