The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-30

refused tn vote. whercupon the speaker
not voting. and declared the
bill passed ON that reading.
pant OF the chair to cover the ground, hut
there was am cntirely familiar process
which every old member wonld reccgnize'
testable and the evidence of recognition at
all ii mes of the right tn record members
II had been am almost everyday occur
rance at certain stages OF the session for
tanning obviously and cmphatcaiIy n"
quorum. yet. IL the point was not made.
the b,ii was always a ."':ia~.n ga, pas;s. r.
liamentary bodies, and especially in the
parliament of Great Britain, for th"
speaker tn determine the question II there |
was, or was not. IL quorum present 10y |
count. Again. the speaker said. there |
was no provision i'm the constitution |
which declared the house might establish |
rules for compelling the attendance OF
| The speaker then read at length Gov
ernor Hills decision when presiding oiti-
Ger of the New York senate, and laughter
| the reading of the sentences where the
action of the minority was denounced a.
| cr ignored Flowers request To hav" the
| republicans protest against that declsion
also read. and addcd the chair ;,,,;,, siST,1. ,r
Mr.. Crisp appealesl; but the speaker rec. ,
ognized Mr.. Payson for motion to lay
not open to discussion, and Mr.. Crisp pro-
s.' Mr. su,tarmor,S as.s. Mr asked ,ha, Mr. Fays"a
Withdraw his motion and the latter did so.
speaker was overturning the unintcrrupt-
ed practice of 100 years. and going direct
iy in the face of the arHumen,s of ,iistin-
guished republicans. This was
more more than "a "a mere ,ns,i,,,,;o,"i %ssi,"h al
and il necessarily followed that when the
constitution said yeas and nays they
, added to or taken from. He quoted from
Speaker Blaine's ruling I" the effect that
the ss,aksr had no. the p1M.r ,n ;. to S",,i, ,s
: made by Reed would be the foundation of
the greatest legislative frauds ever com
| pursue the course which Blaine had de-
5 clarcd revolutionary. Crisp quoted Car
,sla nSsa II IN sosns sis sia, aud sRins: % How do
: ". know but tina. the AZ speaker p.rn may nar, s.s.
= MIR. Outhwaite here declared he had
$ been counted by the speaker while hc was
o i1r. i said: % I'VE have lived through a
;. meat ] unparalleled in the history of par.
= lianlentary action, yet during all those
"A years no man, no party. ever be,
4 introduce a rule which would give tho
i, power of declaring the presence of mem,
4 beers by the single voice of one person.
Il In common with every member ON his
# side he demanded that there should he a
!, there should he teiier.. He quoted from
i the remarks of Reed himself in "A debate
2. i'm which Reed said the constitututiona
% idea of u quorum il not the physical
s. presence of majority OF the members al
n the house, but "a majority of the ,neinber'
= | present and participating in the business
~ | Triumphant cheers ON democratic side
and i'm gallery.
RS Governor Hill, Mr.. Springer said that tin
action had been denounced by the demo
Gratis OF the New York legslasurc a,;, az revo :,
X read the press reports of the last rcpubli
,e can caucus but was immediately called L
al order by Kerr. and the objection was s'is
nj tanned by the speaker. Crisp went on 4
ne appeal To the republican side tn hesitat
~ before they endorsed this revolutionar. ..
,e and unconstitutional ruling.
AZ Mr.. Cannon said the gentlemen ON IN
n, other side 81, should consult i" ~. mo
e, the mode Of asccrtaining what quorum
If was, and If by the constitution there wa
ne | IA quorum present to-day the countr
=. would sustain the house. and the repr'
lie sentatives in voting and leeislatine. Th
at shall bc the judge of the clectio
,r. returns and qualifications of i,
to house shall constitute "a quorum To ii
nV business. Did the constitution say "a mn
,ir iority should he resinircsi to vote for
measure in order to pass it? Not at al
le- it merely said the majority of each ho,i,
in should constitute "A quorum to do bus
IIy ness. In conclusion, Cannon laid dow
ist as n proposition that by general parli
air mentary law and under the constitutio
an when "A quorum is present and that fa
m is ascertain..tl, and when there il m
I'll, | jority voting i'm favor of "a measure. tn
"A measure. is adopted. whether il bc "A IN
IN ton. a resolution or a law.
as. Mr.. Carlisle said no speaker ever sat
up the chair and undertook tn hold that L..
cs- than "a quorum can pass any bill vo
his | i'm this house until now. All have he
be- that a majority must not only bc preset
ru- to constitute IA quorum. but that "a tiuoru
led must participate i'm the legislation.
nd quoted from constitutional sections al
led said when the trainers of the constitute
ail ! provided that a ma, ,iority of the member
ma elect should constitute "A quorum to
EN- business. they saw that IL il stopped thei
eat less than "a quorum could do nothii
,Ii,- Therefore. they had provided that 4,
ion than "a quorum could do certain thing
of adjourn from day to day and compel Il
vas attendance of absent m MIXERS. etc.
ing the ruling this morning was correct. the
ion was no necessity for amy provision in q
.tii- constitution defining what less tn
nee majority could do. He denied absolute
nts the right of the presiding officer of Z
md house. to make the journal =,
the pose the speaker was rig
ent Then one man he said 90,
irst pass IA bill well as hundred and six
was The speaker was simply am organ of
res house. not its master. He tCarlislel "
ing not here To deal i'm epithcts. but he
we'd say. IL this ruling stood, il worked "A
lich Dlete revolution in the. method of ira