The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-27
ADAYOF FILIBUSTERING
oaaoNpNrs OF THE LARD BILL
VI TALK AGAINST TIME.

.,,o- Reed Rules hat the Measure
the Floor-The Measures Oppo-
- Leave the House Without
quorum When 1t Comes Time to
Vote on It,
w,surNGToN, Aug. 26.-In the House
z,orring before the reading of the
aoI .ii-9 Mr. McClammy of North Carolina
- the noint of order that quorum was
nn+ nresent. A call of the House was
ordered, but only l26 members responded to
NJ. povson offered resolution for the
ourost Of the absentees, pending which MIR.
V,,oo moved an adjournment. This motion
Lost bv a vote Of SO yeas to 125 nays.
- .,aotar stated that the clerk had an
l,,naod 70 him that there were 1859 mem
bers present, more than quorum.
T4s.bor proceedings under the call were
s;lnansed with and the journal was ap-
proved. .,o,, rnrcrDrNcr
ur Rrosius of Pennsylvania demanded
.t,a rao,,,Iar order. and contended that the
''nlnished business was the Conger lard
LII the vote upon the passage OF which
saturday was inconclusive, owing to the
absence of quorum.
A. Rak-r of New York, who was inter
ostad in a Senate bill on the speakers table,
orrued that the business on the speakers
table must first be disposed or.
A. RIonnt of Georgia read the rule of
the House prescribing the order OF business,
and said that it was clear to him that the
n1inished business could not be disposed of
nntiI after the consideration of the business
on the sneakers table, but the speaker had
minated that he would rule not only on
this question, but also on the question as to
whether under the special order the lard"
bill was unfinished business. His Judgment
was that under the terms of that order the
House could not consider the lard bill any
further.
TINE FOR THE OPTION BILL.
II was clear from the terms that to-day
and tomorrow were devoted to considera-
tion of the "option" bill The time as
signed to the ''lard" bill had expired yes
terday. and its consideration could not be
resumed at this time In support of his
position be quoted from a decision made by
Speaker Reed upon the copyright bill. In
that decision the speaker said: "The
chair is of the opinion that the
day having expired which was
allotted to that business, until
another day is allotted to that committee
the committee on judiciary will not be
competent to act on that motion Ia relative to
the copyright bill Mr.. Blount contended
thatin the special order there was a distinct
time given to each bill mentioned therein,
and the time designated for the lard bill
had expired
HERBERT AGAINST THE LARD BILL.
Mr. Herbert of Alabama controverted
the position that the lard bill had now the
right of way. 1t had had its day in court,
and exhausted all the time allott d to it.
Mr. Ha ch of Miss )ni held the view
that the lard bill was the unfinished
tu5ines, the previous question
aving been ordered and the yeas and
nays having been ordered on its passage
In support Of his view lie quoted from the
decision Of Speaker Carlisle on the Okla
homa bill. In this case the special order
had expired ard the Speaker had ruled
thai the bill came up, not by reason of the
special order, but by virtue of the fact that
the previous question had been ordered.
Mr.. Crisp argued that the bill could not
come up before the disposition of the bills
on the speakers table, even if it had been
considered In its regular order.
DECISION OF THE SPEAKER
The speaker then rendered the following
decision: THE House will have seen by the
discussion that this and similar questions
have had a considerable variety of decision,
and 1t would not be possible to reconciles
with each other all the rulings
and decisions which have been made. The
caalr thinks, however, that the decision
which was cited by the gentleman from
Missouri governs this case At the adjourn
ment on Saturday the House had had the
previous question ordered in accordanc e
with the rule. The yeas and nays also had
Deen ordered. The taking of the yeas and
nays had been interrupted by the absence
ola quorum.
SORT OF PROMISE.
,.n Ihereupon the gentleman in charge of the
olll asked II the matter would come up
asaln, and the chair replied that he thought
tnat 1T would. That was received without
uIsseDt on the part of the House.
While the chair does not think that this
would De controlling matter, nevertheless
hhe h tnlnks the House ought to
nave an opportunity to pass on
ueciSions made in former congresses and
under Instructions of the chair. The chair
.l5 t-iuks IL frank 60 say that, as result of
tGlS discussion, there is very grave doubt in
nS mind as to whether the decision with
.esafQ TO the copyright bill was a correct
onl. II was III accordance with a decision
aS nSue IN the Forty-eighth congress that,
'0i d cOInmlttee mad day and its
WI was not done, its special power ceased
POINT THAT HAD NOT BEEN RAISED.
o., ne attention of the chair had not been
alieu fu 70 the decision cited by the gentleman
rom Missouri. 1t may be said that the
fbisuage OF that ruling excepted case like
CIV 11s, "neIe the next day has actually been
IN ~; 10 committee, and it is proper that
w;.l un statement should be made in connection
cboI- 'ah Vle doubt expressed by the chair. The
roi, therefore, thinks that the question
Nov Now peiore the House is the roll cali on the
paSsIsage Of the bill.n
dac,s; d-.; Mason of Illinois appealed from the
ia sustaining the decision the vote stood
Of t5o 5G1I 10 70 @5 nays, no quorum, and a call
'ue House was ordered.
RESORT TO FILLBUsrERINc
boDs Ons hundred and eIghtv-two members
r1ora5 res ponded to their names, Mr.. Bro,ius
mo- u - dispense with further proceedings
non mo- tue call, upon which motion the on
sntr.t M. y OF the lard BILL in order to con
'llne, ordered the ayes aud navs.
ion - 'o'e W recurred on sustaining the decis-
melt ehe speaker, but the Quorum had
brongt.a away. Another call of the House
man. another quorum, which in like
reSnrl,, disappeared when the voting was
chair. ''"iiing the decision of the
jour1ma,t mofgan Of Mississippi moved an ad
arranger'o,,," WIN view to reaching some
Of atyee.neht whereby the existing condition
was lost ~. ulgnt be terminated. His motion