The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-30
AN UPROAR IN The HOUSE.
Speaker Reeds Partisan Ruling Puts the
Members In Confusion.
THEY WILL FIGHT lT OUT
The Democrat. lpenounce His Conduct us
Revolutionary. while the Speaker
Blanslly Quotes "IlaSe'' Httt
AS Good Authority.

Special To the standard.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-No member OF
the present house ever saw such IA scene
of confusion that witnessed in the
house this afternoon during the fight over
the speakers ruling that democrats pres
ent but not voting could bc counted To
make quorum.
The democrats had the best of the arg',-
ment. eve" m c,nM reps"'"am ,h., 's ,h.
speaker will retract from his revolution
AIRY position, as he is 10y means sure of |
the support of his party associates. III he |
persists in counting silent democrats they |
will withdraw and compel the republicans
to decide the contested election case 10y
less than majority of the members of
the house of representatives.
The contested election ease WAS up.
Democrats refrained from voting, but the
speaker ordered them counted, as having
voted, so that IA quorum might be- made.
He quoted Governor Hill as precedent,
but Blaine and his own former utterances
were quoted against him.
Carter hoped to- get mp and pass his bili
creating two additional districts i'm Mon
tana, but after bill creating three new
| districts i'm Colorado had been passed the
| contested election row shut him oil.
| By Associated Press.
| wAsHINGToN. Jan. :9.-ln the house to-
! day Mr.. DalzelI. of Pennsylvania, called
| up the election case of Smith vs.. Jackson,
| from the Fourth West Virginia district.
| Mr.. Crisp raised the question OF consisiera-
| ton on this vote, the democrats with the
exception of Buckalew. Covert. and
| Cowles, refraincd from voting. While the
| clerk was calling the roll the speaker was
carefully noting the names of those demo-
| Gratis who were present ana not VounR.
| Before the announcement OF the vote,
| Rogers, of Arkansas, who had inadver-
| tently voted on the affirmative side, de-
| citled to withdraw his vote. but he was
met with "a strong objection from the re-
publican side. Rogers endeavored TO
| secure "A ruling from the speaker on the
question, but the speaker declined to rule.
The speaker counted as present the menu
hers refusing to vote and declared IA
quorum present.
The house was Immediately i'm great
turmoil, but presently quiet was restored.
and the speaker made long statement
| i'm justification OF his course. He quoted
prcceslents to maintain the correctness of
his position. and his remarks were from
time I" time applanIIem a. I by he the rsP"6i.. b;r
vote from the negative to the affirmative.
Rogers was then given permission tn
, of North Carolina. The vote was tlleI,
announced standing. yeas l6l. nays =.
Mr.. Crisp raised the point of no
Speaker-Thc chair directs the clerk to
record the following names OF members
present and refusing to vote.
This statement was the signal for a
burst of applause from the republican.
!. and ieers from the democrats. The clerk
!. then proceeded to read the names of tho
democrats whom the speaker had jottet
down and not voting. When the name ul
, | stepped into the aisle and i'm resoundiinl
voice said: ~ deny the power of ths
rsyoi,tionary." Cheer after cheer, char
| acterizeti 10y the republicans as 1.-THE r.bc
and il was several minutes before s,f
ficient order was restored to enable th'
clerk to continue the reading of the names
- HUT order was finally restored, for whil'
the clerk was proceeding with the reading
Il, half II dozen democrats were on their fee
tlenouncing the action of the speaker
Several members from the deInocrati
A side denied the right of the speaker 4
q. count them as present. one or two saX,nl
MIR. Crisp desired to appeal from the q,
). the % speaker said. sGeniiemsn mu.
must proceed in order. and eentlema
who is "a member of this body will M
doubtediy allow the chair SD to proeee'
statement: The clerk. he said, had al
nounced the members as voting 16l yeas
heard their names called i'm their pre-
ence. had directed a record made of th
far,. the house and the chair pr,
ng posed to- give "a statement, accompanie
by the ruling from which an appeal coul
'p therewith. The speaker, continuing, sal
that for some time a question of like nj
tUre Dt,en rAlsed III
tary assemblies, and there had been gre:
doubt. especially in this body. on the SUI
ject. The chair recollected proposito
of this kind made by Randolph Tucker
Virginia. The proposition vi
made with regard to puttir
er. il i'm rules. The general opinio
prevailed at that time that il was expet
eut TO do SO. That was i'm 1ssO. Sim
then there had been various argumen
and decisions by eminent gentlemen. an
those decisions had much cleared up a
question and rendered it more appare
what the true rule was. One of the fir
places where the question was raised VI
in the New York state senate. The PR
ent governor of New York was prcsidi
officer. and upon him devoiv
\ the duty similar to that whi
now devolved the speaker. He m
a. that duty in precisely the same nann'
- The question had arisen in New York
the constitutional necessity of havi
three-fourths of the members constituts
quorum for the passage of "A certain ID
and the presiding officer held that I
constitutional provision To a quort
was entirely satisfied by the presence
the members, even If they did not va
That decision could not be regarded