The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-18
HOUSE PRocEEDIN0s.

HOUSE P1oceEDiN0s.
Relief fer the sioux ansassu.-Atseusvssssg
tn Evs&se Civil Service.
wAsHINGrON. Feb. 1s.-In the house to-
day after the reading Of the journal. Car
his side of the house had becn protesting
every morning against the approval of the
Journal on the ground that il contained an
entry made by direction Of the speaker
showing the names of certain members
present and not voting. Last Friday the
house adopted u code of rules providing
for such practice. Against this tho demo-
Gratis protested and would protest uin-
constitutional hut il was ~ question which
could not he decided in this house and
whenever proper cases arose IL would go
to some other forum. IL was the p,IrIspsc
of his side to that this occasion should
he made i'm such shape would permit
il to be finally and decisively passed upon.
journal. the form of which the house had
n right to prescribe. should not is' APP
proved. This was done.
Bland wished tn know by what right
tlemen had voted. and the speaker said IL
the gentleman desiretl tn vote the tellcrs
would take their place.
Mills of Texas maintained that the. rules
required a decision by the tcllers and
argued against the SPEAKERS action.
Cameron declared the chair had done
his duty i'm counting the members to
was an entirely eiiffcrcn, question from "a
Carlisle maintained the moment the
tellers were ordered by the house to take
c"snti ,@a % exeeus s ",pdn their M r.pnr,. % % e.asc
He was not making an argument because
ne was opposed to secontling the motion.
but believed this was the most important
construction of the rules and the house
should not surrender it's power tn the
Cannon asked under what rule Carlisle.
| when speaker. had ordered the roll to l,e
| called tn disclose a quorum without in
Carlisle replied by citing the rule rssslur-
ing the presence OF "a quorum before the
| that he never held that he had "a right To
| count n quorum ON the tioor.
Peters of Kansas said the trouble was
and round by cords of legal iictio,, until
| Ii was AS hfelcss as "a mummy.
s;o %as it sd s"i .hn, IN fs's II h"S .
! was present to do business their prcse nee
was all that was reguircd to make a
| inaction could not be i'm the pathway of
| those who did their duty. In this ease the
chair .n Repeatedly re .,,.r S%n;s :, the house dur
| satisfied that a constitutional quorum was
present To do business, announced the
yeas ia, nays Z. and the motion was seq
| Gambler took the floor, announced his
satisfaction at the conclusion OF the
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| it's report would he given Immediate con-
| sideration. Hit also urged speedy ac-
| tn suspend the rules and make a special
| oruer TOT the Iair biiis. ana resulted
| sSai i: ,1, A.,
| They ,es,,i,esi"weas Me, naSs ~ ,"T n
| sneciai order was made. ~ "
| On motion of Perkins. the bill for the.
| relief of the Sioux Indians at the DEVILS
| Lake agency. North Dakota, was passed
"'ner u suspnSioh p i. Si rules.
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