The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-20
REEDLEFT In THELURCH.
1DuocRArs FILIBUSTER sUoCBss-
rr11,LY AGAINST LANG5ToN.

FULLY AGA
The Speaker Counted Quorum In
.,s.sd That He Was Right and Re-
1,sad to order Tellers-When Com
oal,ed to Order Them His Rascality
became Apparent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The demo-
..o of the House successfully fiibus-
tored against the Langston Venable
san,os.ed election case again to-day by sb-
-.;ny themselves from the hall. They
1o.s 1udge Crisp of Georgia, Mr.. O'Ferrall
Df virginia. Watch Dog Holman of In
siors and Mr.. Riley Of Pennsylvania in
49, chamber to conduct the fight, but there
- orite number within call about the
hrfd;ng. The position the democrats have
,oken was summed up in nut shell by
T.dge Crisp in reply to sarcastic remark
g., Mr. Houk of Tennessee about the de-
.ar.;on Of the democratic side of the House.
,yrhs absent members believe" said he,
s,askiag to the republicans, that
when you give them notice In advance
,bst vou are going to unseat democrat
,vbo was legally elected simply because 1t
snits YOUR political purpose, you must bring
,-o,r own quorum here to do so. Upon that
11atform they stand, and they expect to be
sustained by every constituency in Amer
ica"
REPUBLICANS CHAGRINED.
Tbo ranublicaus were very much cha
orined that the peremptory telegraphic
Summons sent out yesterday to each alb
santea did not result in the attendance Of
more members to-day. They had exactly
I5Sip the House to-day, all told. Speaker
Reed started out with the determination OF
counting quorum, whether there was one
in the hall or not Twice he
doclared a quorum present, but his
declaration proved both disastrous and
Illuminating. Judge Crisp, in each case,
challenged the count. and requested the
sna,ker IN all fairness to order the tellers,
hut the speaker sternly refused, saying that
he had been very careful and there had
been no mistake. Representative Cheadle,
a republican from Indiana, arose and i'm
plored his side of the House not to go on
unless the count was verified, but the re-
publicans drowned his voice with cries OF
"Sit down. shut up," etc.
M'KINLEY PROTESTS.
At last Maj Mckinley, who saw the
manifest Injustice and unfairness Of the
x,
appealed TO the speaker to grant Judge
Crisps request and order the tellers. This
request coming from the republican leader
on the floor, Speaker Reed could not
ignore, aud the speaker, with some
hesitation, ordered the count verified. The
cause of his reluctance became apparent
when the count showed that he had seen
four more men than were present. The
result was fair commentary on the reliabil-
;k,ro of DO aadt hfu ota,4 =
system Of counting a quorum. Speaker
Reed kept the telers in their places for over
half an hour, while the telephone and mes
senger boys were kept busy trying 10 extri-
cate the speaker from the trap into which
be had fallen. After that the afternoon
was consumed in roll calls and calls of the
House.
A Cheeky PROPOSITION.
The republicans were greatly discounted
at their failure to muster q quorum, and
about o'clock they made proposition tc
Judge Crisp that il the democrats would
yield now no more democrats would be
unseated. The proposition was promptly
rejected. The democrats replied that they
we're not there to sell out. They were
making this fight on principle, and II the
Republicans succeeded in mastering a
Quorum they were at liberty to unsear a,
many democrats as they chose. But if
hey didn't the democrats did not propose te
Pc party to committing political outrage
ppon themselves.
PHOTOGRAPHIC THE EMPTY SEATS.
Inc republicans do not propose to allow
pc opportunity for making campaign thun'
en- out OF to-day's proceedings to escape
= ney mad ewo photographers in the galleries
tne afternoon taking pictures Of tht
rouse, with one side empty and the othe,
d9 packed. A few stragglers, like Burton
lu onlyser, who were wandering aimlessly
Inong the democratic benches, were hastily
Caled and ordered to their seats. Ii
uef 70 emphasize tho crowded condition
tne republican side House en-
oyeS and pages were used to fill
empty seats and swell the throne
n.na sl the brass railing. Autographs arr
tteuI9 70 made from these photographs and
@ ei broadcast over the country la
i. eu tne democrats obstructing public
r, sneSS The democrats are contemplat-
o. 'uS use OF the same pictures with q
y " S0 showing the psople the only course
y ~ ssI Gu speaker Reeds rules and the mad
- - Hrsansnlp OF the majority in unseatine
sr- auI eiected members have left open to
nd Hisnoers Of the minority.
y, ~ The PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
vsr (Bg the Associated Press)
ted AShlNGToN, Sept 1S.-In the Hous
n, ", morning. after prayer by the chaplain
0Ferrall of Virginia suggested tina
was no quorum present, but th,
1Asr was able to count one and th
m = proceeded to read the journal Messrs
- s EI Alabama, O'Ferrau and Crisp wer,
Cnly democrats in their seats.
mi ~ journal having been read, Mr. Girls,
oa woa 70 LIS approval, aud asked that ii
ntsuueo nN. SO as to show that the speake
II uOs sustained the point of order he had
aSalnst the call of the roll in th
= ~ Dlngley of Maine moved to lay tn
AZ rising vote this motion was carrie,
~ y" = and Mr.. Crisp raised the point
nog speaker counted 164 members presen
INisP CHALLENGES THE COUNT.
corp rrSp challenged the correctness o
n WV. tn. de did this with the utmos
sroa 'or The speaker, and with the ut
ralvl a~CeIe'y. When members were NOV
Eer ~uIu and calling out lone more" the