The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-06
said: 'aThe clerk will call the names OF
those who failed to respond upon the first

those % 9, who failed to respond upon the nrss
This was done and few more responses
were made. To waste all the time possible
Colonel O'Ferrall demanded recapitula-
tion of the vote. The clerk read over the
names of those who had voted in the af-
firmative and those who had voted in the
negative. The roll call thus consumed
about twenty minutes.
All day long similar scenes were enacted.
A call of the house followed. It failed to
develop quorum. Then a motion to ad-
journ was made, with a division and an
other call of the yeas and nays. It devel-
oped no quorum. Meantime, however, the
clerk had been keeping track of the mem
bers present who failed to vote. He in
formed the speaker pro tem., who an
nouncd that there we're 172 members pres
ent-more thon quorum. Nils HauRen
then moved to dispense with further pro-
oeedings under the call. This brought on
another yea and nay vote in which no quo
rum was developed. The speaker pro tem-
the journal could be read. It vas read,
Colonel OFerrall vainly protesting.
Judge Payson next moved the approval of
the journal and demanded the previous
question. There was the usual division and
the yeas and nays were secured upon the
Haugen then again moved a call of the
house. This brought out the yeas and nays
once more. The call was then made and no
quorum responded. Nils Haugen offered
the usual resolution that the sergeant-at-
arms should take members into custody
and upon 1T demanded the previous ques-
tion.
Mr.. Flower moved to table the demand.
This brought out the yeas and nays on the
motion to table.
The yeas and nays on the demand for the
previous question followed, and it was Or
dered.
Then came yea and nav vote upon Nils
Haugen's resolution. He followed that
with resolution revoking all leaves of alb
sence and demanded the previous question
upon that. The usual yea and nay vote fol-
lowed. Mr.. Cheadle tried to amend it. and
the speaker decided the amendment out of
order. An appeal was taken, and the yeas
they were taken upon the motio4l to table
the previous question. Finally they were
taken upon the motion of Nils Haugen.
Then the house got tired and adjourned.
There were over dozen roll-calls during
rseK aEs IN s sare
yawned, and most of them went over to the
staid old senate for relief. Members made
various efforts to relieve the monotony.
Some read newspapers, Rev. John A. An
derson, Of Kansas, sat in the speakers
lobby rea ding .'The Cruise of the Arethusa."
0CAOAoA IOAn Ancys VI hAOO0luss, IOOllA0A uPOn
sofa smoking fragrant Havana. Rich
ard vaux shook his leonine name,
and roared over the way in which
business was done. Messrs. Crisp, David
son, and Marcus Aurelius Smith drew their
chairs together in the cloak-roOm and told
stories. Mr.. Springer and Ben Butterworth
sauntered arm in arm up and down the
speakers lobby, retailing "reminiscences Of
the stump. Watchdog Holman read ''pub.
docs.'' and Asher 6. Caruth spent the after
noon in answering letters. Elijah Adams
Morse conducted prohibition discussion
with Mr.. Lehlbach, chairman of the civil
service reform committee. There was a
steady stream of visitors to the restaurant,
and the Ramo of 'sblue Peter'' was played
in more than one odd nook of the house
wing of the capitol.
Nor was this the only day without
quorum. The whole week was spent in
roll-calls. 1t was not until Saturday that
the journal of Tuesday was approved. Its
approval was secured because that day had
been set down for tributes to the memory
of Senator Beck. Filibustering on such an
occasion would have been entirely out of
place. Amos j. CUMMINGS.