Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-18
CARLISLE'S NOTICE.
The Quorum Question To Be
Taken to Court.
NEW TACTICS OF THE OPPOSITION.

The Fight Against Reeds Rulings Re-
Opened on n Count by Teiiers-Dsys Set
for Confederation of the Worlds Fair
Proposed I'm Congress A Deficiency
Notsd-The Woman saffragists-
WASHINGTON CRY, Fec ls-The house
yesterday spent almost all OF the time until
adjournment in warm debate over q ruling
OF Speaker Recd After the reading OF the
journal Carlisle arose and said that since
Jan - the Democrats had been protesting
against the approval OF the journal, on the
ground that il contained an entry made by
d citation of the speaker. showing the names
OF members present and not voting. Last
Friday a code Of rules was adopted which
give the speaker that right Against this
they still protested, and would continue 10
do 50 an unconstitutional practlea But
this quest hon could not be decided In this
hous, and whenever proper cases arose it
would 20 to some other forum, where il
could be finally and decisively passei upon
He saw no reason why the Journal should
not be approved in the form which the
house had right TO prescrioa The journal
was then approved
The Quorum Question Again
Gambler teen reported, toe resolution for
the discussion OF the Worlds far bills on
THURSDAY AMI Friday, and balioting on Mon
day, unless the house shall have determined
by a vote that the World's fair shall not be
held The resolution makes the Worlds fair
balls the special order for toe days noted
above. and Gambler novel the adoption
thereof Mills demanded a second. Tellers
were appointed and the result announced
yeas, ia; nays, s Kilgore made the
point of no quorum The SPEAKER declared
that i72 members were present-more than
. quorum, and ignoring protests from
the Democrats declared that debate on
Gamblers motion was in order which
brought out further protests He said he
bad announced that there were LIZ mem
bers in their seats; IL they did no; vote the
presumption was that they acquiesced in
the result.
A Point Made on rener.-
Mills Of Texas maintained that the rules
required decision by tellsrs, and that the
speaker was SIMPLY TO announce their de-
casion.
Carlisle maintained that the moment the
tellers were ordered BY the house 20 take
their places the power Of the chair 70 count,
except upon their report, ceased The very
purpo>e Of ordering tellers was TO prevent
the speaker from making q count, and put il
In the hands OF gentlemen chosen. one from
one SIDE and one from the other side When
their report vas made TO the chair that vote
was over and II the teilers resumed their
seats there was no remedy sxcsp. 70 take it
over.
Peters Explains His silence.
Peters Of Kansas said that be had refused
70 vote oecsuse he had a rezson-he had some
doubt a. 20 whether there should Be .
worlds fair At all IApplauss on Democratic
ade1 But h was perfectly satisfied 70 re-
main in his seat and allow persons interested
TO settle the matter II the th-ory Of the
other sids were right he should have thus
accomplished more than II be had voted-an
unnatural result. The troubie was that this
house bad been wrapped round snd round by
the cords Of legal fiction until it was as life
les a. . mummy. LApplause.l
The speaker Has q Word to Say.
The speaker aid the question Was one like
that rep ,at-dly passed upon by the houss,
Under the constitution q quorum was neces-
ssry 70 transact business Whistler Il was
necessary for thsm % act Wa the question
IN dispute Since il had been decided
here It hsd bssn discussed from one end Of
the country 70 the other, and precsdsats
without number bad been cited on each side
In this house the Question WIS settled that If
q mn tority was present 20 DO business their
presence was all that was required to make
quorum II they declined to vote their in
action could not be u the pathway OF those
who did their duty. The idea that silence
could b stronger than a negative vote
s-eTnsd to have bean unknown TO our Ancss-
snrs II seemed 20 be modern parliamentary
fiction which had never besn able 70 stand
the decision u . court De then repeated
his decision that the motion was seconded
short debate On the resolution followed,
az the conclusion Of which II was adopted
y~as Al uays 5.