The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-31
VERY STORMY SESSION



were crowded to their utmost capacity
long before noon to-day by spectators an
ticipating "a resumption of the contest of
Nor were they disappointed,
for as the clerk read the journal i'm the
usual manner, emitting the detailed vote
by yeas and nays on the question of the
OF the contested election
case, breckenridge arose and demanded
the reading of the full vote. After few
hesitation the speaker directed
this tn he done. This having been COM
pleteSl, breckenridge demanded the read
ing of the names of those not voting, and
the speaker ordered this to- be done. Then
Springer demanded the reading of the
full statement of Reed, giving the ground
for his ruling yesterday. and the clerk
proceeded to read il accordingly.
completed, Mckinley moved the Journal
he approved. and upon that motion. de-
manded the previous question.
Blanchard of Louisiana was immedi-
ateIy ON ms feet, rls,ng 10 deino. que .,, OF
but he speaker declined to recognize him
on the ground that the demand for the
previous question was pending.
Springer moved an adjournment and
demanded the yeas and nays. While the
vote was being taken on orierlng them,
low the committee on rules to- prepare a
set of rules. One hundred and twenty
and nays. The speaker declared this to
he sufficient number. and ordered the
clerk to- call the roll.
Bland of Missouri. moved To reconsider
the vote by which the yeas and nays were
ordered. hut the speaker destined to re.
coenize him. whereupon Bland shouted
amid much confusion, "Hou are not N
tyrant to rule over the house I'm any such
way and denounce-" The remainder
of the sentence was drowned. The roll
The motion was defeated, yeas 142, nays
1eO.
The question then recurred on the de-
Inand for the previous question on an APP
having been ordered, the order ''tlon't
vote" was passed around the democratic
obeyed.
crat side, mingled with misses from the
republican, under which the house re-
sembled perfect bedlam. In the midst
of the t,lmult the speaker stated the ques-
ton to be on "a motion to approve the
Journal and the yeas and nays having
been ordered. directed the clerk to call
the roll. Owing to the confusion many
democratic members did not understand
the question as put by the chair and an
of members arising and demanding tn
know what they were To vote upon. The
speaker attempted i'm vain to restore Or
shout above the turmoil that the house
W.. MAS s,s.,Lar as much i" ,uu order c,,rre, as
he hoped that the roll call would be s'is-
pended until order was restored, as sever
ton. The speaker then rs-stated the
question and the vote resulted yeas lti2,
nays 4. The speaker declared the motion
carried and directed the clerk to enter ON
| the journal the names of the members
| present, but not voting After another
ss, s'S ws Efforts wss Sy ,SP
successfup to Address the chair, the house
became quiet and the floor was accorded
the IL M'n,%.ss appssi ~Ss Se-.er.Iss. s' %,ii a%i
| supported the speaker decision
The speaker had the right. he contended,
| to proceed to note that thirty or thirty-fivc
| members. who had refused to vote on the
| roll call. were present i'm their seats. All
Of "a fac ba ANY gentle
man whose name was disclosed by the
count rise i'm his place and declare he was
parliamentary laws the speaker had the
| right tn count members. and IL there was
no quorum tn stop All b,isiness. M u.
| the presiding officer might count. and !,
was his duty to count the number oi
members who were to he present To con
stitute a quorum. The gentleman from
| Kentuck tCarlislet had declared that
under the speakers decision on.
| with liz members sitting in their seats il
silence. So he could, and so he ought To
IL is7 members sat in silence and refuse,
to vote when their votes would defeat th'
proposition. then the vote of a single mem
Der ought To pass bill. When gentle
men sit i'm their seats and refuse To per
form "a public duty, they are repudiatin,
| "a great public trust. Carlisle, as speak or
| had repeatedly signed bills and resolu
|, | tions which had never received consti
tutional majority. He had done II owe
| and over again, and done IL, too whci
| the public record of the house, announces
by himself, showed less than IA majorit.
of the house had voted. The action q
democrats yesterday had never bee
dreamed of by the fathers of the constitu
ton. They never dreamed of sullen silenc
as a statesman-like way OF destroyin
N quorum. He was not saying the demt
Gratis were doing differently from what tn
republican party had done for years. bl
no majority ever carried OH filibusterin
that il was not afterwards ashamed Of I'll
whole proceeding. This mode of stol
| ping legislation had never been though
| of by the trainers OF the constitution.
: the gentlemen the other side WEI
going to have n revolution. let them liza,
IL i'm the proper way, and get out OF ~
house. Applause Oh republican side
| They had no business to turn upon rcpul
licans who were here and ready tn do b,i
, mess, and call them rcvoiutionists. I
gentlemen OH the other side want.d
perpctuate fiction which doclars
that although members were pre-
ent in their seats they shou
be held to be constructively absei
IL was time tn stop this legal fiction. l.
members be honest. let them defeat q
bill in n constitutional way. 10y debate,
amendment, 10y yea and nay vote expire
o. sive of their Judgment. This coutrover
was to determine whether the maiori
| should rule and govern. or he subject
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