The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-31

speaker, has applied to-day susurpatory
and corrupt.
Cheer after cheer rose from the demo
cratic side, mingled with misses from tn,
republicans, until the house resembled q
perfect bedlam. In the midst of the tu
multi the speaker decided the question to
be on the motion to approve the journal
and yeas and nays having been ordered
he directed the clerk to call the roll
Owing to the confusion, many demo,
cratic members did not understand the
question as put bv the chair and an,
other scene of excitement ensued, dozens
of members arising and demanding to
know what they were to vote upon.
The speaker attempted in vain to re.
store order, though one democrat was
heard to shout above the turmoil that
the house was as much in order as the
speaker.
A lull occurred, however. when Mr..
Carlisle arose and hoped that the roll
call would be suspended until order was
restored. Several members did not uil.
derstand the question.
| The speaker restated the question, and
the vote resulted: yeas, 1872 nays l..
The speaker declared the motion car
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record the names of members who were
present and did not vote.
Mr.. Springer raised the point of no
quorum, but the speaker declined 10 re-
cognize him, and instead recognized Mr..
Mckinley, to discuss the appeal taken
from the decision of the speaker ycstcr-
day. Mr.. Mckinley attempted to pro-
ceed, but Mr.. Springer was not 10 be
silcnced, and amid much confusion he
continued to address, the chair. He in
sisted upon his right to he heard, declar.
ing amid much noise and confusion that
the speaker must hear him when rising
to point of order, that no quorum was
present. The speaker ignored Mr.. Sprin-
ger, telling him to take his seat, but Mr..
Springer stood upon his rights. aud
finally by his pertinacity secured rccogr-
ton. He then proceeded to argue that
even though the journal had been ap.
proved, it was in order tor him to move
to correct it, and therefore moved To cor
rect it by striking out thclist of members
present and not voting. The speaker
stated that that was the question of re-.
cognition and that he had already rccop.
nized the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. Mckinley then proceeded with his
argument. The speaker. he continued,
had a right to note that thirty-tivc mem
bers had refused to vote when present in
their seats. The constitution did not de-
clare that majority of the members who
answered to their names should c,,nsti-
tute n quorum. II was not decided. how
ever. that the question of a majority
should be determined. That was left to
the house, and the house left il tn the
speaker. He spoke for some time.
After long speeches on opposite sides of
the question hy Mr.. Turner. OF
Georgia, and Mr.. Buttcrworth, of Ohio,
Mr.. Mckinley moved to lay on the
table the appeal from the speakers de-
cision. Shouts OF disapproval were
heard on the democratic side. but Mr..
Mckinley persisted in his motion, and Mr..
Springer moved, at 8 p. m, that tine
house adjourn. On a rising vote The re-
suit was announced as ayes, 12+; noes,
1+9.
Then Mr.. Springer demanded the yeas
and nays; and when they were called the
result was announced as yeas, l+5 {;
nays 81. So the house refused to adj
journ and the question recurred ON the
motion to lay the appeal on the table,
on which question the yeas and nays
were demanded from the democratic
side.
Mr.. Clark proceeded with the call. no
democrats responding, and most OF them
leaving their seats and retiring to the
cloak rooms.
The speaker. however. followed the
roll call and noted down the names of
the democrats present but not voting.
The non-voting members were again
called. as is the custom, but still no dem
ocrat responded. When the vote was
completed the speaker took the return
from the tally clerk and said: The
clerk will record the following names oi
members present and declining IT, vote" !"
and he read out the names as Mcssrs.
Bland. Brickncr, Carlisle, Clark, Of Ala
bama. Crisp. Culbcrson. Enloc, Flomer,
Gcisscnhaincr. Goodnight, Herbert, llol.
man. Lane. Lanhan. Mansur, McAdoo,
McMillin, McRac, Paynter. Spinula.
Springer. Steward, OF Georgia, Stone, of
Kentucky, Tilman, Turner, OF Georgia,
and Wheeler. of Alabama. lie then an
nounccd the vote as l62 yeas and none
in the negative, and declared that the
motion to lay the appeal on the table
was carried.
There were shouts of mo quorum"
and excamations OF indignation on the
democratic side but in the midst oi thctu.
multi aud uproar the speaker recognized
Mr.. Mckinley for n motion to adjourn.
put it and declared it carried. But he
fore he left the chair, amid shouts 0t
shane" from the excited democrats, lie
paused long enough to give Mr.. Springer
"A. al
the yeas and nays. The speaker said lie
had heard no request for the yeas and
nays; hut II the gentleman from Illinois
said that he rose IN his place and called
for them the speaker would recognize
the demand; and so Mr.. Springer had
the poor satisfaction of having the yeas
and nays called with the result of yeas,
1914; nays. 81; and so the house, nt
$50. adjourned until tomorrow, the
republicans iubilant at their success and
the cdcmocratscorrcspondingly depressed,
Nominations Sent Iu.
WASHINGTON, u. G., January Gothic
President to-day sent to the senate the
following nominations: William II. TAFT
Of Ohio to be solicitor general. Robert
Adams Ir. of Pennsylvania. now accrc'
dited envoy extraordinary and minister
plcniopcntiary to the empire of Brazil To
he envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiory to the United States %,
Brazil.
Post.masters:-Cha l.. Pritchard
Port Royal. Va; Lewis =. Summers
Abingdon. Va; Charles Guirkin, Eliza
beth City, n. G.; Geo. T. Hammer, Brs'
tol, Tenn; James ". Lee, Aberdeen, Miss.
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