Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-03-02
N THE COURT.
,,,,2 REEDS COUNTED QUORUAS
Tested BY Congressman Pen
~ i.el0n.
.:rosD OF PETTY MEASURES
r,r,ri Him by High Republican
.. Officials.



ss- .7,y. D. O.. March Con
p.-fston said to the representa-
F''l'- '-,-. gssisrER this evening, that it
a'' Q. ...,,ion -. TO demand of the Speaker
2. g,,.s a certificate for his salary and
'.....'.s.,,s,nt-a,-Arms 7. !. for a warrant for
O In csse they refuse be will sP-
l' o. -. ,ou-. of jari.dictiOn for a man
?! " ling the Speaker to issue to
sl-' -. me necessary certificate so that
''l-.'' 5.,v his salary So Congressman, he
arsg been sv,r
..,,.,ituiooAl proceeding. Tne
\, ,ssrsfore. Of the Speaker s rignt
sis'.---' sis-s ~rorum of the House by count
2 -'A- .ss-s nresent aud rot voting paSy
--t,i.d by the courts Mr.. fsnu,esou I T''
.s.t .6s Speaker has uq -tlonsu .n' u.s
s'' 80 30. an ex-member OF the House 10 tns
a1lss n tbs f,or. taking the ground
F.t.. Fi',.'s. ns;tbsr a member Of the House
fali Do n uclt10- -
-,- 80 sx-msmoer. IN. panSIaton
~. bss, treated IN the most dlscoul ,Ss ,TOus
PSI - ...,l,isg manner hy Speaker keea
s's ~. - n .9oblicsns in authority. When
s-s SUI - oosped every member OF the
Jus. ,,'. ..,s'vad notice that the quota Oh
- - vtieb the Agricultural Department
,if, ,Iovs 10 each member " 8 ready iOi
them, with
-grsryGLE EXCEPTION
~. p.,8ls,op. He wrote to Secretary
80 u a. 5r, received DO reply. de tnen I
"-5'' ' ,s-soosl demand for the seeds, but
- --l-' .-io,msd ,ha. they Toold DC
va ns.,ss-I until the contested elec- /
u, ,,ss was decided This itself was an .
....,srs3spted - outrage. The Department 4
~ Agriculture had and could have no .
.a..sI y notice that any contest wss pend
u. and therefore had no right to q1ession
a. p.ndletou's rights. This piece Of
rstty spitswo,k is By no means all. " nsn
~ I,oIiI va. called in the House on the
Tsiority resolution declaring Atkinson
elected PsndlslOn's pane was not called
Ipouiry developed that The lordly -entle-
man rom Maine, who runs the House, de-
cided that Mt Psndleton had been IN
seated when the House
REFrsED TO ADOPT
the minority report. he, therefore d.
rected Mr.. PendletOn's name to De
dropped. This vas never before done 10
snv similar case; b1; the reign Of Reed has .
brought 10 a great many things which
were never seen before.
prVDLEroN's PLANS.
Hon John o Pe1dlston will rur over
pNsE York next week and upon his re-
nm sRer spending several days here, viii .
D,o Wheeling The Democrats are de-
,sr-.,sd 70 have 40 opinion from the .
S1r,srs Curt as 20 the cOnsiituu0nality f.
OF 1sss counter quorums They will .
sico. Doe NOS. expeditions means possible /
o. obtaining Az early decision, and .
90 Democrat doubts the result. Some .
O. The Republicans confess their /
doubts as to the fading Of the court, I
Wbsn it comes zine for the final vote on /
Psai.sion's case they had no party quo
un present. To have delayed the vote to .
i,1n up q1crun would have been a
pnctcal confession that their new rule /.
vis unconstitutional. Reed was consulted /
b. ,he dOultefs, and be told them there
va 90 course open but to brazen IL
trough; that 90 hesitate was to give away
at they had been lighting for.
ASOTHER EXHIBITION.
assd gave another exhibition to-day of his
dishonest pTiisanship. The Democrats
nissd The question Of the consideration of
i1s Arkansas contest case. II was evident /.
iai, .hs Democrats had a majority at that
tine on toe a3or upon a division. Reed |
counted a1d announced a tie-97 Demo- F.
rls sni The same number of Republicans
a-l the speaker gave the casting vote
We BIS party. Correspondents were in
Zee ress gl cry and all counted they
Hlls o1' 81 Rspublicsns but Reed ex-
2'ld'd ,ae number sufficiently to tie the
l.uUas