The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-05

those present. There were enough Demo
Gratis to secure them and the clerk began to
call the roll.
The first name upon the roll is Joe Abbott
of Texas, and the last DR.. Yoder of Ohio.
At the end of the call Mr. Burrows said ::
1.-The clerk will call the names of those
who failed to respond upon the first CALL
This was done and few more responses
were made. To waste all the time possible,
Colonel O'Ferrall demanded recapitula-
ton of the vote. The clerk read over the
names OF those who had voted in the affirm
alive and those who had voted in the mega
tive. The roll call thus consumed about
twenty minutes.
All day long similar scenes were enacted.
a call of the House followed. 1t failed to
develop 4 quorum. Then a motion to ad-
journ was made, with division and anothe {
call of the yeas and nays. 1t developed no
quorum Meantime, however, the clerk
had been keeping track of the members
present who failed to vote. He informed
the Speaker pro TEN. who announced that
| there were LIZ members present-more
than quorum. Nils Haugen then moved
to dispense with further proceedings under
the call This brought On another yea aud
nay vote in which no quorum was de-
veloped. The Speaker pro TEN. held tina,
as quorum had been developed, the jour
nal could be read. 1t was read, Colonel
O'Ferrall 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 previous question. No quorum voted
Nils 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 ser
Ceant-at- arms should take members into
} custody and upon it demanded the previou,
question.
Mr.. Flower moved to table the demand
This brought out the yeas and nays on the
motion to liable.
The yeas and nays on the demand fol-
the previous question followed, and it was
ordered.
Then came yea and nay vote upon Nil.
Haugen's resolution revoking all leaves o.
absence and demanded the previous ques
ton upon that. The usual yea and nay vot
followed. MIR. Cheadle tried to amend it
and the Speaker decided the amendment
out of order. An appeal was taken, anC
the yeas and nays were secured on the ap
peal. Then they were taken upon the mo
: ticn TO table the previous question. Finally
1 they were taken upon the motion of Nils
Haugen. Then the House got tired and ad-
journed.
There were over dozen roll during
the afternoon. Tney grew wearisome and
monotonous. The ladies in the gallerie:
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 Speaker!
lobby reading 1.-The Cruise of the Are
thusan General Forney of Alabama re
clined upon O sofa smoking fragrant Ha
vana. Richard Vaux shook his leonin
name, and roared over the way in whicl
business was done. Messrs. Crisp, David
son, and Marcus Aurelius Smith drew thei
chairs together in the cloak room and toll
stories. Mr.. Springer and Ben Butter
worth sauntered arm in arm up and dow
the Speakers lobby. retailing "Reminiscences
of the stump. Watchdog Holman read ''pul
docs.n and Asher G. Caruth spent the af
ternoon in answering letters Eliza
Adams Morse conducted prohibition dis
cussion with Mr.. Lehlbach, chairman o
the civilservice reform committee. Their
r was a steady stream of visitors to the res
+ taurant, and the game of "blue Peter'' wa
3 played in more than one odd nook of tn
D House wing Of the capitol.
e Nor was this the only day without QUO
rum. The whole week was spent in roll
calls. 1t was not until Saturday that the jour
nal of Tuesday was approved. Its approva
was secured because that day had been sc
! down for tributes to the memory of Sens
tor Beck. Filibustering on such an occa
sion would have been entirely out of place
AMOS ]. CUMMINGS.