Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-10-05
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enough Democrats To secure them ana
the clerk began to call the roll.
The first name upon the roll Is Joe
/ Abbott of Texas. and the last DR.. Noder
of Ohio. At the end OF the call Mr..
Burrows said: The clerk will call the
names of those who failed to respond
upon the first call.
This was done and few more re-
sponses were made. To waste all the
time possible. Colonel O'Ferrall de-
manded a recapitulation OF the vote
The clerk read over the names OF those
who had voted in the affirmative and
those who had voted in the negative.
The roll call thus consumed ABOUT
twenty minutes.
All day long similar scenes were en-
acted. A call of the House followed.
II failed to develop quorum Then
motion to adjourn was made. with d.
vision and another call Of the yeas ana
navs. II developed no quorum. Mean
time. however, the clerk had been keep
ing track Of the members present VINO
failed to vote. He informed the Speaker
nro fem. who announced that there were
l72 members preSent-mOre than quo
RIM. Nils Haugen then moved TO DIS
pense with further proceedings under
the call. This brought on another yea
and nav vote i'm which no quorum was
developed The Speaker pro TEN. held
thatas a quorum had been developed. the
journal could be read. Colonel Ofer-
rail- vainly protesting.
Judge Payson next moved the APPROX
al of the journal and demanded the pre-
vious question. There was the usual
division and the yeas and nays were Sc
cured upon the previous question. No
quorum voted. Nils Ilaugen then again
moved call of the House. This brought
out the yeas and nays once more. me
call was then made and no Qporum re-
sponded. Nils Haugcn offered the usual
resolution that the Sergeant-at-ArmS
should take members into custody and
upon it demanded the previous cues
ton.
Mr.. Flower moved TO table the de-
mand. This brought out The yeas and
nays on the motion TO table.
The yeas and nays on the demand Tor
the previous question followed, and it
was ordered.
Then came yea and nay vote upon
Nils Haugen's resolution. He followed
that with resolution revOking all leaves
of absence and demanded the previous
question upon that. The usual yea and
nav vote followed. Mr.. Cheadlc tried TO
amend it, and the Speaker decided the
amendment out of order. An appeal
was taken, and the yeas and nays were
secured on the appeal. Then they were
taken upon the motion TO table the pre-
yious question. Finally they were taken
upon the motion Of Nils Haugen. Then
the House got tired and adjourned.
There were over a dozen roll-callS
during the afternoon. They grew
wearisome and monoton0us. The ladies
i'm the galleries yawned, and most OF
them went over to the Staid old Senate
for relief. Members made various ef-
forts to relieve the monotony. Some
read newspapers. Rev. John \. Ander-
son. of Kansas. sat in the Speakers lobby
reading The Cruise of the ArethuSa.
General Forney. of Alabama. reclined
upon Il sofa smoking fragrant Havana.
Richard NauX shook his lc0nine name,
and rOarcd over the way i'm which bust
ness was done. Mes>rS. Crisp Davidson
and Marcu, Aurclius Smith drew their
chairs together In the clOakroom and
told stories. Mr.. Springer and Ben
Butterworth sauntercd arm in arm mp
and down the Speakers lobby, retailing
"reminiscences of the stump. Watch
dog Holman read pub. docs" and
Asher G.. Caruth spent the afternoon in
answering letters. Elijah Adams
Morse conducted prohibition discus
sion with Mr.. Lehlbach, chairman Of
the civil ssryice reform committee.
There was steady stream of visitors
to the restaurant, and the game of
blue Peter" was played In more than
one odd nook of the House wing of the
Capitol.
nor was this the only day without Il
quorum. The whole week was spent in
roll-callS. II was not until Saturday
that the journal of Tuesday was APP
proved. Its approval was secured be-
cause that day had been set down for
tributes to the memory of Senator Beck.
Filibustering ON such an occasion would
have been entirely out of place.
AMOS j. CUMMINGS.