St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-27
Filibustering by Democrats
Prevents the Autocrat From
Counting a Quorum.
Senator'S Finally Agree to
Vote on the Tariff Bill
Sept. 8.
Plan for Nipping Post-Elec-
ton Frauds Evolved by
s Mr.. Taylor.
State Department Officials in
Ignorance Of the RevO-
luton in Hawaii.

: WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.-There was
less than quorum present when the
house met this morning, and a call OF
the house was ordered. A quorum APP
peared before the call was finished,
when the journal of yesterday was read
and approved. A long discussion sprang
up at once. the friends of the lard bill
maintaining that it came up as unfln-
iShed business, as it had reached the
stage where the previous question was
ordered when the house adjourned Sat
urday for lack of a quorum. The friends
of the options bill contended that the
lard bill had had It's day in court. and
could not come up again. particularly as
the options bill was the special order
for to-day and tomorrow. The speaker
ruled in favor of the lard bill.
MIR. Mason, of Illinois, appealed from
his decision. When the yeas and nays
were taken no quorum voted. and call
of the house was ordered and lo2 mem
berS responded to their names. Mr.
Brosius. of Pennsylvania. moved to
suspend further proceedings under the
call, and the opponents of the lard bill
demanded the yeas and nays on the mo-
ton, which was agreed tO-yeaS 127.nayS
Gland the vote required Oh sustaining
the speakers decision. Again no
quorum responded. and more time was
wasted in call of the house. MIR. Nor
gan. of Mississippi. moved an adjourn
ment, saying that he believed some
agreement on the lard bill could be
reached. The motion was lost-46 to l23.
Mr. Cannon offered resolution
setting forth the fact that GER
tain members (whO are named)
answered to their names Oh roll
call, but did not vote, and recitlng the
further fact that many members are
absent without leave, and lnstructlng
the sergeant-at-arms to notify the alb
sentees by telegraph to return and re-
yoking all leaves except those granted
for illness. Mr.. Blount. of Georgia.
raised point of order against the reso-
luton and protested against the pre-
amble as being cenSure on the gentle-
men whose names were mentioned.
Mr.. Cannon said that the resolution was
offered not for the purpose of censurlng
any one. but if it contained censure
that censure was based on facts. Mr..
power of the majority to impute mo-
tives and Mr.. Grain asked if the Repub-
Iicans had not threatened to lock the
doors unit! the bill was passed.
Ignoring these gentlemen. Mr..
Cannon said that so far as he could
as member of the house, the pending
bill should be voted on if he could get it
voted on. Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, said
that the resolution contained censure.
and an undeServed censure. 1t was I'M
necessary, because the ruling OF the
speaker placed the bill Immediately
after the journal until March 4. 1891.
Mr. Wheeler, of Alabama, said that he
} was proud to be in this list. He had
obeyed the people who sent him here
rather than the gentleman from Illinois,
and he would continue to do so. Mr..
Osborne, of Pennsylvania, denied that
he had been absent. Mr.. Cannon said
he had taken the list from the clerks
record. If there was mistake he re-
GREETED it. Mr.. Smith demanded to
know il he was on the "b1ack list" and
there was great confusion over the eff
tain recognition for like questions.
Mr.. Grain, of Texas, finally OBJ
tanned the floor. He was respon-
sble. he said. to his constituents alone.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, made the point
that Mr.. Grain was not speaking to
question of personal privilege. but Mr..
Grain announced that he was not to be
bulldozed. and went on with his speech.
He said he went out of the chamber in
tentionally to avoid being counted as
present and not voting. He had right
to do that, and no vote of censure would
stop him. Mr.. Burrows. of Michigan.
said that the gentleman had violated
rule of the house for which he was re-
sponslble to the house and not to his
constituents. Mr.. Turner, OF New
York, said that the gentleman from
Illinois had been playing to the press
gallery. He then criticised the resolu-
ton in speech three-Quarters of an
hour long. AT the conclusion of his
speech, the house at 5:45 p. m. adj
iOurned till II a. M. tomorrow.