The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-09-04

Called on the Pending Question.
WASIIINGTON, Aug. 2G.-Thc House
had up for consideration to-day the
lard bill, which caused quite a discus
sion for Il while. The row began when
Mr.. Brosius, of Pennsylvania, demand
cd the regular order, and contendcd
that the unfinished business was the
COngcr lard bill, the vote upon the
passage of which on Saturday was in
conclusive, owing to the absence Of Il
quorum.
Mr.. Blount contcndcd that in the
special orders there was distinct time
given to each bill mentioned therein,
and the time stated for the lard bill had
expired.
Mr.. Herbert, Of Alabama. cnntro-
rcrtrd the position that the Lard bill
had now the right of way. 1t had had
its day in Court and had exhausted all
the time allotted to it.
Mr.. latch. Of Missouri, held the view
that the lard bill was unfinished bust
ness. The previous question had been
ordered and the yeas and nays had been
ordered on its passage.
MIR. Crisp argued that the bill could
not come up before the disposition of
the bills on the Speakers table. even if
1T had been considered in regular order
The Speaker decided that the QucS-
ton before the House was the roll call
on the passage of the bill.
MIR. Mason, of Illinois, appealed from
the decision. On sustaining the de-
clSiOn the vote Stood-yeas 1873. nays
23-no quorum, and a call of the House
was ordercd: 1S2 members having re-
Spondch to their names, Mr. Brosius
moved f,r
ceedingS under the call, upon which
motion the opponents of the lard bill,
IN order to consume time, ordered the
yeas and nays.
The vote rccurred on sustaining the
decision Of the Speaker, but the quo
rum had melted away.
Another Call of the House brought
another quorum, which in like manner
disappeared when the voting was re-
Sumcd on sustaining the decision of
the Chair.
MIR. Morgan, of Mississippi, moved an
adjournment with 4 view to reach
some arrangement whereby the exist
ing condition of affairs might be ter
minated. IOSt--yeaS As, nays 1913.
Mr.. cannon then offered areSOlutiOn.
rcciting that twice to-day legislative
proceedings have been interrupted bv
the want Of quorum; that certain
| members answered to their names un-
der the call but did not respond on
regular rollcalls, many Of them lcav,
ing the hall SO they could not be count
ed; that there was n large number OF
members absent without leave, and
directing the sergeant at arms to i'm.
mediatcly notify by telegraph all mem
bers absent, except those absent on ac-
count of illness, to return to Washing
ton without delay, and revoking all
leaves or absence except those on ac-
| count Of illness.
The following are the members
drew, Baker, Beckwith, Boatncr, Car
Teton, Catchings, Chipman, Covert,
Crane, Crisp, Cummings, Enloe, Flow.
Gr, Grimes, Hayes, Kinsey, Lawler,
Lehibach, Lester Of Georgia, McClam-
my. Moore of Texas, Morgan, Mutchler,
O'Ferrall, Osborne, Pugslcy, Raines,
Robcrtson, Rowland, Seney, Shivcley,
Skinner, Spooncr, Tillman, Turner Of
Georgia, Turner Of New York, Wallace,
Washington, Wheeler of Alabama.
whiting. Wilkinson, Wilcox and Will
liams of Illinois.
AIR. Blount raised point Of order
against the resolution and entered his
protest against the preamble. That
preamble was an arraignmcnt Of every
member mentioned in it, and its ad0p-
llOn would be Il crnSure of those mem
DerS. The resolution relating to send
ing for absent members was, of course.
in order. /. was in accordance with
the rules and practices of the House,
but the preamble was Il ccnSure Of Ger
tam gentlemen and was without pre-
cedrnt in the House. There was moth
ing IN the rules to justify such an out
rage upon members upon this floor.
Mr.. Cannon said that he offered the
resolution not for the purpose of CEN
Suring anybody. 1t rrcitrd two facts:
First, that the House had found itself
without quorum twice during the
day; second. there had been two calls Of
the House and that upon those calls
more than Il quorum responded, but
that after the proceedings were dis
pcnScd with the quorum could not be
found in the House. He rccitcd the
facts for the purpose Of showing the
necessity for the adoption Of the rcso-
luton, namely, that one moment the
House had Il quorum, and further,
what was absolutely patent to every
body, that between the call of the
House and the call Of the roll members
10y the score disappeared into the cloak
rooms and lobbicS.
Mr.. Grain, Of Texas: "IIave not they
that right"
MIR. Cannon: "IIavr not the right
to rccitc the fact and let their conStitu-
cntS Judge of their right?"
Mr.. NauX, Of Pennsylvania: "IIavc
You the right to impute motives? That
IS not the parliamentary power Of the
majority in this House until the en-
pire. comes" Applause on the Demo-
cratic side.
Mr.. Grain: "Did You not threaten to
lock the doors and compel us to stay
here till the bill was raSscd ?"
Mr.. Cannon, not noticing the qucs-
tion, said that before this Congress
gentlemen had GlibuStcrcd, and broken
quorumS sitting.
MIR. Flower, Of New York: $50 did
y0n. Your party is now leading the
lilihuStcring."
Mr.. Cannon "rhc CALLED jade
winccs. Laughtcr.l Now for the first
time since the adoption Of the now
rules, with the Federal election bill
and the tariff bill and other important
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