Telegram-herald., 1891-03-03
WITHOUT 4 QUORUM
The House Fails for the Third Time
70 MAKE a Go.
OSlIS SEsSELESS SATURDAY SESSION
The work Of the Week Il Sot Hopefully
oatiiasa f0F the texp&ysE- -stTataea
Relations fxta ess ths Dakss oT
Senatorial Disalty.

SReeia a. - the TsLsGsss HEsAtBs
LASsINo. March 2.-Iae House found
itself without quorum lh.s morning.
as wss expected 10y those who have bad
serious experience ln the fuuhty OF Try
ing 10 hold Saturday and Monday ses-
si0us. on Friday the House mghs
have adjourned over until Moaday
evening, bat i adjourned until satuE-
day at 10 a. III. Not having a qu0Fum
then, il could take no adjournment ex-
cepL to the regular time tod ay-that =
10 n. m. Only thiTty-nine members
reported for duty then aud they held
"open House" until afternoon. Not
having quorum then, they adjourned
until tomorrow, thus losing even the
sensible adjournment until tonight
been taken IN the first place, there
would have been a quorum on hand
after tine arrival of the evening trains.
How many more such foolish expert
ments Will be tried. il Is impossible TO
foretell, but II seems as II TINS last one
ought to be decisive.
The House committee tomorrow Will
report fayorably on Richardson's bill TO
increase the rate of taxation on express
companies from one per cent. TO five on
gross earnings in Michigan.
II is confidently expected by Repre-
sentative Hayward that the Senate will
take up the Grand Rapids extension
bill tins evening and pass it. He is
making arrangements to have the bill
enrolled, with the least possible delay
after passage, anu put into the Cover
nor's hands.
The "deep damnation" Of the taking
off of the two Republican senator's
loses none Of Its Nervousness as time
passes. 1t was understood here, gener-
ally, when the members of the com
mttee came back from Alpena, that
Fridlander had made ont very weak
case. Had an honest report been made
then it would have advised the dis
mlssal of the contest. Senator Gilbert,
who was persuaded to sign the fraudu-
| lent report with Chairman Crocker
in the Morse case, himself told
4 reporter for the Alpena
| Pioneer, the very morning the
committee left for Lansing: "Frid-
lander has made out no case. l can
not tell, of course, what action IL :
| committee will take, but / think Nurse
will hold his seat" And yet he signed
and, under his Official oath, certified to
the false report. The Republicans are
| determined TO make the most of their
contest on the Morse case, as there is
no question of the absence OF a quorum
at the time u vote was taken on his
case. Eighteen senators have sworn TO
their absence at that time, which
leaves only fourteen present,
three less than quorum.
The resolution unseating Morse
was adopted by mere viva
roce vote, as a roll call would have
evnced the lack of a quorum. This
fact will be brought before the Supreme
| Court IN some way. From now on,
the Democrats will find the Republi-
( cans or guard. They were caught nap
| ping once, tut because they failed to
realize the depths of iniquity To which
the Democrats were willing to descend
for partisan advantage. There can be
no more confidence between Republi-
cans and Democrats IN the Senate this
/ session than exists between the victim
/ and the midnight burglar.