Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-17
UNABLE TO ADJOURN
Weary Debate on the Elec-
tiOns Bill.
The Senate Holds an All Night
Session.
A vanishing Quorum Assists in Re-
tarding Business.
Senator Hoar Given Some Hard Knocks.
Reagan Makes an Inpassioned
Address.
Associated Press Dispatches.


states Of Arkansas. California, Delaware,
Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, North
Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia,
y we're presented, including over 5000 sig
natures.
Mitchell INTRODUCED bill providing for
the Temporary government of Alaska.
Referred.
On motion of Dolph the senate bin
appropriating 81 $4,000 for the early
completion of the canals and locks at
the cascades of the Columbia river,
Oregon, was taken from the calendar.
Explanations and remarks in favor OF
the immediate passing OF the bill were
made by Dolph, Mitchell, German and.
Gibson. The bill was passed.
AT the close Of the morning hour. the
yice-president laid before the senate, as,
unfinished business, the elections bill,
and Pasco took the floor to make argu-
ment against it..
Pasco soon yielded to Hoar, who had
read an article from the Anglo-Saxon
Churchman, OF Little Rock, speaking of
election methods, etc.
Jones, of Arkansas, stated that the
writer of the article was not southern
man. He was a truthful, well-meaning
man, but had not been on the ground
long enough to understand the matter.
and therefore his opinion was worth no
more than that of the senator from
Massachusetts.
Z Berry, of Arkansas. took part in the
discussion, speaking of Senator Hoar as
man who passed his life in stirring up
STRIFE among his neighbors, the danger
of which he never shared himself.
Ter this diversion, which occupied
an Hour, Pasco concluded his speech,
Rgivipg notice of an amendment to pun
ish bribery blythe payment of money or
by the promise of procuring employment
to voters, and to punish the use OF pay
enyGsopcs. intended to influence work
men. sss Hg s.!s cc-sss S,.s.e.sst i
He yielded to Hoar, who also
gave notice of amendments, the
effect being to give judge the
only power to determine whether
federal supervision of IAN election is
necessary, and to give to the accounting
officers of the treasury power to audit
the accounts of the supervisors.
The Notifications bill was reported
back with amendments.
During the intermission Pasco again,
at 6:1O. yielded to Wolcott, who moved
an adjournment.
8 Frye demanded the yeas and nays.
which resulted: yeas, 81; nays, 50,
Stewart and Wolcott being the only Re-
publicans voting aye.
Pasco then concluded his speech.
Hampton spoke against the bill and
Dixon in its favor.
Rnoror, cpoEa ono.nck %l,o LII
concluded by declaring with strong feel
ing, that dear as his life was to him, he
would, as God was his Judge, if he could
save the American people from the
pending measure by giving up his life,
surrender it as freely as he ever per-
formed any action of his life.
At the close OF Reagan's speech, mo-
ton was made by Hoar to lay Buffers
amendment Chat supervisors, canvass
ers and all election officers, shall be re-
garded as ministerial and not judicial.
ofices). on the table, and it was agreed
to-yeas, 80; nays, 20.
, The amendment offered by Faulkner,
proposing a substitute for section IA,
and to provide for the appointment by
the court of board of three persons in
the congressional district, to be known
as the United States board OF canvas
sers, was taken up. Faulkner advocated
the amendment and condemned the ac-
tion of the Republican senators in
sitting discussion by moving to lay the
amendment on the table.
In the course of colloquy between
Faulkner, Gray and Spooner, the latter
stated as an illustration OF what the
bill meant, that if he had boil ON the
back Of his neck, he would not think it
necessary to place poultice over his
whole back. The illustration was taken
advantage of by Faulkner, who saw in
it an admission that the bill was par
tisan and sectional measure to be put in
force only in one part of the country.
a. m.-Faulkner is still addressing
the senate and seems good for several
hours, and it is pretty evident that the
object on, the Democratic side is to oc-
cupy time. There are not more than q
dozen senators on each side of the cham
Der, but there are large reserves in the
rooms ready to meet any phase of the
question that may present itself. The
galleries are now empty; but the pros
pect is that the session will continue
through the watches Of the night, and
perhaps all day tomorrow.
Faulkner continued speaking until
20, when the absence of quorum was
brought to the attention of the chair, by
Sanders. A call Of the roll showed only
thlrty-six senators present, only five oil
that number being Democrats A mo-
ton was made by Hoar to- compel the
attendance OF absentees, but Harris
made point of order that the first
motion under the rules, was to direct
the sergeant-at-arms to request the
attendance of the absent senators. The
presiding officer (Washburn) sustained
the point Of order and Hoar changed his
motion accordingly. The motion was
agreed to, and list of absentees far.
nished to the sergeant -at-arms. The
only Democrats present were Cockrell
Faulkner, German, Harris and Pasco.
Before the list had been handed tc
the sergeant-at-arms fivelm more senators
all Republicans, had answere6, making
the whole number present forty-one, ol
i TOUR less than quorum. Up to