The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-26
A MOTION TO ADJOURN SINE DIE
FINALLY CARRIED.


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There was a slight disturbance on the
street about 7:3o o'clock tonight @. D.
fight, but were separated.
THE CAUCUS BALLOT.
The caucus roll call showed ninety-seven
present The S5th ballot was ordered, with
the following result:
.62
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Bloxham .-.....---...-..- ................s... z
The Seth ballot stood;
Cau .-..,.................. .52
Mays --..........''-....-..... 80 '.....-sS
Bloxham OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
At the close of the Seth ballot, Senator
Yancy moved that the caucus adjourn
sine die.
MIR. Clarke seconded the motion.
Senator Kirk offered an amendment 20
adjourn till 10 o'clock tomorrow night. The
motion was not entertained.
Mr.. Dougherty moved as a substitute that
the caucus adjourn.
The chairman was asked to rule as to
what time this motion would adjourn the
caucus to If it prevailed.
The motion was withdrawn.
Mr.. Shine got the floor and made a stir
ring and patriotic speech, appealing to the
members not to adjourn the caucus sine die.
QUOTING AN AUTHORITY.
Mr.. Dougherty read from Jefferson's
Manual to show that a motion to simply
adjourn, adjourned any parliamentary
body to the succeeding day.
There were numerous parliamentary in~
quiries, and many members arose to points
OF order.
Mr.. Hooker claimed that the caucus was
working under common parliamentary
law, and insisted that there was no rule by
xwhich q rnnrf0u IN aHinurr1 cjrao
now be entertained.
Senators Browne and Clarke of Polk in
sisted that the motion was in order now and
at any time II any member saw fit to make
it.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
The chair, replying to Senator Clark e,
said he understood the motion to adjou IN
sine die to be the question before the eau
Gus. and that said motion was not amend
able.
Mr.. Burford said this CAUCUS had by a
unanimous vote resolved that it would not
select a senator until the caucus had made
nomination, and. therefore, the motion to
dissolve this body could not be in order.
Mr.. Yancy insisted that the dissolution Of
the caucus would violate no rule of the eau
Gus, whatever might be the effect of an ad-
journment sine die.
Mr.. Dougherty read from Gushing In sup
port Of his claim that a motion to adjourn
this body sine die before it had completed
the work for which it had been convened
could not be entertained by the chair.
MR. MANN's APPEAL.
Mr.. Mann of fernando made a strong
appeal to the caucus, as democrats and as
brothers, not to vote to dissolve this body.
Senator Swearingen spoke with much
feeling In favor Of the motion.
Senator Broome said he made the motion
to make the vote for the two-thirds rule
unanimous. He made it in the interest of
harmony and for the good of the party, but
he did not think that action debarred him
from now voting to abrogate any rule of
this caucus.
SENATOR HAMMoND's STAND.
Senator Hammond insisted that, az the
caucus was to nominate under the two
thirds rule, and had resolved not to elect a
senator until the caucus should make a
nomination, the proper course now would
be to move an abrogation of these in de-
tail, and not attempt TO wipe them out by
motion TO adjourn sine Gle.
Two or three calls were made on the sec
rotary for papers. His answer was that
there were so many papers he could not
carry them with him. Senator Rogers
respectfully demanded that the secretary
produce certain paper, and asked that he
be given time to get it.
DoUGHERTY's POSITION.
Mr.. Dougnerty, some weeks since. stated
10 the caucus that Senator Call and he did
not desire an election without a caucus
nomination under the two-third rule. or
words to that effect. He was requested to
repeat what he then said, and he did so. as
nearly as he could.
Mr.. Trammell made similar demand.
maintaining that the chair could not rule on
stated points without the records of the
caucus
Senator Myers insisted that the proceed-
tngs Of the caucus were the property of the
caucus, and that the chair had the right to
demand them of the secretary. This was
put in the form of an interrogatory % the
chair, and the chair agreed with the sena-
tor, but no papers were produced.
Senator Kirk made an eloquent appeal to
his fellow democrats to stand by their
plighted faith.
TOOK WIDE RANGE.
The discussion took wide range, but
orderly and without acrimony. Most of
the spec hes were made by opponents of the
motion. Messrs. Clarke Brown and Yancy
In the main conducted the support Of the
motion.
At 1:50 o'clock the roll call began. The
vote was: Yeas 40, nays AZ.
There were some manifestations of an.
prevail, but nothing boisterous.
The opponents of Senator Call are hold
Ing caucus In the Senate chamber, and
bis friends In the assembly hall
While some predict that Senator Call will
De elected In Joint session tomorrow, others
claim that he will not, and 1t is possible
that to-nights work may be the beginning
Of another struggle for the senatorial plum.
There are many good democrats, it is
claimed, who would not now accept an
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