Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-21

H1r. tOar 10 conn pei the attendance OF
nbsentees, but Mr. Harris made the
point of order that the first motion Till
der the rules was to direct the sergeant
alarms to request the attendance of 40
sent senators. The presiding officer
| (Mr. Washburn) sustained the point of
order, and Mr.. Hoar changed his mo-
! ton accordingly. The motion
agreed to, and list of the absences
| was furnished to the sergeant-at-arms,
| who dispatched messengers to carry Out
| the order of the Senate. Before
| the list had been handed to the ser.
| geant-at-arms five senators had an.
| swered, making the whole number pres
ent tortv-one, or four less than quo.
rum. Up to 2 o'clock no senator mad
| presented himself in compliance with
| the request, and tlooked as if quorum
| might not be secured. The first Of the
| absentees to obey the mandate of the
| Senate was Mr.. Call, who came in at
| 2:4O. He was followed soon after by
| Mr.. Daniel, who attributed his absence
to the fact that he was paired. Then
Mr.. Jones (Ark.) presented himself,
| and the Quorum lacked but one sena-
| tor.
| SATURDAY, Jan. 17.-After an a!l-night
session, at 1880 O'Clock Mr.. Faulkner
| concluded his speech, having held the
IL
| Daniel followed in long speech against
the bill. Mr.. Stewart gave notice of a
| motion to re-commit the bill. with in
structlOns to the committee on privi-
leges and elections to so amend it as to
| provide for the election of members of
Congress on days when no other election
| is held in the several states, and to pro-
vide for separate and Independent reg
istrations of such electors as are quail
fed to vote for members of Congress.
Mr.. Vest demanded a yea and nay vote
on Mr.. Faulkner's amendment, which
eliminates from the bill such features as
confer judicial functions upon the can
wasting boards. The matter went over
for the present. and Mr.. Vest argued in
favor of a proposed amend
ment providing that the cir
cult court shall appoint two chief
supervisors of elections for each judicial
district in the circuit, and not of the
same political party. The question re-
curing on Mr.. Vests amendment, Mr..
Hoar moved to table it. Agreed to
yeas, %; nays, %. On motion of Mr..
Faulkner, an amendment was adopted
striking out the clause giving the
chief supervisor Of elections pow
er to transfer any supervisor from
service in one part of congressional
district to another part of the same dis
trict. Mr.. Vest offered an amendment
to strike out the clause permitting per-
sons claiming to be citizens OF the
United States" to sign applications for
supervision of elections. Mr.. Wolcott
moved to amend the bill by providing
that any person falsely claiming to be
citizen of the United States, or to be
resident or qualified voter, in any ap-
plication, shall be punished by confne-
inert of not more than two years,
or by fine of not more than
Agreed to- Mr.. Hoar moved to table
Mr.. Vests amendment. Agreed to
yeas, SO; nays, rs. Mr.. Reagan offered
an amendment to come in at the end of
section 2, providing that the chief su-
pervisor shall keep the petitions and
lists of names appended to them open
for inspection and examination by citi-
zens at all reasonable hours. Mr.. Hoar
moved that the resolution be laid on
the table. The vote was taken, and the
result being tie--yeas 80, nays 30-the
vice-president voted aye, and Mr.. Rea-
CAMS resolution was laid on the table
Mr.. Voorhees, gave notice of an amend
ment providing that the application,
and the names signed thereto, shall be
published in at least two newspapers
of opposite politics, in the congressional
district, every day for one week preced-
ing the election. Mr. Hoar moved the
first of the committee amendments-to
strike out of section % the words, ere
turn of House canvass" Agreed to. Mr..
Aldrich gave notice that, Tuesday next,
he would ask the Senate to proceed to
the consideration of the resolution to
change the rules of the Senate. Other
amendments offered by Mr.. Hoar were
agreed to without opposition, including
one increasing from three to four the
number of supervisors of election in
district. The bill was then laid aside
Informally, and the vice-president an
nounced the appointment of Mr.. Nc
Connell on the committees on civil
service and revolutionary claims, in
place of Messrs. Aldrich and Power.
MONDAY, Jan. 12.-The House has de-
cided to investigate the alleged silver
pool business. The matter was brought
up this morning by Mr. Dockery, who
offered resolution on a question of
privilege, reciting the fact of the refer
ence of his "silver pool'' resolution
to the committee on rules, and the
fact that that committee had refused to
report the same, and directing the COM
mittee on rules to report the resolu-
Rogers ARK offered an amendment
to the Dockery resolution, provid-
ing for the appointment of special
committee OF five members to inquire
into all the facts and circumstances con-
nected with the silver pool, in which
senators and representatives are al
legged TO be interested; also as to the al
legged purchase and sale of silver prior
to and since the passage of the act of
July IA, 1890, including the names of
same. and who are the owners
of the $12,00O,00O of silver bull
lion which the United States is
now asked to purchase. Mr.. Rogers
amendment was agreed to, and the res
olution as amended was agreed to. Mr..
Rockwell Mass reported the diplo-
matic and consular appropriation bill,
and it was placed upon the calendar.
The House then, after some sparrlnga as
to the limitation of general debate,
which was finally fixed at one hour and
a half went into committee of the