The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-01-21

four senators answered to their names,
showing hat there had been more depart
ing than arriving senators.
During another period of waiting for
absentees who would not come, an in
quiry was made by Mr.. Mitchell whether
Mr.. Faulkner had finished his speech,
and, If 20, whether there was any desire
to continue the debate on the bill further.
Mr.. Faulkner expressed mis- regret that
through the inability OF his republican
friends TO be present, on account of i'll
ness, he had not been able to continue his
speech co%nsecutively.
At $50, when there were five democrats
on the floor and only one republican MIR.
Casey1, Mr.. Daniel arose and. with a wave
OF his hand and a word Ito the senator on
the other side" moved an adjournment.
The move did not succeed, however, for
Mr.. Casey rushed for and obtained allies
from the cloak-room, and Mr.. Plat, who
was in the chair, declared the motion lost.
Alter that there was another dead lull I'M
I'll $3.50, when a quorum having appeared,
Mr.. Faulkner proceeded with his re-
marks.
The cold, bleak, drizzly morning
which greeted tie senate after its weary
night session wa~ not conducive to elO-
quence, and Mr.. Faulkner, who had bold
~ dlu DdlltnLlN ntlu MS post since II
o'clock, rested himself somewhat by lib
era quotations from the law-bOoks. The
lowering skies shut out the light ofthe sun,
and the hall was still necessarily illum-
ined by its gas and electric lights.
The chamber was in a state of great dis
order. The floor was Uttered with scraps
OF paper, old bills and rejected amend
ments The senators sat in their chairs
In attitudes of WEAKNESS or retired to their
cloak rooms 10 take a little needed rest
upon the lounges. The clerks performed
their duties in Il mechanical manner and
the stenOgraphers pushed their pens over
the paper in a correct but p~er!unctory
manne But, Notwithstanding his long
vigil, Mr.. Faulkner was in good voice.
Mr.. Stewart has given notice of a mo-
ton TO recommit the force bill with in
struc,ions to the committee to report it
back with the provision for the election
of members of congress on days when no
other elections are held in the several
states, and when not quoting from his
books, spoke with earnestness. He paid
especial attention to the features of the
bi ], which, he claimed, conferred upon
the canvas ing board power to carry on
Interpretations a iunde the returns.
At 1905 Mr.. Harris rose to a parlia-
mentary inquiry. He desired to know
whether the journal would show that
there was a legislative day of Jan. II, and
if so, when that legislative day began.
The standing order was that the senate
should meet at 10 o'clock. II was now
past that hour and he asked the question
in order to enable the clerks TO keep the
journal proper V. Mr.. Morrill, suggested
that the 18th mad not yet finished. Mr..
Harris said that the question ne pro-
pounded to the chair was when the senate
Won d have a legislative day of the 18th.
The Presiding Officer (Mr. Frye)-"The
chair is Of the opinion that there will
never be such q legislative day as the
18th"
Mr.. Faulkner then resumed the floor
but concluded at 1880, having held the
floor for almost twelve hours.
After twentv-fOur hours continuous ses-
sion the senate at noon found itself no
further advanced TO final action upOn the
force bill that when IL entered upon it's
consideration at the beginning Of the sec
ond session Of the fftv-frst congress. now
rapidly drawing to a close. The stubborn
fact still confronts the friends of the bill
hat they must secure a republican quorum
If progress can be made, for, although the
minority has not vet resOrted to the eX-
IRENE practice OF refraining entirely from
voting, 1t Is generally understood that
they will do so in case Of necessity, al
though with some reluctance. So Ser
geant-at-Arms Valentine has been siimu-
lated i'm his effort to secure the attend
ance of the abs@ntees. At present there
are fOItv-fOur republican senator's in Wash
irgton, or n less than a quorum, suppos-
ing that the republicans who are num-
bered with them attend and vote. Whether
they vO;e for or against the bill and its
supporting propositions Is not the i'm
pOrtant question. Their votes, one way or
the other, are desired in order to make the
quorum in case ii is decided TO call up the
cloture resolution.
The republican absentees are seven IN
number. They are Messrs. Blair, Chand-
Ter, Farwell, Moody. Pierce, Pettigrew and
Squire. The senatorial contests, in which
the three first named senators were inter
ested, have been practically settled by
caucus action. 40 that they may be tx
peCted in Washington in a short time to
make the necessary quorum.
Mr.. Ingalls, was reported TO the sergeant
alarms as sick abed. 1t is not clear how
the proposition made bv Senator Stewart
this morning to recOmmit the force bill
can come before the senate as long as the
present prugram is kept in operation. 1t
must, under the rule, lie over for q dav,
and there is no telling when that day will
expire as the senate is still in the legisla-
tive day of Friday.
Mr.. Daniel followed in a long speech
against the bill.
Mr.. Stewart gave notice of a motion to
recommit the bill with instructions to the
committee on privileges 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 provide for separate aud indie
pendent registration OF such electors as are
qualified 10 vote for members of congress.
Mr.. Vest demanded a yea and nav vote
on Mr.. Faulkner's amendment, which
eliminates from the bill such features as
confer judicial functions upon the canvass-
ing board. The matter went over for the
present and Mr.. Vest argued in favor of a
proposed amendment providing that the
circuit court shall appoint two chief
supervisors of elections for each judicial
district in the circuit, and not OF the same
political party. He said the democrats
would exhaust every parliamentary
method 10 defeat the bill. The question
recurring on Mr.. Vests amendment, Mr..
HOar moved to table it. Agreed to, yeas,
81; nays %, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrioh, Allison. Cameron.
Casey. CuliOm, Dixon, Edmunds, Evarts, Frye,
Hale. Hawley. Higgins, Hosr. Mcdonnell. Me-
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