The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-06-13

active, and the meaning of their activity
was discovered when the caucus met that
night by the number of proxies held by
them for absent members. On Monday
evening the 25th, after the caucus had
convened, and three ballots had been
taken, Mr.. Yancey of Lake arose and
moved "that the caucus do now adjourn
sine die," whereupon Mr.. Kirk arose and
moved ''that the caucus do adj
journ until Tuesday night at halt
past eight O'clock The purpose
of Mr.. Yancey's motion was patent
and although the chair ruled that debate
was out of order, and although Mr.. Yam
cey and Mr.. Clark frequently arose to
points of order, and loud cries of"ques-
ton were heard from the friends of Mr..
Call, those who were opposed to Mr.. Yam
cey's motion would not be silenced, and
free expression of opinion was INDUCED.
The friends of Mr.. Call were charged with
trying in this manner to avoid their
pledges with trying in this manner to
abrogate the two-thirds rule; and with the
intention of going into joint session on the
following day and electing a senator with
out nomination. This last they openly
avowed, Mr.. Yancey admitting that he
hoped such would be the result; Mr.. Clark,
however, denied that they were attempting
to abrogate the two-thirds rule-afirming
that the question Of resembling the caucus
resolutions was not before the caucus. In
reply to this it was urged that the greater
included the less, and that in destroying the
caucus and electing in joint session, which
it was patent they proposed to do they neces-
sarily violated the resolution adopting the
two-thirds rule, and the resolution agree
ing not to elect senator until a nomiua.
ton should have been made by the caucus
under that rule; this, however, was stoutly
denied by the friends of the motion to ad-
journ without day, and after heated
discussion of several hours, the motion of
Mr.. Yancey was finally put, and upon the
yeas and nays being called, the vote result.
ted as follows: For the motion to adjourn
sane die: Messrs. Browne, Broome, Bryant,
Calhoun, Coulter, Crosby, Pirrong, Smith
of 30ih, Summers, Swearingen, Thomas,
Wadsworth, Wolfe and Yancey of the
senate Messrs. Bates, Berry, Bethel, Bitch
of Levy, Bogue, Brown, Bufcrd. CAVITY,
Carleton, Carson, Clark, Dimick, Dykes,
Goode. Haddock, Hicks, Hutchinson, King,
Lavender, McCaskill, Monroe, Morgan,
Morris, Overstreet, Peacock; Pittman,
Priest, Rye, Salisbury, Stapler, Summer,
lin, Thompson, Usina, Vann and Wilson,
of the house, 40: Against the motion
Messrs. Baya, Borden, Bristol, Brett, Drake,
Farmer, Hammond, johnson, King, Kirk.
McKinne, Myers, Rogers, Wall and Will
kinson, Of the senate and Messrs Atkin.
son, Baker, Baltzeil, Beville, Bitch of Ma
rion, Burtord, Carter, Coulter, Dougherty,
High, Hooker, Hollinger, Jenkins, Johns,
LangFord, Mann of Baker, Mann of Her
nando, Mays, McRae, McSwain, Newlan,
Parker, Richbourg, Robertson, Shine,
Sparkman, Trammell, Turnbull, Vaughn,
Whitehurst, Whitner and Young. of the
house, AZ: And 30 the motion 10 adjourn
the caucus was carried By a majority Of too
cOtes. Thus was the caucus destroyed,
with yet eleven days of possible life before
it, and with the possibility yet remaining
of reaching q nomination. of reconciling
differences, harnonizing feeling, and al
laying animosities. 1t will thus be seen
that the leaders of Nj. Call succeeded in
doing indirectly, what they were not able
directly to accomplish. We invite you to
compare the vote on the motion to adjourn
the caucus sine die, with the vote upon the
resolution TO adopt the two-thirds rule
and ask you to consider how the vote
upon the motion 10 adjourn the caucus
aoit)tOut a nomination, and the subsequent
action of portion of the legislature in vot.
ing to elect a senator before a NOM
ination had been made, COMFORTS
with the resolution Of the caucus, passed
without dissenting vote, in which eighty
nine 1897 members pledged Themselves not to
cote TO elect senator until nomination
had been nude. Gardner s. Hardee DEM
ocratic senator, who was in favor of the
two-thirds rule, was absent at this time,
and there were fifteen other democratic
senators who were also in favor of it. who
were present; these fifteen senators had re.
solved that i. such effort as has Just be en-
set forth should be attempted they would
absent themselves from the joint session OF
the two houses, preferring rather to appear
in that attitude than to be present at an &C,
which in their judgment was an open VIC.
lalion Of the Pies Is made in the demo.
cratic caucus. Accordingly, on the Goth of
May, these fifteen senators. in anticipation
of the effort that was made at noon that
day, absented themselves from the senate
In body, leaving no quorum OF that
branch of the legislature. The causes
leading 10 thiR act m,let now Iva annoror+