The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-05-10
PARTY AGAINST PARTY.
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Mr.. Heffernan was about to appeal from
tho ruling OF the chair, when Mr.. Wilson
amended his motion so as To make 1t read
until the House takes action upon the
Mr.. Won Gottschalk of Lincoln said that
he was anxious To vote on the agricultural
school appropriation bill. lie was tired
OF this boys play" and hoped that that
bill would be continued until Tomorrow,
then the House could fight out the sheriffs
This raised the inquiry as to what the
special order was. IL had been said that
it was the ballot reform act. The clerk
informed the speaker that IL was the
agricultural BILL
This fact was seized upon by Mr.. Hef-
fernan OF Woonsocket as a first-class OPP
members on the Republican side of the
House. He said that it was too bad to
Keep them here listening TO the long and
endless debate, and suggested that they
might wish So 20 home. To accommo-
date them he moved that the agricultural
morrow, which, IL done, would break the
quorum. The roll was called. but the
Republicans remained true to the leader
ship. and the motion was lost by vote Of
IA ayes to 33 noes. The Republicans held
their own in this vote, but the Democrats
lost three votes.
The motion to continue the special or
der was then put by the speaker, and Mr..
Heifernan wished to know what was
meant by action" upon the sheriff's bill
Mr.. Wilson said that il meant action
which removed the bill from the calendar.
The speaker ruled the motion in order.
Mr.. Heffernan appealed from the decision
of the chair and the roll was called The
chair was sustained, ayes 49, noes IA
Mr.. Wilson called for the enforcement
OF Rule AZ and Immediately the doors
were barred and locked by u corps of dep
uty sheriffs who had been quietly and
conveniently located for the proper car
escaped
Mr.. Brown appealed from the ruling Of
the chair.
Speaker Capron said that he had made
no ruling. The House had made its own
ruling.
Mr.. Brown moved to adjourn. The
motion was lost.
Mr. Brown doubted the vote and the
roll was called. The result was, ayes IL;
noes 80.
Mr. Briggs of Providence asked per-
mission TO retire on account of i'll health.
The chair asked il rule AZ should be sus-
pended in the case of Mr.. Briggs. Mr..
appeal from Mr.. Wilson Mr.. Brown with
drew his objection and Mr.. Briggs was
excused
Then Mr.. Brown moved that the rule be
suspended in so far as it related to Mr..
Wilson, and on this motion the roll was
was not suspended, the vote being: Ayes,
II; noes, 3d.
Mr.. Butman moved that the rule be
suspended in SO far as smoking was con-
cerned. The chair suggested that there
was no such rule, and that If any gentle
men were smoking he was smoke-blind
pro TEN.
Mr.. Heffernan made another Fourth of
July action. The chair having been tenn
porarily vacated by Speaker Caproay And
Allen of East Greenwich having been
called to the chair, Mr.. Brown raised the
point OF order that the speaker should oc-
cupy the chair In person. The point was
declared to be not we'll taken.
Mr.. Baker hoped that there would be
no more boys play; but Mr.. Brown said
that he was here to defeat the bill now
under consideration. He was willing to
take up and pass the other bills; but he
would not haue the sheriff's bill rammed
down his throat.
Mr.. Crandall of Westerly said that he
came to the House to-day. intending to
vote against the bill, but he had been in
fluenced by the silly and uselessly dilatory
motions and foolish appeals from the
speakers decisions. when there was no
need of 1t, to lean the other way. He OBJ
jected to the bill as it read, preferring
two-year tenure of Office SO that no OBJ
jectionable or incompetent man might be
saddled upon county for five years.
Mr.. Perce of Providence spoke in the
same view, and again Mr.. Heffernan
"harangued."
Mr.. Wilson notified the gentleman from
Woonsocket that the Republicans would
stay here all day and all night IL neces-
sary, that the minority should not defeat
the majority in transacting the business
for which the Legislature was convened.
Mr. Brown asked tor unanimous con-
sent to introduce a motion to indefinitely
postpone the bill. This consent was not
given.
Mr.. Hefrernan again took the floor, and
disclosed some personal talk he had had
with Mr.. Wilson, in which the latter said
that ne Wilson, intended TO be reasonable
in all things until the close of the session.
Mr.. Wilson deprecated the dragging i'm
of private conversations. still he would
say that what he said to Mr. Heffernan
was said after the House had adjourned
and after one days experience with the
gentleman from Woonsocket and his
friends
Mr. Butman, of Lincoln. attended the
hill. and tried to lure the Republicans on
to an explanation; but 1t was a tide which
did not work.
cptdhtI NdpIoH, iToIu tnc UOOTs utuleu
the assertion made by the gentleman from
Lincoln (Mr. Butman) that he had made
any partizan ruling upon the matter in
vofvetf. Mr.. tupron here read rule T.
which showed that what he (Capron) had
done, was made madatory by the rule
itself
Mr.. Speaker Capron requested that the
gentleman from Lincoln should retract
his language. Being assured that the re-
quest for the retention of the members
had been properly signed and presented,
the gentleman from Lincoln withdrew
his criticisms.
The question now came upon the adop-
tion OF the motion TO suspend the special
order until action was taken upon che
sheriifs' bill.
Mr.. Won Gottschalck moved TO insert
the word final" but being assured that
that would mean until the bill was
passed, referred and reported back as
properly engrossed, the gentleman with
drew his amendment.
Mr.. Brown then moved TO lay the mo-
tion upon the table. The roll was called
and the motion was defeated. Ayes, IL;
noes, n.
The motion came on the motion In con-