Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-05
CRISP AGAINST REED.
Reed Hears That Things Are Not as
They Used to be
WHEN NHEWASPLAYING THE CAR.
The Question Of Quorum Comes Up and is the
Cause Of an Earnest Coloquy Between the
Speaker and the Ex-SPsaker-Mr Crisp
Susains His Position Well.

WASHINGTON, March Greek met
Greek in the House to-day and for the
brief space of five minutes pariiamen-
tary cOlloquy was witnessed, which IN
aptness OF retOrt has had no precedent
in the present session. On the one side
was Speaker Crisp, who stands as the
sponsor OF the rules Of the Fifty-second
Congress, and on the other side was ex-
Speaker Reed, who stands as the de-
fender Of the rules and methods OF the
Fifty-hrSt Con-
As M ..trtaily be presumed, the
vexed question OF "a quorum" and the
construction and legal significance OF
this term was the subject of the cOntro-
versy, and each gentleman is tonight
, regarded by his particular partisanS as
having been the victor in the brief par
liamentary fuSilade Of the day.
Almost without warning was the ex-
citing scene precipitated upon the
House. The entire day had been con-
sumed in the desultOry consideration oil
unimpOrtant private bills, and Mr.. Kill
J. gore, Of Texas, made motion that the
House take a recess until 5 o'clock this
evening. On division the vote stood
IS TO S4. Mr.. EnlOe demanded tellerS,
and they being refused, raised the point
that no quorum had voted.
~The gentleman from Tennessee, "
said the Speaker, makes the point OF no
Quorum on the motion TO take a recess
The Chair will have TO appoint tellerS. p"
"The gentleman does not make the
polnt of no Quorum" interpoSed Mr..
Reed. "He makes the point that no
Quorum has voted"
"Under the rules Of the House and
nnder the present administration OF the
House." said the Speaker, gentlemen
are not present unless they vote" Ap-
UlauSe on the Democratic side.
That shows, Mr.. Speaker, that there
has been a new system adoDted since
last Congress" was Mr.. Reeds reply.
That shows that the present occu-
pant of the chair will endeavor to en-
force the rules Of the House as they
now exist" retOrted the Speaker.
Applause on the Democratic side.I
Nevertheless, Mr.. Speaker" quietly
replied the ex-Speaker, "the observa-
tion l made is entirely correct, namely,
that the point that the gentleman from
Tennessee made was that no quorum
had voted, while the Speaker states
that the point he made was no quorum
My observation Notwithstanding the
retoYt Of the chair, was entirely correct"
perhaps IL is" said the Speaker,
"but il is entirely out of order" Dem
ocratic applause.
1T is entirely correct, persisted Mr..
Reed. ssand therefore the chair has no
right TO make such remarks.
IN H.. ha
at the same time he is out OF order,
again observed the Speaker. demands
for regular order.)
1T was certainly in order when l
called the attention Of the Chair to the
fact"
1.-The Chair thinks not"
Entirely in order" persisted Mr..
Reed.
"The Chair thinks the gentleman is
entirely out of order" reiterated the
Speaker. There was no occasion for
any such reply. The point was made,
not by the gentleman from Maine, but
by somebody else; the point OF no quo
rnm. The Chair entertained the point
whereupon the gentleman from Maine
made his suggestion"
"And thereupon," interposed Mr..
Reed, Il said TO the Chair that the gen
tleman made the point that no quorum
had voted and that the Chair stated II
TO be the point OF no quorum, which Is
a different proposition, and l had a
right TO call the attention of the Chair
TO that. The Chair had no right TO
make such retort even II be was sup
ported by disOrderiy applause upon MS
side, which he permitted.
THE Chair will state that there IS no
distinction under the present rule or mo
quorum and Of no quorum voting.
There was a distinction between those
two points Of no quorum and no quorum
present. as il was made under the rules
OF the last Congress"
81 want to say" said Mr.. EnlOe OF
Tennessee, "that the Speaker is abund-
aptly sustained by authorities, in max
ing retortS to the gentleman on the
floor" Laughter.
ssThe Chair does not intend TO recOg-
pize that" replied the Speaker.
During the cOllOQuy between the
Sneaker and Mr.. Reed both gentlemen
appeared TO lose in some degree their
customary eQuanimity, and their re-
tOrts, though cOuched In polite language,
were characterized by earneStnesS and
some degree OF warmth.
After the Crisp-Reed coboquy the
House took recess until 5 o'clock, the
evening session TO be for the conSidera-
lion of private pension bills, bills re-
moving political disabilities, and bills
removing charges Of desertlon.
SENATOR FAULKNER OUT.