The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-29

The House was engaged in doing moth.
ing during first hour of its session
this morning. A resolution making the
position of assistant journal clerk an
annual instead of session one having
finally been adopted, the House. by
unanimous consent, went into commit
tee OF whole, Oates. of Alabama, in the
cha1ron the diplomatic aud consular
appropriation bill. The pending cues
ton was on Hits amendment restoring
to $500 the minister to Venezuela. No
quorum voting, the call of the commit
tee was ordered. Although 1o2 mem.
bers responded to their names the QUO
rum vanished on tho vote on the amend.
ment, and another call showed that ITO
members were present. These consti-
tutipg quorum the tellers resumed
business at the old stand But business
was slack and again the tellers went
into liquidation and another roll call
was insisted upon. This time $50 pros
pectlve customers responded, but
when the business was again re-
sumed the numbe of customers dwin-
| died.
The Republicans steadfastly refused
to patronize and allowed the trading to
be done exclusively by tho Democrats,
ana the teller were forced to suspend
| business. This time the committee on
motion of MIR. Biount, arose. Mr.. Blount
then moved that the House adjourn
and on this motion demanded yeas and
NAYS. The r-sult was yeas, 10: navs.
lS3. Then Mr.. Blount moved tho fol-
lowing resolutions:
whereas there are a largo numbe
of Nom bers absent from the House and
public business is delayed, the sergeant
alarms is directed to bring in all
absentees; and proceedings in connec.
ton therewitb shall be in accordance
with rule Is. In cases where call of
the House is ordered, tho leaves of
absence are hereby revoked, except for
providential causes"
| Bergen, of New Jersey, made the point
OF order that, as previously the roll call
had showed that quorum was present,
the resolution was not in order This
! point was overruled by the Speaker.
and then Miller, of Wisconsin, moved to
lay tho resolution on the table. Blount
modified his resolution by nsei ting
alter words Ito bring in all absentee"
the words without leave" and at the
close Of the resolution tho words land roll
shall BIO Immediately called to ascertain
what members are absent
Miller then withdrew his motion and
Blount demanded the previous question.
On division the vote stood l3t to
three; and Burrows quietly made the
point OF no quorum. Thereupon a call
of the House was ordered. After n
weary waiting for some returns from
the sergeant'at-arms, Blount offered a
resolution revoking all leaves of alb.
sence except those granted on account
of sickness. Adopted
That the question Of securing n
quorum is a live one is evidenced by the
fact that during this call of the House
the sergeant-at-arms procured several
hacks and his deputies proceeded, at
full speed, to Bennings where tho spring
races are being held. But the return
from the races was not as speedy as tho
trip thereto, and as it was evident that
no business could be transacted, Blount
offered resolution resembling tho call
of the House except so far as the revo.
cation of leaves of absence and the d.
rection for the arrest of absentees were
concerned. The resolution was agreed
to and the House adjourned.
In the Senate the resolution offered
on April IL by Jones, OF Arkansas, for
the payment to the Choctaw and Chick
asaw nations for their interest in the
lands in the Indian Territory (the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation)
was laid before the Senate and Allison
took the floor to speak against it, when
Sherman remarked that as the resolu-
ton involved some three mil ion dollars,
he would like to see a quorum present.
The roll was thereupon called and
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pended, and Mr.. Allison procc-ded to
present his objections to the resolution,
which he said would not only commit
the Senate TO r. commentator TO the
President for tho Immediate payment of
nearly three million dollars but would
also commit the Senate to a reasoning
arid statement in the printed report OF
the committee on Indian affairs in di-
rect antagonlSm to the argument and
presentation made by the President
The appropriation had been made in
the closing hours of the last Congress
Tin an amendment offered TO tho Indian
appropriation bill by MIR. Jones. OF
Arkansas,) without any recommends
ton on tho part Of tho corAmittee on
Indian affairs in either House.
The pending resolution involved
really ten million dollars, because there
lay behind II another like claim amount.
ing in round numbers to about seven
million dollars What no thought,
therefore. ought to be done was to re
commit the whole subject to the com
miJtee on Indian affairs, and he would
make that motion at the close OF tho de.
bate.
Jones, Teller and Perkins opposed
Allison > proposition and advcc .ted the
passage of Jones resolution Without
di>lo>ing 81 hr question The Senate, at
5 p III. ADJOURNED until Monday