The evening world., 1893-10-12
interests being guarded by Senators Du-
bois Teller, Power, Shoup. Pettigrew
and Wolcott.
ScORNED A RECESS.

FOUTKneT HUI ' TTHN Ut TTT TTTTTTTF ~
said, hut 1t is nevertheless a fact that
at about O'Clock the repeal mon,
through Mr.. Faulkner. suggested to the
silver mon that a rf ISs, s Sr Tors" Might Hrfi
get thirty winks and breakfast, but the
proposition was spurncd by the sllNcrlt'S'
who replied that II the present pr3"""a
every sense OF the word.
Then the senate settled down TO the
inevitable; and soon aitor NJ SHnnp
who showed no signs of eyer ccaNlng'
with the blunt remark, NO quorum;
Mr.. President. rms r1ll-Gau u".',inpeh
had solved the difficulty, for "hch, NJ
name was called MIR. Perkins sad II"
was paired with tho senator from Mas
. o'clock. and whcn that hour arrived
Mr.. Lodge had returned, prepared for
the days work.
A LAUGH AT WOLCOTT.
A hearty laugh was enjoyed 10y -"
Senate about $50 at the expense OF Nh.
Wolcott.. Mr.. Allen had dropped his .'N-
te~mporancous speaking and was reading
the. peroration of his speech. /, was a
had been at his desk for some time. pro
occupied with something that had III.
verted his attention. suddenly arose and
May I ask the Senator from what he
Is reading"
"A slight production Of my own" re-
l1t WI Hllfh' ~ NV NV e
quick to catch the humor Of the situn-
swered to their names. This wa" less
ton. broke into a hearty and rather un-
Senatorial guffaw. MIR. Wolcott was
evidently taken aback and cmh arrassed
when he saw the blunder he had made:
II liked 1T extremely" said he. "and
was anxious to know what 1t was
WELCOME DAYLIGHT.
The air was thick with the mists in
the early hours of this morning, and
the daylight struggled with difficulty
through the ground glass panels of the
ceiling. But. feeble IA it was. it still
afforded a welcome relief from the glar"
OF the gaslight and seemed to exercise
4 revivifying Influence upon the wcari"d
Solons. although their faces showed the
unhealthy gray tint that hetokencd long
and severe mental and physical strain.
M, Voorhees, rallied notably. and Mr..
Hill looked as IL he were capable of a
can paign of Indefinite length. Mr.. Smith.
OF New Jersey. also looked fresh. and the
venerable Senator Palmer, gave an car
three years, IL necessary, as he had de-
clared last night. by tho chccrfulncss
with which he remained at the front.
M. Harris. Of Tennessee, was still as
alert as of yore, and IT was n Noticeable
fact that older Senators. who had been
expected to first show signs of distress.
wore holding out with a show Of vigor
mat their juniors emulatcd with Tissue
cess.
These were some of the early morning
hunts for a quorum:
~ Vo' ~ W. wi -Nl'H was i''H' w
read a table of figures when MIR. VOL
cott suggested that It was =, important
a that a quorum 1u 1s,ao Of T. sGna,o to-" should be
Senators were induced TO do so.
At Z15 Mr.. Shoup ulep.. Idaho) called
for a quorum and forty senators an
than a quorum, although three more re-
sponded In a few moments.
This is regarded as Il quorum, but Mr..
Wolcott raised the point of order that
forty.five Senators were necessary to
constitute n quorum. A ma prity pf tho
Senate, he said, was necessary to make
up a quorum. not q majority OF the Sen
mad been declared entitled to their
seats.
Mr.. Henderson CRep.. Neb.) advocated
me point Of order and conlended thai
Senator's were necessary to
The vice-President decided that forty
three Senator's constituted a quorum.
Rep. Maine> moved to lay the appeal
on the table. The latter motion was
agreed to-yeas, rs, nays E hut It was
cidence that a decision that forty-threc
Senators constituted a quorum should
Ss sa VodR by sksetly ths ss vote Mor,oS
After Mr.. Allen finished his speech MIR.
amendment to. the Repeal bill on the
'N &r. wolcot. suggested that, there was
ators were found 10 be in the hall.
The vote on Mr.. Noorhees's motion re-
a call of the Senate was ordered and
forty-five Senator's answered Here"
MIR. DUBOIS WON'T VOTE.
Mr.. Villas dem. WisD several times
called attention to the fact that the SEN
ator from Idaho lMr. DuboisI was pres
cnt and in his seat, but declined to vote.
The Vice-President CAUSED the rule on
the subject to be read and then ordered
the clerk to call the "ame of the sena-
called. but he made no answer. Then
the Nice-President said that he would
hear any excuse which the Senator de-
h principal reason assigned by Mr..
Dubois was that a motion to lay on the
table a most important amendment had
been made, thus cutting off debate on IL,
and the Senator who had offered the
amendment (NIr. PETER, had asked the
courtesy or the Senatr to address IT for
q Few minutes, ana had been refused.
This. Mr.. Dubois thought, "A sufficient
excuse.
The Vice President submitted the qucs-
ton to the Senate whether Mr.. Dubois
should be excused. and 1t was decided in
the negattve-yeas q, nays %.
NJ; pubois's name was again called,
and he still remained silent.
After some discussion the Nice-Presi-
dent decided that the recording of the
facts on the Journal ended the entire
proceeding as to the senator refusing
to vote.
PETER AMENDMENT TABLED.
h vote on laying the PETER amend
ment on the table was then announced
ass Yeas. S5; nays. "a. So it was laid on
the table
The amendment thus defeated WIS Il
" -"rins". not n ''s.If Il,
Wa intended to supplement the repeal
~.4s.-P ~ tlu voorhees, IA. Iur
amendment prescribed the proportions
and weight Of the god all SILVER cons
to be coined hereafter. AM The hi.ure
OF the alloy. and provided the necessary
machinery for the execution Of It's pur-
pose, namely; Free coinage of BON gold
and silver.
Mr.. Voorhees, then remarked that the
only other amendment pending To the
House bill was the amendment reported
from the Finance Committee.
what has become of all the other
amendments that have been offered -
Mr.. Butler inquired.
There have been none others offered 90
Mr.. voorhees, replied. There have been
notices Of amendments given"
Mr.. MARTIN TO THE FRONT.
MI. Martin DEM kanJ then al
dressed the Senate. He expressed the
opinion that the time had come for
Democrats to get together and arrive AT
some aGreement-see whether they could
do m thing TO relieve the party and
tho country,