The Bessemer indicator., 1893-10-21
THE TUG OF WAR.
a SIMPLE r1sr OF sMovaAwcs.
Senator veerhsss sad ths Other WAii
Street AEsnts IN the Neaats ~.
GIN the struggle 10 rArots
tie the Mlnotlly.
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time that the quorum had been broken. The
sergeant-at-arms wns directed to bring In nb-
sentees, and In few minutes q quorum was
obtained. Mr.. Wolcott suddenly sprang to
his feet and made the point that quorum
was not n majority OF the members chosen to
the Senate, Idaho, Wyoming and Warrington
being only partially represented. He asked
the ruling Of the chair. Weep president Ste-
vcnson ruled that forty-three was quorum,
and an appeal to the senate was laid on the
table
At a quarter past S Mr.. Allen concluded his
long speech by saying he yielded the floor to
Mr.. Martin of kansas. To this proceeding
Mr.. voorhees, took exception, and asked Mr..
Allen II he proposed to farm out the floor.
Mr.. Allen declared that he had no such In
tention Instead OF permitting Mr.. Martin
TO go on, Mr.. voorhees, moved to lay the Pef-
fer free coinage amendment to the repeal bill
on the table, and thus suddenly precipitated
his era of business, Senator Aldrlch called
for the ayes and nays. Mr.. PETER asked to
be permitted to explain the amendment. but
this privilege was denied, and the roll-can
was proceeded with on the vote to lay I. on
the table.
There was considerable spArrng during the
taking Of the~ote, And when the vote was an
nouEeed II showed that the Senate wns short
of quorum by two votes. This was occas-
ioned by the announcement oil pairs. and by
the rcfusal of some OF the silver men present
TO vote. Mr.. Villas made the point of order
that when a senator was present he was COM
PEELED to vote unless excused by the senate.
A roli-call was ordered, and 10 senators, two
more than quorum, answered 10 their natneS.
A second effort was then made 10 secure n
quorum vote on the amendment TO lay the
pending motion on the table, but some silver
senators disappeared or refused to vote.
On the suggestion of Mr. Villas the vlco
president asked Mr., Dubois 10 explain why
he hnd not voted. This he did, saying that
lie considered the amendment too Important
tn ha t,as saa unn viii iahnf1 Ia rnil
that Mr.. PETER bad even been denied the
privilege of explaining the amendment lie
did not want to be party to such proceed
Ing. On motion To excuse Mr.. Dubois, the
ayes and nays were called and the vote re-
suited 81 ayes and 20 nays. Mr.. Dubois
name was then called and notwithstanding
the vote of the Senate. he did not respond to
the roll call. Here followed a discussion as
to whether Senator Dubois could be COM
pellcd To vote, in which some technical par
liamcntary questions were involved, but the
point WIS quickly dropped. Several other
senators bad come In and another vote bciug
taken resulted In laying Mr.. PETERS amend
ment upon The table. The vote was as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Caffrey, Camden, Carey, Cullom,
Dnvis, Dixon, Dolph, Faulkner, Frye, Gal
lluger, Gordon, Gray, Hale. Hawlcy, Hill,
Hoar. Lindsay, Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Mills,
Mitchell of Wisconsin, Murphy, Plat, Proc
tor, Quay, Ransom, Sherman, Smith, squires,
voorhees,, Washburn, White OF Louisinna-:s22.
Nays-Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Butler. Call.
Cameron, Coke, Daniel. George, Hunton,
Irby. Martin, Morgan, Pascoc, PETER, Vest,
Waithall-l1.
Mr.. Martin OF Kansas then began 10 speak
against the repeal bill.
Mr.. Martin continued speaking until 0 p.
m, interrupted every half hour by call OF
the Senate. When the roll was called quo
rum appeared and then all but eight or ten
senators disappeared as quickly rs they had
come. These roll-calls, demanded by the
silver men. were calculated To keep the re-
peal men from taking too long maps In the
committee and cloak rooms. This made Mr..
Voorhees, Indignant, and he gave notice
about noon that the silver men must be COM
PEELED to attend. This threat seemed 10 have
lille effect, however When Mr. Martin
closed, Mr.. Morgan of Alabama offered an
amendment which provides for tho purchase
and co!nage of silver equal in value to the
amount Of gold coined.
Mr.. Stewart then took the floor and talked,
interrupted only by roll-calls.
No more perfect demonstration Of helpless
meas of the Senate under the present system
OF rules has been given than by the event that
followed Mr.. voorhees, inquiry;
"Mr. President, my inquiry Is whether
there Is any limit or restraint on the rule per-
mitting senators 10 make the point OF no quo
rumi'
.'In the terms OF the rule" said Mr.. Frye.
who was presiding. "thcre is no Limitation,
and the chair knows OF no power In the pre-
sidIng officer to put n Imitation
Mr., voorhees, sank back in his chair angry,
but with no further word OF protest
AT 10 O'Clock Mr.. Harris Of Tennessee In
terruptsd to submit amendment TO the
bill. II provides for coming the silver bull
lion held as seignorage, then the purchase OF
an unnamed amount of silver per month, the
Withdrawal of all gold and paper money be-
low $40.
II seems that Mr.. Harris for the Demo-
cratic free silver senators and Mr.. Teller Of
the Republican free silver men had been cir
cuiat.ns this amendment as a basis for COM
promise, but with what success cannot be
learned. Just before the amendment was
introduced Mr.. Harris talked with Secretary
Carlisle, who came 10 the capitol an hour
and has since been comforting with the Dem
ocratic repeal senators in the appropriation
committee room. Mcssrs. Gormon, Gray,
Faulkner, Camden, Cockrell and Daniel were
present
At II o'clock 1t became very difficult to Sc
cure a quorum. After a call OF the Senate a
quorum was secured at l o'clock.
AT :25 Mr.. Wolcott again called for roll
call.
At AS a. m. the sergeant at arms reported
that two were absent from the city, twelve
had been excused, four answered the sum-
mons by the statement that they were i'll.
nine In capitol made no answer and sixteen
we're reported absent from their residences
and could not be found.
MIR. Voorhees, Immediately arose and said .
''Mr. PRESIDENT feel that ! have done my
duty In this matter and without complaint /
will now move to ADJOURN
The motion was unanimously agreed to,
and in an instant the Senate chamber was de-
serted after continuous session Of thirty
eight hours and forty minutes.
HousE.-Thcre was very small attend
nnce In the House. Some unlmportant busi-
ness was transacted. The joint resolution
providing for elections In the Cherokee Strip
was passed. but not until Mr.. Colleen Of Wy
omiug asked to offer an amendment to allow
women well "a men the right OF suffrage,
us Is the case in bis state.
The fight In the morning hour came up on
the bill to protect forest reservations, re-
ported from the Committee on Public Lands.
When the House went into committee the
bill was rather vigorously attacked. No ac-
ton was taken on II, and the discussion OF
the McCreary bill occupied the balance OF
the day.
Fifty Ninth Day.
SENATE-Senator Vest introduced an
amendment to the repeal bill which provides
for issuing certificates on the seignoragc sill
yer now held, the coinage Of the American
product up to $500 O0O, 600, and the repeal of
the state bank tax.
Mr.. Stewart took the floor.
The first suggestion of the lack OF quorum
came from Mr. PettIgrew of South Dakota at
l2:i5. Eighty-fve names were called by the
clerk, TO which there was 81 responses, eleven
more than quorum. Mr.. Stewart expressed
his displeasure at the annoyance which the
delay caused him, and then went on with his
speech.
Mr.. stewart held the floor all the afternoon
md at o'clock Mr.. VoorSees again made
known his intention to insist on continuous
sessions until the pending measure was dis
posed Of.
Mr.. Stewart continued his speech until
o'clock when he wns succeeded by Mr.. PETER.
During the evening an attempt wns made to
dispose of several important amendments but
a quorum could not be obtained as the silver
men refused to vote. At IL 80 p. m. a long
wrangle was precipltated by the refusal OF
Mr. Dubois TO answer roll call on the plea