Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-13

president caused the rule on the subject
to be read and then ordered the clerk to
call the name of the senator from Idaho.
Senator Dubois name was called, but he
made no answer. Then the vice president
said that he would hear any excuse which
he desired to make. The principal reason
assigned by Senator Dubois was that
molten to lay on the table most i'm
nrtant amendment had been made. thus
cutting of debate, and the senator who
here offered the amendment Senator
Peffer) had asked the courtesy of the SEN
ate to address it for few minutes and had
been refused.
This Dubois thought a sufficient excuse.
The vice president sub nitted the question
to the senate whether Dubois should be
excused, and it was decided in the negative
yeas, 81; nays, 29 Senator Dubois name
was again called, and he stilled remained
silent. Senator Manderson began to argue
the parliamentary question as to the i'm
possibility of compelling senator to vote,
but Senator Aldrich made the point that
no debate was in order pending a motion
to lay on the table. The point was sus-
tanned by the vice president, who added
that the recording of the facts on the jour
nal erled the entire proceeding, which
ruler
After speaking till 600 p. m. Teller
pleaded an important engagement and
asked permission to yield the floor until
today which was granted and Stewart
opened once more. During his speech
there were several calls of the senate TO
secure quorum, but up to p. m. no at
tempt to carry out Voorhees, threat was
made and the free silver reserve snoozed
away in the cloak rooms while the repeal
ers had to prop their eyes open In tie
chamber. Another call being asked at $40
VOORHEES, wanted to know to what extent
the right to call for a quorum may be
abused in this body; how often it may be
resorted TO, and whether with a knowledge
that n quorum is present that rule can be
resorted to every five minutes in order TO
impede the progress of business. My in
quiry is whether there is any limit or re-
straint or whether this rule stands in the
same need of reformation that some other
rules of this body do
The Presiding Officer (Frye)-ln the
terms OF the rule there is 40 limitation,
and the chair krows of no power in the
presiding officer to place Limitation on
| this right.
Which may be considered first knock
down for the silver men. Quay remarked
that this made it possible for one senator
| to block ali legislation.
The senate of the United States" said
the presiding officer, 'is the most digni
| fed legislative body in the world. Laugh
| ter The trainers of its rules did not sup
| pose that any senators would violate the
| proprieties or the decencies in the future
| Therefore the rule is made without limita
tion upon a senator except his own sense
| of right"
The theory of the constitution" SAID
Quay, may be as stated by the chair, but
recent experience has shown that the SEN
ate is very differently constituted"
From this on there were roll calls ever,
half hour or oftener. The minority wa
very wide awake to points of advantage
At 9 p. m. the galleries were crowded anC
the staircases leading thereto full of peo
| pie anxious 20 view the scene on the foo
and Stewart spoke on. So as to be OF
hand when wanted the silver men piled VI
notices of amendments to the repeal bill
at intervals during the debate. They wer,
ali of more or less free coinage character