The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-20
IN THE HOUSE.
Democrats in Congress Who Ought TO
be Elsewhere-And Vice Versa.

Democrats in Congress Who ought to
be EIsewhere-And Vice Versa.
Washington. Sept. l9-Although the
/ democrats claimed a quorum Of their
number was present this morning, il was
! certainly not mustered at noon to-day,
although the attendance was larger than
usual. Mr.. Fitch, chairman Of the com
mittee on election of president and vice
! president, was early in the hall, as were
also Messrs. Tucker and Burrows. After
| the approval of the journal, Mr.. Finn,
/ rep, Oklahoma, asked consent Tor the
| consideration of a resolution reciting that
some of the settlers on the Cherokee strip
! had been shot down by United States
soldiers, and requesting the Secretary Of
War TO inform the House as to the cir
cumstances, and further, by what au-
thority the troops We're acting.
TALKING THROUGH HIS HAT.
He said that the rules and regulations
of the administration relative to the open
ing of the Cherokee strip has added dis
grace to the civilization of the nineteenth
| century, and the capstone of that dis
grace was that of keeping the settlers
| where they could procure no water. The
strong arm of the military had been
called in, and the soldiers had been al
lowed to shoot down inOffensive men.
MI. L tucker ODlttLtu 10 inc ItSOluLlOu
The speaker directed the clerk to call
the committees for reports.
WhereupOn Mr.. Burrows, in his most
dulcet tones, addressed the House. He
said he had no idea that there would be
any objection to dispensing with the call
of the committees with leave to members
having reports to make to file them with
the clerk, except such reports as related
to the federal election laws.
LACKED FIVE OF A QUORUM
AS these words fell from his lips, Mr.
Tucker, smiling, shook his head and Mr.
Fitch arose and objected.
Mr.. Burrows, in great establishment,
said he would be compelled to ask to dis
pense with the call, and made a motion 10
that effect. The vote reSulted-yeas
none, nays 173-ive less than a quorum.
Mr.. Fitch moved call of the House
Mr.. Eitch's motion was agreed to-yeas
10, nays none-and the call was ordered.
The call disclosed the presence of "a quo
rum, and Mr.. Fitch moved to dispense
with the further proceedings Hereunder
On division, the vote was declared to be
yeas, 120 nays, "a.
FILIBUsTERING UNDER FULL HEAD.
Mr. Burrows demanded tellers. The
vote by tellers-136 yeas, 10 nays-again
broke the quorum, and Mr.. Burrows de-
manded the yeas and nays, The demand
was seconded by a sufficient number, and
the clerk began another call of the roll
The vO te was annOunced-yeas 1853, nays
none. Speaker Pro Tenn DOCkery
announced that the yeas had it; that the
motion to depense with further proceed
ing under the call of the House had been
adopted.
Mr. Burrows, who had voted in the af-
firmative, moved a reconsideration of
| the vote This lead to another yea and
n The Mr. Tnrkpr'G
motion to lay Mr.. Burrows motion to re-
| consider on the table, resulted-yeas 1853,
| nays none.
AN IMMEDIATE CAUCUS CALLED.
AT this point, rather Unexpectedly, MIR.
| Fitch moved that the House adjourn,
which was carried without discussion,
! and, at 2:45 o'clock, the House was de-
clared adjourned until tomorrow.
Before members could leave the hall
the clerk read a call for a democratic
caucus, to assemble Immediately. The
republicans greeted the call with laughter
and applause as they filed out.
The caucus was called, it unders TODD,
at the instance of Speaker Crisp, who
wss excessively annoyed over the failure
to secure the attendance of a quorum of
democratic members Col. Ike Hill the
democratic whip, had reported the pres
ence of 1876 democratic representatives in
the city, but l73, five less than quorum,
was the most that could be counted in the
hall at any one time.
INDIGNATION AMONG THE LEADERS,
The Indignation over the failure to get
a quorum was not confined to the speaker.
Said one of the democratic members who
had been present throughout the session:
Il think the republicans are entirely right
in this matter If we propose to enact
purely partisan legislation, it is but right
that we should provide the votes to carry
it through. And l am glad they are max
ing us bring our members. The members
from neighboring states can easily go
home, and the consequence is they are
absent half the time while we, who have
to travel twenty-four hours or more to
reach home, must stay here"
PLAIN TALK FOR ABsENTEEs.
Another democratic member said he
supposed that if the fate of our country's
institutions depended on a vote IN the
House there would always be few mem
bers who could not be brought down on
the floor from the galleries to preserve
them.
The call for the caucus was a great
surprise for most of the democratic mem
bers. Even Mr.. Tucker said, while the
| last roll was in progress, wen keep this
| up at least one hour longer.n
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.