The evening world., 1893-10-12

AlIu oiNo
SCoRNED A RECESS.
whether II was the result Of the con-
ference between Senators voorhees,.
Faulkner and Villas or not cannot De
said s, but 1t is oeyerthe tse r e eaf' m mem.
through Mr.. Faulkner. suggested to the
silver men that a recess be taken until
10 o'Sh,Sek S w IN Grae and ne sres ssfas1rS BUT m'f The
proposition was spurned by the silverites.
who replied that IL the present. proceed
Ing was to be a -, test, It must De one IN
Then the Senate settled down to the
inevitable, and soon after Mr.. Shoup
lRep. Idaho broke in upon s Mr. cs A Allen.
Mr.. President." This %roil-caii developed
In fact that Senator Lodge. at least.
name was called Mr.. Perkins said he
was paired with the Senator from Mas
sachusetts for three hours. That meant
. o'clock, and when That hour arrived
MI. Lodge had returned, prepared for
the days work.
A LAUGH AT woLCoTT.
A hearty laugh was enjoyed by the
Senate about 7;S0 at the expense or Mr..
temporaneous speaking and was reading
the peroration OF his speech. IL was a
polished he'd, EFFORT n Fl: and and M Mr. .0 Moic ,,t1. Sho
occupied with something that had di.
verified his attention. suddenly arose and
!, May SisSS,1 I ask the Senator from what he
MA, MA slight MT P'5,oduct Hssr Of my yne over ssn, re-
swered to their names. This was less
ton. broke into a hearty and rather un-
Senatorial gufraw. Mr.. Wolcott was
when he saw the blunder he had made:
81 liked It extremely" said he. "and
was anxious to know what It was"
WELCOME DAYLIGHT.
n air was thick with the mists in
the daylight struggled with difficulty
through the ground glass panels of the
selling, But. feeble as It was. 1t still
OF the gaslight and seemed to exercise
q r%evivifying influence upon the wearied
Solons, although their faces showed. the
and severe. mental and physical strain.
Mf. Voorhees, rallied notably, and MIR.
Hill looked as IL he were capahle Of a
OF New Jersey. also looked fresh, and the
venerable Senator Palmer gave an ear
nest Of his purpose to stick 1t out for
clared last night. by the cheeriu!ness
with which he remained at the front.
M. Harris. Of Tennessee, was still as
slert t as OF o ySre' and 1t was a Noticeable
expected to first show sign of distress,
were holding out with a show of vigor
.aat their juniors emulated with ill-suc-
These were some of the early morning
hunts for a quorum:
At $50 A; M. Mr.. Allen was about. to
e a table OF figures when Mr.. VOL
colt suggested that II was - important
that a quorum OF Senators should be
present to listen, to 1t. and forty-eight
At 7l5 Mr.. shoup Nep. Idaho) called
for a quorum and forty Senators an
h a quorum, although three more re-
sponded in a few moments.
This is regarded as a quorum, but MIR.
Wolcott raised the point of order that
forty.five Senator's were necessary to
constitute a quorum. A majority OF the
Senate. he said, was necessary to make
up a quorum. not n majority of the SEN
ate as composed by the Senator's who
had been declared entitled to their
seats.
Mr.. Henderson Rep.. Neb) advocated
the. point of order and contcndcd that
forty-flve Senators were necessary to
The Vice-President decided that forty
three Senators constituted n quorum.
MT. Woleott appealed. and Mr.. Hale
on the table. The latter motion was
agreed to-yeas, SS; nays, Shut 1T was
r rsSsnds ,h as a somewhat s,ramEe coin.
Senators constituted a quorum should
be carried BY exactly. that vote,
After Mr.. Allen finished his speech Mr..
amendment to the Repeal bill on the
table.
no quorum present, but forty-e!ght Sen
ators were found to he IN the hall.
The vote on Mr.. Voorhces's motion re.
suited: Yeas. %; nays. Emo quorum.
A call of the Senate was ordered and
forty-fve Senator's answered Here"
MIR. DUBOIS WON'T VOTE.
Mr. Villas Dem, Wis., several times
called attention to the fact that the Sen.
ator from Idaho (Mr. Dubois was pres
The Vice-President caused the rule or
the subject to be read and then ordered
the clerk to call the "ame of the Sena
tor from Idaho. Mr.. Nibois's name wa
called. but he made no answer. Their
the Vice-President said that he woult
hear any excuse which the Senator de,
sired to make.
Dubois was that n motion to lay on tn,
able a most, important amendment hat
3 been made; thus cutting OF debate on It
n the Senator who had offered tn
amendment (Mr. Peffer) had asked III,
courtesy of the Senate to address IL 10
q FEW minutes. n had been refused
xcuse.
The vice-President submitted the qucs
ton to the Senate whether Mr.. puboi
the negative~yeas Il, nays %.
Nj; Dubois's name was again called
N n he still remained silent.
.r. AlleT FOUle tlSCusSipN tnt Nlre-lrpSl
n dent decided that the recordir, Of tn,
facts on the Journal ended the entir
a proceeding as to the senator refusing
to vote.
PETER AMENDMENT TABLED.
"A The vote on laying the PETER amend
ment on the table was then announces
as: Yeas, 80: nays, II. so 1t was laid OF
4 tho table.
The amendment thus defeated MS
~ rt",H 70 hnH|F 20 Salf I
was Intended to supplement tbs rnpea
n J. ...p.nrn ~ ale JJI,Icct, TIA. "A
Amendment prescribed the proportion
I and weight OF the gold AMI silver con
to be coined hereafter. AMI me hl:ur
of the alloy. n provided the neceysar
machinery for the execution Of liz pur
pose. namely: Free coinage If h".h gol
and silver.
Mr.. Voorhees, then remarked that IN
only other amendment pending to III
House bill was the amendment reporte
from the Finance Committee.
What has become Of all the oths
amendments that have been offered ?
Mr.. Butler inquired.
There have been none others offered
Mr.. Voorhees, replied. There have bee
notices of amendments given"
., Mr.. MARTIN tt THE FRONT.
NJ. Martin Dem. KanJ then al
dressed the Senate. He expressed tn