The Lamar register., 1893-10-21

the senate. Idaho. Wyoming and Warrington
being only partially represented he AsAea
the ruling OF the chair. Vice-president Sic
yenson ruled that forty-three was a quorum,
and an appeal to the Senate was laid on INC
/ table.
Al A quarter past Mr. Allen concluded bis
long speech by saying he yielded the hoos 70
Nr. Martin of Kansas To this proceedins
Mr.. voorhees, took exception. and asked MI
| Allen IL he proposed TO farm out the noor.
Mr.. Allen declared that he had no saea m
tention Instead of permitting MI Nanun
! 10 90 on. Mr.. voorhees, moved to lay the ref
fer free coinage amendment 10 the repeal bill
on the table, and thus suddenly precipiiaiea
his era of business. Senator Aldrieh called
for the ayes and nays. Nr. Pener asked 70
be permitted 10 explain :he amendment uI,
this privilege was denied, and the roll-eail
was proceeded with on the vote 10 lay u on
the table.
There was considerable sparring during the
taking of the vote, and when the vote vas an
nouEeed It showed that the Senate was .not'
of quorum by two votes. This was oee As
ioned by the announcement of pairs. and oy
the refusal OF some OF the silver men present
TO vote Mr.. Villas made the poiui OF order
that when a senator was present he WAS eoul'
PEELED to vote unless excused by the senate
roil-eall was ordered. and IS senators. two
more than quorum, answered 10 their nance
A second effort was then made TO secure
quorum vote on the amendment TO lay The
pending motion on the table, but some silver
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on the suggestion OF Mr.. Villas The vice
president asked Mr. Dubois To explain why
he had not voted This he dld, saying that
he considered the amendment too important
to be passed upon without debate. lie said
thai Mr. PeiIer had even been denied the
privilege OF explaining the amendment lie
did DOT want TO be a party to such preecsta'
ing On 4 motion to excuse Mt. DUBOIS, the
ayes and nays were called aud The vote re-
suited u ayes and - nays Mr. Duno!s'
name was then called and notwithstanding
the vote Of the Senate. he did not resPond 10
the roll call Here FOLLOWED n discussion as
to whether senator Dubois could be oota-
PEELED to vote. 10 which some technical par
lIameniAry questions were Involved, but the
point was quickly dropped Several other
senators had come In aud another vote being
taken resulted IN laying Mr. fef'cr's amend
ment upon the table The vote was as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Carrcy, Camden. Carey, Cullorn.
Davis Dixon. Dolph, Faulkner, Frye, tai
lluger. Gordon. Gray, Hale, ha~ley. Hul
Hoar, Lindsay, Mcmillan, MePherson, Milis,
Mitchell of Wisconsin, Murphy, PlSii, Pros
tor, QuAy, Ransom, Sherman. smith, squire-,
voorhees,. washburn. White Of Lou!siana-'i2.
Nays-Baie. Berry, Blackburn. Butler, Call.
Cameron. Coke. Daniel, George. Huaiou,
Irby. Martin, Morgan. PAseoe, Peder, Vest,
WalthAil-l1.
Mr.. Martin of Kansas then began to speak
against the repeal bill.
Mr. Martin oontinued speaking until 6 ?.
m. interrupted every half hour bY a call OF
The Senate. When the roll was called a quo
rum appeared, and ihen AL bot eight or ten
senators disappeared quickly A. they bad
come. These roll-ealls, demanded By the
silver men. were calculated 10 keep the rc-
peal men from taking too loag maps In the
committee and cloak roosns bis made Nj.
voorhees, indignant and be gave notice
about noon that thr silver meu mast be com
PEELED to ziicnt. This threat seemed 10 have
little effect however. When ME. Martin
closed, Mr.. Morgan OF Alabama offered an
amendment which provides for the purchase
and coinage Of silver equal In value to the
amount Of gold coined.
Mr. Stewart then took the floor and talked,
interrupted only hy roil-eNils.
No more perfect Demonstration Of helpless
ness OF the Senate under the present system
of rules has been given thAn By the even; thtt
followed Mr.. voorhees, inquiry:
Mr.. President nv inquiry = whether
there Is any limit or resirAiat on the rule per
mitting senators TO make the poini Of no quo
rumi'
''In the terms of the rule said Mr.. FIRE.
who was presiding. 'there IS no Limitation,
and the chair knows Of no power In the pre-
siding officer TO pat llmitation.n
Mr. voorhees, sank back In his chair Angry,
but with no further word Of protest
At 10 O'Clock Mr.. Harris OF Tennessee To-
terrup;sd 10 submit an amendment 10 the
bill. IL provides for colning the suyer bull
lion held as se!gnorage, then the purchase uf
withdrawal Of all sold and paper money be
low $40
1t seems that Mr. Harris for the Demo
cratic free silver senators aud Mr.. Teller OF
the Republican free silver men bad been cir
culating this amendment a. basis for com
promise, but with what success cannot be
I learned Just before the amendment vas
introduced Mr.. Harris talked with Secretary
Carlisle, who came to the capitol hour.
and has since been comforting with the Dem
ocra;ic repeal senators In the appropriation
committee room Messrs. Gormon. Cray,
Faulkner, Camden, Coekrell and Daniel were
/ present
At IL O'Clock It became very dihicult 10 Sc
cure a quorum After call OF the Senate n
quorum was secured at o'clock.
| At .25 Mr. Wolcoit again called for roll
call
tl:45 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 III,
nine In capitol made no answer AMI sixteen
were reported as absent from their residences
and could not be found.
Mr.. voorhees, Immediately arose and said /.
"Mr. President feel that ] have done my
I duty In this matter and without complaint
will now move to adjourn
The motion unanimously agreed to.
and In an instant the Senate chamber WAS de-
serted after continuous session uf thirty
eight hours and forty minutes.
HoUsE.-There was very small attend
ance in the House Some unimpottant bust
ness was transacted. The joint resolution
providing for elections In the Cherokee Strip
oming asked TO ofIer amendment 10 allow
women as well as men the right of suffrage,
as Is the case in his state.
The fight In the morning hour came up on