The Delta independent., 1893-10-18

answered 10 their naines. ih.s WAS the firsI
l;pc that The querur had been broken. The
serseant-at-arinn ~ar dire cted TO bring In alb
/ sentees, and in II Few mi nutrs n quorum was
: obtniued. Mr.. Nolcott suddenly sprang to
! his feet and made the point that quorum
was not maj ajorttr of the me mbcrs chosen To
: the Senate, ldaEn. Wyoming and Washington
. being only partially represented. He nsked
/, the ruling 0f the chair. Vse- president Ste-
{ vcnson ruled that forty-three was quorum,
and appeal 20 the senate WIS laid on the
! table.
! AT n quarter past s Mr.. Allen concluded his
long tpcech By saying he yielded the floor to
! Mr.. Martin OF kansas. To this proceeding
| Mr.. voorhees, took exception, And asked Mr..
| Alien II he proposed to farm out the floor.
! Mr.. Allen declared that he had no such in
( IGNITION. Instead OF permitting Mr.. Martin
| tc go on, Mr.. voorhees, moved 10 lay the PEI
! fer free coinage amendment to the repeal bill
| on the table, and thus suddenly precipitated
\ his era Of busine-s. Senator Aldr.ch called
| for the ayes and nays. Mr.. Peifer asked To
be permitted Ia explain the am. ndmcnt. but
lhis privilege was GcuiGd, nLa the roll-call
was proceeded with on the vote to lay II on
| the table.
There was considerable sparrIng during the
! taking OF the vote, md when the vote an
nouEced It showed that the Senate WAS short
| of II quorum by two votes This WAS occas-
! !oned by the announcement OF pairs, and by
/ the refuEal OF sOmc OF the silver men present
| 20 VOTE. Mr. Villas nIade the point of order
I that wien senator was present lie was CON-
PEELED to vote unless excused by The senate.
| roll-cali wa, ordered, and IS senators, two
| more than quorum, answered 10 their names.
A second ellort was then made to secure n
quorum vote on the amendment to lay the
pending motion on the table, but some silver
reuators disappeared or refused to vote
On the suggestion Of Sir. Villas the vice
president asked Mr.. Dubois TO explain why
he had not vp!ed. This he did, saying that
he considered the amendment too important
t,l ~ a
that Mr.. PelIer had even been denied the
privilege OF explaining the amendment He
did not want To be party to such proceed
ing. On motion To excuse Mr.. Dubois, the
ayes and nays we're called and the vote re-
suited II 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
to whether Senator Dubois could be CON-
PEELED 10 vote, In which rome technical par
lirmcntary questions were involved. but the
point was quickly dropped. Several other
senators had come 10 and another vote being
taken resulted 10 laying Mr. Peffer's amend
mcnt upon the table. The vot. was as fol-
lows:
Ycas-CstYrey, Camden, Carey. Cullom.
Davis. Dixon, Dolph, Faulkner. fryc. Gal
linger, Gordon. Gray. Hale, lia~.ey. Hill,
Hoar, Lindsay, NcM,iRn. McPbrrsUn, Mills,
aitchcll OF Wisconsin, Murphy, Plat. Proc
tor, Quay, Ransom. Sherman, Smith. Squircs.
VOORHEES,, Washburn, White OF Louistana-:.
Says-Bate, Berry, Blackburn. Butler. CaIl,
Cameron, Coke, Daniel, George, iiuntou,
lIhy, Martin. Morgan. PAscoc, PETER, Nest,
Walthall-l7
Mr.. Martin Of Kansas then began to speak
a-H'as' the repeal bill.
Mr.. Martin continued speaking until p.
M. interrupted every half hour by n call OF
TIE Senate. When the roll was called y quo
rrrn appeared. aud then all but eight or leu
senators disappeared ns quickly n they had
come. These roll-cal-, demanded by the
silver men, were calculated to keep the re-
peal men from taking too long maps In the
committee and cloak rooms. 1hi, mad. Mr..
voorhees, indignant. aud he gave notice
about noon that the silver mcn must be com
PEELED to attend. This threat seemed TO have
liulc effect, however. When Mr. Martin
closed, Mr.. Morgan OF Alabama offered an
amendment which provides for the purchase
aud coinage OF silver ,quai IN value to the
amount OF gold coined.
Mr.. stewart then took the floor and talked,
interrupted only by roli.calls.
No more perfect demonstration of helpless
ne-s OF the Senate under the present system
Of rules ha- been given than by the event that
followed Mr.. VOORHEES, Inquiry:
MIR. Precedent, nv inquiry ls whether
thcr. Is any limit or restraint on the rule per
alsling senator, 10 make the p ONT OF no quo
ruml"
''In the terms OF the rule" said Mr.. Frye.
who wis pres ding, "therc t. no Limitation,
and the chair knows OF no power In the pre-.
-inlHs pillCer 10 put n lltllthtlDus'
Mr.. voorhees, sank back In his chair angry,
but with no further word Of protest
At 10 o'clock Mr.. Harris of Tennessee In
tcrrupttd TO submit an amendment 10 the
bill. II provides for colnIng the silver bull
lion held ~ seignoragc, then the purchase OF
40 unnamed amount Of silver per month, the
Withdrawal OF all gold and paper money be-
low SO.
1t seems that Mr.. Harris for the Demo
cratic free silver senators and Mr.. Teller OF
81. Ill. la. l...a.. .fr
cuiating this amendment as 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 TO the capitol an hour
and has since bccn comforting with the Dem
ocratlc repeal srnators In the appropriation
committee room Messr-. Gormon. Gray,
Faulkner, Camden, CockreIl and Daniel were
present.
At II O'Clock II became very difficult to Sc
cure quorum. After call of the Senate n
quorum was secured at O'Clock.
At | :25 Mr.. Wolcott again called for roll
call
:45 A. IN. 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 Ill,
nine In capitol made no answer and sixteen
were reported absent from their residences
and could not be found.
Mr.. voorhees, Immediately arose and said:
"Mr. Prcsldcnt-I feel that ! have done my
duty In this matter and without complaint
will now move to ad journ."
The motion was unanimously agreed to,
and In an instant the Senate chamber was de-
serted after continuous session OF thirty
eight hours aud forty minutes.
HousE.-Thcrc was u very small attend
In the House. Some unirnportant busi-
ness was transacted. The joint resolution
providing for elections In the Cherokee Strip
was passed, but not until Mr.. Colleen OF Wy
omipg asked to offer an amendment TO allow
women as well as men the right OF suffrage,
ms IL the case ia his 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-
tion was taken on 1t, and the discussion Of
the McCreary bill occupied the balance Of
the day.