The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-12

leave. Gradually the senators COM
meuced vanishing, and as midnight
approached less than q dozen SEN
ators were in their seats. But
the thunderous voice Of the big
Populist from Nebraska showed no
signs OF weakening. OF the twenty
nine books which he had stacked upon
his desk only three had been opened:
The remaining twenty-siX represented
so much stored up ability to talk against
time. Occasionally he would relieve
himself by having the clerk read ex.
tracts, and at such brenthingspells mys-
terious whispered consultations were
held with Senator Teller.
At :55 p. IN. SenatoT,Dubo bois stroIled
into the chamber and flashed his eve
about him. The hour for rounding up
the absentees had arrived. He sat
down and whispered few words in
Senator Teller's ear, while Senator
Hoar, OF Massachusetts, looking like the
venerable Pickwick, peered at the
faces from under the shade he was
wearing to protect his eyes. Two years
ago Senator Hoar was leading similar
hopeless struggle TO pass the force bill
over the determined opposition OF these
same obstinate silver senators. Exactly
at y o'clock Mr.. Dubois arose and re-
marked, as he looked about the cham
Der:
"AIr. President, l believe that quo
rum is not present"
The Vice President directed the clerk
to call the roll. From the cloak rooms
and entrances the senators crowded in
to the chamber. When the roll call
had been completed Mr.. Stevenson an.
nounced that 90 senators were present
"a quorum, and directed Senator
Allen to proceed. The Nebraskan
promptly took the floor again and
the quorum as promptly began dlsap'
pearing through the cloak room doors.
MIR. Allen began reading from Chad,
wick's political economy. Now and
then he would pause to make COM
ment on n striking passage or take sip
from the diIapidated, overworkedlemon
that laid on his desk.
THURSDAY MORNING.
WASHINGTON, D. G., Oct. 12.-At12:4O
a. M, Senator Dubois again called the
attention OF the Vice President to the
fac. that no quorum was present, and
in obedience to the electric signal the
occupants OF the cloak rooms again filed
hastily into the chamber. AS the Vice
President announced that ftty-three
renators, u quorum, was present,
Mr.. Palmer, looking rather jaded and
tagged out, called attention to the TACT
that Mr.. Dubois, who had asked tor
call OF the senate, had himself not an
swered to his name. He wanted to
know il that was proper in parlia-
mentary sense. The repealers were
showing their teeth. Mr.. Manderson
wanted to supplement what Mr.. Pal.
mer had said by suggesting that
an absent senator could not
suggest the lack Of quorum. This
caused smile, and Mr.. Palmer went on
to say that he understood Mr.. Dubois
was doing what had been del egated to
him, and asked if that was consistent:
Mr.. White, OF Louisiana, remarked
sarcastically that it was as consistent as
the general statement made by Mr. Du-
bos, that the silver men had not re-
sorted to obstruction.
Mr.. Allen Indignantly repudiated the
intImation that he was taking part in
the farce. II Mr.. Dubois were playing
part he did not know it. The subject
OF all this colloquy sat smiling in his
seat and Mr.. Allen resumed his
speech"