The state herald., 1893-10-20

cuedrs WIZ dropping eyelda. senator Voor-
bees was deeply absorbed In . book he was
reading and did not even raise his eyes.
At2:lO q m. Mr.. Allen, who hAd;then held
the floor nine hours, resumed by reading ex-
tracts from John Stuart Mill. Five minutes
later Mr. Daniel made tho point Of no quo
rum, and the sleepy senators poured in to an.
prcsepcc OF flfty.three senators.
Al ECO 2. m. there were no sigma OF weak
ening on either aide The repenlers still held
their quorum ready to respond on o call.
At 8 .. m. = hot alteration between Sena-
cause Of agricultural depression In New Eng
land was ia progress. The silver men still
held the fort
At 3;45 a. IN. Mr.. Dubois again made the
point Of no quorum. On this roll call Mr..
Wolcott appeared In the chamber for tho nrst
time during the night, but with the other free
silver Republicans he refraincd from answer
ing Chairman Voorhees, who was snatching
a fcw moments rest on a lounge In the cloak
room wAs not disturbed.
Whenever Mr. Allen got tired and wanted
n breathing spell or cup Of coffee, quorum
was demanded and the roll call gave HIN the
needed opportunity. Thus the time passed
until daylight President Stevenson had left
early In the evening but returned fresh for
another day at G.80 q. m.
HousE.-Almost the entire day was occu-
pied In the discussion Of the McCreary bill
giving the Chinese another six months IN
which TO register. Mr.. Gcary OF California
not having faithfully enforced the Gcary law
As far 10 It could.
Finy-Eishth Day.
sxNATE-At about 7;30 call Of the Sen.
ate was demanded and only forty members
answered to their names. This was the first
time that the quorum had been broken, The
sergeantntNrms was directed 10 bring In alb
schtees, and Ia few minutes quorum WA
obtained. Mr.. Wolcott suddenly sprang To
his feet and made the point that quorum
was not q minority Of the members chosen TO
the Senate, Idaho, Wyoming and Warrington
being only partially represented. He asked
the ruling OF the chair. Vice-presidcnt Ste
venson ruled that forty-three was q quorum,
and an appeal TO the Senate was laid on the
table.
At . quarter past 8 Mr. Allen concluded his
long speech by saying he yielded the floor TO
Mr.. Martin OF Kansas. To this proceeding
Mr.. voorhees, took exception, and asked Mr..
Allen II he proposed to farm out the floor.
Mr.. Allen declared that he had no such In
tcntiou. Instead Of permitting Mr.. Martin
70 go on, Mr.. VOORHEES, moved to lay tho PEI
on the table, and thus suddenly prcclpitated
his era Of business. Senator Aldrich called
for the ayes and nays. Mr.. PETER asked TO
be permitted TO explain the amendment, but
this privilege was denied, and tho roll-call
was proceeded with on the vote to lay It on
| the table.
There was considerable sparrlng during the
taking OF tac vote, aud when the vote was an
nourced II showed that the Senate was short
Of q quorum by two votes. This was occas-
ioned by the announcement OF pairs, and by
the rcfusal Of some Of the silver men present
TO vote. Mr.. Villas made the point Of order
that when n senator was present he was COM
| nalIad tn nh nod he fh.. TN
A roll-call was ordered, and - senators, two
more than a quorum, ahswcrcd 10 their names.
| A second effort was then made to secure a
quorum vote on the amendment to lay the
pending motion on the table, but some silver
senators disappeared or refused to vote.
On the suggestion Of Mr.. Villas the Vice
president asked Mr.. Dubois TO explain why
he had not voted. This he dld, saying tha,
he considered the amendment too important
TO be passed upon without debate. lie said
that Mr.. Pcllcr had even been denied the
privilege Of explaining the amendment lie
did not whnt To be party TO such proceed
Ing. On motion 10 excuse Mr.. Dubois, the
ayes and nays were called and the vote 70.
suited 81 ayes and 90 nays. Mr. Dubois
name WAS then called and Notwithstanding
the vote OF the Senate, he did not respond TO
the roll call. Here followed n discussion as
TO whether Senator Dubois could lie COM
PEELED To vote, In which some technical par
liamentary questions were involved, but the
point was quickly dropped. Several other
| senators had come In and another vote being
taken resulted In laying Mr.. Pcirer's amend
ment upon the table The vote was as fol-
| lows:
Yeas-Cafyrcy, Camden. Carey, Culiom,
lingcr, Gordon, Gray, Hale, Hawlcy, nm,
IIoar, Lindsay, Mcmillan. Mcpherson, Mills,
Mitchell OF Wisconsin, Murphy, Plat, Proc
tor, Quay, Ransom, Sherman, Smith, SQuircs,
Voorhees,, Wuhburn, White Of Louisiana-2
Nays-Bate, Berry, Blackburn, Butler, Call
Cameron, Coke, Daniel, George, liunton,
Irby. Martin, Morgan. rascoc, PETER, Vest,
Walthall-i7.
Mr.. Martin Of Kansas then began to SPEAK
| against the repeal bill.
Mr.. Martin continued speaking until o p.
M. interrupted every half hour by call Of
rum appeared. and then all but eight or ten
senator's disappeared na quickly rs they had
come. These roll-cails, demanded by the
silver men. were calculated to keep the re-
peal men from taking too long maps In the
committee and cloak rooms. This made Mr.
voorhees, indignant. and he gave notice
about noon that the silver men must be COM
PEELED TO attend. This threat seemed 10 have
little effect, however When Mr.. Martin
closed, Mr.. Morgan OF Alabama offered au
amendment which provides for the purcha.e
aud coinage Of silver equal in value 10 the
amount OF gold coined.
Mr.. Stewart then took the floor and talked,
interrupted only by rol-cails.
No more perfect demonstration Of helpless.
ness OF the Senate under the present sy,tcm
Of rules has been given than by the event TINT
followed Mr.. Voorhees, inquiry;
"Mr. President, my inquiry Is whether
there Ia any limit or restraint on the rule per-
hitting senators to make the p oint Of no quo
rumir
"ln the terms Of the rule" said Mr.. Frye,
who was presiding, "thcre Il no limitation
and the chair knows Of no power In the pre-.
siding officer to put limitation"
Mr.. Voorhees, sank back In his chair angry,
but with no further word Of protest
At 10 o'clock Mr.. Harris Of Tennessee In
terrupttd to submit an amendment TO the
bill. 1t provides for coln!ng the silver bul.
lion held as selgnoragc. then the purchase OF
an unnamed amount OF silver per month, the
withdrawal Of all gold and paper money be
low SO
It seems that Mr.. Harris for the Demo.
cratic free silver senators aud Mr.. Teller Of
the Republican free silver men had been cir
cuiating this amendment a. basis for com.
promise, but with what success cannot he
learned. Just before the amendment Wa
introduced Mr.. Harris talked with Secretary
Carlisle, who came to the capitol M hour.
and has since been comforting with the Dem.
ocrntia repeal SENATORS In the appropriation
committee room. Mrssrs. Gormon, Gray.
Faulkner, Camden, Cockrcll and Daniel vert
present.
Al II o'clock II became very difficult TO Sc
cure quorum. After u call Of the senate n
quorum WIS secured at I o'clock.
Al ,25 Mr. Wolcott again called for n roll
call.
Atl;t5 n, M. the sergeant nj arms reported
that two were absent from the city, twelve
had been excused, four answered the sum
mons by the -talemen, that they were ~,
niue In capitol made no answer md sixteen
were reported rs absent from their residences
aud could not bc found.
Mr.. voorhees, Immediately nrosr mud said
mir. Prrsidcpt--i feel that I have done my
duty In this matter and without complaint
will now move 10 adjourn"
Tho motion wns unanimously agreed to,
and IN an instant the Senate chamber was de-
serted after n continuous session Of thirty.