The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-03

on rules, and the previous question was
joyfully and vociferously received. A
lively debate followed, in which Repre-
sentatives Terry, of Arkansas, and
Clark, OF Missouri, opposed any pro
longed recess or adjournment. Hender-
son (Rep. Iowa) asked Catchings If
there was any chance of the tariff bill
being reached from the committee II
the House remained in session.
Catchings replied that there was not
the slightest chance, when Henderson
stated that that being so, he was de-
cidedly in favor of adjournment. The
yeas and nays on the adjournment reso-
luton were called for, and resulted in
its passage by an affirmative vote of
1874 to 80 in the negative.
The chairman of the committee on
ways and means (WilsoH) asked that
the committee be allowed to sit during
the adjournment. Reed objected that
the committee should not sit chen it
could not submit it's acts to the House.
lie said that the House should have con-
troll OF Its committee, except. perhaps,
he added quizzically, the committee on
rules. Reeds objection sufficed to send
tho request to the committee on rules
Shortly afterward Gatherings reported
back from the committee on rules a
resolution authorizing the committeeon
ways and means to sit during the ad-
journment OF Congress for the prepare
tion OF tariff measure and to report
the same. This gave the House fore
taste of the tariff fight which is to come
The previous question was ordered
when the leader of the Republicans.
Read pd VQnoinn 6nun hn nj, Of
that 1t was an extraordinary proposition
that the committee on ways and means
should sit during the interval between
now and the reassembling of the House,
and during that interval file it's results
and its reports with the clerk of the
House.
Wilson said that one OF the objects
.sought>to be accomplished By the adop-
ton Of the. resolution was to give to the
country as early as might be convenient
information as to the proposed tariff
legislation Of this Congress. Another
object was to 80 reopen the detrimental
stage of that legislation that it might
be ready as soon as possible after the
reassem bling OF Congress for the House
to enter actively upon the conside era ton
OF it.
In view of the purpose which. the
House had announced to adjourn to-
morrow, the majority members Of the
committee on ways and means felt that
some such resolution as this should be
presented by them to the House, and
that some such resolution should be
passed by the House before it dispersed
for this session.
The Speaker then put the question
upon agreeing to the report and on
call for the yeas and nays the Demo
Gratis stood up en- masse. When the af-
frmative vote were seated and the
negative told to rise, single member
on the Republican side stood up and
the Speaker announced the vote-yeas.
100; nays, 1.
Reed ironically suggested that
quorum appeared to be present, but
there was no quorum voting. The clerk
was directed to call the roll, and the
Republicans, with one exception, re.
fused to vote. When che call was com
pleted the Speaker announced that the
yeas were 1877 and the nays 1; that no
quorum had voted.
Catchings then entered motion to re.
consider the vote by which the House
resolved to adjourn tomorrow. This
was left pending. A call OF the House
was then ordered, when 214 members
answered "here.'
The question required on the motion
by Catchings, that the ways and means
committee be given permission to sit
during adjournment. Again no quorum
voted and Wilson moved a call Of the
House, when 216 mem bers responded
Wilson then offered resolution di
recting the sergeant-a at arms to bring in
the absent members. This allowed
Reed to get in more dilatory tactics and
calls for division tellers and roll calls
followed on every motion made by the
Democrats.
These dilatory tactics continued until
740 o'clock; the ergeant-at-arms aud
his assistants in the meantime were
running about through the city on.
deavoring to collect the absent mem-
bers of the House. The depots were
visited and outgoing Representatives
warned to return.
AT this hour Speaker Crisp took the
chair. relieving Dockery, and Wilson
moved to dispense with further proceed
inRs under the call, and demanded the
yeas and nays on his motion. The
House decided not to dispense with
proceedings under the call by vote of
yeas to $50 nays. Reed offered an
amendment to Wilson's resolution as
follows
The chairman Of the committee on
ways and means shall have the right to
call together the committee and to file
with the clerk of the House any revenue
bill, which will be ordered by their com
mittee for publication, and the report OF
the committee, together with the views
OF the minority, shall be fled together
for publication in less than ten DAYS
after tho filing and publication of the
bill unless an earlier date can be agreed
upon. Either report may be filed after