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I his duty. was compelled to remain in

The nail WtInOuI rest.
Prior to the Allen performance Sena-
tor Faulkner was the record man. he
faying held the floor for thirteen hours
during the lons debate ,6sn W on ,he en nHrJS az air..
fcrcnt. Fully two-thirds. of Mr.. Faux.
ner's time was spent In his seat resting
"s,ls e eff Quorum wer iSefo rem" That " time the
longest speech within the recollection OF
Senators was of about ten hours dura
ton, and was delivered by Garrett
During The nrst twelve hours Of The
dozen dnis calls 81 the senate, but it was not
until about 9 o'clock that Senators be-
gan to respond in n sleepy ami reluctant
manner.
WEARY OF CALLS, so WEARY.
The calls towards morning came Mt
more frequent intervals. and Senators
began 10 show the effect of broken maps
and disturbed slumbers.
At Z o'clock the scene In tho ChafnDer
was an Interesting one. Senators Noor-
hees, Villas and Faulkner were In close
conversation, their gestures occasionally
taking the shape of vigorous rubbing OF
eyes and the faintest suspicion Of yawn-
Mr. Morgan looked as fresh as If he
had just stepped from a pStn.tHo' ana
constitutional question OF some sort with
Mr.. Plat,
The seats on D0tn Sll'S OF InP tnlilOtT
were conspicuous in their vacancy. but
the silver men were on the alert. their
interests being guarded by Senator'S bu-
bois. Teller, Power. Shoup, Pettigrew
and Wolcott.
sCoRNED A RECESS.
Whether 1t was the result of the con-
ference between Senator's Voorhees,.
Faulkner and Villas or not cannot be
said, but 1t is nevertheless a fact that
at about o'ciock the repeal men,
through Mr.. Faulkner. suggested to the
silver men that a recess be taken until
10 O'Clock. In order that Senators might
get thirty winkS and breakfast, but the
proposition was spurned by the silverites.
who replied that II the present proceed
ing was to be "A test, 1t must be one in
every sense of the word.
Then the Senate settled down to the
inevitable. and soon after Mr.. shoup
Reps .lldaho) broke in upon Mr.. Alien.
who showed no signs of eyer ccaslns,
Mr.. President" This TOll-cail developed
the fact that senator Lodge, ut least.
had solved the difficulty, FER when his
was paired with the Senator from Mas
%sachusetts for three hours. That meant
8 O'Clock. and when that hour arrived
Mr.. Lodge had returned. prepared for
the days work.
A LAUGH AT WoLCOTT.
A hearty laugh was enjoyed by the
Senate about 7.SO at the expense of sir.
Wolcott. Mr.. Allen had dropped his ox-
III anSthS al dlI va ItdIlilS
the preparation of his speech. 1t was a
polished effort. and Mr.. Wolcott. who
had been at his desk FOR some time pre-
occupied with something that had di-
said: NM
May ] ask the Senator from what he
"a slight production of my, own re-
quick. to, catch the humor of the situn-
Som, broke into a hearty and rather IN
NanAtOrlAl lnfTnw Mr. N nlpnff uaG
evidently taken aback and emb arrasgcd
when he saw the blunder he had made.
II liked Ii extremely" said he, land
was anxious to know what 1t was"
WELCOME DAYLIGHT.
The air was thick with the mists in
the early hours of this morning, and
me daylight struggled with difficulty
,h nird1ugh the ground glass panels of The
afforded Il welcome relief from the glare
OF the ,gaslisht and seemed to exercise
z revtvifying influence upon the wcaried
soions, although their faces showed the
unhealthy gray tint that betokened long
ana severe mental and physical strain.
M. voorhees, rallied notably. and Mr..
campaign of indefinite length. MIR. smith,
OF New Jersey. also looked fresh. and the
venerabie Senator Palmer gave an ear
nest OF his purpose to stick it out for
clared last night. by the checrfuiness
WIN which he remained at the front.
W.T.. LATTE, OF tennessee, Nng sui as
alert as OF yore, and 1t was a noticeable
TACT that older Senator'S, who had been
expected to first show signs of distress,
were holding out with n show of vigor
mat their Juniors emulated with ill-suc-
cess.
These were some of the early morning
hpnts as sSr a quorum Mr uor w,s ,,or, -
read a table of figures when Mr.. VOL
cott suggested that It was 10 important
that a quorum Of Senator'S should, be
Senators were induced to do 40.
,os =; Quorum s';i sn a%aS StSsS;. s s%a a s'' a"!
than a quorum, although three more re-
Bponded In a few moments.
This Is regarded AZ a quorum, but Mr..
forty.fve Senator's were necessary to
constitute a quorum. A majority OF the
Senate, he said, was necessary to make
up a quorum. not n majority Of the sen
atesas composed by the Senators who
nay been declared entitled to their
the point OF order and c%ortcndcd that
forty-five Senator's were necessary 10
make a quorum.
The ylcc-President decided that forty.
three Senators constituted a quorum.
MT. Wolcott appealed, and Mr.. Hale
lfep; Maine) moved to lay the appeal
on the table. The latter motion was
agreed to-yeas. 3S; nays, 5-but il was
regarded as n somewhat strange coin
cidence that a decision that fortv-thrre
Senators constituted Il quorum should
be carried by exactly that vote.
MIR: VOORHEES, MAKES A MOTION
After Mr.. Allen finished his speech Mr.
voorhees, moved to lay the Peffer
table. "
Mr.. Wolcott suggested that there wal
no quorum present, but forty-eiCht Sen,
ators were found to be In the hall.
The vote on Mr.. Voorhees's motion re
suited: Yeas. 70; nays, Emo quorum.
A call OF the Senate was ordered anC
forty-hve Senators answered Here"
MIR. DUBOIS WON'T VOTE.
Mr.. Villas Dem. Wis., several time.
called attention to the fact that the Sen
ator from Idaho mir. Dubois) was pres
ert and in his seat. but declined to vote
The Vice-Pre9ident caused the rule OF
the subject to be read and then orderc,
the clerk to call the name of the Sena
tor. from Idaho. Mr.. Dubois's name wa
called, but he made no answer. The
the Vice-President said that he wolll,
hear any excuse which the Senator de
sired to make.
The principal reason assigned by MI
Dubois was that a motion TO lay on In
table a most important amendment ha
been made. thus cutting off debate on Il
and the Senator who had offered tn
amendment tMr, Peffer) had asked tn
courtesy of the Senate to address it IL