The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-20

WASHINGTON, Feb. l9.-Dearmond
offered the following resolution in the
House at the opening of business to-
day:
Resolved, That to paragraph l, OF
rule Is, be added 4 clause as follows:
But 1t shall be in order, at the con-
clusion of the second roll call, for any
member to inquire of the Speaker IL 8
quorum has voted, and if the Speaker
answer in the negative to suggest that
any other mem Der, naming him, IS pres
emit and has not voted, and thereupon
the Speaker, who Il ay then cause the
doors TO be closed, hall direct the clerk
to again call ihe name of such member
and record his vote; and this D oceed-
ing may be- continued unSll quorum
snail nave voted. Aud, If any member
being thus called third time, and
being present and not excused from
voting, shall not vote, the sergeant-at-
arms shall, by direction of the Speaker.
bring him before the bar of the House
and his name shall then be called once
more and his vote recorded But il he
Still refrain from voting, his name shall
be recorded as that Of q member present
ard refusing to vote, and for every con.
tempt OF tho House of which member
shall BIO guilty, by thus refusing to
vote, the sergeant alarms shall deduct
as fine the sum of $50 from his salary.
pay the same into the Treasury OF tho
United States and report such action to
tho House"
Hopklns-There seems to be so much
machinery about that that | think it
would be better to authorize the Speaker
at once to count quorum.
Reed-Or hsvo a Justice OF the peace
to administer the House.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on rules.
Martin, chairman of the committee on
invalid pensions, reported the resolution
introduced last week by Tawney, calling
| upon the Secretary of the Interior for
an expression of the construction placed
upon the law Of December 81, 1898, de-
| claring pensions to be limited vested
tight, by the pension bureau, with a
recommendation that it pass. he sug
| gested that the resolution be passed as
reported and it was so ordered.
Bland called up his bill to coin the
selgnorage of the treasury silver bull.
lion He moved that the House re.
| solve itself into committee of tho whole
and that general debate be limited to
thirty minutes.
A division showed los votes in favor
OF tho motion and none in the negative.
Tracey suggested no quorum, where
upon Bland demanded the yeas and
nays ana at 1890 tho call was be gun.
IL vas resulted: Yeas, ISL; nays, A. No
quorum appearing Bland moved call
Of the House, which was ordered
Two hundred and fifty ono me mbers
| responded to their names, upon which
announcement by tho Speaker further
? proceedings were dispensed with
Walksr-Mr Speaker, sugges, to the
gentleman from Missouri that he permit
the discussion OF the bill to 20 on
to-day 1t is evident that we have no
quorum acre and tho day will probably
be wasted in roll calls.
Bland demanded the regular order
and on the second roll call the vote re-
suited: Yeas, $50; nays, o. The third
roll call resulted: Yeas, 1852; nays. 9,
and Bland asked q call of the House.
This was agreed to, rs to 81.
AT the close of the call, to which PAL
members responded, Bland offered a
resolution revOking all leaves of absence
and instructing the scrgeant-at arms to
arrest absent members, the resolution
to continue in force after adjournment
and until the further order Of tho House.
Tracey moved that the House ad journ.
On this resolution the Republicans and
anti-silver Democrats voted in the at.
firma.ive, the silver Democrats and
Populsts joining the bulk of the Dem
ocrats in the negative. On division the
vote was announced: Ayes, "A; nays. LOG.
Tho yeas and nays were ordered.
After some further filibustering
Bland'S last resolution revOk inp leavaa
OF absence, was agreed to, yeas, LOG;
nays, .. The resolution was one that
did not require quorum. The House
then at o'clock, on motion OF Bland.
adjourned until Tomorrow.