The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-08
NEGLECTED DUTY.
Congressman Fielder and
Others Absent Themselves
From Washington.
RESULT, BUSINESS At A STANDSTILL
Orders Of Arrest Will Be Issued
Wilson Bill Before the SEN
ate Committee.

WASHINGTON, Feb. s, 1894-Arrests Of
members will be plentiful today if quor um
of the House be not present upon assembling.
The last roll call just prior to adjourn
ment last night disclosed that one hundred
members who are known to be in
the city were absent from their seats Col.
Isaac Hill, the Democratic ''whip" started
number of deputies out at an early hour this
morning to notify these gentlemen
that their presence IN the House Is
desired at the hour of noon today.
A failure to comply with this notification
will result in the arrest of all therecalcitrant
members, in compliance with the terms or
the order adopted yesterday evening. This
order belongs to the class that is known as
iron-clad. 1t expresses the disapproval OF
the House at the derelction of it members,
and is to be continued in force indefinitely.
FIELDER TELEGRAPHED FOR.
Colonel Hill has telegraphed twenty-six
absentees, including Fielder of New Jersey,
that their presence is imperatively demand-
ed, and some of the members have replied
that they will be in the city at once.
of the city Wednesday will be
in attendance today, while three of those
who were present yesterday have been ex-
cused-Messrs. Wilson of West Virginia,
Tarsney of Missouri and Sickles of New
York-leaving a net gain of eight. Not
IlucH OOuDb Is expressed, uON6NSIs lHdb q
quorum will be present by two O'Clock.
An analysis of the vote on the question OF
consideration, raised against Mr.. Bland's
motion to go into Committee on the Whole,
on the Seigniorage bill, last evening,
shows that 133 democrats, Is republi-
cans and ten Populists-161 in all-voted
in the affirmative and that the nine votes in
opposition were Democratic. If ten addi-
tional members are present today aud will
vote the question of a quorum will be set
tied and the order for the arrest of members
continues until further notice. The presence
of a quorum is probable for some days.
CONTEMPT OF THE HOUSE.
Before the House met today Representa-
tive Livingston of Georgia announced his
intention of moving for the arrest of the first
member of the House, republican or demo-
crat, who refused to answer to his name on d.
roll call, to answer to a charge of contempt
of the House. Republican members are
| awaiting with some curiosity the movement
on the part of Mr.. Livingston.
BLAND SATISFIED.
Representative Bland was sitting in his
Committee-room at II o'clock this morning
engrossed in his correspondence, and appar-
emily the most unconcerned man about the
Capitol. 81 am not worrying over the
| situation he said 1.-THE bill is
| before tine House, the regular order, and can
| be disposed of only by voting upon it. Ii
the opponents of the bill want to waste time
| in flibustening, theae is no wy to PreEsnf
| them that know of. The bill might just as
| well as not have been taken up yesterday
and disposed of to-day
''Wilf any of the changes which Secretary
Carlisle is said to favor be made?
II don't know what changes Mr. Carlisle
may want further than two or three unlm-
portant ones pointed out by him in the
course of a conversation with Judge Cul-
| berson and myself the other day.
But, independent of what the Secretary is
reported to have urged, am willing to con-
| cede any modification of the bill, so long as
the main purpose shall not be disturbed
that is, to make available the seigniorage or
the bullion in the treasury for current ex-
penses of the Government"
ARRESTS WILL FOLLOW.
| The resolution presented Just before adj
| iournment last evening that the Sergeant-at-
Arms be directed to bring in absent MEM
bers did not appear to have borne fruit i'm
| mediately, for at the hour of meeting there
did not seem to be a quorum OF Democrats
on the floor of the house.
The vote on Mr. Blands motion to lay on
the table Mr.. Reeds motion to reconsider
| the vote by which the resolution ordering
! the arrest of absent members was passed
| yesterday was agreed to, yeas 162, nays SO
IN THE SENATE.
AT ten o'clock this morning Messrs Jones
| (Ark.(, Mills and Vest, the subcommittee in
! charge of the Tariff bill in the Senate, re-
Sumed their laborS, and, With the exception OF
Mr.. Jones. remained. at work until noon, Mr..
Jones being called away by another com
mittee meeting. The committee is making
| excellent progress, and last night sent to the
printer, for. printing in convenient form,
a large number of tentative propositions,
so that they might be in better
shape for the deliberations of the committee.
This, of course, includes the revision and
| consolidation of the schedules mentioned in
| these dispatches yesterday, and the
changes so far suggested in the VIII
son bill. Experts of the Treasury
department have been assigned to assist the
committee, and all speed possible, consistent
with thorough work, will be made by the
| committee.