The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-23
WANTED TO MAKE REED VOTE
But the Speaker pro tenn. Refused to En-
teftaln Mr.. LlVlnSSton'S Motion.
FIGHT OYER The ONEILL-JOY CASE.
No Quorum Yet-Mr. sherman Offers =
Resolution In Reference to the Pun
ishment Of oounterfeiters.

| WASHINGTON, Marcn -Z'-Ihe House
spent five hours to-udy III unavaiiing
efforts to secure the toie OF quorum
upon the motion 20 take up the O'Nelll-
| Low cop,cetod election case. Near the
| close Of the session SIR. Livingston Dem,
| CA ro,ou,od the effort he made while
| alfhustorir, was In progress over the
| Rland seiontorace biil TO enforce 'the rule
reoririno members to vote. but the chair
man Mr. Rauey DEM, Texas. declined
! % entertain a motion Tor that purpose.
| The House refused 20 adjourn over Good
| Friday. and the contest on the election
case win be resumed tomorrow.
AT the opening or me session ten or
| dozen leaves Of absence On account oi
sickness or important business were
granted.
Mr. brown Dem. Tnd), chairman. re-
norted from the committee on Elections
its renort unon the contest Of English VS..
| Uuhorn from the Third California dis
trict recommending the seating Of Mr..
| prgl,sb Ooern, Afr Waugh Oep., Ind)
| presented the views of the minority, and
il was ordered 20 be printed and placed
on the Calendar.
ON motion Of Mr Cox Dem. Tenn
a TTouse hin was rassed extending the
| time i'm which the So. Louis and Birming
| ham Railroad Company may build
bridge over the Tennessee river at Cliff
ton. Tenn.
The Fight for 81 Quorum.
Then came the tug Of war. Mr.. Patter-
| SON called IN the ONeill-Joy contested
election case from the Eleventh district
| Of Missouri. 10 which Mr. Waugh raised
the question OF consideration. on division
| Of the House the vote TO reconsider the
| resolution was ayes, le; noes, !.
"No quorum" said Mr.. Waugh, and the
| call OF the yeas and nays was ordered.
| NO quorum. on a cali or the House more
than "A quorum answered. Second vote.
No quorum Motion 10 adjourn. Yeas and
nays ordered Republicans refrain from
voting. Motion to adjourn defeated Third
| vote on the resolution No quorum. In
| this stage Of the game Mr. Van NOorhis,
Of New York. sought TO move the House
| to adjourn over GO0d Friday. but this
was defeated-yeas 3: nays, 49, and on
a vote by yeas and nays the vote was
81 TO l3S
After the roll-call had been completed,
and before the result had been announced,
Mr.. Livingston tGa) appeared before the
Speakers desk in the central aisle with
the manual digest in his hand Mr. Reed
ocratic side, and was Immediately on the
left Of Mr. Livingston. Addressing the
Chair the latter said.
Mr.. Speaker / desire 10 submit
point Of order. that under rule s, unless
a member is excused or necessarily pre-
vented or personally interested. he must
vote. / make the point of order that the
gentleman from Maine Reed was pres
ent, and failed 10 vote"
Couldn't Force Reed 20 Vote.
The Speaker pro tenn. Mr.. Bailey CTex),
said: There is no rule OF the House
which requires him 10 vote and prescribes
way OF forcing him TO do it,
Mr. Livingston: 81 make the point Of
order that it is his duty to vote, and
/ ask that he be brought before the bar
of the House 10 state lis reasons for not
voting"
The Speaker pro tenn: The Chair over
rules the point Of order.
Mr. Livingston. Then / rise 20 a privi-
legged question.
The Speaker pro tenn: The gentleman
will state IL.
Mr. Livingston Under rule Q. whenever
the dignity Of the House is involved it
is a question OF tine highest privilege. /
make the point sir. that the dignity of
seriously involved. from the fact that
these gentlemen sitting on this floor are
not voting. / therefore ask that they be
brought 90 the bar of the House and made
to vote.
The Speaker pro tenn: The Chair will
state that the dignity Of the House is In
the keeping OF the House, and that the
House has not prescribed any rule other
than that which the Chair is attempting
to enforce
Mr. Reed: And It IS not very large
dignity either.
Mr.. Livingston Persists.
Mr. Livingston: Then ! desire to say
that this rule stands on the same footing
as the rule with reference TO disorder
on the floor Of the House. II the gen
tleman from Maine Reed was ont Of
order on the floor OF the House, and the
Chair should order him TO sit down, and
he should fail 10 DO il, there Is no rule
Of the House by which you could make
him sit down; and yet you know you
would do il, and II is often done and al
ways done There is no necessity Tor any
further rule 10 make a man vote than
you have already in this code OF rules
adopted by the House. The language OF
the rules is that unless member Is eX-
cused. or unless he Is necessarily pre-
vented. or unless he is personally inter
ested. he shall vote. Now, Mr. Speaker,
you do not want any other rule to enforce
that rule. II you did, then 1t would be
one rule after another. and we could
never get 10 the end OF II.
The Speaker pro tenn: In the present
instance the House has adopted rules
prescribing the manner Of conducting its
business Those rules are as binding upon
the Chair as they are upon the other
members of the House. The Chair is
merely the organ OF the House to execute
and enforce The rules which the House
has adopted. Now. If the House has
adopted a rule which prescrioes that
member must vote when his name is
called. and the member refuses to do
It. the Chair has no power to compel the
member.
Tilt with the Speaker Pro Tom.
Mr.. Livingston: But Mr.. Chairman, l
have made a motion that ne De Drought
to the bar OF the House.
The Speaker pro tenn: And the Chair
ruled that motion not in order
Mr. Livingston: would Ike to know
what it win take TO put man In order
mere daughter)
The Speaker pro tenn: The Chair refers
the gentleman from Georgia TO the ru'eS'