The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-23
IN The house.


NasHiSsroS CITy, March 2a-The house
spent the entire day in siibns,ering over
the y Neill-Joy contested election case
lac report of the committee is in favor OF
unssasing JOY, Rep. and the Republicans
are determined thai this shall not be &C.
compsished unless the Democrats produce
their own quorum. For i've hours todav
the Republicans iilbas,erei and kept the
house deadlocksi. Tie hishes, number
OF Democratic votes cast during the day
vas itS. thirteen short of quorum. An
unsuccessful attempt wss made to adjourn
over Good Friday. and the struggle will De
resumed tomorrow.
On motion OF Carchings. Dem, of Mis-
slssinpi joint resolution was passed au-
thor'zing the secretary OF the treasury 10
receive at the sub-,reasury In the city of
Neg York from +. r. Wilson & Co. 81. Tai.-
on 10 be placed to the credit of the Cher
okee nation.
Chairman Brown, Dem, Indiana. of
the committee on elections. presented the
report on the Eng ii nhorn contested
election case. and Waugh. Rep. Indiana.
was given leave TO ,iIe the views of the mi
nority- Patterson then called up the con-
tested election case of o'Neili-Joy.
Eleventh. Missouri district. and Waugh
ompt!y raised the question OF consider
alton against il and the ilibustering be-
gan. The Republicans refused to vote
and the quorum las broken, the vote re-
sulting l5s TO 0. A call of the house fol-
lowed. The call developed the presence of
25I members. The vote then required
upon the question of consideration. The
Republicans repeated their tactics and re-
fused TO answer TO their names. Again
the Democrats failed 10 muster a quorum.
Patterson moved call OF the house. and
pending that Waugh moved to adjourn
The motion TO adjourn Was LOST, "a To Isl.
Patterson withdrew the motion for call
OF the house, and thSvote recurred upon
the question OF consideration Again the
quorum failed, only l57 Democrats ap-
rearIng. Patterson moved call of the
house. and upon his motion Burrows
forced a roll call. The call ordered-i5S to
Ill. A quorum reappeared upon the call OF
the house, and Patterson moved to dis
pense with further proceedings under the
call, but Burrows com PEELED roll call on
the motion. The motion was carried and
Van Noorhis tRep. of New York moved
that when the house adjourned today it
be to meet on Saturday. The motion was
defeated and the vote again recurred on
the question of consideration
After the roll call had been completed
Livingston. Dem, Georgia. called a.ten-
ton TO the fact that the gentleman from
Maine tReedb was in his seat and had re-
fused to answer to his name. He demanded
that he be brought before the bar OF the
house aud asked to vote or give his rea-
sons for not doing 80. Bailey, Dem.
Texas. in the chair. declared there was
nothing in the rules requiring a member
to appear before the bar of the house.
Livingston then tried to shift his ground.
claiming that the dignity OF the house
was involved.
"The dignity of the house is in the keep
ing of the house." said the chairman
''and it has not prescribed any method for
forcing this rule"
"It is not very large dignity" inter.
rupted Reed amid laughter. Livingston
argued for some time with Mr. Bailey, tut
tho latter ruled him out of order and then
announced that the vote had resulted $50
to l. still no quorum. Thereupon Fatter-
son moved q call of the house. and Waugh
moved a. adjournment. The motion to
adjourn was lost, aud Van Voorhis then
moved that when the house adjourn today
II be TO meet on Monday next Brown,
chairman of the committee on elections.
then gave up the contest, and at 5 30 the
house adjourned