The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-04-13
WILL FINE THEM.
A Resolution by the Rules Committee
OF the House Designed to Stop
Filibustering.
It Provides For a Fine or $40 For
Each Member Who Refuses to
Vote on Roll Call.
Reed and Burrows Make an Attempt
to Prevent the AdoDti0n Of
the Rule.

WASHINGTON, April 13.--The Demo
cratic managers Id the house have de-
cided to take heroic measures to force
the Republicans to participate in the
proceedings.
The committee on rules, consisting OF
Speaker Crisp. Messrs. Cultivate and
Catchings, (Dems.) and Messra Reed
and Burrows (Reps.) held meeting
just before the house convened and for
mulated a rule to crush flibustering.
making the penalty of failure 70 vote
punishable by o fine. The Republicans
having cognizance Of the rules by which
their hands were to be tied before the
meeting of the house, Messrs. Reed and
burrows determined to contest every
inch of the ground, and o fierce parlia-
mentary fight was immediately precip-
itated. Speaker Crisp. however, was in
no humor for trifing, and with . stern
hand he swept aside all preliminaries
and forced the fight on the main issue.
AS soon az the journal had been read
he recognized Mr.. Catchings, from the
committee on rules, to present the re-
port.
Refused to Entertain che Point.
MI. Burrows attempted to raise the
point Of order that no quorum was
present, but the speaker held that the
journal having been approved, the point
of order could not be made save on a
vote upon some pending question. Mr..
burrows then tried q flank movement
with an appeal from the decision OF the
chair, and the speaker declared that he
could not take Mr.. Catchings OF the
floor for that purpose. Mr.. Reed came
forward at this juncture and manifested
q disposition to hold a joint debate with
the chair, but the speaker declined the
Invitation and directed the clerk to read
the report. MI. Reed vainIy attempted
to interrupt the reading by appeals for
recognition on a point OF order, but the
lspeaker with averted head refused to
listen to him and Mr.. Reed, finding his
efforts futile, sank down in his chair.
The report provides for a fine Of $40
on each member who refuses TO vote on
questions before the house.
After the reading Of the report Mr..
Reed was again on his feet, but the
speaker recognized Mr.. Catchings 20 de-
mand the previous question.
Then he turned to Mr.. Reed, who said
he desired to raise q point of order.
docs the chair recognize me9' asked
Mr.. Reed.
1.-The chair will hear the ~gentleman,'
replied the speaker.
ar - a. .~In--&nwI 49, AlnAN A.
chair recognizes me TO make q point of
order"
''The chair has recognized the gentle
man from Mississippi to demand the
previous question. and pending that
will hear the gentleman" retorted the
speaker. r..
This did not suit Mr.. Reeds purpose,
however. He wanted a definite asser-
ton from the speaker that he was recog.
nized in his own right.
While indulging in some delicate
fencing with the speaker on this point
the speaker seemingly lost patience and
with a bang of the gavel stated the
question to be ON the demand for the
previous question.
Mr.. Reed was left standing in the
aisle, while the speaker took the rising
vote. The Republicans declined to vote,
and when the speaker announced the.
result, 30 to o, Mr.. Burrows made the
point of no quorum.
Refused 60 Vote.
The yeas and nays were demanded.
The Republicans were determined to
force the Democrats to produce a quo
rum at every stage of the parliamentary
looking to the adoption OF the
rule, and when the roll was called de-
clined to vote. Eleven of the Democrats
to give the proposed rule their
approval, and voted against the demand
the previous question. These eleven
were as follows:
Causey, Delaware; Coombs, Cum
New York; Geary, California;
Geissenhainer, New Jersey; Kilgore.
Texas, Mcguire, California; McAleer.
Kentucky; Painter, Kentucky; Ryan
New York; Warner, New York.
The Populists voted with the Demo
In favor of the demand.
The announcement of the vote-l4f
to l1--showed that the Democrats were
short OF a quorum.
On motion of MI. Catchings q call Of
the house was ordered.
h sitaation Anomalous.
The situation in the house was anom-
alous. Parliamentary speaking it We
tied in q double bow knot. During the
proceedings TO determine VINO tho ab-
were under tho call OF the house.
O motion was entertained and q roll cali
was had ON q motion DO excuse Mr..
Hull. This motion may be followed by
others Of the same character until the |
names OF all the ahsentees lover 100 i'm
number) were exhausted. Each roll
call consumes half an hour, 10 that the
flibuster may extend into the indefinite
But although IL was COM
petent for the house, parliamentary
speaking, 10 dispense with further pro-
ceedings under the call at any June
ture, il was necessary to complete the
call for excuses before d resolution look.