The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-02-28
HUNIING A QUORUM.
ANOTHER DAY FRITTERED AWAY BY
THE HOUSE.

ANOTHER DAY FRlTTERED AWAY By
THE HOUSE.
Bland il Dsternired to Push Bis BIZ
Through I'd Will Make the House Nee
On WarhIrgton's Birthday - Hes il
Earnest.
WAsuIN TON, Feb. 21.-Less thai
four score Representatives were il
their seats Today when the session o.
the House was opened, but Deputy
Sergeant-at-Arms Hill asserted that
voting quc7am would be on hand il
the course If the day.
Bland would not say that the bll
would be disposed of, however. HI
said a nunSoer Of amendments Wouit
be offered 10 his seigniorage bill, anc
upon them, of course, debate will tol'
low under sse five minute rule and he
could not say when a vote would Dt
reached.
After prayer and the reading OF ths
journal. Reed suggested that a report
was in orderfrom the Sergeant at-Arms
respecting bis actions under the order
to arrest absentces so that the House
might know how the poll stood. Col
onel Snow taereupon reported that al
absentees were either in the city or en-
route hither, except the SICK and ex
cused ones, sad seven who have been
sent for by authorized deputies.
Reed: Has the gentleman from
Ohio, (Johnsonl who is reported IN
Cleveland telegram this morning to be
so defiant Of the authority OF the
House, been. sent for ?"
The Speaker: "The Chair is ln'
formed that deputy has been sent tc
arrest him.
johnson is quoted as saying ne
would not regard q summons to re-
turn.)
Reed "A-e any of the Representa-
ti7es here under arrest !?
S1ow There have been 10 further
arrests :"
Reed al should like to ask, why
you had no difficulty in arrestlng half
a dozen Republicans.
Snow "Mr. Speaker, I would like
some information. Am I expected to
arrest members upon the floor OF the
House ~
The Speaker "The Sergeant-at-
Arms Is expected to execute the war
rants presented to him.
The Sergeant alarms retired to car
ry out bis instructions and the commit
tees were called for reports.
When the list had been concluded,
Bland asked unanimous consent that
members under arrest be excused with
out being brought before the bar OF the
House.
Reed 81 shall have to object. Our
members were paraded here IN front,
and we want to see yours.
The Ssrgeant-at-Arms, not being
ready to report, Bland moved to go into
committee of the whole on his bill to
coin the seigniorage Of the Treasury
silver bullion. and on that motion, de-
manded the previous question.
Without a division on ordering the
previous question on his motion, Bland
called for the yeas and nays. and they
ware orderea. The vote resulted
Yeas. 1856 ndSs, 1i-nine less than q
quorum. The following Republicans
Voted with the bulk Of the Democrats
in fayor Of the motion Of Bland: Bowers
of California, Broderick Of Kansas,
Funston of Kansas, Bartmon of Mon
tana and Wllsoo OF Wsshington-o.
Also the following Popullsts Baker
OF Kansas, Bell OF Colorado, RoTen OF
Minnesota, Davis of Kansas, KEN OF
Nebraska, Pence of Colorado and
Simpson of Kansas.
The negative vote was made up OF
Beltzhooyer of Penn sylvanla, Cobb OF
missouri, Everett of Massachusetts,
Hall of Minnesota. McAieer Of Penn
sylYania, O'Nell; Of Massachusetts,
Pigott Of Connecticut. Rusk OF Mary
land, Sickle5 of New York and Wo!Ver-
ton OF Pennsylyania-all Democrats.
At the announcement of the result,
Bland moved call of the House,
which was ordered. 1t showed 27l.
mem bers in the hall. The proceedings
under the call were dispensed with and
another vote began.
The second vote resulted: Yeas l57,
nays 10. This was loss OF three from
the first vote aFd twelve short OF 8
quorum. .u-,
1t was stated at the desk informally
that at the time the first roll call was
made, there were nine pro-sllver Rep
resentatives in the House or the corri-
dors, who failed to vote, The addition
of that number to the vote would have
produced a quorum.
Bland made the motion to order a
cali of the House, whereupon Reed in
terjected: "It seems to me that the
House might better occupy this time
in discussing the bill, than in wasting
it as the gentleman from Missouri per-
sists in doing"
McMlllin (Dem.) of Tennessee; and
when Will the gentleman from Maine
agree to vote ?"
Reed: When we set through 49,.
McMilliD: "And when will that beT'
Reed: "Why, when we have finished
of course. The idea that these gentle
men have the tail Of the situation IN
their hands before we shall be allowed
to debate the subject is all wrong. The
custom is for the body to debate thing
until they get through with 1t. (Cfles
of regular order.'O That is what we
are trying to 60; aud it is shame that
we cannot be allowed to do 1t. ke-
newed cries of "order.' y by an impotent
body that cannot furnish a quorum.
At this point, Speaker Crisp directed
the reporters not to take note OF the
colloquy proceeding out OF order.
"Gentlemen cannot" be said, make
statements out of order aud hope to
get them in the record"
Reed remarked that the Speaker was
entirely correct and be hoped that the
ruling would be enforced.
The Chair: 1T will be-"
On BANDS motion to order call OF
the House, Reed asked for tellers and
having secured them, Bland demanded
the yeas asd nays, thus introducing a
variation of the routine of tllbuStlDg
and slightly cemplicating the situation.
On the motion to order a call OF the
House, the yeas were 16l and the nays
35; and the call was begun. Another
twist was given the proceedings upon