The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-23

bow to the ruling, especially as 1t had beer
endorsed by vote of the house, he could
see good reason for it.
The daily journals of proceedings since
last Thursday were then approved pro
forlna. The pending question being on the
motion of Mr.. Springer to discharge the
house on March Goth, Mr.. Reed offered as a
matter of privilege, affecting the inter-
ests OF the whole house. a resolution de-
claring the order of arrest to have been in
violation OF. the constitution and rules OF
the house and, therefore, void. The reason
why he offered the resolution was that he
did not desire the proceeding under consid-
Grafton to be made a precedent. He did
not particularly care, he said. what COM
wanted TO have 1t investigated. The pas
sage OF continuing order like the ono
basse,l, ne said, ne did not believe should
der some circumstances a menace and dam
ger to the members of the house.
After some debate, the chair ruled that
question of privilege as would operate Ia
Gust It the motion motion Of Mr. Springer. Tno
Tor 1t was one of great Importance; bur
1t could not supersede at THIS tine the
motion Of #, the gentleman from Illinois.
Trying the H&sv KHfe.
The vote was then taken under the new
rule of yeas and nays, Messrs Dockery
and Cogswell being appointed teilers, and
they took their places at the clerk desk.
Before the roll call was begun, effort
was made to secure unanimous consent
WIFI we yeas ana nays, NllC0 Da0 Deen
ordered some days ago. but MIR. Payne,
republican, OF New y rk and MI Picker,
republican, of South Dakota. objected, say
ing they wanted to see the new rule
operate.
The most noticeable thing about the cali
was that, IL order to let the tellers Keep
tally, the roll call required three-quarters
of an hour to comple-e. The vote re-
suited: Yeas, 226; nays, s. The previous
question was, therefore, ordered, and the
motion was adopted by a viva voce vote.
CnucUs nolsers.
General Catchings and Mr.. Cultivate
made strong speeches in favor of the
adoption OF the rule. Tom Reed closed
the brief debate by simply saying that he
congratulated this congress upon the wise
decision it vas about to make. After the
vote Mr.. Kilgore, OF Texas, WHO opposed
the rule, created much amusement by con-
graduating Tom Reed The democrats who
voted against the rule in the face of the
caucus acting in favor of It are being some
what severely censured by their colleagues
One-fcurtb of the democrats present bolted
the caucus action. They claim that the
caucus was not considered binding. But
what use is q caucus if democrats are go
ing to bolt 1t? These very democl ats who
boted today the men who SO roundly
abused the tWenty-e!ght eastern democrats
who bolted the action Of the caucus on the
eeigniorage bill They then declared thar
the eastern democrats should be driven out
of the party for boiling the caucus. The
boilers hold that business could be trans
acted without such rule. and still even
on such an occasion as today. had the re-
publicans not voted there would have been
no quorum, for there were not 179 demo-
Gratis present.
Good democrats hold that it Is as bad to
bolt democratic caucus as it is to bolt
the nominations of a democratic convention.
However. there are democrats who hold
different views. Still what the democrat tic
party needs in congress is representatives
that VIII caucus and stand by the action
of such caucus. Without united action a
party cannot succeed.
Eight Southern Boilers.
The southern men, as a rule. stood by the
action OF the caucus. Besides the four
boilers from Georgia there were two from
Alabama, Cobb and Wheeler Mallory, OF
Florida, voted against the rule. and SO did
WH'iams, of Mississippi The South Caro-
lima, Virginia and Louisiana delegation
voted solidly for the rule as the caucus de-
clared,