The morning news., 1894-02-22
THROTTLNC FATHER TINE.
FilibuSteTin6 Kills Another Day in the
Lower House.

The Sergeant-at-Arms and the Ar
rests for Absenteeism Give a Little
Life to the Days Proceedings-An
Attempt to Adjourn over To-day De-
feated.
Washington. Feb. 21.-Less than four
score representatives were in their seats
to-day when the session of the House was
opened but Deputy Sergeaut-at-Arms
Hill asserted that voting quorum would
be on hand in the course of the day.
MIR. Bland would not say that his bill
would be disposed Of, however. He said
a number of amendments would be offered
to his seigniorage bill, and upon them, of
course. debate would follow, under the
fve-minute rule, and he could not say
when a vote would be reached. After
prayer and the reading of the journal,
MIR. Reed suggested that report was in
order from the sergeant-at-arms respect
ing his action under the order TO arrest
absentees so that the House might know
how the poll stood
Sergeant-at-Arms Snow thereupon re-
ported that all the absentees were either
In the city or en- route hither, except the
been sent for by authorized deputies
JoHNsoN's DEFIANCE.
MIR. Reed-Has the gentleman from
Ohio, Mr. johnson, who is reported in a
Cleveland telegram this morning to be so
defiant OF the House, been sent for}
The Speaker-Ihc chair is informed
that deputy has been sent to arrest him.
Mr.. johnson is quoted as saying that he
pn rI a n
Mr.. Reed-Are any of the representa-
tives here under arrest
Sergeant-at-Arms Snow-There have
been no further arrests.
MIR. Reed i should like to ask why you
had no diihculty in arresting half dozen
republicans
Sergeant-at-Arms Snow-Mr. Speaker
! would like some information. Am
expected to arrest members upon the floor
of the House3
MUST EXECUTE THE WARRANTS.
The Speaker-The sergeant-at- arms is
expected to execute the warrants pre-
sented to him.
Sergeant-at-Arms Snow retired to
carry out his instructions. and the COM
mittees were called for reports. When
the list had been concluded Mr. Bland
asked unanimous consent that the mem
bers under arrest be excused without be-
ing brought before the bar of she House
MIR. Reed shall have TO object Our
members were paraded here in front and
we want to see yours.
The sergeant-at-arms not being ready
to report, Mr. Bland moved to 20 into
committee of the whole on his bill to coin
the seigniorage of the treasury silver bull
lion. and on that motion demanded the
previous question.
THE YEAS AND NAYS.
-.
vious question on his motion, Mr.. Bland
called for the yeas and nays, and they
were ordered. The vote resulted: Yeas.
159; nays, ll-nine less tnan a quorum.
The following republicans voted with the
bulk of the democrats in favor of the mo-
tion of Mr. Bland: Messrs Bowers of
California, Broderick OF Kansas, Funs-
ton of Kansas, Hartman of Montana,
and Wilson of Washington-5. Also the
following populists: Messrs Baker of
Kansas, Bell of Colorado, Boen of Min
nesota, Davis of Kansas, Kemp of Ne
braska, McA eighan, of Nebraska Pence
OF Colorado, and Simpson, Of Kansas
The negative vote was made up of
Messrs. BeltzhOOver of PENNSYLVANIA
Cobb of Missouri, Everett of Massachu-
setts, Hallan of Minnesota, McAleer Of
Pennsylvania, Mutchler of Pennsylvania,
O'Neill of Massachusetts, Pigott of
Connecticut, Rusk of Maryland, Sickles
of New York, and Wolvertson of Penn
sylvania-alI democrats.
AT the announcement of the result, Mr..
Bland moved a call of the House, which
was ordered. 1t showed 271 members in
tne hall. The proceedings under the call
were dispensed with and another vote
began.
THE SECOND VOTE.
The second vote resulted Yeas 157,
n l,e, s,f .
the first vote and twelve short of a
quorum.
1t was stated at the desk, informally
that at the time the first roll call was
made there, were nine pro-silver repre-
sentatives in the House or in the corri-
dors, who failed to vote. The addition of
that mum Der to the vote would have pro-
duced a quorum
Mr.. Bland made the usual motion to
order call of the House, whereupon Mr..
Reed INTERCEPTED: 1t seems to me that
the House might better occupy this time
in discussing the bill, than in wasting it
as the gentleman from Missouri persists
in DOING
Mr.. McMillin, dem, of Tennessee-And
when will the gentleman from Maine
agree to vote2
Mr. Reed When we get through.
Mr. McMillin-And when will that be-
Mr. Reed-Why, when we have finished,
of course.
THE TAIL OF THE SITUATION.
Mr. Reed continued: The idea that
these gentlemen must 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 it. Cries of regular order That
is what we are trying to do, and it is a
shame that we cannot be allowed to do it
lrenewed cries of order" by an i'm
potent body that cannot furnish a
quorum.
At this point Speaker Crisp directed
the reporters not TO take note of the col
loquy proceeding out Of order Gentle
men cannot make statements out of order
and hope to get them in the record" "
Mr. Reed remarked that the speaker
was entirely correct and he hoped that
the ruling would be enforced
The Chair-It will be.
VARIATION OF THE ROUTINE.
On Mr.. BANDS motion to order a call
of the House Mr.. Reed asked for tellers,
and, having secured them, Mr.. Bland de-
manded the yeas and nays, thus intro
ducing a variation of the routine fihbus-
tering and slightly complicating the sit
uation.
On the motion to order a call of the
House, the yeas were l6l and the nays 35
and the call was begun.
Another twist was given the proceed
1ngS upon this call of the House Whan