The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-14
4 RREAK TIE DEADLOCK.
,,xocRl rs DECIDE IN FAVOR
or COUNTING a QUORUM.

,..,,..y,. csueu. Directs the ce--''sss
r,,..te Briss In a Ruis Frevisi-g
-. R,eordi-g sr Members Whe Are
sd Not veti-e-The R-ls VIII
,,,... rrovias that the He-ss asa
a.. Speaker shsi, Order the Ce-st-
-..,.r Crisp Opposed the Rssei.tie-.
=. sta n. wspia Tieia to the Cs-ers.
,,,v,~croy, April 13.--The deadlock in the
a, representatives will soon be broken.
,..ul, OF the action Of the Democratic
-, to.d.y. directing the Committes on
- 80 "a hiring In q rule providing for the re-
l,,,s oi members present and refusing to
o,der 10 make . quorum to do business
~. .,tion Is A com plete vindication Of Speaker
-, course in the Fifty-flrst Congress.
=, ,.s made absolutely necessary By the
..-,.,.ts themselves In refusing to attend
y. ,,,sion OF the House. or IL present. de-
s.,os 20 vote. Speaker Crisp will escape the
'--ill.tion. however OF being com PEELED to
S..,,y admit that Speaker Reed was right
.,i,h,t he was wrong. because the new rule
.,undoubtedly provide that the House itself
,,J,ot the Speaker shall order the recording
Tina names OF those present and not voting.
y,,.,ths ess, Mr.. Reed feels that the victory
IN. and he modestly makes note OF the fact
A., Al last his entire code Of rules, against
.h,,h the Democrats OF the Fifty-hrst Con-
,.,. rebelled. have been endorsed and adopted
!, the Democrats Of the Fifty-thir Congress-
IA ordering the framing OF the new rule the
pou.s has done only what has been
br..hsdoved By well-informed parliament
nr,ns in both parties for the past three
,urs The absurd rule proposed yester-
t,y By the Committee on Rules. under
vhch members were to Be fined for
not voting. could not stand. Il failed
b meet with the endorsements Of . ma
bity Of Democrats. and brought to the sur
nee the strong feeling that has long been
knovn to exist in favor Of following the prece-
isct set By Speaker Reed In the Fifty-hrst
Congress, aud counting members present and
Not voting in order to make . quorum.
such q rule rs that outlined By to-day's
uueus would have been adopted long ago but
for tho aversion Of Speaker Crisp and some Of
hs Democrats who were Speaker Reeds con-
,plcuous antagonists during the Force bill
trht but the disinclination OF these men Ia
y,ld to Mr.. Reeds position could not
revail against the necessity Of adopting some
ruls under which the House could transact
he business demanded By the interests
u the party and the public Speaker Reed
vas compelled to eat his own words when
10 announced his belief In the power Of the
sussker to count quorum. and Speaker Crisr
snd his friends must now enjoy the unpleasant
uperiencs OF bowling to the inevitable. ThsJ
will do so. however. with COURAGE and grace
% indicated By the Speakers speech In caucus
to-day. and the business Of the House Of Rep
rssentativss. with its overwhelming majority
Of Democratic members. will be proceeded
With
The House was in session Just an hour TO
y: called e consider ths psrs%sinssrk atty
be Journal Of SsstsrdsTs proceedings VA
!: <: .ss :. . e:
issd q resolution that The statute Of ls60
.ss oe as they are
NJ Straus OF New York offered an amend.
general SsSs j. way that the msmSsrs shall each "a,
f sss.. Who shall IN turn 50 report 70 Ii. Ser
'i a1. Bland made point Of order against tn.
I siS T. Mr.. BANDS resolution was then
'I H. Springer n P q iiiinois osrsd rssoluor
which provides that upon the second roll cal
members present and not voting shall be In
hess. and. upon their refusal to vote. they shal
b counted As present and not voting. In order
70 establish the presencs OF quorum: The
reading Of tho resolution was greeted with ap-
speaker Crisp toSk the door against the res
sluiion. He ooisctsd TO 1t on the ground that
b.rsoms. and that It needed careful and ortiz
Examination. such ~ could not DO given oS
Nj. De Almond OF Missouri offered rsso,u:
such a rule should be drafted as would result
y :IsSSr9s Then tS; h turning e
were, referred to the Committss. on Rules
whether the Speaker would cooperats with the
sS@%if,Ss and cary on, the spirit Of any res
Amid Q burst OF applause Speaker Crisp 70:
PIE that he was q Democrat that he would
Held any conviction which he had to the voice
Nj. CatchInEs. OF Mississippi then took the
pSoI ana spoks In opposition to the spingsl
yasted It's iutility in the event that the Rspub-
lsans should absent themselves from the fioor
gssnng roll call. as the Democrats did during
M Cochran Of SeW York said that securing
hs presence OF members and sscertAininR the
SsIs .wG e. and
tendance OF members. he had no OBJ setion 70
AI rule which the Committee on Rules might
sstise. lie thought Ii the duty OF the House
nave the Journal show each day what mem
eefs were In attendance. and that some
Es.aaoa t9r securing this Information should
- M Rngors Iof Texas opposed any sugges-
u9n that looked to the counting OF . quorum
nsmoers present and not voting. Demo
shen they ought TO be here. and some plan
saoald be devised which would secure theil
Presence In the House
u required nearly four hours before the
I1aeus reached a conclusion IL then adopted
~ resolution. offered By Mr.. De AFmond
when reads as follows;
40. H's As the sens. OF the eAacu& tina. the Com
~ Is.. s snl 20 the IulsL oy means Of Which mem
s. ss,sfminlnE the eXisfsnes or noRsKtstsnee OF
ssmhA. Ana TO eompsI the attsndAnes or absent
ihs resolution. In other words Is an Instrue.
~ ~ 70 The Democratic members OF the Com
6tee on Rules to report rule providing fol
sountlng OF q quorum IL was adopted 81
,.'Weol * to ~. Mr.. Springer withdrew biz
'sI.utio1 and supported this resolution.
NJ eOreary OF Kentucky offered . rssolu-
an Isleg4ilnR the entire matter 70 the Com
G.s on Rules. The vote on this resolution
taken ~ telleTA and resulted In . tis-d4
thstNhereuPon Mr.. HOLMAN OF Indiana. the
~. s,ihAn OF the caucus. stepped forward and
M" we deciding vote In favor Of the rssolu.
K.@A yea aud nay vote was then taken. and
Seolutlon Was deieated-5D TO 10.
aSulhg the discussion Mr.. Williams OF I'LL
eentendsd that the Democrats OF the
sosi ought ought to ADOPT some rule by which they