The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15
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members OF the Commtttee on Hules,' said
Speaker Crisp this afternoon, have devoted
the past three hours to consideration OF the
various propositions submitted TO them TO ae-
cure quorum. As ret we have reached no
conclusion. We hope wo shall be able to agree
| upon some method OF counting n quorum
which will be fair to oil concerned and which
In liable to entail the fewest number Of mis-
| takes. Mistakes are liable to happen under
any circumstances but We want q rule
that II possible. will be the least
liable to error. The greatest difficulty under
which We arc lahorlnR Is the lack Of quorum.
There Is not quorum present In the city, nor
has there been for several days. No matter
what rule we agree upon. we cannot secure
action upon Il until q suflcient number OF
members are present In the city to make a
quorum. That consideration 10 really more
embarrassing than the diflculty Of framing
1t lis quite likely that o meeting OF all the
members Of the Committee on Rules will be
that at that meeting the conciusions Of the
democratic majority will be laid before the
The absence OF Mr.. Snow, the sereeant-at-
Arms OF the House. makes It I'm possible to say
what acti9n that gentlepsp may take looking
may be ABSENT from the House esssps in cases
What the sergeant, al. Arms would o, DO Il y
believed that the action OF the caucus
luton requiring him to enforce the law is all
Col. Ike Hill the Democratic whip. said tSi;
Some people, said this order would not
ant snt T. snyt 7, 1s would not have any e.
here. was directed to send out kilograms on
THURSDAY night. Well. yesterday only ak or
Indefinite. and unsati sfactory You could not
tell whether the members were coming or not.
read The reports Of yesterdsys "s esus ss the
sssgra@' b6 SsGsn tho to G tra In s"yIng
IN i'm Wilmington % soon n as n steam W,n cS SS
take me- Before o'clock twenty Of them had
s essa S.or. The memSors reSd thae
Democrstio caucus had instructsd the Ser
Ss II oS.T os Ss1
uneHcused absence That touched them ip a
nnce In the House on Monday that there has
been since the bill to repeal the sherman law
was passed..
At the next regular meeting OF the Senate
Committee on Printing the nomination OF Mr..
Benedict to be Public Printer will be taken up
and probably disposed OF. There IL much OPP
position to his confirm alton. not only from out
side sources. but among Senators on both
sides Of the chamber. It's not thought. how
ever. that this opposition Is formidable enough
to bring about his rejection. All OF the old
charges. which Mr.. Benedict successfully
met when he was formerly nominated for
tho same office. have been resurrected
and fled with the committee. Some OF
the disappointed applicants for tho ONCE
ssp sas &c not sai' asaer ss .% t.
MI tho once. This charge was brought
With ."eens force to prevent his 't confirms,
Sn Is said that 81 as
do not think he was liberal enough with them
in the distribution OF the patronage of the Of
P Pss 'f to the seaaae Sofh &. Hs ;t
YORK Senators b Tsrs o, asked II thsy had
psd ssss ,i osg on the
enibiect,, That 10 their position now; Senator
position to his confirm Atom. Senator CORNISH.
Chairmah OF the Printing COMMITTEES says the
time. Tor the reason that the eommittes has
not had regular meeting since the nomina-
ton was presented
Senator Vest Of Missouri IL hard at work en-
deavoring to secure the confirmation Of
Charles H. Taylor. the colored man from Kan
sas. who has been nominated to DO Recorder
Of Deeds for the District OF Columbia Seven
Of the nine members OF the District Committee
are opposed to Taylor's confirmation. and his
rejection l. generally anticipated. In tn:
AZ ss so4as ISSp sso n vst Martin OF
e.: ens
Democratic orssnizatiqp a NissoaH. but The
S:.s and III: Il % Ss; link s ssSs 81
kansas 70 this sugg it 10 understood
ground that such an Appoiptment would not
be popular with the rank and hls OF the Demo-
cratic party In those States
The stock Of Columbian postage stamps 10
very nearly exhausted. None has been fur
nishsd for sale TO the Post onices throughout
the country since the LIST OF April. and the con-
tractor ceased printing them on March ]. Il
10 impossible now to obtain samples Of the |
stamps. as comparatively few were printed.
and these have been bought up by collectors, |
:PSn: an. s1s s:::a ;Sss asS.1.Si
day hs ss be and
fact that 5s3 full sets remain 10 the hand. Of
placed on sale at some coavsnisn t Posi- of,es
yery soon. with instructions that not more
soa Ts.Ts are extra ct. sonny osr
denominations, which will be disposed OF In |
tends TO keep them out OF the hands OF spscu-
lators II possibls as the price Is going 70 be
no more OF them are to be Issued
Mr.. John Z. New. committeeman to England |
under the Administration Of President Har-
rison. strolled down one of the promin
here this afternoon smiling and
bowling right and left to hls numerous fsisndA
he discovered that one OF his cuffs
was loilsd. In the most uncsrem On ious mAn-
msr he took them on. reversed them. and put
"Thatis American Inds psndsnes for you"
remarked one OF bis friends who observed the
incident =, -Four years In London did not
spoil him"
The total mum ber OF fourth class Postmastsrs
appointed to-day was II. OF which 55 were to
nh vacancies caused by designations and
deaths. Among the appointments were the
following for New York State; II. c. Bush at
Ashton, vice stephen Phillips. remoyedj d.
D, Weld Big Crssk, vice T. I; Weld, dead; j.
r. Sweeney, Henrietta. vice NJ. 4. Grimm re-
moved A. ii. Harrison. standfordVills vice ].
s. WilAns, removed; A q. Holmss Surprise.
vice LEROY La Dow. resigned