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WASHINGTON. March 22.-Ths House spent
FIVE hours to-day IN unavailips efforts TO Sc
cure the vote Of quorum upon the motion 10
take up the o'Neil-soy contested election case
Near the close Of the session Mr.. Livin sston
tDem.. Gal renewed the effort he made while
flibusterinR was in progress over the Bland
seignioraae bill to enforce the rule requiring
members to vote He appeared before the
Speaksr's desk In the central aisle with the
manual and digest In his hand. Mr.. Reed Of
Maine had taken . seat temporarily on the
Democratic side. aud was imm ediately on the
left OF Mr.. Livingston. Addressing the Chair.
Mr. Livingston paidi
"Mr. Speaker. I desire to submit point Of
order that under rule 9. unless q member 10
excused or necessarily prevented or person
ally interested. he must vote I make the
point OF order that the gentleman from Maine
mfr. Reed was present and failed to vote"
The Speaker pro tenn. Mr.. Bailey dem.
ex.rThers is no rule OF the House which re-
quires him to vote and prescribes way OF
forcing him TO do IL.
Mr.. LvinEston-I make the point OF order
that II IL his duty to vote. and ask that he
be brought before the bar OF the House to
state his reasons for not voting.
The Speaker pro tem.-Ths Chair overrules
the point OF order.
Mr.. Livingston-Then rise to privileged
question.
The Speaker pro tem.-The gentleman will
state It.
Mr.. Llvingston-Und rule O. whenever the
dignity OF the House is involved Il IL auss-
uon OF the highest privilege. make the
point. cir. that the dignity OF the House In at
stake and badly and seriously involved. from
the fact that these gentlemen sitting on this
floor are not voting. Therefore ask that they
be brought to the bar Of the House and made
The. Speaker pro tem,-The Chair will state
that the dignity Of the House is in the keeping
ScriSed % any rule % other % .n than % tSst which the the
III. Beed-Xnd il is not Ssry large dignity
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Reed was out Of order ON the POOR Of the House.
and and 5. should fail 70 DO it, there is no rule p
the House oy which you could MAKE max MN sit
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The Speaker pro tsm.-In tho present In
stance the House has adopted rules prescrib-
Ing the manner Of conducting its business.
Those rules are as binding upon the Chair as
they are upon the other memb bsrs Of the House.
The Chair 10 merely the organ OF the House to
execute and enforce the rules which the Houce
has adopted. Now, II the House has adopted .
rule which presoribes that . member must
!s saso Do % x. Chair Ss. mo-
pei the member.
made q motion that he be brought to the bar
Of the House
that motion not In order.
Mr.. Liyin gston-I would like to know what
Il will take to put man In order here Laugh
The Speaker pro tem.-The Chair refers the
gentleman from Georgia to the rules
Mr.. inRston-I have the rules.
The Speaker pro tem.-Then the Chair
would suggest that the gentleman study them
until he understands them.
Mr.. Livingston..I might Say. With all due
propristy. that the gentleman In the Chair
might take o lesson on the subject.
This ended the colloquy. and the House ad-
journed until IL o'clock to- m orrow. after yot-
ing down q motion to adjourn over Good Fri
day.