St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-20
A DAY OF FILIBUSTERING.
THE HOUSE WASTES ANOTHER SEES
SION IN KEARY ROLL CALLS.
BLAND CAN'T GET A QUORUM.

~ SCiEhiOrdSc Dill u very DIS
turbing Factor Democrats
Badly Split Up-Republicans
Greet the Call for a Demo-
cratic Caucus With Cheers
Reed Has a Sparring Match.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The tilibuster
over the silver bill in the house contin.
ued until 4 o'clock this afternoon, when
ali adjournment was hal to give the
Democrats an opportunity to consider
the situation in caucus. The struggle
to secure a quorum to order the pre-
viouS question on Mr.. BANDS motion to
close debate Oh the silver seignorage
bill was resumed today. Immediately
after the reading of the journal Mr..
Dearmond (Dem.. No. came forward
with a new device for preventing fill
clustering in the shape of the following
amendment to the rules. which he asked
to AVE referred to the committee on
rules. The proposed amendment was
referred. Mr.. Marsh (kep., ILL., asked
unanimous consent for the considera-
ton of his bill, authorizing the construc-
ton of a wing dam. canal and power
station III the Des .Moines rapids, of the
Mississippi, in Hancock county. Ill.
There was no objection, and the bill
was passed.
At the request of Mr.. Bingham (Rep.,
Pa March 80, at l O'Clock, was made a
special order for paying tribute to the
memory of the late Representative
O'Neill. of PannSplvania
Mr. Martin, chairman of the commit
tee on invalid pensions, reported back
the Tawney resolution calling on the
secretary of the interior for certain
Information regarding some suspended
pension cases with a favorble recon-
mendation, and it was passed.
MR.. BLAND THE MOVED
to 20 into committee Of the whole on
the seigniorage bill, and pending that
moved that all general debate be closed,
and on that motion demanded the pre-
vious question. The ayes and nays
were called for by Mr.. Tracey (Dem., N.
W, and, repeating their former tactics.
the Democratic aud Republican oppo-
ncnts Of the measure sat silent IN their
seats. The vote resulted III to 4, two
short of a quorum. On motion of Mr..
Bland a call of the house was made.
The call developed the presence of 251
members, and the vote again required
on MI. BANDS motion. Before the
clerk began calling the roll Mr.. Walker
Rep. MaSS.J suggested that as it was
evident a quorum could not be obtained
to close debate, the motion be with
drawn and the debate be allowed to
run ON.
Mr.. Bland declared that he had Of
fered to set any reasonable limit to the
debate if an agreement could be reached
TO allow the vote OH the passage of the
bill to be taken without filibustering,
but be submitted that it vas not fair
for opponents of the bill to ask for
indefinite debate, and to filibuster when
the time came for taking the vote. He
should persist, he said, until a vote OH
the
BILL WAS PASSED,
Or it was fully demonstrated that a
majority of the house was opposed to
the measure. After this interruption
the clerk proceeded with the roll call
The motion again failed for lack of a
quorum, $50 to 0, a loss of 5 votes, COM
pared with the preceding roll call. An
other call of the house and the elusive
quorum r%eappeared. A roll call oil Mr..
BANDS motion followed, and itresulted
l52 to 2, this time 25 short of a quorum.
Again. on motion of Mr.. Bland, a call
of the house was ordered. During the
call of the house the presidents eXecu-
tive clerk appeared with additional
Hawaiian correspondence, which was
received and placed on the speakers
desk.
Upon announcement of the result of
the roll call-141 to 2-Mr. Bland offered
a resolution revoking all leaves of alb
enc except on count of sickness,
and instructing the sergeant-at-arms to
arrest abSentees and bring them to the
bar Of the house, the order to continue
until vacated. Mr.. Bland demanded
the previous question, and pending that
Mr.. Tracey moved that the house ad-
jOurn. On a rising vote 1t was l0st-N
to 106-whereupon the yeas and nays
were demanded. Mr.. Tracey's motion
was lost-145 to 65.
MIR. TRACEY.
pursuing the tilibuStering programme,
moved that when the house adjourn TO-
day It be to meet Wednesday. Tue
point Of order was raised that pending
proceedings under the call a motion to
fix a time for adjournment was 0 in
order. After some debate the chair sus-
tanned the point of order.
The Republicans and Democratic op-
p~onents of the seigniorage bill then re-
fused to vote on the demand for the
previous question on Mr.. BANDS reso.
luton to arrest a%bsentees, and resulted
1913 to 3. Mr.. Reed made the point of
no quorum. but the occupant of the
chair, Mr.. Dockerv, ruled that a quorum
was not necessary. The motion re-
Cured on the adoption of the resolution,
which resulted 116 to 0. Mr.. Reed again
made the point of no quorum, and, in
the midst of some excitement, explained
that in his opinion. it required a quorum
to pass a resolution whose execution
lasted beyond the adjournment today.
After an exchange Of shots between
MI. Reed and Mr.. Hatch. the chair
overruled the point of order, and de-
clared the resolution carried.
ThereupOn, Mr.. Bland moved to ad-
journ. Upon the announcement of the
adjournment, the clerk read from the
desk the call for a Democratic caucus
Immediately. The announcement was
greeted with Republican cheers.