The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-08
FORCING ATTENDANCE.
Serving Warrants Of Arrest on
Forty congressman.
IN Favor or REEDs METHODS

Bems Democrats Think That the Expedient
Of Counting Quorum Should DO Re-
sorted Developments of the Income
Tax May Dictate Terms.
WARRINGTON, Jan. e.--The tariff will
occupy the entire attention Of the house
during the present week, or, II not, the
bill itself. then the row over the attempt
to get 1t before the house. After four
days Of frnitless effort to secure the pres
enco OF o voting Democratic quorum, the
house adopted Just before adjournment
Saturday night the extreme expedient Of
ordering tho arrest Of all members absent
without leave. Warrants were issued for
the arrest Of forty members, an follows,
Messrs. Cadmus, Cornish, Fielder, Gard
ner, Geissenhainer- and Loudenslager Of
New Jersey; Belden. I,efsver. Lockwood,
Wagner, Page, Sherman, Sickles and
Viewer Of New York: Bingham, Scranton,
Heiner and Woomer OF Pennsylvania;
Barnes and Grout Of Wisconsin; Boatner
and Davey OF Louisiana; Broderick Of
Kansas; Brown Of Indiana; Bum and
Woodward Of North Carolina; ChiIds and
Fithian Of Illinois; Burnes Of Missouri;
Cooper of Texas; McLaurin of South Car
olina; Newlands OF Nevada; Randall OF
Massachusetts; Stockdale Of Mississippi;
Strait and Talbert of South Carolina;
Tawney Of Minnesota; Taylor Of Teunes-
see; Turpin Of Alabama, and White Of
Ohio.
The other absentees have been excused
on account of sickness, important bust
ness or other cause. Deputies were sent
out in all directions to serve the warrants
on these forty members. OF these forty
mem bers twenty-one are Democrats and
nineteen Republicans. As some of them
live at long distances they can hardly be
here today.
From the Republican absentees, OF
course, no aid il expected. They can be
brought here under duress, but they can
not be made to vote. This applies to some
Iof the Democrats as well as Republicans,
and II the opposition within the ranks OF
the Democratic majority can be organ
lied, as some Of them, like Mr.. Sperry,
desire, enough Democratic members might
refrain from voting to prevent the con.
,sideration of the bill in its present shape.
Privately some of the Democrats do not
hesitate to admit the gravity of the sit
uation. The possibility of defeating the
consideration Of the bill strikes terror into
their hearts, and some of them openly nd
yocate resort to the parliamentary ex-
pedient utilized by the Fifty-frst congress
of counting quorum. Speaker Crisp as
serts most positively that they will not be
forced to this resort. He thinks voting
quoru m will be here certainly by tomor,
row at the farthest. If 1t cannot be OBJ
tanned, then another Democratic caucus
will be called.
This is, indeed, what those who are dis.
satisfied with the bill are aiming at. They
declare that as soon us they can demon
strate that not sufficient number Of
Democrats will vote to consider the bill
the leaders will be obliged to submit tc
material notifications which the dis
Igruntled members will propose. Some Of
the eastern Democrats who are fighting
the income tax proposition are willing tc
go almost any lengths to eliminate thi,
feature Of the Wilson bill. Altogether
the prospects are good for a very interest
ing contest in the house during the week
Once the debate is under way it will pro
coed TO the exclusion Of everything else
with the night session devoted to general
debate