St. Paul daily globe., 1894-02-21
The DEADLOCK is STILL ON
HOUSE SPENDS A WEARY DAY IN
MANY BOIL CALLS.
BLAND FAILS TO GETAaUORUN
Members Arrested, Brought to the
Bar of the House and Forced
to Give Reasons for Their n b.
sence-Silver Coinage Wrangie
Continues to Split UP the Dem
ocratic Party.

continues TO S2Ilt Up the Dem
ocratic Party.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The dead
lock on the Bland seigniorage bill was
not broken i'll the house today. Roll
call followed roll call until o'clock,
when, it being apparent tnat MIR. Bland
could not muster aQuorum on his pro pc
Bition, and he moved an adjournment.
When the house met this morning it
was still deadlocked on the Bland bill,
and the first thing in order was the con-
Sideration of the report of the sergeant
alarms, who was instructed by resolu-
ton last night to arrest a6SenteeS- Mr..
Reed raised question as to the rights
of the sergeant-arms to arrest Mr.,
Apsley Mass. }, who voted Oh the last
call of the house. 1t WAS explained
that the journal diG not show the latter
fact, but upon his statement that he ha d
responded to his name, the speaker
ruled that the subsequent proceedings
looking to his arrest fell. Mr.. Post
Qll). who had also been arrested,
explained that while he had no. voted
on the call of the house he had voted
upon the subsequent motion to adjourn.
Upon his representation he was eX-
cused. The sergeant-at-armS then came
forward at the request of the speaker
and made his report. 1t was to the
effect that thlrty-seVen kilograms had
been sent to abSentees, to which fifteen
replies had been received; five replied
that they were sick, and ten were on
their way 10 Washington; seven mem
bers. the report also stated, had been
arrested - Messrs. Apsley, Gardiner.
Hillborn, Post. Randall, Lucas and
Marvin (all Republicans. The where
abouts of twenty-four members had not
been ascertaned.
THE FIVE MEMBERS
in custody who had not been excused
were then brought to the bar of the
house like schoolboys. They were or
dered by the speaker to give their ex-
cuses for being absent from tn house
without leave. The members crowded
about the area where the members were
arranged in a row and enjoyed the situ-
alton immensely.
Mr.. Bland stated a quorum would
never be obtained unless members re-
mained i'll their seats.
"Oh, don't think the chance of get
ting quorum, Interrupted Mr.. Enloe,
referring to the fact that when present
Mr.. Randall refused to vote" was di-
minished by the gentleman's absence p"
MIR. Burrows wanted to know if there
was anything in the order to the SER
geant-at-armS restricting the arrest of
members 10 Republicans. The speaker
replied good-humoredly that there was
not. Rising to all alleged parliamentary
Inquiry. Mr.. Grosvenor. of Ohio. asked
whether warrants had been issued for
the arrest of those Democrats who re-
fused TO attend the Democratic caucus
last night. 81 hardly think that is
parliamentary inquiry" replied the
speaker.
This was the last incident growing
tof the
ARREST OF ABSENTEES.
Members laughingly resumed their
seats, and after the cali of committees
for reports Mr.. Bland returned to the
siege which he has been directing for
the past week. He moved that the
debate on the seigniorage bill be closed,
and upon that motion demanded the
previous question. The Republicans
and Eastern Democrats repeated their
succeeded i'll breaking quorum. The
vote resulted 1862 to 5-twelye short
and Oh motion of Mr.. Bland the call OF
the house was ordered. The call devel-
Oped the presence of 264 members, and
the vote recurred on Mr. BANDS de-
mand for the previous question.
This vote resulted 15l to 5, twenty
three short of quorum and nine less
than The preceding vote. Another call
nf fhn hnncn nj n Ia
quorum reappeared, 269 members re-
spending. Mr.. Bland then made a
statement to the effect that it was
evident that quorum could not be
obtained as long as committees had
leave to sit during the sessions of the
house, and he therefore offered reso-
luton
REVOKING THE LEAVES
OF all committees TO sit during the
sessions of the house except the COM
mittee oil appropriations. Mr.. Reed
made a point of order against the
resolution that the action of the
house on previous occasions. could
not be revoked pending proceedings
under call. A lively skirmish
occurred over the point Of order, in
which Messrs. Springer, Reed, Nc
Creary and Bynum participated.
Finally Mr.. Bland poured oil on the
troubled waters by Withdrawing the
resolution, at the same time stating that
unless members on the committee in
cluded in it attended the sessions of
the house, he would again offer and
press the resolution. The vote again
recurred on Mr.. Bland's demand for the
previous question. This vote resulted
1G5 10 0, within niue votes of the
quorum. Another call of the house
followed. The quorum reappeared
only to disappear again on the next
roll call, 162 10 4. When the announces
ment was made Mr.. Bland stated that
as it was evident quorum could not he
secured tonight. he moved an ad journ-
ment, and at 4:l0 the house adjourned.