The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-23
.ATUC OF WAR IN The HOUSE
FilIibuSteTin6 over the O'Yeill-JOy
Election Case.

ana NOT voting be CCmpG4leu 70
Explain Their Conduct The Speaker
Pro TEN. Advises the Georgian to
Study Up on the Rules.
Washington, March y The House spent
five hours to-day in uuavailinF efforts to Sc
cure the vote Of a quorum upon the mo-
tion to take up the O'Neill-Joy contested
election case. Near the close Of the scs-
sion Mr.. Livingston. dem, of Georgia re
newcd the efforts he made while flibUS-
tering was in progress over the Bland
seignjoragc bill, to enforce the rule re-
quiring members TO vote. But the chair
man Mr. Bailey, dem, of Texas, de-
clined to entertain motion for that pur-
pose. The House refused to djOurn over
Good Friday and the contest on the cleo
tion case will be resumed tomorrow.
At the opening of the session ten or
twelve leaves Of absence on account of
sickness or important business were
granted,
Mr.. Brown, dem, Of Indiana, chairman,
reported from the committee on elections
its report upon the contest of English VS.
Hilborn, from the Third California dis
trlct, recommending the seating of Mr.
English, dem. Mr.. Waugh, rep. of
Indiana, presented the views of the
minority The reports were ordered
printed and placed on the calendar.
On motion Of Mr. Cox, dem. of Ten
nessee, the House bill was passed, extend
ing the time in which the St. Louis and
Birmingham Railroad Company may
build bridge over the Tennessee river at
Clifton, Tenn.
THE TUG OF WAR.
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tersOn. dem, of Tennessee, called up the
O'Neill-JOy contested election case from
the Eleventh district of Missouri, to
which Mr. Waugh, rep, of Indiana,
raised the question of consideration. On
a division of the House the vote to con-
slider the resolution. was 1909 ayes TO ] nay.
No quorum" said Mr. Waugh, and the
call of the yeas and NAYS was ordered.
No quorum voted. A call of the House
followed, more than a quorum answering
A second vote showed no quorum On
motion to adjourn the yeas and nays were
ordered The republicans refrained from
voting. A motion to adjourn was de-
feated.
REFUSED TO HONOR GOOD FEIDAY.
A third vote on the resolution showed
no quorum.
Van Voorhees,, of New York, sought
Good Friday, but this was de-
feated-yeas 63, nays ll3, and on a vote
by yeas and nays the vote was "a to 1873.
After the roll call had been completed.
and before the result had been
announced, Mr.. Livingston, of Geor-
gia appeared before the speakers desk
in the central aisle, with the manual and
digest in his hand. Mr. Reed had taken
a seat temporarily on the democratic side
and was Immediately on the left Of Mr..
Livingston. Addressing the chair, the
latter said: Mr.. Speaker, l desire to
submit point of order that under rule s.
unless a member is excused or necessarily
prevented, or personally interested, he
must vote. / make the point of order
that the gentleman from Maine, Mr.
Reed, was present and failed to vOte.n
The speaker pro TEN, Mr. Bailey, of
Texas, said: There is no rule of the
House which requires him to vote and
prescribes a way OF forcing him to do it. "
MIR. Livingston make the point of
order that ii is 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-Ihe chair over
rules the point of order
A POINT OF DIGNITY.
Mr. Lvingston-Then l rise to a point
of dignity.
1 Ht tNl'tdhCL BLO lGLLA L TIC RGLLltLGu
will state it.
Mr. Livingston Under rule Q. when
ever the dignity Of the House is involved,
it is a question Of the highest privilege
! make the point, sir, that the dignity of
this House is at stake, and badly and
seriously involved from the fact that
these gentlemen sitting on this floor are
not voting. I therefore ask that they be
brought TO the bar of the House and made
to vote.
The Speaker pro tem-The chair will
state that the dignity of the House is in
the keeping of the House, and that the
House has not prescribed any rule, other
than that which the chair is attempting
to enforce
MIR Reed-And it is not very large
dignity either.
Mr. Liyngston-Th I desire to say
that this rule stands on the same footing
as the rule with reference to disorder on
the floor of the House. If the gentleman
from Maine, Mr. Reed was out Of order
on the floor, and the chair
should order him to sit down
there is no rule of the
House by which you could make him sit
down and yet YOU know YOU would do it,
and it is often done and always done.
| There Is no necessity for any further
rule to make a man vote than YOU have
already in this code of rules adopted by
! the House. The language of the rule is
that unless a member is excused, or unless
he is necessarily prevented or unless he
is personally interested, he shall vote
Now, Mr.. Speaker, you don't want any
other rule to enforce that rule If you
did then it would he one rule after an
other, and we could never get to the end
of 1t.
OBLIGED TO OBEY THE RUIEs
The Speaker pro TENN the present in
stance the House has adopted rules pre-
scrib!ng the manner of conducting its
/ business. Those rules are as binding
upon the chair as they are upon the other
members of the House The chair is
merely the organ of the House The
chair is merely the organ of the House to
execute and enforce the rules which the
! House has adopted. Now, if the House
has adopted a rule which prescribcs that
/ Il member must vote when his name is
called. and the member refuses to do il,
the chair has no power to compel the
member.
Mr.. LivinGston-B Mr. Chairman. l
have made motion that he be brought
TO the bar of the House.
The Speaker pro tem.-And the chair
ruled that the motion was not in order
Mr.. Livingston would like TO know
what it will take to put man in order
here Laughter
The Speaker pro tem.-The chair re-
fnrs he ufIpfupO from Cpo-.rit 10 tho