The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-24

ildu Deen ADVANCED OH the DcllOO4 dtiNs
side of the House. Quorum-countlng
he maintained, was an invitation to the
absenteeism; it was an invitation to
the members to go fishing and wan
dering up and down the earth. He in
sisted ii was the duty of the House to
keep the members in their seats. The
Democratic party had a majority OF
eighty in the House and ought to do
the business.
Il don't think it is the duty of the
gentleman from Missouri" Interrupted
Dunn Democra0, of New York, to
lecture the Democratic party
If that is a lecture" retorted Bland,
''the people will read it to the gentle
man and every other man now OBJ
structing business to his hearts con-
tent. democratic applause.) We
knowledge our incompetency. If we
don't, the people will read the riot act
to us"
'They will" came in a chorus from
the Republican side.
Bland then drifted into a discussion
of the merits of the silver seigniorage
bill, which was being opposed by
portion of the Democratic majority in
the course of which, he was three
times called TO order by CoombS Demo
crate, of New York.
THE difficulty is" finally blurted
out Bland Il am too much in order
am telling too many plain truths
that the country ought to know.
democratic applause)
That is a fact" shouted benson
Democrat, of Alabama, give it to
the Democrats for revenue only"
Il thought the gentlemen on this
side" said Bland. would realize they
could not afford to be revolutionists
and anarchists. L say we should either
do business or surrender. Republican
applause and shouts of Give it to
them.'O It will be no outrage for the
people to rise up in a mob and cast
US down. for we are exercising mob
ocracy If this bill be bad one, vote
it down; if you want more debate, we
will give it you; but to stay here and
not vote is simply political suicide"
Reed contended the warrant should
contain the name of the party to be
arrested. The whole difficulty grew
out of the fact that the House denied
the right of the members constituting
a quorum by their presence. II trust, :"
he concluded, that the House will
take warning and proceed in accor-
dance with the constitution of the
United States. OF course. after your
moderation, it will be difficult, but
you should be patriotic enough to sac
rifice private feeling for public good.
Come back into the true path said
he, smiling, land live happily ever af-
terward.'
Turner, of Georgia, who replied to
Reed, directed attention to the valid
.ity of the warrant under which the
members had been arrested.
Dunn asked whether Turner believed
the members could be arrested when
inside the bar of the House.
Il believe" replied Turner, 1.-The
House has a right to arrest delinquents
wherever found, even if in the White
House" (Applause).
Dunn OemocraD, of New Jersey,
one Of the members arrested, denOunc-
ed his arrest as breach of his con-
Stitutional rights. He offered resolu-
tion to the effect that the warrant was
void, and that the names should be
stricken from it.
At this point, Bland unexpectedly
withdrew his amendment and moved
TO suspend all further proceedings I'M
der the call of the House under which
the arrests were made. The purpose of
this was to drop the much-confused
question, instead Of attempting to
straighte1l it cut.
Reed made the point of order that
Bland could not dispense with a call
partially executed, and on which the
members were now under arrest.
Springer insited that the vacating of
the order of the House of February
10 would release the members under
arrest.
Reed said every respectable man
must be SO sick and tired of this thing
that even the solution offered by
Bland might be a blessing.
This closed the opposition.
The acting speaker overruled the
point of order and then put the ques-
Ia nd e Int For. Z
ing the call of February 49, and re-
leasing the members under arrest.
This was carried by a loud viva Voce
vote, with a, very few dissenting votes.
Thus the tangle was suddenly ter
minated and the arrested members
were again free.
Johnson CRepublican) of Indiana, Of
fered d resolution calling on the SER
geant-at-arns to investigate whether
Johnson's arrest was with proper au-
thority and TO correct the writ of or
ror discovered in the resolution. Agreed
to.
Then the call of committees usually
coming at the opening of the day s
session was begun.
Bland moved that the House go into
committee of the whole to consider
the silver bill, and all debate close at
p. m. tomorrow.
On this, the previous question was
demanded.
Filibustering at once began again, as
Tracey Democrat, of New York, de-
manded a division on the vote for the
previous question.
The division showed no quorum.
Bland moved a call of the House.
Tracey moved to adjourn.
Meredith said he wished to call at
tention to the systematic flibuster
Reed moved to take a recess until s
p m.
Agreed to.
There were only ffty-two members
in the hall when s o'clock arrived and
on Martins motion to go into COM
mittee of the whole Russell made the
point of no quorum, but subsequently
yielded to urgent solicitation of his
colleagues and withdrew the point.
After action on several individual
pension bills, the House adjourned at
$3.50.
TO CHANGE THE RULES.
The Democrats Propose to Force n
Quorum.