The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-07


House might refuse to consider the TssolutioS.
but VIII when S The Hous. adjourned without seton
on the resolution Il vas the same As u.h ~ re-
Sssd to Do n sscT. 4 TIE house. 6 gentle
man from Maine contended, but was exactly
WHERE IL vas yhen E 6 pst C Is.s there sT;
Yesterdsy. the Speaker, continued, the
gentleman from Mississippi Mr. CatchinRs
exported resolution from the Committee on
Rules, and the question o. c9nsideTauon D V Ss
last Coneress that the question Of cohsidera-
tion could not he raised against resolutI9n
coming from the committee on tIIesi o, Lhe
were were demanded, bet the House edjourned
regular order-is tae consid Grafton Of the re-
III He then read from the digest: II shall a.
ways be in order to call up report IRON the
on n The Ess %sy esn
notion That the House adjourn"
The speaker, summed up by deciding that
ifiouse. when MT. Bouteiis interrupted him 70
express tho hope that the Chair would reflect
resented this as an aspersi3n upon him. and
declared. anerlly. that any intimetion that he
had not fully weighed the question was a re-
Mr. Boutoiie dlsclsimed any intention OF re:
ilecting upon the Speaker but be again r urged
Hffhe Chair has ruled. on the question" an
cdn hS 81 the sad MRpfs GR the de-
Ma Ena oye TsRs 10 sS SAID the
YEARLY, but itscems that every morning.,
,errupteS Mr. IT, BoSteie ferSey II stand here
AS representative, OF minority and with a
The Speaker thou the discussion was be-
susse toward Inc speaker would not be per
aud nays on Mr.. Catchingss motion for the
previous question, and amid deaieninG up.
roar in the House the Clerk began to call the
roll very rapidly. lie had not cnlled more than
a dozen nainos amid degree OF contust lon 50
deatening that he could scarcely be heard.
when Mr.. burrows rose from his seat in
the first row and appealed to the Speaker for
recognition. No attention was paid to his APP
dcred the Clerk to suspend. and then inquired
i9r what purpose Mr. burrows wished recoR-
point Of order. The Speaker told him that the
roll call could not be interrupted. and he or
=" but wish to make the point OF order that
there 10 so much disorder in the House that
members cannot hear their names" shouted
The speaker said the point was we'll taken.
and while broad smile was seen on the faces
the roll call while the Speaker pounded his
desk trying to obtain order.
vote % Ss tns bsm ofHFH sa hi
that he would change his vote from DO" 10
Was the gentleman recorded In, the mega
He was not" said the speaker. after In
curing o. the Clerk: but how 10 that Inn
- 1t is important" Mr.. Reed iuterposed. he
cause cause the gentleman may not now have the
- -" vote! 'no.,",said Mr.. Lane and wish
The change will be made" said the Speaker.
and il was made
Mr: Hines .bs%;, NY about whose posl,ion
had voted. He was informed that Nj. Haines
r.. about whom there had been iit. aues:
Yeas lU1 nays. Ono quorum. twenty-five
which was ordered. and showed the presence
the call we're then dlspensed with, and the
question required on Mr.. Catchings's motion
call iJe Dem ocrats Voted in the 'r Sfmatiye e
On Nlr. Cstchings's motion to order call o,
the House the Republicans nlibustered and
dsred ~ a vote o.. ,1J7 yeas to 2. nays During
Mr. Gea can NJ h spGufn r wh see sne ana ndTH
Perkins. all OF Iowa, were reached, asked that
on Important business The House was - in n
good humor and excused the first three with
~. stone f.P to
enough "would-be, Senator's" had been OK
cased. and objected. . Lot us excuse the whole
Mr.. stone was about to Withdraw his oblec-
ton when Mr. Reed suggested that the lie
publicAns had no objection to voting to excuse
MIR. Perkins. Acting on the hint, Mr.. Hull
moved that he bo excused.
| ion. and then Tor teilers, saying In his dry
way thht a rising vote was not sufficiently
poi ted 70 make the vote ore certain. The
moti9r was disagreed to By vote OF 81 TO "a.
and Mr.. Reed called for the yeas. and nays
cded nflirmatiyely by a Vote Of l33 in tho az
lirmativ" &c llU in tho negative no quorum
men,Lsr Tor one dav. The Republicans " rot t
only succeeded in excus!ng Mr. Perkins. but
Also managed 70 consume about one hours
Mr. Reed now moved an adjournment.
Mr. McMi lin Dem. Tenn asked whether
ress when the interruption occurred.
The speaker said that thore appeared TO be
going on (which statement caused a ripple OF
merriment on the Repu blican sidel. but THAT tho
Mr.. Grosysnor Ken. Ohio had a suSaestion
blll; On Jan, ], he said Mr., Moklnies would
efnor * Ohio By iU5OSS maority and SH he
thought that day would be an suspicious time
The speaker ignored. the suggestion and
| put the question on Mr. Reeds motion to ad-
journ. which was lost,
Mr.. Catchings Dem, Miss introduced a
resolution from the Committee on kules. as
| follows:
ordsrsd, That the Sergeant tArms take in'o Gus
tody and bring to tho bar OF tie House such of
members as are absent without leave OF the House
TINS order shall continue IN force beyond the adjourn
lnsnI OF The session q TO-DAY and until tho further
order Of the House Tue Arms II directed
TO employ suteienI number OF deputies 20 execute
this order and lake into custody SAID Abssnees whs
ever they may be found.
The previous question was ordered on the
| resolution. which WAS agreed TO amid q storm
Of applause and cheers on the Democratic
side: and at O'Clock, on motion of Mr. Catch
ings the House adjourned until Monday at
noon.
report was current about the hall Of the
House o-day that Democrats were suggesting
to Speaker Crisp that the time had come 70
ADOPT SO much OF the Reed rules OF the Fifty
first Congress as peImlttel the Speaker to
count quorum. The Speaker was Rske cd what
foundation, II any, there was for the TumoT.
a" None at all" he replied. unless II be a
| ioeulaI remark OF mine TO Representative
Oates the other dAy, As left the desk Mr.
Oates asked II IL was not time to count a
quorum. and said not yet With me II Is not
any nearer tho time to countA quorum than il