The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-23
IN REEDS STYLE.
At LAST Il DEMOCRATIC HOUSE
COUNTS Il QUORUM.
NO OTHER WAY TO DO BUSINESS.
The Republican Filibusterers Cannot NO"
Absolutely Stop All Business-Absen-
tees Must Now Pay the Penalty.

washington, April 17.-(Special.) by a
vote Of 213 to At the house today adopted
the rule reported by the committee on
rules providing that members present anu
declining to vote shall be counted to make
a quorum.
The rule provides that the count snail De
made by telers, who shall stand at the
clerks desk and note those members pres
ent who do not vote.
The affirmative vote stood lZS democrats
and IS republicans. =
The fortY-Seven negative votes were az
democrats-democratS who Dolted the party
caucus that declared for the rule. When
the rule first reported to the mousse
this morning the republicans opposed II, put
when they found it Impossible to either &C.
feat it or amend it, as Tom Reed had IL III
his code Of rules, they voted for At
Sow the Fi:hi WAN Conducted.
Immediately after the chaplain had con-
Guided the Lords prayer, Mr.. CatchlnsS
got the floor and stated that by dfecllon
of the committee rules he would with
draw the report Of the committee mace
last week, proposing to line members lor
uuexcused absence and failure TO vote.
That having been done, he offered the reso-
luton agreed upon by the committee as d
substitute for the DE Almond feSoIutlol'
referred TO the committee by democratic
caucus last FRIDAY. Following Is me ieoo-
Amend rule 10 by inserting between
clauses : and the following as CLAUSE
aIu cLanfru$s the IunlDef OL Clause 10 q.
. Lpon every roll call ana before the De
ginning, the speaker shall name nenipets
from each size oil the pending question: -
practicable, who shall take tnelr places az
the clerks desk to tell the names OIL az
least enough me mters who are In the nan W.,
OF the house gu: ms the ron call VINO 40
not respond, Vnrn added TO those respond
ing. to make Q|ti I'm II a Quorum uoes
not respond on the roll call, then the names
OF those noted or present shall De re-
porLeG lAe speaker VINO shall cause inc
list to be calleu from the clerk 5 oeSh ailu
recorded in the journal and III determining
the presence Of quorum TO 40 LiSIlleSS
ent and those so rep"itc4 present, shan oe
considered. Members noted may, when
tiielr names are called record their votes,
nolwiths landing the provisions OIL CLAUSE
Amend clause OF rule by adding the
following words: And on call should ne
not vote, he snail answer present" so as
TO read: 'r:very mr:nbtr Shall be present
within the HAN of the house during ITS SIT, ST
vented. and shall vote on each question
put, unless he has direct personal or pecu-
mary interest in the event OF such Questlppn on
and on roll call. should he not VOTE he
MI Burrows, republican, Of Michigan,
asked if the previous question were then
ordered would it not cut off amendment or
substitute. =,
Mr.. Catchings responded that it would,
MIR Burrows then asked to be aIloWeo
to offer as d substitute for the rule re-
congress, as presenting the views OF the
minority.
Tom Reeds Rule.
This was agraed to and the rule was read,
ON the demand of any member, or at the
suggestion OF the speaker, the names Of
the han of the house, who 90 not vote, shail
be counted by TIE clerk and recorded in the
journal ana reported to the speaAer I'd WIN In
counted and announced in determining the
presence of a quorum to do business
1Clause 3. rule Is. fifty .congress)
MIR Catchingss request for unanimous
consent was then submitted and Mr.. Wells
Mr.. Catchings then moved that the pre-
vio-y question be ordered on the passage
of the resolution. 400
yeas, %. The republicans generally voted
against ordering the previous question. The
the previous question was ordered.
AIR Burrows stated that the rule reported
by the committee and TIE substitute Offer
ed by him both contained the principle OF
counting a quorum differing only as to the
the adoption of the principles by the house
but desiring rather that the democratic
majority should have an : e nnobst l op-
he would withdraw the substitute.
The debate was opened by Mr. Catch
ings in a brief explanation of the rule say
ing 1t was the result of the action OF the
caucus of last Friday.
Mr., Springer said the proposed rule con,
templated no change of the constitution; 1t
was only proposition whereby the mousse
could do the business for which the mem
hers had been sent here; Q}epublican APP
plause) The house had sat here for a
month past and done scarcely two DAYS
work He was tired OF it, ne SAD hi, ana tha
adoption of the rule as the dawn OF
better era in American LEGISLATION. .v,,ar,,s
was accompanied by almost continuous APP
plause from the republican benches
Racket in the galleries.
Mr. KiIgore was greeted with round of
applause as he began to speak. which
caused Speaker Crisp to warn the galleries
Unat they were present OWING to Inc couf-
them TO refrain from any demonstration.
In this case, SAID the speaker, tine chair
noticed tnat the applause started IN the
MI Kigorc said he rose chiefly to ex-
press his unalterable opposition to the
man from Maine (8lr. Reed was the par
enC. The rule was unnecessary III ms
opinion. Rules were not adopted by par
liamentary bodies to expedite, but 10 nm
der the transaction of business; to bride
the majority and to compel IT to take all
Mr.. kussell, of Georgia, lamented the
humi!atlng spectacle presented to the coun-
try by the democratic majority OF the house
with 10 or 81 more votes man me iGpj!,tcr
icans and 50 more than IL majority, nndiiS
themselves unable to do business Nltnout
calling to their aid the. exceptions! and rev
dictionary methods of the Aity-TrSt con
M. Reed said: 81 do not desire to address
the house again upon the general SUBJECT.
This scene here today is q more effective
address than any | could make. me house
is about to adopt the principle Tor "hicn
we contended in the ffty-first congress, ana
is about to adopt it under circumstance
which show conclusiyely to the country
its value No words that / can utter can
add to the importance of the occasion.
ronesra tIllate the fifty-third congress upon
the wise decision that it is about TO make.
(ADDlause on the republican side.l
Nj Cultivate spoke in favor OF the pro-
Nr Cummings opposed it.
The debate was closed by Mr.. CatchinSs
who p0inted out the necessity for the adop-
non Of the rule and said the present con-
ditions were widely different from those
which obtained in the fifty-iirst congress
and against which the democratic party
protested
The Rule a dOpted.
The vote on the passage of the reSolu-
ton was announced at o'clock to have
been yeas 212, nays A.
So the resolution was agreed to. This
announcement was received with loud APP
plause on the republican side and many
members surrounded Mr. Reed and CON
graduated him upon the final triumph of
the principle for which he had SO Ions con-
tended. Several oX-memberS also proffered
their congratulations. AS ne few
lobby the galleries broke out anew in APP
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