The morning call., 1894-03-29
JOY AND HILBORN TO Go.
That Much Is Probably Settled
Already.
REPUBLICANS FIGHT FOR TIME.
1t Is a Gallant Struggle, but the
End Can Be Easily
Foretold.

WASHINGTON, March 28.-When the
Speakers gavel fell.to-day there were less
than eighty members on the floor Oh the
House. The House proceeded with some
routine business pending areport expected
from the Rules Committee for the uisposi-
ton of the contested election cases OF
O'Neill against Joy and English against
Hilborn.
Letters from the Secretary OF the Treas
ury and the Acknowledgement were trans
mitted, asking for additional approprla-
tions for the secret service and the United
States courts.
Outhwaite, from the Committee ] on
Rules, reported a rule limiting debate TO
two hours each on the election cases, the
final vote then to be taken. lie demanded
the previous question on the adoption OIL
the rule, and the vote resulted 164 TO noth-
ing. Tom Reed made the point OF no
Quorum and the Speaker voted In the al
firmative. The result was greeted with ap-
pause. This is the first time for week
that the Democrats have mustered a
quorum.
Reed criticised the deposition to hustle
contests through the House without dis
cusson. He said the purpose of the Re
publicans had been to call attention to
great outrage, the House and country being
in the habit of paying little attention 10
election cases. Cultivate replied by
saying that more time for discussion of
these cases in the first place had been Of
fered. He also reviewed the action Of the
Fifty-frst Congress on election cases, and
pointed out the quick manner in which
cases were then disposed of.
Reed moved to commit the rule, with
instructions to report rule allowing fur
ther time. The Speaker was inclined to
think this motion should lot be enter
tanned. Reed argued the case on con-
stiiutional grounds, but the Speaker held
the motion to rec0mmit was equivalent to
a proposition 90 amend. and amendments
we're not in order until the previous Ques-
tiUn had been ordered. therefore the mo-
tion was not in order On the question Of
| adopting the report Of the committee.
Outhwaite demanded the ayes and noes,
and the division developed the lack of
quorum, the Republicans refraining from
voting.
The resolution of the Committee on
Elections. declaring John j. O'NeIll en-
titled TO the seat for the Eleventh District
of Missouri, was read, and Patterson
of Tennessee was recognized on the side
of the majority report, and Daniel of
| New York ON the side OF the minority.
| Patterson's statement involved very
elaborate and extended explanation of the
Missouri ballot law. Representative
| Daniel. Republican from New York. fol-
lowed with an explanation Of the Aus
| tralian ballot law of Missouri. As to the
IL. f,,fs tel nF Ind
were not on the ballot, Daniel con-
tended that this was an error to be charged
against the Judges and not against the
| voters.
| Paynter of Kentucky followed. arguing
| that the absence of the initials Of the
| judges from the ballots invalldated them.
| Batholdt (R.) from Missouri contends that
the Republican vote of Missouri amounted
! tn So per cent of the Democratic vote. and
/ that the gerrymander had enabled them to
secure a representation of only Is per
cent. Now it was proposed to cut this
down one half. The election machinery
was all in the hands of the Democrats.
| Den son (D.) from Alabama argued for the
contestant and the majority report, while
Griffin D.) of Michigan argued against
the majority report. A request for unani-
nous consent to extend his remarks was
refused. Joy (R) of Missouri. whose seat
was the question of issue, argued against
the recount of the ballots thai had built up
his majority. The grounds of tie contest.
he claimed, as finally made, were not
valid. Reed pointed out that the Missouri
statute provided that Judges are required
to put their initials on ballots. Further.
that the Judges shall not deposit a
ballot unless il has the initials.
He held that this was in order to give the
voter a chance t. rectify the omission If
the initial was at first omitted. He said it
was proposed to disfIanchise over 900
voters on account of the fault Of the
Judges. Call (R-) of Massachusetts closed
for the minority report. and brown (D.) of
Indiana consumed the balance of the time
for the majority report. He claimed that
they were bound to observe the statute of
Missouri whether 1t gave power to Judges
to disfranchise voters or not.
The vote then recurred on the substitute
for the report of the majority OF the CON-
mittee presented by the minority. declar-
ing Joy entitled to his seat, and re-
sulted-ayes 102. noes 146
Burrows, Representative from Michi-
gan, moved 10 reconsider and Springer
The Re ublicans then preciDtated another
filibuster by making the point of no quo
rum on the division and the rollcall was
taken, the Republicans not voting. The
vote was-ayes 137, noes 8. The House