Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-02-17

WASHING roN, Feb 7.--After the read
ing and correction OF yes erday's journal
the house took mp the special order, which
was the consideration of the Hawaiian
resolutions of the foreign affairs commit
tee, and the yeas and nays were called.
The house again failed To adopt the Me-
Crcary resolutions for lack OF "a quorum,
the vote standing--yeas ~, nays 8
One hundred and seventy-seven menu
bcrs having voted on the Hawaiian reso-
lution-two less than what had been re-
garded as quorum, Mr.. Springer, dem
Illinois. made the point that II did not re-
quirc a ma jority of the full house 10 make
quorum, and after considerable argu-
ment the speaker decided To submit the
question TO the house for ITS q cision.
After consuming over an hour in the dis
cussion ~ whether u quorum consisted OF
majority of the present members OF the
house, or OF full membership, the gor-
dian knot was cut by Mr. Springer with
drawing the point of order, when another
roll cali was ordered on the question or
adopting the Hawaiian resolution. On
the second roll call ii became evident that
the democrats had IA quorum and the re-
publicans changed their tactics and voted
no and the resolution was agreed to.
The vote by which the McCreary resolu-
tion was adopted was. Yeas-l77, nays
75.
WAsHINGToN. Feb s.-'rhe resolution
presented just before adjournment last
evening tina The sergeant at arms
should be directed fo bring In
absent mem bers did not appear TO bave
borne fruit tins morning, fer at the hour
OF meeting there did not seem to bs
q quorum of democrats on
the floor OF the house.
After an unsuccessful effort bv Mr. Reed
to have the speaker correct the journal to
show the absence OF -
quoi um yesterday and prevent
arrested members from voting. this
morning he demanded a vote on the last
proposition Mr.. Bland moved TO lay on
the table. Agreed to-yeas 1862, nays So
WASHINGTON. Feb 9.---In the house this
morning difficulty was precipitatcd by
the discovery that Mr. Babcock, rep,
Wisconsin, was recorded as having voted
yesterday, whereas he was not pres ent on
the floor. As this would make less than
a quorum on the vote to go into committee
OF the whole there was some question as
to the status of the seigniorage bill.
At l2:7 Mr.. Bland, dem, Missouri,
moved that the house go into committee
of the whole to consider the seigniorage
bill and IL was agreed to without division.
Mr. Bland resumed his remarks on the
bill. The principal object OF his bill. he
said. was not TO redeem the notes issued
under the sherman law, but 70 coin the
silver now remaining III tnc treasury
Bland was followed by c. w. Stone Of
Pennsylvania. one Of the repu blican mem-
bers of the coinage and weights commit
tee, who antagonized the bill
WASHINGTON, Feb l0.--The house ad-
journed almost Immediately after the
reading OF the journal. out Of respect for
the memory OF the late Representative
Houck OF Olio.
Before the adjournment Mr. Loud of
California asked that the Stanford eulo-
gies which had been set down for today
De made "a specia! order for o'clock on
Monday afternoon, in view of the
anticipst adjournment of the
house today, which was agreed to
Mr.. Outhwaite of Ohio announced the
death OF Mr. Houk, To the house, and re-
quested the appointment of committee
TO accompany the remains to Ohio. The
speaker thcreupon appointed the follow
ing members:
Messrs. Hare, Hulick and Ri DC OF
Ohio, Springer of Illinois. Meknik 4
Maryland, Bryan of Nebraska ana Eiiis
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