The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-01

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kept tally, and that it did not show a
quorum voting,
The Speaker The gentleman from New
York is not the keeper Of the roll for the
House Applause. The clerk will pro
ceed with the call.
Mr. Reed, persistiug, amid cries of
regular order" stated that when a mem
Der aruse and suggested that an error had
been committed, he was entitled to re-
spectful treatment from the chair and
from the House.
The Speaker-Has not the gentleman
had itl There has been no suggestion
that the vote had been impeached by the
gentleman from NeW York If one is made
the chair will De glad to have 1t examined
in the interest of right and truth
AN EXCITING MOMENT.
While this colloquy was proceeding.
members rushed down the aisles to the
center, and Messrs. Outhwaite and Nc
Millin, dem, of Tennessee, asserted that
Mr.. Tracey had accepted the validity and
correctness of the vote by moving to re-
consider it, His remedy was to have the
vote recapitulated, and this he had failed
TO do
The confusion became so great. mem.
bers shouting at each other and the chair.
that the speaker suspended proceedings
until comparative order was restored by
the mem bers taking their seats.
Mr.. Reed, resuming, stated that he had
been out of the hall while the roll was be-
ing called, attending a meeting of the
committee on rules, at which he under
stood he was to have an opportunity
to be heard on the order reported, aud, Of
course, did not know what had occurred.
The gentleman from. New York. MIR
Tracey, had informed him that quorum
had not voted, and knowing that the gen
tleman had been keeping tally for a mum
Der of days without making an error, he
was so much impressed with the state
mentDf the gentleman that he felt it 10
be his duty to call the attention of the
chair and the House to it, that the error
might be corrected if one had been made.
Mr.. McMillin, dem, of Tennessee, de-
clared that the gentleman from New
YORK should speak for himself, and not by
proxy.
Mr.. Meredith, dem, of Virginia-Mr
Speaker there has been a comedy OF
errors here, and the gentleman from New
York has been in error for some weeks
and is in error now.
TRACEY EXPLAINS.
Mr.. Tracey endeavored to make h i'm
self heard, and finally succeeded He
said that it was a matter of bat littl
moment A quorum would be secured in
any event, he conceded. But he had kept
what he believed to be a correct tally
and it showed but ia votes. But he
would not undertake to impeach the ac-
curacy Of the official count. 'Whereupor
the storm subsidized and the roll call pro-
ceeded
When the letter T was reached there
was a slight squall Mr. Reed called the
attention OF the chair to the fact that the
clerk, after calling Mr. Talbert, of South
Carolina, returned and called Mr.. Stock
dale, OF Mississippi, which he said was
out of order.
CRISP AGREES WITH REED,
The speaker cofncided with the gentle
man from Maine, who continued TO hold
the floor, and said: at is decidedly oui
Of order. The clerks have no right to in-
terest themselves on the floor to back up
their actions, but it is only part Of what
we have been having"
Mr.. Springer, dem, of Illinois, stated
that Mr.. StOckdale had responded when
his name was called.
Speaker Crisp directed the clerk not tc
return to name after it had been passed
it was not in order.
Mr.. Outhwaite's 5 demand for the previ
Gus question was seconded by a vote OF
l7O to l, and again the friends of the
pending bill expressed their pleasure al
On the passage of the order, tn 4 vote
on the division was ayes 145; noes 0. The
yeas and nays were ordered Before the
call had proceeded far, however, Mr. Bur.
rows and Mr. Reed criticised the method:
of the reading clerks. Mr.. Burrows said
the roll was really called four times
every name being repeated on each rol
call. Mr. Reed called attention TO the
fact that the calling was irregular, some
names being called once, Others twi e. anC
some three times, until the clerk forces ar
answer. There was no authority for this
they contended.
The speaker, stated that he cid moi
know how the practice has grown up, but
ever since he had been in the House the
names had been called twice when mem
Der failed to answer. The philosophy of
the rule, he supposed to be that with the
least necessary delay every member
should have an opportunity to vote and
a repetition of the name probably was
the best method OF securing that end.
The vote resulted: Yeas l65, nays IL
three less than quorum; and at 4
O'Clock, on motion of Mr. Cultivate, the
House adorned Uutil noon tomorrow.