Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-02-24
RULINGS OF reed
May Be Tried Secure a
Quorum in the House.
ARRESTED MEMBERS EXCUSED.
Another Dav Of Warfare Without Ac-
complishing Any Result.

WAsHrNoToN, Feb. 24--Every effort to
secure quorum for the passage of the
Bland seigniorags bill having failed, the
friends Of that measure are willing to
have another. and are circulating petit
ton to that end In the hope of agreeing
upon some plan that will relieve them
from their present dilemma
The sentiment In favor of the speaker
counting . quorum, AZ was done in the
Fifty first congress- by Speaker Reed, is
hourly growing In favor. The silver ad-
vocates and the extreme Dem ocrats have
heretofore denounced that course. but
now. when they are desirous of securing
the passage of their pet measure, they ap-
pear to be willing that 1t, or some other
equally sosroivs plan, should be adopted.
1t In admitted that the Bland bill can
not pass unlsss some rule In adopted to
compel those present to vote or be
counted. Many of the members who
have been cooperating with Bland to Sc
sure the passage of the seigniorage bill
will not follow him longer than another
day. Nearly week has already been
wasted, and they think that the house
should proceed to the consideration of the
appropriation bills that are now waiting
for action and othsr important leglsla-
tion.
Nothing bus Talk.
The house was called to order by Clerk
Kerr, In the absence of Speaker Crisp,
who II confined to his room by illness.
He read letter from the speaker appoint
lag Mp Richardson speaker pro tenn, and
Mr.. Richardson took the chair.
Mr. Bland moved the previous question
Ax.A A. A. n
other gentleman to speak in their own
right, but offered to yield to any one who
wanted TO speak.
on Mr.. BANDS motion resulted: Yeas,
s5; nays. 1853. So the previous question
was not ordered.
Resolved, That all members who have been
arrested by authority of the house, adopted on
the 18th inst, are hereby discharged from
custody.
Mr.. Reed raised the point of order that
his motion related to single individual;
the substitute covered all of q class,
which was clearly inadmissible.
Mr.. Bland moved that tho gentleman
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Adams) be ex-
cused. Later on he withdrew that motion
and moved that all further proceedings
under the call Of the house, under which
the order of arrest was made, be dispensed
with. This would end all proceedings and
vacats the arrests made.
After debate by Mr.. Springer, Mr. Dock
cry and others, the chair overruled the
point Of order, and then, at sos, put and
declared carried the motion of Mr.. Bland,
and announced that all the members un-
der arrest were discharged.
Or Mr.. Bland's motion 70 take up the
ssigniorags bill and close debate at 5
o'clock today, the house voted on divi-
sion, lat to l. The point of no quorum
was made, and the call of the yeas and
nays was ordered.
The remainder of the afternoon was ex-
haustsd In flibustering, and at o'clock
. recess was taken till O'Clock.
~ the night session the first bill re-
ported was to q grant . pension to Mrs.
Fannie NJ. Norman, widow Of . first lieu
tenant In the Florida Indian war in 1896,
Of u . month. She is 80 years old. The
bill was laid aside with favorable recon-
nsndation. Several other bills were re-
ported, but the point of no quorum WAS
raised, and at $50 the house adjourned.