Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-01

! ously working night and day. 10 restore a
| rotten monarchy. interviewing again and
! again a self-dethroncd queen. listening to
! talk from her 30 barbarous and savage
| that the President dsd not dare 10 send
! IT TO Congress and 10 the people"
At this point Mr.. Frye paused. and sug-
! rested that, az it was now O'clock and
/ ne understood there was 10 be caucus
I nj 2:sO o'clock and some executive business
might be desired. he would now yield the
/ floor.
You may gon on" said Mr.. Gray. In an
undertone.
II would like TO have some more Demo-
| Gratis 20 hear me-" Mr.. Frye said, as he
I here noticed that there were not more
than ten Democratic senator's In the cham
Der.
an executive session was thereupon pro-
posed by Mr. Morgan. and was ordered.
The Senate afterwards. at 2.25, adj
! joufne1 until tomorrow.
House of Representatives.
After the call OF committees for re-
ports Nh Kilgorc offered a resolution
which he said ought to DO a matter OF
! privilege n Il were not IL was read for
7 Information. II recited the law requiring
I the Scrgcant-at-Arms to withhold the
salary Of a representative who was absent
otherwise THAI on account OF the sickness
that at this session of Congress many
members had been absent; and he called
upon the Ssrgcant-at-Arms to report
whether or not the law in this respect
had been Obeyed by him. and II he had
been dcrelict therein, TO report why. He
was also asked If In his opinion the law
could not be- enforced TO inform the
House the reasons therefor
Mr.. Reed made the point that the reso-
luton did not present a matter Of privi-
legc rs il was drawn. II was simply n
resolution asking an officer Of the House
his opinion upon a question OF law.
Speaker crisp called the attention Of
Mr. Kilgore to the fact that the resolu
ton contained no allegation that an
officer of the House had failed TO dis
charge his duty under the rules or under
the law which was necessary TO make
Il n privileged matter. II was simply a
resolution Of inquiry directed TO an officer
Of the House. Mr. kilgore thereupon
Withdrew the resolution.
Mr.. Bland moved that the House go
into Committee OF the Whole upon his
sclgniorage bnl and that general debate
be- closed at 3 o'clock Thursday. On this
motion the vote by division was 127 to
,.
Mr. Tracey made the point Of no quo
rum. and the yeas and nays were called.
Before the result Of the vote was an
nounce1. Mr.. Livingston OemocraO. OF
Georgia. said he desired to submit a mo-
ton Rule s. he said, required members
present unless excused. TO vote upon
every proposition presented to the House.
The gentleman from New York Mr.
Tracey had refused to vote. and he de-
mandcd that he be brought before the
bar Of the House and explain his refusal
to vote. Mr.. Johnson OemocraO. of ohio.
said he had a list Of twenty-five members
who had violated the rule which he Of
fered 10 send TO the desk
The Chair stated that the the rule was
well known. The Chair could not enforce
the rule otherwise than 10y appealing Ia
members 10 observe it. The Chair was
but the organ of the House. and would
never make a rule unless authorized and
directed 50 10 DO by the House. Gap
plausc)
Mr.. Eoatner argued In support of Mr..
LivingstOn's motion. 1t was, he said.
an effort to bring "A member TO answer for
Il wiiful contempt and violation Of the
rules. The House ought to determine
here ana now whether or not member
! can defy its rules.
The Chair stated that under the rules
II WIS his duty TO announce the result
Of the vote.
The result was-yeas. 1863; nays. s.
five short of quorum. ii was said that
five supporters OF Mr. Bland failed 10 get
their votes in because they were not in
the hall of the House when called. These.
IN addition TO those recorded, would have
made the quorum.
McSsrs. Clancy and Magner, Of the New
York delegation who had heretofore re-
Trained from voting, voted in favor OF |
the proposition.
ALMOST 4 CRISIS.
These proceedings had been watched |
with the keenest interest by members,
especially the Republicans, as having
within them the possibility of history
making. when the Chair announced the
vote. however, and the incident was over.
the humdrum Of routine was resumed and
the members who had been eagerly crowd
ing into the pit in front Of the clerks
desk faded rapidly away.
Mr. Bland moved call Of the House.
on this motion there were, first. a viva
voce vote: then a vote by division; third,
vote by tcllers-Messrs. Bland and
Reed officiating; and finally vote by
yeas and nays The latter resulted-yeas,
lSg nays, 1. So the roll-call was ordered.
1t showed 2G5 members present and re-
spending to their names.
on the motion 10 dispense with further
proceedings under the cali the same pro-
Icing taken, ending with the yeas and
nays.
The call resulted-yeas. 1S3; nays. 3;
thus dispensing with further proceedings.
Mr. bland renewed his motion ana the
yeas and nays were called. AS the roll
call proceeded it became apparent 10
many that a quorum would be obtained,
and members Keeping tally crowded about
the Clerks desk. Mr.. Tracey DemocraU.
Of New York. occupied the seat at when
for two weeks past he has kept tally with
the Clerk on roll-calls closely following
the responses TO the call. When II was
determined that a quorum had been OBJ
tanned on the second call of the roll. Mr..
Tracey voted aye, amid slight applause
from the Democratic side, his purpose
being, rs afterwards appeared, TO move a
reconsideration.
The announcement OF the vote by the
Speaker-177 yeas to Z nays-evoked
round of hearty applause from the Demo-
Gratis and Populists.
Mr.. Cultivate DemocraD, of Ohio, and
Mr. Tracey Democrat, Of New YORK.
were on their feet demanding recognition
the former to present an order from the
Committee on Rules limiting debate on
the pending bill and amendments 10 two
hours and the latter TO move recon-
sileration of the vote just taken. Mr. |
Cultivate was given the floor. and the
Speaker stated after putting the question.
that Mr.. Tracey had interposed motion
to reconsider.
AN ANGRY COLLOQCY.
Mr.. Cultivate demanded the previous
question on his motion. but the yeas ana
nays were ordered without division.
After a name or two had been called Mr..
Reed precipitated an angry discussion
which for intensity equalled the famous
scenes I'm the Fifty-frst Congress. when
Speaker Reed was counting quorums.
The gentlemen from Maine suggested
that a roll-call was out of order mas
much as the last vote did not disclose the
presence OF a quorum
The Speaker: by what authority does
the gentleman make that statement
Mr.. Reed: I am Informed by the gem
tIeman from CNew York (Mr. Tracey
that he kept n tally. and that 1t did not
show a quorum voting.
The Speaker: The gentleman from New
York is not the keeper of the roll TOT the
House CApplause) The Clerk VIII pro
coed with the call.