The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-03-01
HUNTING A QUORUM.
ANOTHER DAY ERITTERED AWAY BY
THE HOUSE.

On WsfhinGton's Birthday H.. i,
Earnest.
!. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2l.-Less thar
! four score Representatives were in
, their seats to day when the session OF
the House was opened, but Deputy
Sergeant-at-A farms Hill asserted that a
voting quorum would be on hand in
the course Of the day.
Bland would not say that the bill
would be disposed Of however. lie
said a number of amendments would
be offered to his seigniorage bill, and
upon them, of course, debate will fol.
low under the five minute rule aud he
could not say when a vote would be
reached
After prayer and the reading of the
journal. Reed suggested that a report
was in order from the Sergeant alarms
respecting his actions under the order
to arrest absentGes so that the House
might know how the poll stood. Col
onel Snow thereupon reported that all
absenteeS were either in the city or on
route hither, except the sick and ex.
cused ones, and seven who have been
sent for by authorized deputies.
Reed: Has the gentleman from
| Ohio, (J ohnson) who is reported in a
Cleveland telegram this morning to be
so defiant Of the authority Of the
House, been sent for 2"
The Speaker : 1.-The Chair is i'll
formed that a deputy has been sent to
arrest him.
johnson is quoted as saying he
would not regard summons to re-
turn.)
Reed care any of the Representa-
| tives here under arrest ?"
Snow There have been no further
| arrests
Reed 9" should like to ask, why !?
you had no difficulty in arresting half
dozen Republicans.
Snow "Mr. Speaker, would like
some Information. Am | expected to
arrest members upon the floor Of the
| House Z"
The Speaker "The Sergeant-at at.
Arms Is expected to execute the war.
rants presented to him.
The Sergeant alarms retired to car
ry out his instructions and the commit
tees were called for reports.
When the list had been concluded
Bland asked unanimous consent tha
members under arrest be excused with
out being brought before the bar OF th'
House.
Reed 81 shall have to object. Gu
members were paraded here in front
and we want to see yours.
The Sergeant alarms, not beiDJ
ready to report, Bland moved to go int,
committee of the whole on his bill t,
coin the sejgniOrage Of the Treasury
silver bullion, and on that motion, de-
manded the previous question.
| Without a division on ordering the
previous question on his motion, Bland
called for the yeas and nays, and they
ware ordered. The vote resulted !:
Yeas 150 ; nays, ll-nine less than a
| quorum. The following Republicans
voted with the bulk of the Democrats
in favor of the motion Of Bland: Bowers
Of California. Broderlck Of Kansas,
Funston of Kansas, Hartmon OF Mon:
tana and Wilson of Washington-5.
Also the following Populists !: Baker
Of Kansas, Bell Of Colorado, Rowen of
| Minnesota, Davis of Kansas, Ken of
| Nebraska, Pence of Colorado and
Simpson of Kansas--8.
The negative vote was made up OF
Bel'Zhoover Of Pennsylvania, Cobb Of
| Missouri, Everett Of Massachusetts,
Hall Of Minnesota. McAlCer of Penn
sylvania, O'Neill Of Massachusetts,
Plgott Of Connecticut, Rusk Of Mary
land, Siclles Of New York and Wolvcr.
ton or Pennsylvania-all Democrats.
at the announcement Of the result,
Bland moved call Of the House,
which was ordered. 1t showed 271,
members In the hall. Tho proceedings
under the call were dispensed with and
another vote began.
The second vote resulted: Yeas 157,
nays 10. This was loss of three from
the first VHte ard twelve short of
quorum.
1t was stated at the desk informally
that at the time the first roll call was
made, there were nine prosllver Rep
resentatives in the House or the corri-
doris, who failed to vote. The addition
of that number TO the vote would have
produced quorum.
Bland made the motion to order a
call Of the IOuse, whereupon Reed in
terJected: cit seems to me that the
House might better occupy this tim o
In discussing the bill, than in wasting
1t as the gentleman from Missouri per
sists in doing"
McMIllin (Dem.) of Tennessee: "Aud
when VIII the gentleman from Maine
agree to vote?"
Reed: When we got through"
McMillin: "And when will that be?"
Reed: "Why, when we have finished
OF course. The idea that these gentle
men have the tail OF the situation in
their hands before we shall be allowed
TO debate the subject is all wrong. The
custom is for the body to debate a thing
until they get through with 1T. (Cries
of regular order.') That is what we
are trying to do; aud H. IS shame that
we cannot be allowed to do it. (Re-
neWed cries of "order. " by an impotenJ
body that cannot furnish a quorum"
At this point, Speaker Crisp directed
the reporters not to take note Of the
colloquy proceeding out of order.
"Gentlemen cannot" he said, mako
statements out of order aud hope to
get them In the record"
Reed remarked that the Speaker was
entirely correct and he hoped that the
ruling would be enforced.
The Chair: "It will be-"
On Bland's motion to order a call Of
the House, Reed asked for tellers and
having secured them, Bland demanded
the yeas and nays, thus Introducing
variation Of the routine Of filibusting
and slightly cemplicating the situation.
On the motion to order call of the