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ttoV Washington, April 13.-The Democratic
~, y. lnaEers III the house to-day decided TO
" ~ LNj "a heroic measures to force the Repub-
.sak y lna To participate in the proceedings
~ - committee on rules, consisting OF
-hos saker Crisp, Messrs. Cultivate and
afds astchinxy DEM and Messrs. Reed and
!, Erh+ crows Rep), held a meeting just be
'oa3 W the house convened and formulated !
Saeerrule to crLsh hl.busttring, making the |
light nalty of failure to vote punishable by |
Is, SlsA of SO. The Republicans having /
5, Sg1ixanre OF the rules by which their |
nds were to be tied before the meeting, |
- the house, Messrs. Reed and Burrows
'enu termined to contest every inch OF the |
efore lound, and fierce parliamentary tight
chan - Immediately precipitated. Speaker
cms bdDp. however, was III no humor Tor
lay, i6inx, and with stern hand he
If i. fept aside all preliminaries and
Tul,, reed the fight on the main issue. As
4 q,I sou ID the journal was read he recog-
vo1. xed MI. Catchings. from the committee
rt !, Il rules. to present the report. Mr..
A. !. atchings demanded the previous ques-
~. Ill. Mr. Reed tried to secure recogni-
al. but failed. The house was III an
proAr.
ao,, The speaker lost patience, and with
W.. ang of the gayel stated the question to
,.s ae on the demand for the previous ques-
- on. Mr.. Reed was left standing i'll the
= isle while the speaker took the rising
~ - ote. The Republicans declined to vote,
/, y nd when the speaker announced the re-
Sh9 ul:-00 to O-Mr Burrows made the
.t.~As - .a Nh,
ilaf yere demanded The Republicans We're
'aa'aete1 mined to force the Democrats to pro-
hg ha nee QuOrun at every stage Of the par
ard iamentAry progress looking to the adop-
ion of the roll, 'and when the roll was
- allied declined TO vote. Eleven of the
Democrats refused to give the proposed
II tile their approval, and voted against the
ealg temand for the previous question. They
v q we're ~ follows:
btish CauSey, Delaware; Coombs, Cummings,
Of New York; Geary, California; Geissen-
oFa llainer, New Jersey: Kngore, Texas Ma
\ al,uire, california; McAlter, Painter, Ken
Ills lucky; Ryan. Warner, New York.
COLTS The Populsts voted with the Demo
= rats III favor Of the demand The an-
i, announcement Of the vote-1H to IL
4 al showed that the Democrats were thirty
isaDga seven short of Il quorum After more tili-
aFe clustering a motion was finally carried
i sea, sa,tescinding all leaves of absence, and the
e a,honse adjourned.
be9 Washington April 14.-ln the senl+e
Messrs. PETER and Mitchell discussed
the tariff bill. A long Wrangle occurred
,tissa0ver motion to adjourn, but it finally
ay prevailed.
az a In the house the Republicans eontin-
iiar ued to hllbuster, and as the democrats
ut fc0uld not muster a quorum they CON
pab4 cluded to adjourn and hold Il eaneas,
peds which decided by a vote Of 50 to At &c
MI Instruct the committee on rules to .epori
now rule to ascertain and record the
presence of il quorum whether voting OIL
4. lot. Practically all the Democratic mem
tTl9 Y hers OF the house attended the caucus
Il iii Mr.. Hand presented a RI solution direct
hin Ing the ser@eant-ati tirms to carry out fhf
mn provision of section 10 chapter ;, Of thf
i h R<yiked Statutes, BY which deductions
enss from the salaries of members sh olld bt
nm made for every days absence. except o.
account of sickness. This was III &C
led cOfdanca with the action of the judiciary
res committee earlier il the day. 1t wa
i Nj unanimously adopted. Speaker Crisl
fnsr- took the floor and maize a vigorous spee.l
! ~ pointing out the deplorable position il
: i which the house found itself on acconn
"a 1t continued and persistent absenteeism
Quite q number Of speeches Were made
..,, III opposition to any and all rules lookln.
III to the counting Of members who refuse,
:. l.-s5 to vote Mr. Dearmond offered reso
The ta sAs10aa saAss140aa 81 apiess1is - - -. ,t
! 1 d caucus that the committee on rules shonl'
: l,rerGre new rule for ascerta'ning til
presence of 4 quorum. and also som
bassg .ir.r. $50 -, Mr naarmand,. resr
luton was carried by Il tWo-thiras ma
= iority to Al. This completed til
y !, WCrk1of the caucus.
in
iaa kxfhington. April 16.-Ihe strngy'
'oal O4N the adoption of the new quorum
net " ~ ming rule decided upon by the Dem
curatic caucus last Friday will be tn
feature Of the week in the house. III
uilf 6e@fils of the rule have not yet bee
Il 1crll,tlated by the Democratic member
staf ne The com1nittee rules, composed .
% aEs 8neaker Crisp and Messrs Catchings an
r.n 0uthwaite but it will probably be read
.saf "a submit ro the full committee when
moGn to-day. Inasmuch as about on
third Of the Democrats are violently q
cted 81 rc1ed to any quorun--eountlns rules
iii tldic0ted by the vote in the caucus u w
rs II impossible for the Democrats alon
MI should the Republicans decline to 70,
III # aEd the Democratic opposition sustal
10 ff1 opinions to the extent OF declining
vote, to make a quorum to adopt 2 ful
pei III other words, unless the rule frame
+ by the Democratic trlunslrate OF u
a1 fo.nmittee on rules should frame I'll
VIZ 1atisfactory to the Republicans the ia,t'
s could, if they chose, prevent its adoptlo
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