The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-07

| oHereu tH substitute, lt was lost,
first on q rising vote 0S TO 1888, thon on a
yca and nay vote 100 10 1872,
As on the prcvious roll call there was
no breaking away from pnrty linos,
Tho Populists voted with tho Ropubll.
cans.
Upon tho announcement OF this vote,
Mr.. Rood moved to ro.commlt tho 70.
port OF tho committee with tho accom-.
panying resolutions with inatructIons
to investigate all tho assertions Of fact
contained In tho RESOLUTION, offered by
tho committee aud now pending before
tho house. giving full opportunity OF
cross examination by members oil tho
committee as to tosiimony relating to
any person accused by tho RESOLUTION Of
crime or misconduct in Office, or other.
wise.
Upon this motion to re.commit Mr.,
Cummings (DGm.. Now York; voted
with tho Republcans, and Mr.. Sicklcs
Dem, New York, refused to yotc. The
motion was lost, 0S 10 16O. Mr. burrows
tried to move to lay on the table, but the
speaker hold that 1t was out OF order.
The vote thcn rccurrcd upon tho Nc,
Oteary RESOLUTION.
FiLLInusrERlsG.
Tho Rcpublicans, excepting Mr..
Broderick, of Kansas, sat silent in their
seats, refusing to answer to their namca.
Tho Populists also declined to vote. Mr..
sieklea voted squarely against the res.
oIution, and Mr.; Cummings, Coekrell,
(Dem.. Tex.,), and Geary, Dem, Gala,
did not vote, refusing TO place them-
selves on record for or against the reso.
luton. The vote resulted 100 ayes to
2nays. The Democrats lacked II Of a
quorum.
Mr.. McCreary Immediately moved a
call Of the house.
Mr.. Recd followed up the fibustcr.
ing programme by a rol! call upon this
motion. The call OF the house was or.
dered-l5S to IS.
Tho call Of tho house developed the
presence OF 245 memberP, the Republi.
cans, OF course, answering to their
| names.
During the call Of the names Of ab.
sentces for excuses, Mr.. Reed, Of Maine,
asked in succession that each member
who had failed to respond DO excused.
For thirty minutes, while these re.
quests were bciag put to the house, Mr..
Reed delayed proceedings. The Demo
Gratis were chatting a great deal under
the sarcastic remarks Of Mr.. Reed, but
tho word was quietly passed. around
that resolution would immediately be
adopted to revoke tho leaves OF absence,
aud he was allowed to proceed. As
soon as the call was completed, after all
the absentees had been excused at the
reqncs. of Mr.. Reed, Alr. McCreary pre-.
sented n resolution 10 revoke all leaves
OF absence, except those granted on nc
count OF sickness, and instructing the
sergeant-at-arms to telegraph absent
members and request their attendance.
Mr.. Reed saw that he was to have his
trouble IS! i9g-hia a,asins aud bs according;
ly made the point of order that under
tho special order under which tho
house was. operating. a Quorum having
been disclosed, nothing was in order
save to proceed with tho vote upon tho
resolution. Mr.. Dockery, OF Missouri,
who was in the chair, orerru!cd tho
point OF order on the ground that under
call OF the house, notwithstanding the
presence ofh Quorum, 1t was competent
for,the house to aend for absentees.
Tho resolution was adopted without
division, md at 6:35 the house I'D.
journed.