The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-03-06

errors here, and the gentleman from
New York has been in error for some
weeks and is in error now.
MIR. Tracey endeavored to make him
self heard, and finally sue ,eeded. He
said that it was Il matter of but little
moment. A quorum would be secured
In any event, he conceded. But he
had kept what he believed to be a cor
rect tally, and it showed but ia votes
But he would not undertake to impeach
the accuracy of the official count
whereupon the storm subsidized and the
roll call proceeded. When the letter
''T' was reached there was slipht
squall. Reed called the attention OF
the chair to the fact that the clerk,
after calling Talbert of South Carolina,
returned and called Stockdale of Mis-.
sissippi, which, he said, was out OF
order. The Speaker coincided with the
gentleman from Maine, who continued
from the floor: SIT is decidedly ont of
order. The clerks have no right to in
terest themselves in the votes of gen
tlemen on the floor, to back up their
action. But it is only part of what
we have been having right along"
Springer [Dem.] of Illinois stated
that Mr.. Stockdale had responded
when lis name was called. Speaker
to name after it had been passed.: it
was not in order.
Outhwaite's demand for the previous
question was seconded-17O to 1O-and
again the friends of the pending bill
expressed their pleasure at the result
by vigorous hand-clapping.
On the passage of the order the vote
on the division was ayes 145, nays none.
The ayes and nays were ordered. Be-
fore the call had proceeded far, how
ever, Burrows and Reed criticised the
methods of the reading clerks. Bur-
rows said the roll was really called
four times, every name being repeated
on each roll call. Reed called alton
tion to the fact that tho calling was ir-
regular, some names being called once,
others twice, and some three times,
until the clerk forces an answer. There
was no authority for this, they con-
tended.
The Speaker stated that he did not
know how the practice had grown up,
but ever since he had been in the
House the names had been called twice.
when the members failed to answer.
The philosophy of the rule, he sup
posed to be that, with the least neces-
sary delay, every member should have
an opportunity to vote, and u repetition
of the name was probably the best
method of securing that end.
The vote resulted; Yeas 165, nays
ll-three less than quorum-and at
o'clock, on motion of Outhwaite, the
House adjourned until noon tomorrow.
Ihe establishment of a quorum in
the House this afternoon ended one of
the most celebrated and extended fill
clustering contests of late wears.
The Rlanl Spippi hill ,uo, N, II
ed up in the House on tho 9th inst,
and debated generally for several days.
On the 18th the opponents of the bill
began to filibuster by refusing to an
swer to the roll calls, thus preventing
the presence of q quorum. The Re-
publicans, under the leadership of
Reed of Maine, refrained from voting,
with the exception of few Represen-
tatives from the West, who favor the
free coinage of silver. The ranks OF
the Republicans were reinforced by all
the Democrats from New York and
New England, with u few scattering
votes from some of the other Northern
States east of the Mississippi. On the
vote by which Bland secured a quorum
on his motion to take up the bill for
consideration, the following Republi-
cans voted with the Democrats and the
Populists in the affirmative: Aitkcn,
Bowers OF California, Broderick. Doc
little, Ellis of Oregon, Funston, Hart
man, Herman, HiIborn, Lacy, Lucas.
Marsh, Pickler, Settle and Sweet-l5.
Clancy, Cummings, Haines, Magner
and Tracey, New York Democrats,
also voted in the affirmative-Tra
to move a reconsideration. The mega
tive vote comprised Causey, McAleer,
Mutchler, Page, Pigott, Rusk and
Ryan all Democrats. At 3 o'clock this
afternoon, when the presence of a quo
rum was established, the crowd was SO
dense that the doors could not be
closed and scores of persons stood in
the corridors outside, unable even to
see the floor beneath. Many of the
visitors were strangers in tho city.