The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-01-08
MAY COUNT A QUORUM
Possibly the Democrats Will Resort to
Reeds Style Of DOins Things
SPEAKER CRISP AGAINST 1T
Leaders of the Party Recognize
That the Situation Is Full OF
Gravity and Are Get
ting Desperate.

WASHINGTON, Jan. The tariff bill
will occupy the attention Of tho house dur
ing the coming week. After four days Of
fruitless efforts to secure the presence OF
a voting democratic quorum, the house
adopted, just before adjournment the oa-
treme expedient OF ordering the arrest OF
all members absent without leave. Depu-
ties were sent out in all directions last
night to serve warrants on 20 members
absent without leave, Il democrats and II
republicans. The democratic leaders eN-
press the confident hope that l.9 voting
democrats will be In their seats when tho
esvel drops al noon tomorrow. From re-
publican abscntees no aid Is expected.
They can be brought hero under duress,
but canno, be made to vote. This applies
tn some democrats as we'll. and IL the op-
position within the ranks of tho majority
can lie organized, enough democratic
members might refrain from voting TO
prevent the consideration Of the bill in it's
present shape.
Privately somo democrats admit that
the gravity of the situation Is very
great. Tho possibility of defeating
the consideration Of the bill strikes
terror into their hearts, and some
of them, like Oates of Alabama.
openly advocate n resort to tho pariia-
mentary expedicnt utilized by the Fifty
first congress of counting quorum.
Speaker Crisp asserts positively that he
will not bc forced TO this resort. lio
thinks "a voting quorum will be- here Ger.
tainly on Tuesday at the farthest. III IL
cannot bc obtained, then another demo-
cratic caucus will be called. This IL what
those who are dissatisfied with the bill arc
aiming at. They declare that af soon as
they can demonstrate that not "A sufficient
number of democrats will vote to con.
slider the bill. the leaders will be obliged
to submit to the material notifications
which the disgrintled members will pro-
pose.
Some eastern democrats who are fight
ing the income tax proposition are willing
to go to almost any length to eliminate
tins feature of the bill. Altogether, the
prospects are good for o very interesting
contest in tho house during the coming
week. OF course. il quorum is secured
tomorrow or Tuesday, special order
will be passed that once the debate is un-
der way it will proceed To tho exclu-
sion Of everything else. Tarsney, q
member of tho ways and means COM
mittee. said tonight that IL n voting
quorum is not secured by Tuesday, he
would favor the adoption Of ruie en-
pow ering the speaker to count members
to make q quorum. "Wo must meet rev.
olu,ion with revolution" said he. II the
democratic members are driven 10 this
resort, il is believed that the republicans
for standardization would be compelled to
support IL.
The committee work of the house is not
fairly under way, as tho opening snarl
over the tariff has required all the atten-
tion of tho democratic leaders who con-
stitute the chairmcn of the leading COM
mittees. Only two reports have been pre-
scntcd since the session opened. one from
tho judiciary committee on Bailey's bank
ruptcy bill, another from the committee on
banking aud currency on the bill OF Braw-
ley TO remit the 10 per cent. tax collect
able on clearing house certificates and
other forms of private currency issued
during the money famine last fall. But,
with the prospect that tho house " III be
engaged with routine and long speeches
tho committeeman expecting TO get their
| associates together and accomplish con.
siderable work, II is probab that the inn
portant bill repeating the 10 per cent. taN
on state bank issues will be reported by
tho committee Oh banking and currcnc,
at an early day. perhaps during the com
ing week. There is a wldc difference oi
opinion between the democrats AS To the
| principles OF such a measure, and AS these
differences can not we'll be reconciled. the
i general desire IN the committee il to re-
port bills for simply repeating the tax and
then let the holse decide all differences.