The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-24

House this indiepostion TO proceed this con-
capitol. they would exercise nothing II more 's
than the nobocraey that We our doing In this
:" Nov say that thi. thing must come to an
we haye bill pending here. II may be a bad
PA so y9ts Il dSyp; AZ We ssk Is its con
have proposed TO give Deliberate confederation
Tor this bill and would have given II. II any
So9s on n s6s an rs %S nst
s otse t9 give any reasonable amount o. de-
the %h. d %"ys that 70 %e to
sSiiSnd here and not vote at al. and insist, on
niibusterine and breaking quorum. IL sim
does Il and claims to he Democrat, and I
comment every such man to the tender mer-
Mt Com BtOn Dem, Ma. followed Mr.. Bland
Insisting that the attention Of the House
Va the dischsree OF the p SentemSn O from m
hennsylyania DIscussine the suiicisncy OF
notion Reed Mo%a 'p re toa sdss spnS
the iairest and most CONF potent Speaker who
and efficient oficer, who executed tho order OF
tno , h9u s lie DECLARED that no warrant ever
the members 70. be arrested. '''o
MT. BprroTs Llten. Mich.l interrupted to say
Rs sd in 6s 9Snd ~
ollhO members. ll!epublieen laughter,
broken practice OF the, House had been fol-
lowed In this case. and he appealed 20 the
the dictates Of truth aud justice toward the
oIhceIs OF the House.
and declined to withdraw It to enable other
gentlemen TO speak in their own right but
Mr. Reed and fnS oq Byn Thn w who %er re
called on BY their associated. declined to ac-
Mr. Reed In a few minutes got the floor in
his own right and said that his objection to
had led to grave, errors. Members had been
arrested, IL had been shown, without author
omit the names OF members. from the body Of
from n. S sSsS be e. BIT
sciion Of the House in passing the G resoiu ION
Of arrest wa. pnauthorized, because Il was
:, ReTersing then to Mr.. BANDS description OF
the acton OF The House YESTERDAY. Mr. Reed
their constitutional rights. The question Of
voting or not was one between them and their
the majority party, who. through a Speaker
OF their own selection. hal denied the
q part Of a quorum within With ne the :" consti e
tuition and as described by the Supreme
iorIty demanded quorum py word Of M mouth %a
and not by mere presence. Something like
repettlon OF scenes like that OF yesterday were
his Iustiilcation for repeating it. Mr. Iced
take H ns true 6s " sSd hS ss
| happy ever aiterward. lLauRhter
" Se Eu ta the ese
rant was valid and comretent under the prac-
S fss 70 fsss 9bo BY M
OF the House had the right to arrest member
iSr Delinquent wherever S ho was vas found:
| elsewhere. lie paid some attention to the
matter Of counting aauorum by the Speaker.
| cidcd that the Speaker coLld count a quorum.
but said that the House had the power to make
no vote OF his would he agree to a rule to place
the power IN the hands q a Speaker to count a
| quorum as ho may see ~. 1t was dangerous
A colioauy between Mr. Heed and Mr.. Tur-
! u quorum in the Fity-hrst Congress and The
| decision OF the supreme Court as to what con-
seiierstina that tno court n"d deede M that tes
| present quorum was the constitutional
Mr. Dunn Dem. N. j. said that he was one
| OF those under arrest and he claimed that it
@ W uPaH a,hor ana ~,
| as himself, they could not afford to accept .
until nsiF 5Ehf hal 6sen SsSs
and could not properly be included within the
lis. Of thosS subject TO- arrest Mr. Dannasssd
Bland as an amendment to his motion. to
%ho wefo ] tH e s o. ,aos
Arms while on the floor of the House. where.
according to the resolution. he had no power
Mr. Bartlett Dem. n. " said the question
before the House was one Of far M ore i'm pur-
lance than one merely affecting the few indi-
establishing a precedent authorizing the ar
with the slightest fundamental knowledge Of
the law would say Was valid or competent
rapid disposHl Of the question, He said that
right to withdraw tho pending motion and to |
move n i!s stead that al proceedings under
the arrests we're made. be dispensed with.
This motion. II adopted would have the effect |
OF yaeatlnG the arrests and discharging the |
Mr.. Reed made the point of order that It was |
had interviewed and several days procesdings.
Beside. the terms OF the order precluded n |
Sade sSntnSnP Until Ssf by tSs HoSs
Mr.. Brnum Dem. Ind mndo an additional !
point Of order that when motion for the AR |
rest OF q member was under consideration. u |
the call could not be made.
The Chair oysrruled the point OF order, put |
Mr.. BANDS mot ion. declared 1t carried, and |
the members under arrest discharged. without !
Mr.; Johnson INTRODUCED a resolution direct
Ing the sergeent-at- Arms to amend hia re- |
membeTs arresssd. which ni,as as s Sat TI int
from him that in fact he had not been arrested.
After the com mittees had been called for re-
ports, NJ. Bland moysd that he House go into |
Saturday afternoon. 4 division shovel elf IA in
quorum. as Mr. Tracey Dem. =. 81 Suggest.
ell, sir. Bland thereupon called for the yeas
and nays which were ordered; The vote re-
suited: Yeas. 40; nays, Z. This lacked but |
two OF u Quorum.
Mr.. Tracey then moved to adjourn which
was voted down. ~ to 70
quorum hRviHG voted, Mr.. Bland said lie |
would Withdraw his demand for a call OF tile |
o'clock.
Downright iilibusteripg :, said Mr.. Bland.
DOWNRIGHT" querled Mr.. Reed. Up |
right, you mean.
On Mr.. Reeds motion the ayes were . and |
Mr. HaE,. g. ~.
yeas and nays. The vote resulted yeas 81: |
NAYS, l73.
Mr. Martin Dem. Ind then at 4:5O asked
Unanimous consent for the House to take a |
recess until 4 o'clock, which was agreed to.
THE JIRiEF NM NEARLY RE4DY
IL WIN hs Laid keIors the Senate Finance
COmmitIee ga MOnGay.
WASHINGTON. Feb. aa-The Senate sub. Com
mittes on Finance was in session all day. and