The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Bland Still Unable to Secure
a Quorum.
STORMY SESSION IN THE HOUSE

Tho Arrcst OF Members Absent without
Leave Causes an Exciting and Dis
orderly Scene - No Attention Paid to
Appeals From the Chairman or Ser.
Gcrnt-at Arms For Order.
WAsHlNGrON, Feb. % Mr.. Bland
did not secure quorum in the house
yesterday ae he expected to. Although
It was Washington's birthday and
usually the house takes n day of rest,
but on account of the tangle on BANDS
eiegniorage bill session was held
Speaker Crisp being sick Mr.. Dockery
OF Missouri took the chair and from
that moment the publcans backed
up by the New York Democratic dele
CATION, had veritable monkey show
with the Democratic side. The mem
bers who had been arrested claimed
that the warrant for tlleir arrest WAS
worthless.
General Sickles took the floor and in.
sisted on making known why he was
arrested. He declared that he was to
all intents and purposes in chains and
time he was trying to speak the house
in uproar, some of the mem bers were
laughing as If their les would not
stand their merrinent, while others
gest'culated wildly and demanded that
the chairman make Mr.. Sickles take his
seat, while others growled and walked
about rs If they were in misery.
After 81 whilo tha nnpIay, , ",
ceased sufficiently for Mr.. Dockery to
call the arrested members to the bar
for excuses for their absence. None OF
them came for some time. Finally u
Republican named Adams from Penn
sylvania came forward and gave as his
excuse for being absent that he went to
his home to perform the highest act of
an American citizen-that is. to vote,
and he had contributed to making the
Republican majority in his state about
40, 600 The Republicans fairly yelled
with delight and j became impossi ole
to do anything In vain Mr., Dockery
raped for order The assistant SER
geant-at-arms carried around the mace,
which il generally supposed to quell
the most obiurate Der. bat he was
on TINS occasion only jeered 1T for his
lahors. Finally some one moved to ad-
journ.
Mr.. Sickles kept repeating, Don't do
this ami leave me arrested; don't DO
this and leave me in chainsr His sal
lies were greeted with roars of laugh
ter by the Republicans, who gave HIM
every encouragcment.
Mr. Outhwaite. following the Blaad
side. male the motion to djourn This
was voted down many members on
the Democratic side voting against it
because they thought the motion ought
to come from Mr. Bland. Again pan
demonum reigued aud everybody was
talking at once Finally Mr.. Bland
himself made the motion and it was
carried, hut this was not done until u
roll call was forcel by Bourke Cochran
There has never been such u disor-
derby scene in the house. The mem
beers cared no more for the chairman or
the sergeant alarms or propriety as if
there were no such things. 1t was
disgraceful spectacle and as such re-
ceived the condemnation of everyone
who saw it. The warrant of arrest
under winch the members were
brought to the house was simple war
rant issued by the speaker under the
orier of the house TO the sergeant at
arms directing HIM TO bring all repre-
sentatives bsent without leave before
the bar of the house The warrant
contained not single name. The ser
Eeant-at-nrms proceeded to ascertain
from the roll the names of mem bers
absent which he put down on paper,
and proceeded to make arrests.