Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-18
NEWS BY TElEeRlPA. From All Quarters. REED GAINS A VICTORY. The Rules of the Fifty-First
 Congress Adopted. FIsnIIse AM0kG THEMSELVES. Claimed That the Strike
 Was Hastily Called. A SENSATIONAL snOoIIxG AFFAIR. Was Caused by a Bitter
 Family Feud.
A SENSATIONAL snOoTIxe AFFAIR.
BIG VICTORY FOR REED,

The House Has Adopted Rules That | Were in Force in the Fifty.First Congress, When the Man From ! Maine Was sSpeaker-Many Members Crowded About Him and Congratu- i-lassd Ram, and the Galleries Broke Out With Applause.
 WASHINGTON, April 1.-The house was precipitated at once upon the opening of the session today into an animated con- troversy over the proposition to count a quorum. Immediately after the chaplain
 had concluded his prayer, MT. Catchings, dsm., Mississippi, stated that by direction of the committee on rules he would with draw the report of the committee made
 last week, proposing to fine members for unexcused absences and failure to vote. That having been done he offered the reso- lution agreed upon by the committee as substitute to the De Armond resolution, referred to the committee by the demo- cratic caucus last Friday.
 When 1t had been read MT. Catchiugs asked unanimous consent that the previous question on the passage of the resolution be considered and the debate bs closed in an hour and half. At once there was side, and much confusion existed. Sever- sl democratic members appealed to MT. Catchings for two hours debate on @ side. Finally Mr. Catchings changed his request for unanimous consent SO as to fix the vote at o'clock.
 Mr. Grew, rep, of Pennsylvania, said he had 8 substitute which he would like to offer and have read for information and to be voted on, which could not be donei the previous question was ordered. It provided that one of the clerks at the desk should keep correct list of the names of members present and not answering when their names were called, and such names be counted as part of the members neces- sary for quorum.
 kr. Burroughs, rep, of Michigan, asked to be allowed to offer ss a substitute for the rule reported the rule in force in the Ftfty-irst congress.
 This was agreed to and the rule was read as followe:
 "On the demand of any member or at the suggestion of the speaker the names sufficient to make q quorum in the hall of the house of members who do not vote shall be noted by the clerk and recorded in the journal and reported to the speaker,
  counted and announced in determining the presence of quorum to do business"
 MT. Catchiugs' request for unanimous coneent was then submitted and MT. Wells, dsm., of Wisconsin, objected. He then moved that the previous question bs ordered on the passage of the resolution. On division the vote was ayes 13S, noes 9S. The republicans generally voted against ordering the previous question. The yeas and nays were demanded and ordered, re- sulting-yeas 14O, nays 120, so the previ- ous question was ordered.
 MT. Burroughs stated that the rule re- ported by the committee and the substitute offered by him both contained the princi- pie of counting quorum, d fl sring only as to detail. Not desiring to embarrsss or de- lay the adoption of the principle by the house, desiring rather that the democratic majority should have an unobstrueted op- portunity to endorse the Fifty first con gress, he would withdraw the substitute.
 The debate was opened by Hr. Catchings in brief explanation of the rule, saying it was the result of the action of the csu- GUS last Friday.
 MT. Springer, dem of Illinois, said the proposed rule contemplated no change of the constitution; it was only proposition whereby the house could do business for which tho members had been sent here. (Republioan applause.) The house had sat nere for 8 month past and done scarcely two days work. He should hail the adop- ton of the rule as the dawn of better era in American legislation. (rhe delivery of MT. Springer's remarks was accompanied by almost continuous applause from the republican benches
 Mir. Kilgore, dem., of Texas, expressed unalterable opposition to the adoption of the rule, of which the gentleman from Maine Reed) was the parent. The rule be thought was unnecessary.
 Mr. Reed said: 'T do not desire to ad- drees the house sgain upon the subject. This scene to-day Is a more effective ad- dress than any could make. The house is about to adopt the principle for which we contendsd in the Fifty-arst congress, and Is about to adopt 1t under circun- stances which show its value. No words that can utter can add to the importance of the occasion. congratulate the Fifty third congress upon the wise decision that it Is about to make"
 The vote on the passage was announced at 2 o'clock to have been, yeas, 212; nays, AT. So the resolution was agreed to. This was received with applause on the republican side.
 Many members surrounded Mr. Reed and congratulated him upon the final tri- umph of the principles for which he had so long eontendsd. As he rose few mo- ments later to make his way to the rear
 lobby, the galleries broke out in applause. A basket of roses was placed upon Mir. Reeds desk, and again there was applause. The republicans all voted for the resolu- | ton, and most of the democrats. The populists took no part in the proceedings, l none being recorded.