Morning journal and courier., 1894-04-14
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DEMOCRATS IN CAUCUS.


 They Adopt a Resolution That i, Was the Sense Of the Caucus Tha, . Rule Should be Drafted as Would Result in Securing Quorum Salaries to be Deducted for Absence Without Leave.
 WASHINGTON, April 3-Immediately after adjournment of the house demo. cratic caucus was called to consider means for obtaining @ quorum. One hundred and forty one members were present. kr. Bland offered @ resolution which was adopted that the statute of 1856. which provides for dedueting the salaries of members for every day which they are ab- sent without leave, shall be enforced. Mr. Springer offered a resolution which pro- vides that upon the second roll call mem bers present and not voting shall be in- formed by the clerk the impending busi- ness, and upon their refusal they shall be counted as present and not voting, in or der to establish the presence of a quorum.
 The reading of the resolution was greeted with applause.
 Speaker Crisp spoke against the Springer resolution. He bjscted to 1t on the ground that it might be found to be intellectual and cumbersome and that 1t needed care full and critical examination, such as could not be given by the caucus.
 MT. De Armond of Missouri, offered 6 resolution that 1t was the sense of the caucus that such 8 rule should be drafted ss would result in securing a quorum. Then, turning to Speaker Crisp and ad- dressing that gentleman, he asked if this whole matter were referred to the com. mittee on rules whether the speaker would cooperate with the committee and carry out the spirit of any resolution that might be adopted by the caucus.
 Amid a hustle of applause, Speaker Crisp replied that he was @ democrat; that he would yield any conviction which was the voice of the democratic caucus,
 MT. Catchings spoke in opposition to the Springer resolution. He called attention to its imperfections, and among other things demonstrated its futility in the event that the republicans should absent themselves from tho floor during roll call, as the democrats did during the Fifty first congress.
 MT. Cochran of New York stated that ee- taining the presence of Q quorum were two separate and distinct propositions. As to enforcing the attendance of members, he had TO objection to any rule which the committee on rules might devise. He thought 1t the duty of the house to have the journal show each day what members were in attendance, and that some method for securing this information should be adopted.
 Mr. Ktlgore of Texas opposed any sug- gestion that looked to the counting of a quorum of members present and not vot- ing. Democratic members of the house were absent when they ought to be here and some plan sho@ Id be devised which
 MT. Williams of Illinois contended that the democrats of the house ought to adopt some rule by which they would require the presence of members of their party. The majority of the democrats was large and they did not have the same necessity for adopting rules ss was the case in the Fifty first congress. Forfeiting pay of members would have the effect of acceleratioa busi- ness. MT. Warner of New York said that no matter what the caucus might do he would refuse In any case to vote for . rule counting Q quorum.
 Messrs. McMillsn of Tennessee, Dunn of New Jersey, McCreary of Kentucky, Bryan of Nebraska, also were opposed to counting quorum.
 Mr. Allen of Mississippi, favored the taking of measures to secure e quroum. Finally MT. Springer withdrew his reso- lution and MT. de Armond's resolution was adopted-88 to A.
 A resolution offered by MT. McCreary of Kentucky, relegating the entire matter to the committee on rules was defeated. The caucus was in session nearly four honrd