The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-29

Washington. March 2S.-When the
speakers gavel fell today, there were
less than eighty members on the floor
The House proceeded with some rou-
tine business pending a report expect
ed from the rules committee for the
disposition of the contested election
cases of O'Neill-Joy and English-Hil-
born.
Letters from the secretary of the
treasury and encouragement were
transmitted, asking for additional ap-
preparations for the secret service and
Nthe United States courts
Mr.. Outhwaite, from the committee
on rules, reported a rule limiting the
debate to two hours each on the cleo
ton cases, the final vote to then be
taken.
Mr. Cultivate demanded the pre-
Nious question on the adoption of the
rule.
The vote on ordering the previous
question resulted 164 to nothing.
Mr.. Reed made the point of no quo
rum.
The vote resulted 179 yeas and l nay,
one more than a quorum.
The speaker voted in the affirma-
The result was greeted with APP
nlause.
This is the first time for a week that
the Democrats have mustered a quo
rum.
Mr.. Reed criticised the disposition to
hustle through the House without dis
cussion. He said the purpose of the
Republicans had been to call attention
to great outrage. the House and the
country being in the habit of paying
little attention to election cases
MI Outhwai e replied by saying that
more time for discussion of these cases
in the first place had been offered. He
also reviewed the action of the fifty
first Congress on election cases and
pointed out the quick manner in which
4 cases were then disposed of.
z Mr.. Reed moved to Tecommit the rule
with instructions to report a rule al
lowing further time
The speaker was inclined to think
this motion should not be enter
tanned.
Mr.. Reed argued the case on constf-
tutiOnal grounds
The speaker held the motion to re-
commit was equivalent to a proposition
10 amend. Amendments were not in
order after the previous question had
been ordered. Therefore, the motion
of the gentleman from Maine was not
y order.
On the question of adopting the re-
port Of the committee, Mr.. Cultivate
demanded the ayes and nays
The division having developed the
lack of quorum, the Republicans
again refrained from voting.
The resolution Of the committee on
elections declaring John J. O'Neill en-
titled to the seat for the eleventh dis
tr1ct of Missouri was read, and Mr.
Patterson, of Tennessee, was recogniz-
ed on the side Of the majority report
and Mr.. Daniel, of New York, on the
side Of the minority.
Mr.. Patterson's statement involved a
very elaborate and extended explana-
ton of the Missouri ballot law
Representative Daniel, Republican,,
of New York, followed with an ex-
PLANTATION of the Australian ballot law
of Missouri. As to the objection that
the initials Of the judges, were not on
the ballot. Mr.. Daniel contended that
this was an error to be charged againt
the judges and not against the voters
arguing the absence of the initials of
the judges from the ballots invalidated
them.
Mr. Bartholdt, Republican), of Mis-
souri,, contended that the Republican
vote of Missouri amounted to SO per
cent Of the Democratic vote and the
gerrymander had enabled them to Sc
cure a representation of only Is per
cent of the Democratic vote. Now ii
was proposed to cut this down one
II.
in the hands of the Democrats.
Mr. benson, (Democrat), of Alabama,
argued for the contestant and the ma
jority report while Mr.. Griffin, Demo
craft OF Michigan, argued against the
majority report
A request for unanimous consent to
extend his remarks was refused.
Mr. JOY Republican, of Missouri
whose seat was the question of issue
+ argued the recount of the ballots that
= had built up his majority. The grounds
of the contest, he claimed, as finally
made, were not valid in the notice OF
contest served upon him as required
Mr.. Reed pointed out that the Mis-
sour statute provided that judges are
required to put their initials on the
ballots; further. that judges shall not
deposit the ballot unless it has the
initials He held this was in order to
give the voter chance to rectify the
omission if the initial was at first omit
ed. He said it was proposed to dis
franchise over 900 voters on account OF
the fau" Of the judges.
Mr.. CAL Republican,, of Massachu-
sets. closed for the minority report.
Mr.. Brown OemocraD, of Indiana
consumed the balance of the time fOl
the majority report He claimed that
they were. bound to serve the statutes
of Missouri whether it gave power tC
judges to disfranchise voters or not.
The vote then required on the sub.
stitute for the report of the majority OF
the committee presented by the minor
ity declaring Mr.. Joy entitled to his
seat.
The vote resulted: Yeas. 102: nays
146 The substitute was rejected
Mr.. Burrows (Republican OF Michi-
gan. moved to reconsider and Mr.
Springer moved to lay the motion or
the table
Ths Republicans then precipitated
another filibuster by making the point
OF no quorum on the division and the
roll call was taken. The Republicans
not voting. The vote was: Yeas, 1877
navs, 6.
The Eouse then. at 5:45, adjourned.
NICARAGUAN CANAL.