The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-03-08
OF the House. [Applause.] The cler',
will proceed with the roll call.

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will proceed with the roll call.
Reed persisting, amid cries of "regu
lar ORDER" stated that when a membe
arose and suggested that an error ha
been committed, he was entitled to re
spectful treatment from the chair an
from the House.
J The Speaker-Has not the gentlema
had itf There has been no suggestion
that the vote had been impeached b
the gentleman from New York. If on
was made, the chair will be glad t
have it examined In the interest O
right and truth.
While this colloquy was proceeding
the members rushed down the aisles t,
the centre, and Cultivate and McMll
Ian Dem.) of Tennessee asserted tha
Tracey had accepted the validity dnt
correctness of the vote by moving Il
reconsider it. His remedy was to have
the vote recapitulated, and this he haC
failed to do.
The confusion became 80 great, mem
bers shouting at each other and the
chair, that the Speaker suspended pro.
kceedlngs until comparative order was
frestored by members taking their seats
Reed, resuming, stated that he had
been out of the hall while the roll was
being called, attending a meeting of
the, committee on rules, at which he
understood he was to have an oppor-
tunity to be heard on the order report
had occurred. The gentleman from
New York (Tracey) had informed him
that quorum had not voted and
knowing that gentleman had been
Keeping tally for a number Of days
without making an error, he was SO
much impressed with the statement of
the gentleman that he felt 1t to be his
duty to call the attention Of the chair
and the House to it, that the error
might be corrected, If one had been
made.
McMillin Dem.) OF Tennessee de-.
clared that the gentleman from New
Y ork should speak for himself and
not by proxy.
Meredith (Dem.) of Virginia: Mr..
Speaker, there has been comedy Of
errors here, and the gentleman from
New y ork has been in error for some
weeks and Is in error now.
Mr.. Tracey endeavored to make him
self heard, and 1nally succeeded. He
said that 1t was matter of but little
moment. A quorum would be secured
IN any event, he conceded. But he had
kept what he believed to he correct
tally, and it showed but 174 votes. But
ne would not 1ertake to impeach
the accuracy of the official count,
whereupon the storm subsidized and the
roll call proceeded. When the letter
ct" was reached there was slight
squall. Reed called the attention of
the chair to the fact that the clerk
after calling Talbert of South Craolina
returned and called Stockdale of Mis-.
sissippl, which he said, was out of
order. The Speaker coincided with the
gentleman from Maine, who continued
from the floor: ut is decidedly out O.
| order. The clerks have no right t,
interest themselves in the votes O
gentlemen on the floor, to back uI
their action. But it is only part O.
| what we have been having right along.
Springer (Dem.) Of Illinois stated
that Mr.Stockdale had responned when
his name was called. Speaker Crisp
directed The clerk not to return to q
name after it had been passed; 1T was
not in order.
Outhwaite's demand for the previous
question was seconded-17O to 1O-and
again the friends Of the pending bill
expressed their pleasure at the result
by vigorous hand clapping.
On the passage Of the order the vote
on tne division was ayes'145, nays none
The ayes and nays were ordered. Be.
fore the call had proceeded far, how
ever, Burrows and Reed criticised the
methods Of the.readlng clerks Burrows
said tho roll was really called four
times, every name being repeated on
each roll call, Reed called attention to
the fact that the calling was irregular,
some names being called once, others
twice, and some three times, until the
clerk forces an answer. There was no
authority for this they contended.
The Speaker stated that he did not
know how the practice had grown up
but ever since he had been In the House
the names had been called twice, when
the member failed to answer. The
philosophy of the rule he supposed to
be that, with the least nesessary delay
every member should have an oppor.
t, nifty to vote, and repetition of the
name was probably the best method
of securing that end.
the vote resulted: Yeas 1865, nays
| ll-three less than quorum-and at
4o'clock, on motion OF Cultivate, the
House adjourned until noon tommor
row.
Strong Language.