Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-26
QUORUM QUESTION.
One That will Not Down in thu
National House.
PAYHTER HAS A HEw PROPOSITION

FAINTER HAS A IEW PROPAGATION
Rssusrisg . Qsor~m Of All rrcs<ss %
Vote nesOre . Bnl Can He Passed.
feasibility % . Fight Over . Rale %
Oes Aee,os - the Hlsad BIll-Repre-
sentative wilsss III of Typhoid Fever
u Mexsco-C1cvslasd's Health.
WASHINGTON, Feb. as.-The battle over
the Bland seigniorage hill will go merrily
On In the house this week. Despite the
many revcrscs Bland has met in his At
tempts tn procure . quorum he is rs de-
termined as ever 70 fight IL out on this
line, u u takes all winter. II he does not
succeed. however. in the course Of few
days IL Is not probable that the speaker
and his associates ON the rules committee
will permit his bill to longer block the
path OF business. As the opponents OF
the measure have now adopted an open
hlibustcring policy n rule will be formu-
lated by the committee on rules to pre-
vent this and bring the vote down direct
ly TO Bland's motion. A caucus will be
held tonight or tomorrow 10 consider the
| question Of m amendment to the rules
which will give the speaker the power
to count quorum or place it in his power
to compel n member to vote with the
alternative os fining him.
rayster Has u New l:ule.
Payntcr of Kentucky, who started to
call, has drawn up new rule which he
thinks overcones the objections Of many
membcrs to his draft Of n rule for record
ing those prcscn; aud not voting without
iining them. This rule incorporates a new
principle tha: the affirmative votes on "a
call must he n majority Of those officially
recorded. both ns vcting and rs present
and not voting. in order that the vote
shall lie Legal one to decide, the pending
question. The proposed rule is as follows:
But should "a quorum fail To vote au,, the
point bc made that no quorum had voted
there shall bc n call of the house and the
yeas and nays ON the pending question
shall. at the same time be ordered. The
clerk shall call the roll and each member
rs he answers tc his name or is brought
before the house under the proceedings of
the call Of the house shall vote ON the pend
ing question.
a Majority OF the Bodily Present.
'If the member fails to vote or refuses
when present To answer to his name then
any member can announce to the speaker
that n mcmber-givinc his name-i. pres
cnt and failed to vote or answer tn his
name On such call. Thercupon the speaker
shall direct the clerk to note the name o,
such member on the journal as present. II
those voting on the question and those de
Iclining TO vote or answer to theif names
shall together make majority of the
house thc;i che speaker shall declare tina,
q quorum IL constituted and the pending
tqucstion shall be decided. providing the
Affirmative -otc is n majority Of those vot
ing and these present and not voting''
Thvec Rules New Frw,so.esl.
Three propositions for a new rule have
been drafted. which will find supporters in
the CAUCUS that devised Ivy Journal CLERK
Cruich;leld for hning members one day.
pay: the resolution by DeArmond of Mis-
sp,lri, for "a fine of $50. and the latest plar
of Payntcr. 1,ut none of these can b,
made effective for breaking the prescn,
deadlock. because the caucus will no; NEE,
until the Bland bill Is disposed of in som,
way While IL would seem from the mum
Ter who signed the caucus call that
majority of the Democrats favor som,
method of preventing tilibustcring. som,
of the leading mcmbers do not desire Z,
push such n modification OF the rules nj
the end OF this long fight.
viii Likely Iic Hot Fight.
With eighty majority they think the,
should first vindica;e their ability to cx
4 tricate themselves from the present hu
initiating position and afterwards. the,
argue, the events of the past two week
would furnish ample justification for sucl
n modification Of the rules. The outlool
for the week IL therefore full Of contin
eeucics. The struggle over the Bland hi,
may drift into big parliamentary con;es
over q change in the rules. in which even
there will BE- some bitter opposition man;
Tested from the Democratic side. especiall
u the proposed rule coniemplaies lodgin,
In the speakers hand the power to count
quorum. Pending the result Of the silve
fight the Democratic opponents Of tn
measure. no matter what they may favo
with regard to n change of the rules as al
al,-s rnct proposition, will contest anythin
which is designed to lessen their powers g
lobstructing the seigniorage bill