The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-18
on the wise decision it is about to make
(Repubican applause)

Ol tIo WISE u6ClSlOu 1t 10 duOub W lHdhc.
lRepublcan applause.)
After further debate, the vote on the
passage of the resolution was an
nounced to have been: Yeas, 212;
nays, AZ, and the resolution was agreed
to. This announcement was received
with loud applause on the Republican
side. The mem bers surrounded Mr..
Reed and congratulated him upon the
final triumph of the principle Tor which
he so long contended. AS he rose, Il few
| moments later, to make his way to the
! rear lobby, the galleries broke out in
applause. A basket of roses was placed
upon Mr.. Reeds desk, and again there
was applause. The Republicans all
voted for the resolution and most of the
part in the proceedings, and none of
them were recorded. The negative vote
was cast by:
Bland, Breckenridge of kentucky, Bryan,
Bynum, Copehart, Casey, Cobb of Alabama
ings, Dunn, Durborrow, English of New Jer-
sey, Ebes, Geldsier, Grady, Hall.of Minnesota,
Hines, Holman, Hunter, kilgore,, Lane,
Martin of Indiana, McAleer, Mckaig, MeMil-
Ian, Reilly, Ryan, Stevens, Talbot of Mary
land, Tracey, Turner of Georgia, Warner Ts;
Wells, Wheeler of Alabama, Whiting, VIII
liams of Illinois, Williams of Mississippi,
Wise; all d emocrats.
The daily journals of the proceedings
since last Thursday were next approved
pro forma. The pending question then
being on the motion of Mr.. Springer to
discharge the order of arrest of absen-
tees made by the House March 26, Mr..
Reed offered as matter of privilege, as
affecting the interests of the whole
House, resolution declaring the order
of arrest in violation of the constitution
and rules of tie House, and therefore
void. The reason he offered the resolu-
tion was that. he did not desire the pro-
ceedings under consideration to be made
a precedent. He wanted to have the
matter in vest1gated. The passage OF a
continuing order like the one passed,
he said, he did not believe should be
approved because it might become under
some circumstances menace and danger
to members of the House.
After some debate, the Chair ruled
that the resolution did not constitute
such a question of privilege as would
er. The vote was taken under the new
rule by yeas and nays, and Messrs. Dock
cry, Democrat, of Missouri, and Coggs-
we'll, Republican of Massachusetts,. were
appointed tellers. The most..noticea BILE
thing about the call was that in order
to let the tellers keep tally, the roll-call
required three-quarters of an hour to
nays. 5. The previous question was
ordered and the motion adopted by a
viva voce vote. The following is the
text of the rule adopted to-day, en-
bodying the principle of Lcounting a
quorum
Amend rules15 by inserting betweensclaus-
es l and 2 the following as clause 2, and
change the number of clause 2 to .clause
g. Upon every roll call, and before the be-
gin ming thereof, the Speaker shall name
pending question, If practicable, who shall
take their places at the clerks desk to tell
the names of at least enough members who
are in the hall of the House during the roll
call who do not respond, when adding to
those responding to make quorum. If a
quorum does not respond to the roll call,
then the names of those noted as present
cause the list to be called from the clerk S
desk and recorded on the journal; and in
determining the presence of q quorum to
do business, those who voted, those who
answered present and sthoSe so reported
present shall be considered.
Members noted may, when their names
are called, record their votes, notwith-
standing the provisions of clause of this
rule.
Amend clause l of rule by adding there
to the following words: '.And, on a roll
call, shall he not vote, he shall answer pres
ent,' $50 as to read:
Every member SHALL be present within
the hall of the House during it's sittings,
unless excused or necessarily prevented,
and shall vote on each question put, un-
less he has a direct personal or pecuniary
interest in the event of such question, and
on roll call, should've not vote, he shall
answer present.