New-York tribune., 1894-03-29
1Oy NOT TO KEEP HIS SEAT
VOTE AGAINST HIM IN THE HOUSE.

PIT IT SOON NANlSltt->
my TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRsuxKl
1,-s.,,gton March 2S.-For the first time in
-, .ho Democrats and Democrat-Populis,s
,,,b the hc,p Of the straightout Populists in
,no tIouse Of Representatives, We're able to
- . ouoruno but they lost 1t again before 6
,,c,ock and were forced TO move an adjournment
-. = = hare ouoru,n and not a staying one at
h.. ord II the Speaker had not voted. there
-, NOT have been one at all 10 confirm the re-
-, y, the Democratic majority Of the Com
r,,,tea on Rules This special order provided
that the ONeil!-Joy case should be Immediately
,oke, I'D. and after one hour OF debate on eacn
edo 4 vote should be taken on the resolutions
srh,nstted hv the majority OF the Elections COM
,,it,oe and the substitute proposed by the minor
,,v - that committee. the vote on the laVer To
10 telen first The order further provided that
os so,n as the ONeil-Joy case should nave been
d,snosad Of the California election case oi Eng
49, a,o,rst IIi,born should be taken mp and dis
,,osad os in the same summary way. The Demo-
nr,tic triumv.rate therefore had determined to
,oroo tho House to a decision matters involv-
, ,be title Of two of its members to their seats
n,,,o,,t Giving 1t an opportunity fairly To discuss
on, consider the merits Of either case. There
must be A partisan snap judgment.
Oro ~ the chief reasons which governed the
,,o,,,cratjc triumvirs in this determination be-
came clearly apparent before the debate on 'he
O'Neill-Jov case had proceeded lar. hilei DR. WAS
Tho time allowed for discussion, it was su'lc'eh'
70 give the opponents Of the report OF Inc fIee-
t,ons Committee an opportunity to SHOW not onE
that O'Nein has no case in law or upon 'he idc'S
presented but also that TO adopt the report "oOiu
no virtually 70 dsfran 'hise more than Soo ies''
voters who voted in the Nlth missouri HlH"
/, 1900 II these facts could have been clearly
Consideration of them. It is doubtful whether
.o. o Do,,ocratic House Of Representatives
,,.o,,,d have consented to oust Mr.. Joy ana give
his seat n his Democratic opponent VINO was de-
coa,ed ot the polls As i: was. one Democrat
Afr Griffin. OF Michigai--made a strong speech
IN support Of joys title and he. together VIII"
,welve other Democrats-three of whom represent
districts in Missour-and one PopulS'' No'eu
with the Republicans IN favor OF the IeSoiu,o'
declaring that JOY was elected ana l. o""''
The debate was actually opened by Mr. heed
g., his ffteen-minutc speech opposing 'iie iu'P
ton Of the special order. ma int-,h f"r II
navel Of condensation ana sueht'h' toi !.
brought out clearly the pin nol T,.,S TTI.S W. 80 ,o.,
n Neil-Jov case but e the Enghsh- iil',"tn a. a.,
os vol Colonel Patterson opened thr uc"d'' -,
Iobaif ~ the contestant. but neither ne hoI any
othor Democrat who followed him on thr Sdtn.r t
side was able show any reason OF eNS VIZ. ;
o\eiU should be seated. Except ul,oh t,Ie bni
-, ndvartaee must he taken Of such teChhl..
oaIitiee as were never before used as pdSiS VI
-, IN a contested election case in the nous
,rbe testimony clearly shows that Nhe W., =.
,"tad In, the majority of the Elections ~
were cast in good faith by legai voters M"o c ,h
fully complied with ali the ii;s,n thai
Election law and that the only citEisI.I citE .oe
nn,,,6 he passed upon the rejected baHoIS wa wa
,bat several election judges faiied 10 oprgi 5r W
certain other requirements oil tne IdM t'i,
- ~, e1an a pretence that any fraud had De'ii
c~n,rnitted by anybody in relation 10 lhrse phI-
lots some of which were cast loI Jo' h,s h'lu and
faGf
80. f,ct was clearly brought out by MeSSiS'
Jnw Griffin and Bartholdt. and was as s,u,
S;Srslr SUPPRESSED by Colonel Patterson ana
oiber Democrats who spoke in behalf o, T: Nil.
RAJ upon the demand Of the latter the paIlot
boxes Of 12s out of the 1SG election PteGite ~
tho district were reopened and the DdllotS re-
counted while the contest was pending anu Una
the result Of this recounting OF the DaI1UIs wa "a7
IN increase JOYS plurality of 81 10 2l2. Ihe con-
teetant then stopped the recount, on tnc llrt
that he had not the time 10 spare. f}E every
test that could be applied it was iound lihP,sSi-
Die count Joy out except ny reje1'.ms e,l -,
ballots cast at certain precincts. ana refusing 10
apply the same rule 10 certain ballots east al
certain other precincts. If all OF TINS klhI "l
ballots had been either counted or rejected as ~
all the precincts JOY would still have plurality
over O'Nen 49,,
debate I'm behalf Of the sitting member naue
one Of the most cOgent, logical ana luminous
arguments that has ever been delivered on an
election case In Congress. Members from @ @po1n
sides left their seats and found places as heai
to him as possible. and listened attentVeiy 10
his remarks which were necessarily DTef, ior
only sixty minutes had been allotted - each
side and into them had to be crammed the arsu-
nents not only Of Mr. Daniels. but Of Nj Grimm
Mr. R.rtholdt, Mr. Joy and Mr.. Reed Mr. JOY
speeCh was a strong and able one as was also
that Of Mr. BarthOlCt. and Mr. Reed IN tWV-
minute speech gave another striking Illustration
of his ability 10 cOndenSe the gIst Ol an drSu-
Inent IN a few sentences. -. ,
The first vote was on the resolution subnltted
ny the minority Of the Elections Committee
which declared that JOY was elected ana - en- en-
ti.led 10 the seat The vote stood l0- Tor 10 -.
agains. the resolution. after Mr.. burrows ma ~
changed from the affirmative 10 the negative IN
order TO move 10 reconsider. BY this time the
quorum which had been collected at 50 great an
eypenso Of time and effort had again Nahlsheu'
and the vote on the motion to table the nlouon
TO reconsider stood l57 10 S-fOurteen less 'hah
quorum. - .o,,,,,,,
The Democrats who voted for the resolution
retaininc Jov were Mcssrs. Bryan, OF NcDldsk'
Cooper Of Texas. De Almond. Hall ana More II,
Of Missouri; Dunphy and Ryan. or New orh
Everett Of Massachusetts, Griffin OF MlcnbhIi
Moses OF Georgia; Cultivate, OF ONO SiDieH
Of PENNSYLVANIA and Sperry. Of Connecucuu
The Populist who voted with the RepublcahS
for the resolution was Nj Mckeighan. Oh Ne
braska ,l
The struggle will be renewed tomorrow; am
under the sIecal order the House can 90 Il.
other business except by unanimous cohS1i'
until after the two election cases nave pee" u''
posed Of.