New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-02
HIGH JINKS IN THE SENATE
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his diIatory tactics. He offered motions to con-
sumo time and. evidently. to confuse the fresi-
dert On zach Of four or five amendments
which he proposed he demanded rollcai'. AZ
one OF these rollcalls Senator cantor cav no
tice 10 the Republican Senator's that u ,heIe VOC
rot a greater number Of majority members pres,
ent tomorrow the Democratic Senators wouiu
walk out as they dill not propose to remain IN
Albany to keep up quorum.
The monotony Of the rollcalls was occasionally
Interrupted By u statement by one or the Seha-
tors but no progress was made with the concur
rent resolution.
THEN PANDEMONIUM REIGNED.
scene OF confusion was finally precipitated
when Senator Grady rose to point OF order ana
Senator Ellsworth refused to recognize him and
directed the Clerk to proceed with the rollcall'
This the Clerk did. Senator Grady meanwhile
shouting az the top of his voice: Mr.. President.
/ rise to a point OF ORDER
Senator Ellsworth pounded his gavel and Sen
etor Grady as vigorously pounded his desk with
his fist. No one could hear the voice OF the
Clerk. but the rollcali proceeded. Senator
Grady finally raised the cover OF his desk and
rounded with It. Senator Ellsworth directed
the Sergeant-at- Arms to maintain order. NO
attention was paid to this and senator Hrauy
C ntinued to shout and pound his desk
THE Sergeant-at-Arms viii maintain oruer
and will take any means to do so. snouteu INC
President but Senator Gil ady would not be sup
pressed. During all Of this commotion the roii-
call was proceeding and Yarious motions OF sen
ator Grady were disposed of. NO one couid near
the Clerks voice and no one knew anything
about what being done.
Finally order was restored for a moment, ana
Senator Grady said that If his conduct IN pro
testing against the lawless course pursued by
the presiding officer had seemed TO his felioW-
Senators unparliamentary he would apologize 10
them. but he withdrew none OF MS protest
cf n.
all his twenty years experience in the Legisat-
IRE he had never known such treatment of the
minority.
To the surprise of many. Senator Raines then
moved to adjourn and the motion was carried
without objection.
WHAT THEY VOTED FOR.
Senators began to inquire what had become of
the resolution for an extension OF time for the
Lexow Trust Committee, the existence Of which
under the original resolution expired to-day.
They were informed that the last motion adopted
In the great confusion was the concurrent reso
luton for an extension OF time. This statement
was vigorously contested the Democratic mem.
bers declaring that there was one motion OF
Senator Grady which had not been disposed Of
The Clerks record, however. shows the resou-
ton adopted. and the fight will therefore be re-
sumed on the approval OF the journal tomorrow
morning The vote by which the resolution ex-
tending the time of the Lexow Trust Investi-
eating Committee was declared adopted was
as follows:
Yeas-Messrs Ahearn. Brown Burns, Cantor,
Coggeshan.. Daley. Davis. Ellsworth. Featherson'
Ford Grady. Grant Harrison, Johnson. krum.
Lexow McCarren Mullin. Nussbaum. Page, Par
sons Ralnes. Sheppard. Stranahan. White, Vile
man, Wilcox-N.
Nays-None
It took twenty six votes to adopt the resou-
ton. The following Democrats were recorded
as voting for the resolution: Ahearn, Cantor,
Featherson, Grady and McCarren. Only twen-
ty-two Republican Senators present.
Senator Cantor said. after the session ad-
iourned that this was the first time In the his
tory Of the Senate that the Sergeant-at- Arms had
been directed to quiet or else arrest a Senator.