The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-03
DEADLOCK IN HOUSE
NIGHT SESSION PROVES PRODUC-
TIVE OF SOME EXCITING
SCENES AND DEBATE
MR.. TALBERT WANTS QUORUM

VIII Not Permit the Passage of Any
More Special Pension Bills at
Friday Night Sessions Unless
Quorum Is Present-Attempts to
Adjourn Result I'm a Deadlock,
Which Is Maintained to Finish.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Representative
Talbert. of South Carolina, who gave no.
tfce during the consideration of the PEN
sioE appropriation bill last week that he
proposed to block ali special pension leg
1slation at Fridays night sessions, unless
a quorum of members was present, car
rfed out his threat at tonight's session.
AS soon as the house was called to order
he sent to the clerks desk. and had read.
several editorials from different papers,.
warning congress of scheme to put
through bill to place every soldier who
served sixty days In the Civil war on
the rolls. thereby increasing pension ex-
penditures S7O.OOO,0OO a year. There was
to be return. one Of the editorials said.
to the halycon days when pension at
torneys made $1,000 a day.
MR.. TALBERT OBJECTS.
announced Mr.. Talbert. ST shall insist
upon a quorum of the house when pen
sion bills are under consideration at the
Friday evening sessions. So long as I
may be able to drag myself to the capi-
toll no pension bill (and there Is no quail
fication to this ultimatum) shall pass the
house without quorum of It's members
present. The abuse must stop. Innocent
people Will be hurt. possibly but that will
only accentuate the responsibility l de-
mand quorum. If the house Is without
q quorum l shall ask an immediate adj
journment. II that is refused / shall in
sist that the house exhaust its powers
to secure a quorum. believe the pension
laws are sufficiently liberal to provide
for any deserving soldier and widow, and
1 am opposed to sitting here every Friday
night. as a court Of appeals, to pass spe-
c1al cases which have been refused by
the pension bureau. If 1t Is to be done.
there must be a quorum. Members cry
aloud their love for the old soldier, but
they will not give up their pink teas and
poker parties. and that sort of thing, to
vote pensions
NO QUORUM PRESENT.
When Mr.. Sulloway, of New Hamp-
shire, chairman of the committee on In
valid pensions, moved to go into commit
tee of the whole to consider pension leg
islation. only eighty-nine members were
present, and Mr.. Talbert made the point
of no quorum. Therefore a call of the
house was ordered, but only los members
responded. There was a general desire
to adjourn, as it was manifestly impos-
sible to secure a quorum, but some of the
members contended that the absentees
should be arrested and brought to the
house Finally Mr.. Sulloway moved to
adjourn.
vote it down, vote 1t down." cried Mr..
Norton Dem., o.. and other members,
and the motion was defeated, % to SS.
The sergeaht-at-arms, on motion of Mr..
Norton, was ordered to arrest absentees.
Numerous roll calls were had on mo-
lions to adjourn, but were voted down.
On call votes the yeas had a majority,
but on roll calls, where the members
went on record, the nays had large
majority.
At 10 o'clock, without breaking the
deadlock. under the rule the house ad-
journed.