The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-03-05
A SUNDAY SESSION.
Congress too Busy TO "RemenlbP1
the Sabbath Day."

The HOUSr held Il rOur.hour session
Sunday and put the District of Colum.
bla bill through its last parliamentary
stage, III the fac" OF the Democratic
munster. Thr previous question on
III" conference report on the Alaskan
homcStcad bill was ordered and the
| Not" Oh its adoption will hc taken
wren tn" House rccOnvCnVS nt +
o'clock tomorrow morning. That was
the net result OE the SUNDAY session.
Although it was Sunday by the cal.
| cndar. it was %ill Thursday. Ecbru.
AIRY 18th. according to parliamcntarv
lctloh. Ihc Democrats put "A block in
the Legislative wheel at every oppor.
tunlty and it required six rol-calS to
accomplish what was done. Largo
crowds watched the proceedings from
the galleries.
When Speaker Henderson droppcd
tn" gaN"l at noon, Mr.. Richardson, the
l'lnoritN leader. was on his IcCt He
announced that thcro WAS evidently
no quorum present and that the UOusr
could do no business on Sunday with.
out quorum. ThCrcupUn. on motion
or MI Payne, the majority leader. a
call OF the House was ordered. The
hnorS were closed and the sergeant. at
TINS was instructed to bring in absrn
tees. At tho conclusion Of the call 81
members had appeared. more than Il
quorum. and Mr.. McClcary. of Min
hC*ota. called up the conference re-.
port on the District of Columbia an
propration bill. Mr.. Underwood. OF
Nihbama. undertook to intrrpOSc the
pGlnt Of order that the bill had not
h'"n completed. but the speaker ruled
'hat quorum having appeared. busI-
I Wnnll 'h,,
meantime had been opened, however.
| W"r" again closed by the direction OF
the speaker on Mr.. Undcrwood's point
ol order that further proceedings un-
oor the call had not been diSppnScd
WIN by the action Of the House. After
Drlet explanation Of tho report.
against the protests Of various Demo
Gratis who desired to be heard il WAS
adopted. IA TO ~. There was another
foll-call on ordering the previous
question on the Alaskan homestead
hiil. which was presented to Mr..
Lacey. Republican,. Of Iowa. \ half
uCH"n points of order raised hy the
democrats w"r" ruled ont and the
! chalr declined to entertain ali an
| ncalS on the ground that thcv were
diiatory. At .: ~ y. m, tho liousc re-.
t"%scd until II O'Clock tomorrow. with
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