The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-19
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hsirs " Samuel ier. drceaaed pto~s' IN
full for any elain for pay and allowance
for HE scr vices ~ . member ~ the F"t'y-
seventh Congress
i%r vas a negro. contratinR = seat 80
witch the COMMITTEES on flcc IONS fernf'"h
that he va entitled A. tn time, how.
ever. the hill WA prnding 10 plac" ~"
name ~ Cen. Grant on the retired h7'
This tho Democrats REFUSED 10 have c'h-
sidered until tho then pending eonieH'"d
election clacu wcrc decided ~ they Wished,
and thia they we're able to mak effective
by nlibustering. .
Mr.. leo was declared on the last day ~
the session, by a vote II I2s Ia ~, to b" en-
titled to his .cat. hut he was not sworn in'
The Dsnocrats exhausted every par.
Elementary device possible under IN" rules
TO postpone or defeat action on the hill, but
nj the end ~ a forty-nve minute struggle
tho committee voted, % Ia ~, tn report tho
bill 10 the House with a recommendation
that II do pass.
Another bill. to put Henry +. Rhodes on
the retired list Of the ma Wy as an assistant
engineer, previously considered Ivy the
committee. was taken up. Under the lead
Of Mr.. williams the minority INDUCED in all
the forms Of flibuster possible under tho
rules. demanding a yea and nay vote ~
every step Of the proceedings. On the hrst
vote ordering the previous question, winch
resulted yeas, li3; nays, 90, present H.
Mr.. Williams changed his vote from nay
to yea and then moved a reconsideration
Mr.. Miller Of Kansas made the point OF
order that this was dilatory. and after a per-
fectly good natured colloquy between
Speaker Cannon and Mr.. Williams the point
was sustained. $50 apparent is 1t to me
that this motion Is dilatory,' the S.reaker
remarked, "and l think TO every
including the gentleman from Mis- fsippl
himself. that | am willing TO leave 1t to him
for decision"
NJ. Williams did not squarely meet this
challenge, but remarked;
~In order to emphasize the difference OF
opinion between the chairman and the gem
tleman from Mississippi, | respectfully
appeal
+Oh, no. the Speaker retorted. IF tina
were entertained and one dilatory motionN
after another followed, the rule would be
annulled."
Later Mr.. Williams moved to recommit
the bill. adding. amid general laughter at
the naIvete of the remark, Il know that
isn't dilatory."
A new dllatory proceeding developed in
the course of the vote upon a motion o
adjourn, following the passa ge of the Rhodes
bin. Mr.. Williams changed his vote, where
upon other Democrats followed suit, first
asking: aMr. Speaker, would like to know
how I am reoorded?" The Speaker would
respond: IN the aInITndtlNe'
Il would like to change my. vote"
Call the gentleman's name.' dire cted the
THE clerk-"Mr. Brown
SNo,' said the Speaker;
This formula was followed by a score
or more, but Mr.. Adamson Of Georgia
varied it by remarking; There seems TO be
40 much Dissatisfaction with my vote that
l desire to change II.
Speaker Cannon made no reply, but
vigorously expressed his dissatisfaction by
bringing down his gavel with a r~esounding
whack, saving: "The ayes are 81; noes, $50.
The noes have II, and the House refuses TO
When the Lee bill was taken up Mr..
Williams raised the question OF consid-
Grafton. ~,
Gen, Grosvenor-I make the point OF
order that that is dilatory.
The Speaker-The Chair sustains the point
Of order,
MIR. Williams-For what r~eason?
The Speaker-That it is plainly dilatory.
MIR, Williams-Why Mr.. Speaker, that is a
remarkable statement.
But it went all the same.
Something of an uproar was occasIoned
when, acting under what Ia known as the
aReed rule for counting q quorum" the
Speaker had the clerk note the appear.
ance of twenty members in the hall who did
not vote. These, with those responding
to the roll call, aggregated 200. The vote
was on an immaterlal made TO he
bill in committee of the whole, and when
Speaker Cannon attempted to put the
question on the engrossment and third read
ing, Mr.. Williams, aided and abetted by a
number Of his followers. obstrncted rogress
by criticisms of the Speakers enforcement
OF the rule, and endeavoring to get an APP
peal from his answer to a parliamentary
inquiry as to whether he, the Speaker, or his
clerk, had noted the members named,
The Speaker informed Mr.. Williams that
for W hat had been done in the matter OF the
asoertainment of a quorum the Speaker was
responsible. Applause,
II was from this declaration, which he
sought to construe into a ruling, that MIR.
williams attempted to appeal. He said that
for the first time in the history OF the world
the rule relating to the suggestion by tho
Speaker of a want Of a quorum had been
held TO mean not a suggestion to the House,
| but a private one TO the Speakers clerk.
There is nothing to appeal from, re-
sponded Speaker Cannon; nothing but the
demonstration of a fact, But il there were.
under existing conditions, I should sustain
a point Of order that 1t was dilatory."
Mr.. Williams moved that the House Id
journ, and a point of order that his was
dilatory was sustained by the Speaker.
An hour later Mr.. Williams revived t;e
motion, but Speaker Cannon refused to put
II because the roll was being called to ascer-
tain whether a quorum was present, AT
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