Show SPEAKER REED how he came to coant a quorum and ana win th the name of tile the czar car it is i no known to five out ol of a hundred tta salesmen tal esmen in congress says the washington pot how speaker reed came to count a quorum in the fifty first congress it is known to still less that thai the only man mail in the speakers confidence on the subject was wan joe cannon chairman of the committee on appropriations PI lations in the present congress sir mr reed con conceived calved his hip pur purpose pose t to 0 count a quorum as a the only alternative of maintaining hit his authority in tile the house and the position of the rc re ca cacir N at a vera early stage of the session ills his only confident was cannon lie and the ape speaker aker were closeted on ill the proposition for several cays E ei cry thing was wab considered and every chance was carefully he w as ab taking a desperate and that nothing was ture sure ar ac to what the position of the republicans would be tile the fact that thai without consulting consulting lit hl party associates he determined upon hid first conceived purpose is an lion of 0 his fearl ceness cannon after a long session approved the pro gramme an and d promised prom lied to stand litand by the speaker but kept his counsel it was wag to be a sur ur prise alike to the republicans republican s and democrats there was wa to be no council ot of war ot of the leaders leader with prospects of 0 friction and division but a coup pure 11 and id simple it if it succeeded it would be a great thing in parliamentary history it i it tailed failed everything was w lost in short the plan was to rask everything on the hazard of a die what ahat occurred when the speaker counted a quorum on tre the contested election case then pending Is ie known to every every reader the republicans were panic panic stricken they thought reed had gone daft in the supreme moment of the uproar and confusion conf ution which ensued representative Ander anderson sorl of kansas a republican member rushed up to the speakers desk and in the greatest excitement 1 cit ri lement ement said reed w what hat in heavens name are you dolda reed smiled coldly and told him he was conn counting ting as present who re fused to vote anderson And creon was too dum founded for a moment to speak peak then he said its the ri piece of business I 1 over saw raw but if you have made up your mind to do it by bythe the gods ill stand by you in discus discussing bing the matter with a friend afterwards the speaker said that the words of anderson convinced him that the republicans would support him film in his position ile he was right there was a quick rally among his party associates and in a short time the political lines were tautly drawn on the question of sustaining the speaker and he won |