Show I I S he Tng Ulinola CdzcAoo February fti4io4ars Springfield Ills After some rolfdalls including the call of the House on which Republicans did notvote and fiftysix Democrats did Hamilton moved to proceed to elect a United States Senator SpeaKer Haines refused to entertain the point of order that no quorum was present and ordered the clerk to proceed with the roll call Which resulted Morrison 46 Haines 1 Richard Bishop Morgan ofWfiCounty vbted for Haines on the ground that he could not vote for a free trader Haines voted for Bishop During the roll call the Republicans left theirseats and the house The Democrats voted to invite the Senate to joint session at noon and the took a recess The Senate met with seven Republicans Republi-cans and three Democrats absent The Republicans broke the quorum when Senator Merritt moved to adjourn until 1130 Carried The Senafe reconvened and the Democrats Demo-crats tried to have the clerk of the House recognized but the president ruled that he could recognize no one without quorum A few min tes S before 12 oclock the Democrats arose in a body and marched over to the House The remaining Senatorscarried the motion to adjourn When the Senators and Representatives had assembled Haines said thatas he underst d the law it made no difference whether a quorum was presenter not the law was impera tive that th vote should be taken The oil call resulted Senate Morri son 22 Hbuse Morrison 52 Haines 1 Morgan voted for Haines and Haines voted for Morrison The Democrats applauded when Haines vote was announced Haines announced an-nounced there was no quorum and no election and that the balloting would be resumed at noon tomorrow The senators then left |