Show I 1 the he idaa aelion stion of or jo quorum to t bs legally raised upon ipoa dec doe 2 the hearing ot of three cases involving or the mckinley act closed io in tho the supreme court today to day with a brief argument by mr dark clark of new now york solicitor general tatt taft opened lor for the a case brought bere here by the united states on appeal from tho the decision from the circuit court ol 01 the united fit beatea itee lor for the southern district ol 01 new now york in I 1 favor avor of balin aco co this case involved ta the he valid ity of the bingley worsted act the I 1 pointon point of most public interest in connection with the act ia is that the well remembered question ot of no solicitor quorum t oram la Is raised the gist giet of the solicitor I 1 I 1 1 11 generals argument is that the house bad had power to take the rule under which the bill passed edwin K R smith of new york ork argued the importers side althe of the case maintaining that it was necessary to show a mans presence by hia his action justice brewer eaid said the point seemed to be that it waa was necessary th that a t a m man n a should hou I 1 d be beard board and not seen and asked bow how it would be it a man answered by telephone to roll call could be he be counted smith was doubtful on that point but thought he might be perhaps it the house put the name on aa the journal attorney general miller closed the cafe case with a brief argument in favor of the governments contention |