Show THE FIRST QUORUM in democrats in the house jubilant rule adopted in the election contests the oneall joy continue to filibuster lead by need resolution day in senate washington march 28 when the speakers gavel fell today there were less than eighty bembera on the floor the house proceeded with some routine business pending the report expected from the rules committee for the dispo of the contested election cases of ONeill Joy and englich hilborn letters from the secretary of the treasury and attorney general were transmitted asking for additional appointments for the secrecy service and the U S courts outhwaite from the committee on rules reported a rule limiting debate to two hours each on election cases a final vote was then to be taken outhwaite demanded the previous question and the adoption of the rule the vote on ordering the previous question resulted to 0 reed made a point of no quorum the vote then resulted ayes and 1 nay one more than a quorum reed criticized criticised the disposition to hustle through the house without discussion cus sion he said that the purpose of the republicans has been to call attention to the great outrage of alie house and the country being in the habit of paying little attention to election cases outhwaite replied by saying that more time for the of these cases in the first place had been offered he also reviewed the action of the fifty first congress on election caseb arid pointed out the quick manner in which the cases were then disposed of reed moved to recommit the rule with instructions to report a rule allowing further time the speaker was inclined to think that this motion should not bo entertained reed argued the case on constitutional grounds the speaker held the motion to recommit was equivalent to a proposition to amend amendments were not in order aft erthe previous question had been ordered therefore the motion was not in order on the question of adopting the report of the committee On thwaite demanded the ayea and dayi division having developed the lack of a quorum the republicans mcgain refrained from voting the resolution of alie committee on elections declaring H oneill entitled to his seat for the eleventh district of missouri was read and patterson of tennessee recognized on the side of the majority and daniel of new york on the side of chrt minority statement involved a very elaborate and extended explanation of the missouri ballot law the report of daniel followed an explanation of the australian ballot law of missouri republican from missouri contended that the republican vote of missouri amounted to 83 per cent of the democratic vote and gerrymander had enabled them to secure the representation of only 45 per cent of the democratic vote now it was proposed to cut this down one half the election machinery was all in the hands of the democrats denson democrat from alabama argued for the contestant and atie majority report while griffin democrat of michigan argued against the majority report joy republican of missouri whose seat was the question nt issue argued for a recount of the ballots that biad built up hie majority the grounds of the contest he claimed as finally made were not valid in the notice of the contest served upon him as required by law the vote then recurred on the substitute for the report of the majority of the committee presented by the minority declaring joy entitled to bis seat the substitute was rejected to burrows of michigan moved to reconsider and springer moved to lay the motion on the table the republicans then precipitated another filibuster by making a point of no quorum on division and roll call was taken the republicans not voting the vote waa yeas nays 8 the house then adjourn oil the senate washington march 28 dolph introduced a joint resolution regarding the treaty between the united states and great britain aa to the construction of the canal at nicaragua asua commonly known as the clayton bulwer treaty no longer in force the senate committee on foreign relations has under consideration bill looking to the reorganization of the nicaragua canal company and the friends of the enterprise in aho senate are very hopeful of securing a favorable report at an early day pettigrew of south dakota introduced two resolutions which were agreed to one calling on the secretary of the treasury for information regarding the changes made in the weight or fineness of silver coins of silver standard countries and the other calling on the secretary of the interior for information whether the sugar refineries have complied with all alio provisions of the law regarding the taking of the census the resolution introduced by senator frye and agreed to asks the secretary of war whether the subordinate employees and laborers engaged by engineer officers on the works of public improvement have been employed or discharged for political reasons peffer of kansas offered a resolution directing the finance committee to pre pare a bill for the repeal of all lawe authorizing the secretary of the treasury to issue bonds or other interest bearing obligations without the specific authority ot congress temporarily laid en the table A resolution offered several days ago directing the committee on judiciary to inquire whether the existing statutes are sufficient to punish the simulation of silver coins ly coins of like metal weight and fineness was laid before the senate by the vice president and alter a short discussion agreed to senator berry of arkansas called up the resolution authorizing and directing the secretary of alie treasury to receive at the sub treasury at new york from R T wilson co or assignees coin amounting to to be paid to the cherokee Cne nation agreed to the senate then proceeded to consideration of executive business at the doors were reopened and the senate took up the mcgarahan bill morrill of vermont spoke in objection to the claim II unton of virginia figued in favor of the bill at 4 p m concluded his speech and senator filae rose to address the senate but yielded to a motion for an executive session which was carried at the senate adjourned |