The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1890 Page: 1 of 10
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iTdpared fori)ubICAlion thi following
statement of thi prtscrt posihpii of
dcraoprntic raeirtbers of the ljousc
which' is to bti signed by All of them
The preifjmi situation of thb house
of representatives Is so anomhlous and
the unprecedented decisions of the
speaker are so full 6f integrity df future
legislation that we consider it our duty
to subnm a brief Statement of facts in
order lhaf tlie propriety of the course
we have taken may be fairly determined
The' house met on the second day of
December t8lio and immediately or-
ganized by the election of speaker and
other officers. On the same day by
resolution of the house the speaker
was authorized to appoint a committee
.on rules and the rujes of the last pre-
reeding house was referred to that
committee. The committee consist
ing of the speaker himself and Tour
other members was appointed on the
Stniday ot December and on the 9U1
it made a report authorizing the Speaker
to appoint all other committees and
resigning their jurisdiction. The com-
mittee on elections to which was re-
ferred all cases involving the rights
of members to their seats Was. ap-
pointed oii the 9th of December.
Although nearly two months have elaps-
ed since the committees on r;iles was
appointed it has made no .report upon
matters .offered except a partial one
made on the 9th: of Decemoer and
consequently the house has been com--pelled.
to conduct its business without
rule or system except general parliamen
'tary law as construed by the speaker.
There has beenno calendars' no order
of business no fixed time to ireceiye'
reports from" .committers or for the
consideration of bills or .resolutions
and in fact no regular methods what
ever in the. proceedings of thejiouse.
1 ne American house ot Representatives
has been during ai this time and still
is so far as rules for its government are
Concerned in precisely the same condi-
tion' as apopular meeting or' political.
convention .in whichthe chairman arid
his partisan absolutely control all pro'-.
ceedings. No measure can get before
the house for consideration Unless the
speaker-allows it tobe presented) and
members .have no means of .knowing in
advance what they are' to be called
upon to discuss or decide. This is the
first time in our history that' a legisla-i
uve asscmoiage or even n puonc meet-
ing' has attempted to transact business
for anjr considerable period without a
regular code of rules presenting the
ordef of its . proceedings and the in-
convenience and injustice resulting
from such an attenipt haye been forci-
bly illustrated the present instance.
Tie speaker has repeatedly during'
these extraordinary proceedings refused
to entertain parliamentary motions that
Jmve'.been recognized as legitimate
ever since the government was estab
lished and when attempts have" been
made to appeal from his decisions he
has refused to submit the question to
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.submitted To7thaugh2iwiJjfj(r-!
peated protests until we became con
vinced that it was the deliberate pur-
pose of the speaker and his supporters
to oust tlie democratic members where
seats' are contested and admit their re'
publican opponent whether'ejected or
not. '
Oh Wednesday January 39 the
committee on elections called up the
contested election case and the demo-
crats determined in the absence of rules
it 'could not be considered if 'they could
prevent it by any proper parliamentary
proceedings. Accordingly they raised
the question of consideration demand-
ed the yeaa and nays and on the call
of same refrained from Voting. ' The
result was that less than a constitutional
quoranrVotedi but the speaker in vio-
lation of uniform practice of thelioifte
for mpre than'a century proceeded; to
count the members present but not
voting and declared that the house had
decided to take the case up Prom
tiis "decision an appeal was taken and
on motion iq lay tins appeal on the
table yeas and nays were takei). and
Jess than ft quorutp voted but the
sneaker again counted the members
voting and decided that the motidn
was agreed u and Jus ruling thereby
sustained
Tlie constitution of the United
Stales provides that a majority of each
house shall constitute a quorum to do
business but a smaller number may
adjourn front day to day and may be
authorized to compel the attendance
of absent members in such a manner
and Under such penalties ns each
house may provide.- Artotlter clause
of the coflstituticw reowrss each houc
to keep a jouwal of - its pttcfdigj
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WILL STITI1
Notary labile.
CDRRIE STITH & HENDERSON
Land Loan & Insurance Agents
Represent some of the Largest and
Best Selected Land
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juuy juauuB xitiuuu-xexana-tJUMi
fans subdivlRinn' nf .Tia
Thos. Qunn estate and
the very choicest of
property tor sale onthe
members' present desire ih'heyeas. and'
nays may'be "takenpp any question
and entered ori the jbu'rnaU Since the
beginning of the government under
the constitution more than a hundred
years aga the hoUseHof rejire.scntatives
a'nd'seriate; have uniformly construed
trjefirst clause orthe constittition.quo-
ted above to mean that a majority of
ail the members-elect must be nrcsent
aiid. actively participate itUhe transac-i
uon 01 ousmessvana tnat4 whenever
uppn a call of yeas antl navs it ap-
peared JxOm the journal which is the
only official record that less than a
constitutional quorum has voted on
anyprpf?os1tion;'tle vote was a pullity;
and' no future business coiild be done
until the requisite number appeared.
nu vuicuuii a can 01 yeas ana nays
no matter How many might be actually-
present jt Was his duty to take; notice
pt tjie fact and declare that the perid-
ing bill or motion had not passed.
Speaker Reed himself when in the
tnjnonty.on the floor of he house sta-
ted the true meaning and truephilospr
phy of tlie constitution when he saild :
The constitutional ided of a quorum
is not thepresence of a majority of all
the members of the house but. a ma-
jority of the members present and par-
ticipating in the business of the house.
It is not visible presence but their
judgment and votes which the const!
tution calls for. Con.siittitinn:nr marie
to re.twfnm.tnSh.-hrf .
to restrain majorities ;ahd. protect m$
norines. Majority puling wjuioutj:
limitations or restraints on it's powerwr
pure despotism and is inconsistent!
nmir:uinnn nr rprrninrn1 nn ironnurAtu'
Wlin our system ot government! rm
6AMOAN 'TREA1Y RATIFIED.
The senate this afternoon ratified
iMssSampan treaty with but twelve dis-
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delicate gaIvlUoWcTCriere'?ipplied to
the hands feet toes nose ear and
back when it was found that electrical
currents of varying strengtlr were set
u(j 111 me bmii uy uieiuui exc
any kind. Tiqklmg with a
hot water produced a stron
and cold or the pain of m
a weaker effect. ImpressfoMy
light taste and smell act'
The skin' currents were even
by imagining the sensation and
caused by nffciital effort varied with the
amount of work a multiplification of
small numbers giving a weak current
and of larger numbers a 'stronger one.
Ihe currents seem to be connected
with the sweat glands which ore
ajpused to Increased acfipn by nearly
every kind of nerve activity.
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Operations on the liver.
In the course of long investigation
Prof Ponfick of Breslap haj rnnde
the important dfscovery" that a large
part of the livereven" as much as
three-fourths may be removed with-
out serious disturbance of the animal
functions. Surgeons had before J?nown
that the whole of ihe liver fs nbt abso
lutely essential to health could hardly
suppose that the sudden desirueuWpf"
a considerable part of it would not be
serious and now may be enabled to
perrorm operations hitherto bdteved
to be impossible. Prof. Ponfick fouad
'that the liver has a wonderful (power of
reprotiuetMW m some cases "a pwhoa
equal to twO'thirda )eU) rejjCed by
a new growth ywthiH few wiks
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farming lands afidtyr
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' The Problem of Fiteht J"
In a book on ''the flight of thl; bI' '
as a basis for the art of flying.td-'J
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brother on the .form of winiis'TwS - ? J
adapted for :arrylng heavy bpbelf. bv ffi "
t-uiiviuues as
the weight of the operator the"
atus worked by foot-levers
made to raise with a person wai
160 pounds when a counter vicirtiiJk
nave mneniyamumc jfi
real secrect of a bird'i fliggtljes -ttlto? ' v
arching of its wings Which RCC9Si 1
for the small expenditure of dSSm &k
and tie believes that doseimitSWV r
tlie birds is the; only method brJw6M;.$
the problem of human flight. itl'Wiifr'"-. ML
tificiat wings of the inVestigafors. htm ?'$
becri made .so effective as to ralsitatfi '-'? ? "5
eighty pounds is helping to JMI&WV"' $
means of suitable pulleys. Pk&mF
Doteottve Sotenco.
Vimtograpny is being applie4fc$ijyr y
laentincaiion ot bodies in a fiUHNHFti- U
manner by the Paris' police. A'iiM&Al'W
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cuu 01 me uccupniiun 01 a nun
person is often of importance.4
the hand is usually the part riiotv
fected by one's work M. Berti;i
.taken a large series of photcSwii
each one showing thn linnrl! nf a'rMi '?!
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thumb and first joints ofW jdex ot
metal workers show large blisters '
while the left hand 'lias scats made by
sharp fragments of metal "
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Items of iHterMt.
auto nalnt is a noveftv which i
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S68Cfi well to wood antiplas
urf'leIw chean. To make
MWmiiWimt potatoes
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ploring expedition which
Iftalifrt at irrnmitni intnrunla dilrintrtlii1.
last riihe years now foVm forty-seven
quarto volumes cpntaimfftf 27650
pages of kttcr-ptcss.'36fi2 KtHraphic
platcst 4 t 3 jnaps and diagram?w? aN1
great number of wood cuts
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Italy to connect the Tyrrhenian "e
with the Adriatic is expected nut only
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the drainage 04 marshy dtstrjets aatt.
to render 176 Square miles of lke awa
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Hoeny, John, Jr. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1890, newspaper, February 14, 1890; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330650/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.