Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1903 — DELAY BUSINESS BY ROLL CALL [ARTICLE]

DELAY BUSINESS BY ROLL CALL

Democrats Resent Action of House in Unseating Mr. Butler. MAKE EFFORT TO FILIBUSTER Endeavor to Have Mr. Wagoner's Election Declared Illegal, and, Being Unsuccessful, Try to Block the Work of Congress. Washington dispatch: Thirteen roll calls marked the proceedings of the House of Representatives Friday and emphasized the determination of the Democrats to .obstruct proceedings in retaliation for the unseating of one of their members. The delay caused by these tactics can be appreciated when it is stated that about forty minutes are required for each roll call. Democrats Are Angry. The methods by which Mr. Butler was unseated have made the Democrats fighting mad. They are especially incensed at the refusal of Mr. Dalzell, speaker pro tern., to recognize the lack of a quorum voting to unseat Butler and arbitrarily construing a protest as dilatory. They tried to rescind the action of Thurtrday, Mr. Fleming of Gerogia introducing a resolution reciting that no quorum was present when Mr. Wagoner was seated and Butler unseated, and declaring: “That the announcement by the speaker pro tem. that said resolutions were adopted was in fact untrue, and that the said James J. Butler is still entitled to his seat in this house and that the said George C. R. Wagoner is not now entitled to the same.” Adopt New Rules. The resolution was laid on the table by a party vote. To weaken the filibuster and to facilitate the passage of the appropriation bills through the several stages with as few roll calls as possible a special rule was adopted by the Republican majority eliminating all the usual routine in the treatment of appropration bills returned with Senate amendments. A second resolution adopted continues the legislative day of Thursday until March 4th.