Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1894 — TO PREVENT FILIBUSTERING [ARTICLE]

TO PREVENT FILIBUSTERING

The journal clerk of tho House has form nlatcd a rule to prevent filibustering at follows: Whenever, npon a roll-call, a qnornn fails to appear, upon tho demand of an] member, tno clerk shall certify a Bst a tho members not voting 0:1 such call to the sergeant-at-arms who shall deincl from the monthly compensation of each memtorso failing to vote tho amount of his salary for one day; pro/hied that this deduction shall not b? made in the case of a member who is absent by leave of tho House. This rule, if adopted, simply carries on* existing laws. It is believed that if tit salaries of members were deducted whei th '.jr refused to vote, the practice of st> staining on Important roll calls would hr speedily discontinued, and It is very probable that the method of stopping thk abuse devised by Mr. Crutchfield will vorj shortly be adopted as one of the permanent rules of the House.