Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-01-14

tNNn INNt'Nh hANeRhpN "h'
from the Council by the Sergean,-nt-Arms.
A, this junc,ure OF affairs, Mr.. Decker
assembled 10 the stand To receive the mes
sage. W. here quote from Jefferson's
Manual, showing that it was the duty Of
the Speaker to take the Chair:
When a message Is announced from
the other branch Of tn Legislature, the
Speaker shall resume the Chair, II The
House Is III Committee OF the Whole, be.
cause the Committee have 10 power to
receive the me ssage." TIA .NU
AT this point, lIanscomb. not a mem
Der, aud PoppIelon objected to receiving
the message, because, they said, the COun.
Gil was not in session. Thereupon gem
cral excitement and noise prevailed
Throughout, the Hall, Armed buIlies-
drunned up for the occaslon-commenced
shouts Of Z" Go in Hance" Mr.. Decker,
the Sp, aker, declared the Committee not
in session, because of the defect that they
had not n quorum, AID declared the House
adjourned A member from Omaha, in
the general confusion, seized the Speaker,
aud, aided ly Hnnscomb, he was hurled
violently from his place to the floor. De-
moniac yells and cries were now heard
from the Infatuated mol-go,tcn up for
the purpose Of intimidating members, and
using any kind Of violence necessary TO
accomplish their purposes of riding over
the principles of parliamentary RICH, and
justice.
On the morning Of the slh, DR.. Done.
Ian, of Cnss, after the prayer Of the Chap
lain moved hat the House adjourn TO
meet at Florence tn next morning at 10
o'clock, 4. m, which motion was carried
but one voting in the negative. We
again quote from Jeferson's Manual TO
show that the majority were right in their
movements parliamentary:
1.-THE quorum of the Committee Of the
Whole is the same as the quorum of the
House, aud when a defect occurs the Com.
mittee can only rise and report the de-
feet"
1t has never been commended by any
II that n majority were present at any
time when Speaker Decker attempted 10
raise the question of the defect. Then
were not the minority ~,rampling all law,
rules, and right under foot Again.
when the message from the Council was
announced, the Speaker, by the rule we
have quoted, had an %undisputed right ,c
the Chair. Further, when Mr.. Popple-
ton. or any other member, questioned the
right of the Speaker to receive the mes.
sage at that time, how could the question
be raised, heard, and decided, without the
Speaker taking his chair, as by parlia.
meniary right he should do, and as by
custom he always had done1 Then, we
defy a single man on the North American
continent TO controvert the business of GU,
position that the majority were right first
in DAcker's moving To raise the Commit
tee on the ground that a quorum was no
present, thereby creating a defect whicl
on motion, or question, (says the rule ii
Jederson's Manual, page 80 boun'
them tn rise; second, that Decker wa
entitled to the Chair to receive the mes
sage, because, as cited in the rule, tn
Conmittee could not receive il; third
that the Speaker was rightfulIy en,itle
to the Char, because. when a question G
order was raised, as to whether the Hous
t had a RICH; - receive the message at ,hu
!, time, who could decide tina, question bl
the Speakers fourth, that by the rules
the Chairman of the Committee was M
entiled to the Speakers chair in any ras,
: hut should take his seat ut the Clerk
: desk.
t Lastly, we have to say tina, this is no
r no longer n question of removal of III
Capitol. 1t isl question of principle, ii
!, volving much more Of constitutional rigl
=, than that. 1t is simply this: Have h
/, representatives Of the people of the TIE
e rilory a right to legi,late on such suejec
y as they deem ~expedent and just' Rel
d resentatives of Omaha have declared puI
e licly that they would block the wheels
legislation, so that even a road bill shou
not pass, it this bill was presented f; III
they would break up the Assembly in
e row; that they had a LOT of fighting III
los In the lnhhu that ,rnnlh sea the