New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-03-12
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THE SECOND KANSAS BATTLE
IN THE HOUSE.
THE wORSTED.
SPEAKER ORR OvERRULEO
THE ADMINISTRATION woRsrED
SPEAKER ORR OVERRULGO.
The Final Struggle to come To-day.

House Ddu not petH oooJSN'
The Speaker decided that 10 report Of the fssts
could emanate from the minority.
Mr.. Harris said that il was not report aA4
asked If il was not usual 10 submit the question q
privilege TO the House.
Dir. Orr replied. with much emphasis, Some
times zee, and sometimes no.
Mr.. Harris appealed from the Speakers deouion
After remarks by Mr.. Wsshburn, vind;cstins the
rig 1T Of the minority Mr.. Winslow moved a csa
Of the House.
The frat trial on Mr. winslOw's call Il
the House resu!ted-Yeas, %; Nays l03 Mr..
Stephen, moved to lay Mr. Harrs's appeal from the
Speakers decision on the table.
The motion was defeated-Yess, 81; Nays il2
FilGbusteripg now wss beginning. But finally, on
motion of Mr.. Humphrey Marshall, the matter
was postponed till tomorrow.
On Mr.. Stephens's test motion, the Northern
Democrats who voted in the negative were:
Me,.r, Adrsin Cocierill Cox Davis Lndsns, Rnph 70
lev H.,ris 0pois, Hsskin, Hickman. Lawrence Mokibn
MsI,hs illinois, Montgomery, Morris, Shaw Smith la0ss
The Americans in the negative were:
Me.ms Winter Dsyi. Grmer Harris and Ric,ad tMsr
laad), Marshall and Un ierwood IhentGck51
The Northern Democrats in the affirmative were:
M,s.r, Arnold John Cochraue, Corning Dmnct. Foreacs
G, Gregg Hatch Hughes byet osecy Jones oxsa '9sss
Rely Landy M.ssy Miller Of Ohio sS.Ss fens'00 Phil
lips Reilly, Russell, Scott, Soaring SicAe'' " AID
The known pairs were:
msr Edie and Moore Cochrane and Ksitt More Of New
York and Garnet.
Mr.. Hall of Ohio, Anti-Lecompton Democrat,
was detained at home by sickness in his family.
Mr.. More. Anti-Lecompton Democrat, was also
absent. Not one Republican was absent impaired.
The following colloquy substantially occurred,
pending Mr.. Harriss appeal from the decision Of
the Chair:
Mr. Wasbburn of Maine asked, 'Does not the
Chair hold that il is the privilege OF the Hole that
| it's Committees shall obey DstruotiousF
The Speaker answered: at is the privilege Of
the House that its Committees shall obey ts orders,
| but no one knows better than the gentleman from
Maine that the minority of Committee cannot
make report"
| Mr. Washburn replied: Certainly not, but here
is question of privilege raised, not report Offered
| and if the Committee of the House refuse to obey
instructions, how can question Of privilege DO
raised in any other way than is proposed here
Will you wait for the wror g.doers. who have dis
obeyed orders, to raise question against them.
selves"
Thus the Speaker admits the question to be one
of privilege and decides practically that it can only
| be raised by those who committed the breach.
Mr.. Orr's decision would forever bar o Con.
nittee from being called to account in the House Tor
it's absolute refusal to obey Instructions if the ms
Ority thereof omitted to report during the whole
session. be decides that question can DO raised
till they DO.
Mr.. Stephens asserted that Col Hsrris's quss
ton Of privilege was extraordinary and unpreos
dented. Even conceding this, which is not done
it would be less so than Mr.. Orr's appointment ofs
majority upon the Committee opposed to tho in.
vestgatiOn ordered or their refusal to obey nstruc
tons aiterward.
The postpOnement of the matter till tomorrow
was granted, to counteract any allegation Of sur
prise Oh the part Of the Lecomptontes, 60 90 10
compel vote then.
The first question in the morning will be- Shall
the decision Of the Speaker stand which hds'
bstable. II may be discussed all dag.
Several Anti.Lecompton Democrats declined
voting Oh the parliamentary point to-day, who are
firm on the main issue. Messrs. Groesbeck and
Chapman are in this category. Dir. Bishop, who
belongs 10 the other side, did not vste. The Demo-
cracy are mastering in full force for tomorrow,
but confident belief is entertained that the 70.
sui: to-day will be sust ,ned if the test be repeated
letter was received here this morning
from Mr.. Darforth, Border Rufi.n to
Mr Johnscp, son Of the Kansas Parscn johnson,
saying significantly that Mundy accidentally shos
himself Calhoun bad previously written Gov.
Denver that if Mundy's report of the testimony,
as to the Delaware Crossing fraud, was verified
before him, it would govern bis decision in ISSUING
certificates 10 members of the Legislature. hn
believed that Mundy was OF the way for that par
pose when killed.
Dir. Case, the Lew member from Indiana mades
decided hit h. day. He took the floor ater tns
dinner -hour, but commanded undivided attention
10 the close.
Even Mr.. Letcber came over to the Republican
ide of the House and listened with marked interest
The most telling point was the parallel drawn b
ween Buchanaus Mesgage against the Kans~
rebels and the language of Roy alist pamphlet Of
IVA depouncing the New. England rsbels. The
ideas and language of both are nearly ideEhci.
Thus is Buchanan convicted Of plagiarism from
this Tory argument.
F-o- Oar Ocn Correspondent,