New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-03-05
UOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


o'clock adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
After the confusion attending the closing scenes oi
the XXXIXth Congress bad subsidized, MT MCPHERSON
Rcp Pa Clerk of the House of the NXXlXth Congress
called the House 10 order and proceeded 10 can the Ic
of members Of the Xith Congress.
A DEMOCRATIC PROTEST.
Mr.. WILSON Hcp., Iowa. moved that the House do
now proceed the election Of Speaker OF the House OF
Mr. BROOKS Dem " " thereupon rose and said "I
osfrye from the printed list Of membersprined pre-
sumo, 10y order Of the Cerk.at there are seventeen
the Clerk, and ten Of which although on the list have
not been called by the Clerk
Mr.. FARNswORTH Hep, H. made the point Of order
that debate not In order.
The CLERK overled the point OF order, the previous
question not having been novel
Mr.. BROOKS, contnT...y MS ftmarks said: The same
question wss n9e og the Organization Of The ast
AID be REPRESENTATIVES Of the remainder are now about
To- pfScccd 10 the organization of this House IN h9
ind. Of crisis aye in the midst Of revelation, ciy
hope IL is 20 be- Init the very graves that II has ever been
The fortune or MISFORTUNE St ins Sch f2amcd The
Constitutions have representation on the iom
OF hs Ousc Not even IN the trying Crisis oil te ~u OF
1872 when the whole world seemed To De let loose Oh our
country did our fathers venture Ia convoke Congress
without giving all the states full tune aud mil power 70
I've represented The shortest PERIOD on tic ever given
was IN the Of 1912, whcn under inc act el feo ~;
IsI3 three months notice Sas given ior me ~ 0a
Courvss. Not when only the nrei hUtl'S oi o
motth and nine days hHs been given Inc 1ohIle5 oi
TIC country cNtSndsd 'nTm 0lS i i'm Msine Vile now
~ 'tcoish 70 the n>- ~. IL a hrcndtb of
they extend from tho Atlantic 10 tle u" me- Va
sblc Ia have reached IN month ana nine da!n' 10
which the conyocajion has been coufined. ,.,. ~,
| Mr. KELLEY Uscp. Pa asked Mr. Brooks whether AT
thai time the railroad and telegraph systems Oh tue eo
Nj RRoOfS said in reply: There are people who
ssk foolish q'' sons ParhamcntaIy pr3prleY ioImus
say &c Che gentleman from Pcnnsy wanna MAJ 20
well Informed gentleman should never ASK 80 Iuosh
H md an taifornta that arc Infinitely further
moved new the cgi action of their own states ana
from the processes of Ia " that are necessary loI % o
Vocation Of Conncss, ban localities were Then iers
arr territories not reached ey telegraph or man, 50 1 ~
has been practically Impossible Tor st"io h ne dp ana
doubt mi periods of war, when early assembly OF Con
gross was necessary, The notice has ranger lIoh NV
eint ,uoutb. and ret now here in the graycs crisis
tl,rsich Ech country has ever passed, only one
OF people of the United States Hence these vacancies
of The Northern states Hence the Sbsn9c OF 9u
=, ~ lin r,,r,cntcJ Sou may have the power but
deny the right II IA violent, an extraordinary eAer
cr of power nO 10 be Justified 10y one Congress lme-
diatoiy thus assembling the adjonrnment OF another
fbrre are thoc WHO out Of these halls call Rump
tongues" | insulge In 10 such phraseoiogy ON thls
floor respect my associates Who are ABOUT me- aha
therefore indulge such illusions {" e history OF
l., lomv ell and the independent Prcsbyteahs OF o unt
country not only the name Of Rump but 9i " r9m
81 rump Congress There are tose " 40 ai
this b. not, ~ thus assembled "t''y ga
Ia our1css" alu not lawyer enough to pronounce on
that point DO not believe Il to be 20 ysd @
bat recognize At rs dc de0 Congress hot a yH anu
therefore obry authority a. would obey The authoi
ity OF de faoiod ioyenmcnu were under the dominion
Of the Turk. the Tartar the African ,he Sa.hche, OF
the POttawatoznie. respect authority wherever y
Views and entertaining them with friends who have
assembled In Congress here and who act WITH me on
Marty questions have prepared most rolc1l protest
against any further revolutionary actions on c tll oil
! III. House until the full Congress Is assembled
/ MIR WILLIAMS tRCp., Pal wish 20 ask the gentle
man from York Ia state whether IL ~ not Tact mat
49,. moi mnartant Congress that ever assembled IN
th nntjou both M its actions aud results was convoked
by proclamation OF the President Ia sixty days notr
aud That too absence OF some Cd the States OF the
Mr. BROOKs-As to the hight and power of the PrcsL
dent ly proclamation Ia cOnyokc Congress no one dis
I mite 4.
right Congress thus TO assemble another Congress
without the intervention Of any proclamation nom The
Precedent. sayfhat in all our history an act like ms },
utterly unprecedented; spectacle IKE that exhibited
here this day has never before been seen In ms country
Speaker retiring from his seat aud, amid the conin
Of his exit, aIohcr Congress with Seventeen state
atcnt. Immediately appearing on the floor az the House
Mr. BROMWELLt Rep milf there is anyt thing wrong
in The assembling OF Congress would II not be better ut
body without organization do nything to remedy The
state things which the gentleman complains ~. II
scps 10 me That All We can do IN tho way oil hdng nt
with the Clerk can IN NO way assist III The remedy 81 Tie
! cyn which tho gentleman speaks OF
| Mr IROOKs-Tho organization OF this House is the
posscsson and control and government OF the House,
and With the powers assumed 10y this Congress the
Organization of the ouse is the creation of all the means
ana nhtrunentaltcs OF legislation. The reelection Of
Committees the direction Of public affairs is IN point OF
zation Of The House by which States called 10
and @IscvheIc are TO bc realized win speak plainly If
the process uf Impeachment Is go on. what IS
revolutionary the suspension ~ The President OF TIE
Is take place and nothing bat revolutions call II by
whatever name Won please The Speaker Of the House Is
20 create Committee Of Impeachment, and Ia have the
whole direction aud control Of the process OF ipcacl
through this House. say, therefore, that the most
serious OF al steps is the organization OF the House. and
In case the precedent threaten ms with IL created 10y
yon and the existing President Is depoed In case OF the
now Pre- sdcn DEATH the Speaker Of the House becomes
the President Of the United States, that In point OF
fact here by solemn action to-day we may be crca-
ting President OF the United states. protest. thrle-
fore, In the full socInnty Of the occasional protest.
country, and IN the presence or TIE gentleman from
Ohio Nir Ashley who Is 10 be the leader in this fevou
on protest most socmuly against taking any further
seps toward the organization of this House until all the
States are fully represented aud proceed 10 read the
protest which In due time shall ask 10 DC entered on the
Journal of tins House against any further action ~ the
House Of Representatives. un M organization can be
properly and legally effected
Mr. BROOKS then read the following protest
UHOngs apgtsJs the reco made that the following states
tr The Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut
Virginia North Csrona south Carolina Georgs Florida Alabama,
Mississippi Lousans Texas Tennessee Kentucky, California; Alkn
Eebr1lA States entitled by act Of Congress Of March 1902 All
shire .. Rhode Island q Connecticut Virginia. o. North CsIons
Louisiana S. Texas Tennessee o. Kentucky, ~ California ,;
Arkansas. b Nebraska all Congressional Districts uurepre
sged on the eoor Of the House And -,
unrreseted states
thirteen that in 1877 Convention and created the Consultation of
the United states Hampshire Rhode Island Connecticut Nir
gna North Carons, South Carolina Georgia aaJoh OF the o
We meLers the XLth Congress do most sci
action teng the Of
this oase Until absent States be made ial represented
JAMEs BROOKS New York, JOHN FOX, a.Yott,
WM n HOLMAN Indiana. ALBERT q. BURR Illinois
" H. NIBIACK iIdisnn JOHN MORRIsEl, Noalors,
CHARLES A EiDRIDCE Wis y STONE Maynard,
T. VAN TRlMp Ohio GEORGE W. MORGAN, Ohio
A. J. GLoSSBRLNNER Pa CHARLES SIrGREAyBS, y. j.
J. NJ HUMPHREY New York ~ " boz W. f ,,l Nsnla
STEPHEN ~ tTF@ ysryotk tHAS DENNsoN Pennsylvania
- NJ VAN NiIRES ra STEVENSON ARCHER Nd,