The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-03-18
For the Standard
The Trial in the conveu,; .anaaid

AS the unusual proceeding on Tbnrsa
resulted from construction by diAar;"y
minds of the rules of the BODY as olao ing
usage of Congress in like cases as 1o lne
tor, would offer my conviction ns tha . vo.
ter proceeded, believing that Justice sbon,I
be done to both sides. ''d
The question TUNED upon the rule of fl.
House on the point of order, viz: ''
when member shall be called to ord0.
by the President or member he s6oH q,
doom and every question of order shall, % p,o
decided by the President, without deho, "
subject to an appeal to the House. and .Sn'
President may call for the sense of the M0 rne
on any question of order" 'i''se
IF any member in speaking, or othsr
wise, transgresses the rules of the sen,,o
the presiding officer SHALL or any memho,.
may, call to order, and when a member shan
be called to order by the President or u
Senator, he shall sit dozen, and shall M, we
coed without leave of the Senate And pro
ny question of order shall be decided BIZ the
President, without debate, subject to an an.
peal 70 the Senate and the President NAV
call Tor the sense of the Senate on any
question of order. "-Ruleso of Senate. Barelnv
A member who does not take his seat NJ
being called to order, violates the rule, He
cannot stand while obtaining the sense of
the Chair, or OF the House. The sense of
neither on the point of order can possibly be
had while in such POSITION. The Chair can
only maintain order in such case by prepar-
ing the House for decision thereon. and If
the member persist, as hemight choose TO
do for'an Indefinite time. the seryeant.at.
arms is the sole remedy, thus withdrawing
the member, or trying him at the bar for
contempt.
The member Withdrawing, or being in
contempt, and at the bar, the Speaker can
resume his authority and state the point of
order and define Ills position. The House
can then decide.
II member sit down, the point of order
must be determined, if he will not, it can
moi be except by summary process. So it
works both ways, the member can force the
Speaker to decide the point, and the Speaker
can force the member, but in all cases the
Speaker has precedence on account OF his
functions freely given him by the body it.
self, and not to be distracted.
Hence, as the difficulty on Thursday, I'M
Pi~'''"e IA SO"'S AScPSStS, oi'oS VII IutS-
ton easily misunderstood in all parliamen.
tary assemblies, it seems error to place on
record recriminations; as shown by resolu-
ton to csnsurs the chair, a course never hith-
erto pursued. and had the power to ar
range the difficulty, it would be to with
draw by reconsideration the amendment to
the resolution to censure the president as
acting :" unlawfully." A resolution to tex
punge" the censuring part of the original
motion (Mr. Rodman's) is not sufficient since
the journal transmits it to posterity, and I'M
fairly. f
From the usages of such bodies being of
difficult apprehension, much should be over
looked, and especially is the chair entitled
to respect, as no unjust motive is to be pre-
sumed, and he is required by his own posi-
ton to preserve the standing rules, or as in the
language of Hutsell. 2 vol. 149. 1T is very
material that order, decency, and regularity
be preserved in dlgnified public body"
FAIR PLAY.