The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-02-05
HOUSE.


recusant witness committed yesterday
to his keeping, he having testified be-
fore the committee on the New York
Election Frauds. He was discharged
from custody.
Florence Scannell was also brought
to the bar of the House and discharged.
Mr.. Woodward introduced a joint
resolution changing the name of Wyom-
ing territory to that of Umatilla. Re-
ferred to committee on Territories.
Mr.. Schenck said he was instructed
| by the committee on Ways and Means
to propose that there be no action on
the tax bill tonight, as the whisky and
tobacco amendments were not yet
printed and the committee wanted to re-
wise them, but that the evening session
should be held for general debate.
Mr.. Woodward inquired as TO wheth-
er Mr.. Schenck was serious in desiring
the first action on the bill at this ses-
sion, in view of the fact, which he be-
lieved was generally understood by both
Houses, that the Senate could not take
it up and act upon it.
Mr.. Schenck replied that he was very
| serious about it.
Propositions for the evening session
for general debate were agreed to.
The amendments reported by the COM
mittee of the Whole to the Indian APP
preparation bill were taken up and act
ed on by the House.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, desired
the House to understand that the bill
now under consideration would not pay
the Indian expenditures by some S., OOO,-
l,n 70 n1 ri
which the Peace Commission had be-
gun and which was now in process of
execution, that plan would cost from
ST, 900, 900 to S7,000,0OO a year.
Mr.. Garfield took occasion to dcnounce
the Indian Bureau as one more thor
oughly corrupt than any other branch
of the administration which he had
ever heard of. The very nature of that
service was one which allowed all the
baser and more corrupt passions to Ell
flOresce and develop themselves. He
declared that he never would vote for
appropriations of money that were to
pass through the unclean channels of
the Indian Bureau.
Mr.. Window replied 10 the remarks OF
Mr.. Garfield, and asked him why, if the
Indian Bureau was as corrupt as the
gentleman from Ohio described it to be,
he was SO anxious to turn it over to bis
friends, the military officers. III the
chairman of the Military committee
Garfield would look after the stealings
of military men in the communications of
fuel, quarters, &c, he would find that
more money was stolen every year, actu-
ally stolen, than there was appropriated
for the whole Indian service. He was
not here to defend the Indian service.
He had endeavOred, on various occa-
sions, to prevent this corruption and had
brought in ameasure which would have
prevented it, but the gentleman from
Ohio had met it with his transfer to the
War Department, as cure for the evil.
Mr.. Clarke, of Kansas, a member OF
the committee on Indian Affairs, said
he agreed in the main with the gentle
man from Ohio.
Mr.. Holbrook, the delegate from Ida.
no, obtained the floor from Mr.. Butler,
and proceeded to discuss the Indian
question. In the course of his remarks
he used these words: "The gentleman
having charge of this bill saw lit to ST.
! lencc the delegates here by raising a
point of order and making assertions
which lie knew, at the time he made
them, to he unqualtiedly false"
| The Speaker called him to order.
! Mr.. Benjamin asked that the Offensive
| language and words be taken down.
Mr. Butler remarked that he had not
heard what was said.
Mr. HUlbrook began 20 repeat, when
the Speaker again interrupted him, and
said it would be improper for him to
repeat the Objectionable words, they
having been written by the Reporter and
read by the Clerk.
! The Speaker lin a severe ne)-The
! Chair rElRs these words to be out of
order, rs being parliamentary and in
decorous. When gentleman declares
that a meHber has stated OH the floor
what he knew to be unqualitiedly false,
be uses the most insulting language
that can be uttered on the floor of par
liamentary body.
Mr.. HolbrOok was about to make some
remark, when Mr.. Benjamin, interrupt.
ing, said he objected TO the delegate
proceeding until he retracted what he
said.
Mr.. Holbrook--I do not propose to
Tetract one word of what ! have said.
The Speaker-The delegate from Ida
no refuses to retract his words.
Mr.. HOlbrook-- Does the So Chair rule7
! The Speaker-The Chair has ruled
/ that the remarks of the gentlemen were
not only supplementary, hut were as
! insulting as could be made on the floor
of parliamentary body.
Mr. Holbrook-l desire TO ask ques.
tion.
The Spcaker-The Chair can hold no
debate with the gentleman.
Mr.. Chanler appealed from the deci-
sion of the Chair as being contrary to
decision which he had made before in
reference to language used by Mr.
Logan.
The SpeakeT-The Chair can hold no
controversy with the gentleman from
New York or any other gentleman in
relation TO other decisions. Every de-
cision stands by itself i'll the words
used, subject to appeal at the time.
Mr.. Chanler-I withdraw the appeal.
Mr.. Schenck offered the following
resolution:
Resolred, That Z. d. Holbrook, dele
gate from the territory of Idaho, having
uttered the following language Quoting
~ distinctly and in the presence of
the House, aud refusing to retract the
same be immediately brought to the
par OIL the House by the Sergeant at
arms ana severely censured by the
Speaker.
Adopted without division, and the
Speaker, having directed the Sergeant
at-Arms to bring Mr.. Holbrook TO tbe
bar OF the House, administered rho
censure of the House. '"o
Mr.. Holbrook then retired and the die
cusslon was continued.