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t,on. He continued to denounce the Catholic
Church and the Democratic party In the most

Church anu tne DemOcIatiS ptta " III In0 iAoo'
bitter terms.
Mr. Bingham obtained the floor after Mr..
Dawes, though dozen Democrats were claim
ing 1t at once. Bingham is an old-fashioned
coyenanter Presbyterian. No partisan OF tne
Duke OF Argyle ofthe sixteenth century eouio
have been more bitterly sectarlan. ne re,
hearsed the story of the authorizes Oh toiae home
compelling the Protestants to worship outslae
of the walls Of the sacred city during she aa,
mon what he called the intolerance OF the
Roman Catholic Church. He alluded 70 tne
Gcumenical Council and Its action IN suStaln-
inc the doctrine of the nfallibility OF tne rope.
This he denounced as an outrage upon the
liberty Of Conscience of mankind, and an at
temnt to reduce the human mind to condi-
w Voorhees,. of Indiana, followed, Bingham:
This was the first show the Democrats mad naa
in the debate since 1t became interesting and
exciting. voorhees, Is one OF the most lnter-
estlnp aud impressive speakers on the Demo
cratic side. He first of all paid his respects 70
Dawes, and alluded to the sectaran, bigoted
character of the New England States. He
twitted Dawes upon the State OF Massaeha-
setts burning witches, and compelling Quakers
and other religious denominations to Leave the
State. The Puritanism Of New England had
outstrpped the intolerance Of Rome a,l IN ofa its
worst DAYS. The gentleman from Ohio lMr.
Bingham) had made this spiritual question.
He had ignored the subject matter under con.
sideration, and had gone of into rald upon
the Roman Catholic Church and the DEMO
cratic party. ~, ,ohoto
on this question year ago, treate6 tne HOUSE
accused that denomination Of all manner OF
crimes, and Scripture al laoitans: sam
Cox defended the Irish naturallZed cltlzens,
and made q good deal of fun ut C0Vode's eX-
pense, keeping the House in !. continual roar
of laughter Hoar, of Massachusetts, came 20
the defence Of that State In tne COURSE VI 1s 10
remarks he accused the Democratic party Oh
burning orphan asylums In New YORK: Al
this point Voorhees,, Of Indiana, rose eXcltedly
In his seat, and called ''Order! order !" ad-
ding, sswhat the gentleman states Is false, ana
he Knows it to be false !" Here there was an
indescribable scene of disorder. Every member
in the House was on his feet, each one snout-
ing at the top Of his voice. The chairman kept
his gavel going like ponderous trip-hammer,
and amid his rappIng and the shouting OF the
members the confusion was complete. AT last,
after much hammering of the gaVel ana more
shouting Of the members, Stevens, Oh New
Hampshire, made his voice neard, anu as-
.hees be taken down. The chairman endeay-
ored to make himself heard, but was useless.
The scene of confusion increased. The
payel's raps upon the Speakers desk
Became louder and louder and resound-
ed through the hall and out In the
| corridors Speaker Blaine now took .
station near the chairman and began to prompt
| him Ingersoll, however, was unfit for such
an emergency. he Is q good, jolly fellow, tond
of a Joke and Of fun, and rather participated
in the excitement on the floor. When ne
called the committee to order members only
laughed at him and he laughed In return.
Finally, by the vigorous use of the gavel, ne
succeeded in drowning all other voices but his
own. The official reporter was directed TO
write out the Objectionable words Of VOORHEES,
and to hand them to the clerk. While he was
doing this several Democrats were trying to
speak, but they were drowned out with cries
OF order from the Republican side Of the House.
Sam Cox insisted that the remarks OF Hoar
should also be taken down, as they were
equally Objectionable. Then there was another
CRY of order, mingled with calls of"Sit down y
.sDry up ~ s'Keep on your own side y,
| The words uttered by voorhees, were at last
! read from the clerks desk. The chairman
ruled that they were mot Parliamentary, but
decidedly pungentn This set the House into
a roar Of laughter, followed by clapping Of
hands on both sides. The chairman himself
| laughed, while round after round of applause
went up from the floor In the midst OF this
excitement the committed arose and the House
adjourned without deciding the question OF the
mission to Rome.