Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-23

----s-siid then proceeded TO argue
BEEN mad a right 70 discuss upon this
door the saying ofAn itlnerant lecturer who
vas going through the country spreading
his damnabls doctrines before the people.
Had no not right 10 dlscuss the lectures Of
the God and morality leader Of this God aud
morality partyi He thought he had right
70 speak OF this mans impudence In his
public lectures.
Mr.. Davis called the genllemau 70 order
as drifting again into supplementary Ian.
guage, and the Speaker sustained the point
| Of order. .....r.
Mr.. Mungen was, however, allowed TO
proceed 10 order, and denied that he had
been guilty Of violation Of the rules Of
common decency or common respect. He
was willing that this matter should bs re-
ferred TO tho Committee on Rules, and n
they found that no had been guilty Of VIC.
lating any rules he would cheerfuliy submit
TO any censurs the House might impose.
Mr.. schenck said that In view Of the reso-
luton Of Mr.. Dawes, and the denial Of Mr..
Munger, II seemed to him that an inquiry
BY the Committss on Rules was absolutely
necessary; for the House could not afford
to allow the Inquiry to DO passed over. ne
hoped IL would lead to prohibition Of the
bad practice ofprlhtlng uudsllvered speeches.
We would then have real debate, which
was contact Of mind with mind, and We
would then get rid Of essays, which gentle.
men sat down and prepared In the quiet OF
bates.
Mr.. Voorhees,, Of Ind, alluded to tho fact
that the Senate had passed q bill 10 prevent
the publication In the Globe Of speeches that
are never delivered In tho House. while
he agreed with Mr.. schenck that this evil
should DO corrected, he thought II would
have been In better taste to allow the House
TO take the Initiative. Ho thought there
were some matters that the Senate might
attend TO for themselves, and he thought II
would be proper 10 amend the Senate bill In
such way as to ask them TO adopt the hour
rule and the previous question.
Mr.. Dawes said the debate had travelled
FAR Wide Of the question. II was not whether
speeches not delivered should be printed,
but whether the gentleman from Ohio, haV-
Ing obtained leave to print his speech, had
printed one In violation Of tho rules. In
reply TO remarks by Mr.. Voorhees,, no said
he was conscious Of HIS own frequent Viola
tons OF the rules, but the gentleman would
certainly coneede that whatever no had said
In violation OF the rules was done In the heat
Of debate, and that he had never gone To his
room and written down anything which
ought not TO be uttered here.
lie had felt that Il was necessary that
nome one should take notice Of this thing,
and that Il was proper 1t should be done BY
q Massachusetts member. If the resolution
was adopted tho question would 70 to the
Committee on Rules, aud the responsibility
would rest with them, where he was willing
Il should rest.
The rssol alton was adopted.
Mr.. O'Neill, Of Pa, submitted a report
from the committee OF conference on the
naval deficiency billI which was adopted.
Mr.. voorhees,, Of Ind, rising to personal
explanation, called tho attention Of the
House to some remarks OF Mr.. Benton, Of New
hampshire, on Saturday, In which be (Mr.
(Yoorhees) was accused Of having been con-
nected with the knights Of the Golden Cir
Gle, and OF having resisted the draft during
the war. He denied the statement entirely,
and referred to the fact that he was elected
from very loyal district, In which many
soldiers resided, as proof that no had never
been guilty as charged.
Mr.. Benton, In reply, said that he was not
actuated by Any personal feeling In tho 70.
mark that he had made, and he had made
II upon the authority Of q statement he had
seen published In the papers.
Mr.. Voorhees, again denied all the state
ments that had been published connecting
him with any recent political organization.
Mr.. Swami, OF Maryland, at o'clock,
moved that the House adjourn. He thought
some respect should DO paid TO the anniyer-
anry OF the birthday Of Washington. There
was not State Legislature in session upon
this day, and he did not think Congress
should be 10 session.
The motion was rejected-yeas 10, maya
On motion OF Mr.. Dawes the House re-
solved Itself into Committee Of the Whole,
aud resumed consideration OF the legislative
appropriation bill, the pending question
being upon the amendment Of Mr.. Arnell to
make appropriation for the Department Of
and to strike out that clause of
the bill which abollshes that department.
The amendment was debated at length
pro and cen. Tho principal advocates OF
the measure were Messrs. Arnell, Sargent,
Roots, Hoar, Garfield and Kelley. The OPP
ponents were MeSsrs. McNecley, Beck,
Fa-nsworth and Lawrence.
The amendment was adopted.
closed on Si al paragraphs down to what 70.
lated TO the pension Office, aud this enabled
the Committee OF the Whole to get through
with three pages.
Mr.. Ward, OF n. Y, moved TO amend by
striking out the appropriation for an as
sistaRt commissioner, on the ground that It
was creating q new once.
Mr.. Dawes demonstrated that, although II
was creating q new once, It was really =
measure Of economy, a. by creating this
ether ofdees inTolIing much more eIpendl-
tuTe were dispensed with.
The amendment was rejected.
Pending further confederation, tho com.
mittSe rose.
Tho Speaker appointed Mr.. Hale, OF
Maine, q member OF the Committee on Elec-
lions, in place Of Mr.. Bsaman, declined.
The House then, at $50 p. M, adjourned.