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could drive this 'e ri a ana the eSforcsment
amendment through, e.sy would do An act for
concerned, would be the fs. ssoand nun we're s
s dSsa .cot that :, for for which he had more
solitary confinement and penal TMi%s serS.;. 70
The bill had attained Its present state by vhss
20 far as his conscienciousness was concerned,
appeared 70 him % be false pretences charac-
terized by all the features of that offence witch
the laws OF Pennsylvania Furnishes. On Satur-
day last the minority Of the House, in virtue OF
parliame ntary law and the usage Of the House.
not by the weakness Of the republican party, or
of the members Of that party, held this bin in
their power. Its prominent members said TO the
republican patty: take from IL one amend
ment and you may have all the rest without OBJ
lection on our part; take from it one provision
ana you may have your adjournment and your
approprason:" Then came on the floor sena-
tmesning Senator Cole, Of California; aud he
gave assurance to gentlemen around him (Mr
Kelley that II the bin could 60 70 q conference
committee the Senate would recede from that
amendment. 1t was known that he would, Is
chairman OF the conference committee of the
House, disappsovs Of the amendment, and had
proved il As heartily IS any gentleman on the
other side Of the House.
Mr.. GARFIELD suggested that Mr. Kelley with
draw his remarks in relation to himself and
allow him TO speak for himself.
Mr. Kelley said he would say that he was %
assured by many gentlemen. There had 70 be,
according 10 parliamentary usage, two demo-
Gratis on the conference committee-one from
the House and one from the Senste-and there
would, therefore, il seemed to him and others,
ment being agreed to. And he, and Others A.
rasiical as himself went not merely with him.
s out in ,, sd'snce' to gentlemen on the other
such as guarantee the withdraWE Of the
amendment. You cannot be deceived"
Not yet dill they yield-they hesitsted and in
CURED, AID did not yield until from the
that the re rort Of conference committee was
subject to ell the dilatory motions that any
other mater was subject to. He had gone TO
that II they lost position or power he would CO.
operate with them in regaing their lost DO wer or
lost right, end ne made this melton in redemp-
domination he should not heed il, for though IL
might be egotism, he held the self respect of
w. d. Kelley Of more value than the respect Of
All his fellow members, and he could not 70
through the morld maintaining his self respect
| If he tailed to make every effort to have this re-
port sent back to conference committee.
| Mr.. Bingham (Ohio) asked who the gentle
| man referred to as authorizing him to pledge
the republican side Of the House TO anything In
| Mr.; Kelley said he did not pledge that side of
Mr.. Bingham.-whom, then, did you pledge?
MI. kelley pledged my influence.
Mr. Bingham (sneeringiy.)-Oh!
Mr.. Kelley said he did so, following other gen.
tlemen on his side Of the House who pledsed
theirs, and he reiterated that he was impei1ed
tnereto BY assurances openly given by men,
the Senate would recede.
Mr.. Bingham asked if he meant to convey the
impression that anybody pledged the majority
OF the house to surrender the right OF the ma
Mr.. Keliey.-I have not intimated any such
| thing. Wv.
Mr.. Coburn (Ind.)-whom did YOU represent
In making that bargain?
Mr.. Kelley said he dad not understand that
any bargain was made by him binding anybody
but himself but there were other gentlemen
present who would probably say thar thew also
said to the other side OF the House, s.Geutle-
men you shall not be damaged by trusting to
the good faith Of the majority"
Mr.. COburn said he would like to know who
pledged the majority here.
Mr.. Kelley said he did not claim to speak for
the majority. he spoke for himself.
Mr. Coburn asked how then could the good
faith OF the majority be broken.
MT. Kelley said he spoke for himself Others
would probably speak for themselves.
MIR. Garfield (Ohiol said he would not speak
to the merits Of the proposition before the House
except to say that no one regretted more than he
uld the fact that the House had been brought
70 deadlock on this question. But he would
call attention to another phase of the difficulty
which rose altogether above the amendment, or
any other amendment that could be brought 70
the House. This was one of the twelve great
appropriation bills that were necessary aud
vital to carrying on the government. There
Senate amendments, and each of these modes
had been tried and resisted by the minority
He and his associates had again aud
s again u as each OF these i've ordinary
had the minority refused to allow the
House 10 take either OF them until late on Sat
1rday night, and then only on condition that il
should be coupled with recess which should
bring Congress within four hours of final adj
tournment. The question which had therefore
arisen Nv was fsr above this bill, and far above
had the right, and could insist upon their right
TO consider q great appropriation bill the mo-
ment that any minority, however large, say
"no" to that proposition. Ii not, then they
were In the midst OF parliamentary revolu-
ton, out OF which there was no legislation of
any sort possible for eyermore until that prop
osition was abandoned. He believed it to be
the case when, in 1861, large body in the rebel
states said that the majority OF the nation might
elect President, provided they did not elect
Abraham Lincoln, but that IL they should elect
him theywould break the government into pieces,
and that nc EVOLUTION against the law OF the ma
JOrity had been followed by an awful, bloody
war. simply to indicate the rights of the people
of the Unted States to have the majority
govern. h regarded IL as unwise and unfor-
tunate that the gentlemen on the ether side had
seen ht 70 siy tnat unless this amendment was
struck out the great public measure, without
which the government could not 20 on could
not become law. He could never give way 10
any forn. OF compromise until that assumption
was utterly abandoned. He recognized the
right OF dllatory motions where a minority
were being opposed by any unparliamentary
proceeding, but where the proposition was TO
| proceed &c ,ordng to parliamentary law aud
where the minority said that should not be done
| then II the majority was not TO prevail there
was an end If parliamentary government. 1t was
simple. plain denial of the right OF the Ameri-
| can people 70 make laws, speaking through the
majority OF their representatives. He proposed
Tor one, TO stay here till December, il necessa-
~, TO insist that this appropriation bill should
be constde. ed-should be voted up or voted
down. But vote they must, or they would
abandon and surrender the right Of parliament
ary government in this country.
MI Brooks (N. W said that the enforcement
bill was unconstitutional, and read the fourth
article OF The constitution IN support OF his
assertion, AID was proceeding with his remarks
when rs vas Interrupted by Mr.. Bingham,
tOhio,l who held the floor and insisted upon
goingon with his remarks.
Mr.. Bingham argued that there was nothing
/ m this Senate amendment that was not already
on the statute books, and he declared that the
resistance TO IL on the pretense Of uuconstiIu-
donality wss the Inauguration I'm this hall of
treason e diyeputable, 90 dishonorabie, g m
constitutional, and as damning e. that treason
hangurated twelve years ago BY the bayonst
At this point there was much confusion In xhe
hall, especially on the democratic side.
M. Morgan (Ohio) sh0uted ct the top Of his
voice. HI brand the afafaun0f r n %