The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-17
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tea and coffee, and for the protection Of
home industry.
Mr. Dawes, from the committee on
Ways and Means, reported q bill allow
ing Photographic pictures intended toF
exhibition at,the National Photographic
Association, to be held at Cleveland IN
June next, TO be imported tree OF duty
Passed
NJ. Hay presented communication
from the American SharpsnooteF- A.
ISOLATION, extending an Invitation TO
the House TO attend the festival o. the
Association at Highland, Illinois, IN
Nav, 1872. and moved the appointment
OF committee OF i've TO attend,
Mr. Brooks, OF New York, thought
it dii not conform with the dignity OF
this BODY to send committees to al such
Invitations
Mr.. W. R. Roberts suggested that
Boomerang Cox should be Gepurzed.
Mr.. Havs said he hai not supposed
that anv member would object. The
same thing had been done IN lo6>,
when the same ASSOC alton he'd !,s
annual testiva. 10 New York.
Mr.. Brooks withdrew his objection
and the resolution was adopted.
NJ. Beck asked leave 20 make per
souaI explanation.
Mr. Stevenson inquired whether Nr.
Beck intended TO say ANYTHING personal
10 q Senator?
Mr.. Beck said he desired TO set HIM
set right, a9i he assured the House
that he would not Use anv language
that would be ii5approved Of. He did
not intend to u-e any bIliinssgate.
He would not II ne could. He merely
intended to put himself right.
Mess-s Dawes, Banks, W. (. Rob
er,s and other members sustained the
riyhr o. NJ. Beck 10 make personal ex-
planat;on even though be I'D reflect on
a Senator.
Inc Speaker pu; the question "a 70
whether there was any objection, ami
none was made The Speaker then re-
marked there were violations or the I
rules OF the House, which the Chair |
was not in the habit OF checking unless /
a point OF order was made a the floor /
but a. to the violation Of ~ toroDdd ~
reflection on the senate or members VI
It. it was the habit Of the Char always !
TO check them. There seemed 10 be q
misapU-ehension n some minds that
on g. previous occasion when toe yenCie- /.
man from Kentucky made remarks on
the Senator's the Chair had not checked
them. "a tie occasion referred %,
the Chair had called the gentleman TO
order In that connection he bad rad /
from the Gjo5- an extract from that
dav's proceedings and he added tha: he .
had never allowed any remarks to b"
made atteasive 10 4 Senator without
calling the odenIer to order
VI. Beck then proceeded with his
remarks. He did not lnteUd De sad, /
to use any biIiin:scate or slang or to .
degrade the House by any illusions /
which the members would -ay we're not
eminentIy proper. 1t was more impor
tant to him that Re should re right AMI .
rha; the House -hou,d -ay that ne was 7
right in Ii 2 remarks Tor which he .
Beck hal been ar-aIgnei in the Sen ,
ate. 10 tL At speech he had said that
Governor Brownlow, OF Tennessee, had .
made q paudemonlum Of that State. !
He Beck had been on the committee .
to Investigate the condition OF the .
South. and when be had come 20 look ,
over the condition OF things 10 Tennes- /
see. from the close OF the war tor tour .
wears lie saw such set Of /
things a. existed nowhere else on
the American continent, aut It
was because he founi out that
state Of things 20 existing that he had
made the remarks to which exceptions
had been taken. If the facts I'D not .
exist. then he Vas gully Of SANDER, but
il thev did exist and II be should prove /
70 the House that that State hal been .
bv misrule maie paademoaIum for
four YEAR a TER the war closed, thea he .
was not guilty % anv SANDER. He
should either sand before the House a. .
a wrlful and malicious libe.e-, or be .
should stand confirmed by facts a. he
should show them. Before he would .
saw a word a. to the persona. attack 90 .
him, ne wanted 10 show 70 toe House .
that ne was right in saying that Tennes-
see had been a pandemon.um 'or four
years.
Mr. Stevenson asked the chair, as a
question of orie-. whether, 10 a per
sonaI explanation, member had a
right 10 proceed into a genera. j Sous
SION o. the State Of Tennessee
Tae Speake. replied that it had oeeu
repeatedly ruled that. when a member
was permitted TO make persona! eX-
nlsuation. he vas not limited as to what
he should say, except that he must De
within the rules OF the house.
M-. Beck said he desired 70 show the
condition OF things in Tennessee, a.
that was the great Poia: II the matter.
He denied the right OF any man TO
make u-e OF the privilege OF the door 10
malign OF SANDER auy one outside Of It,
and whatever be had said be hsi said
oulv on his own responsibility as
man. and he hoped TO prove lis truth.
He tren proceeded to show the condi-
too OF tGings in Tennessee from 1860
TO 1865; how the Legislature BY
series Of acts unparal!ed il American
history. constituted itself a body not
representing one-ienth part Of the pop
ulstiou how seditious laws were
PASSED; how persons were arrested .
for speaking disrespectfuliy Of the
government; how there was outlawry
OF person, sn out!awry Of the press, an .
outlavry OF franchise, an outlawry OF !
everything which did rot bow to the
mandates OF tie meu in power He
showed how seventy thousand citizens
OF the State had been distrancbIsed oy
lav; how the Governor had distran-