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to adjourn. tCries Of " No, no" and much con-
fusion and excitomeht1
was met with cries Of Vote, vote"
Mir Cessna niep., Pa) made the point of order
that M. Hale had waived his right.
The Speaker overrued the port.
MIR. Randall (Dem Pa) raised the point of or
der that the bill as reported by Mr.. Hale had
been voted down. and another proposition sub
stituted, and that therefore he had lost his right
The speaker. .oyerul"d Mr.. Randars point,
and asked Mr. Hale, In view of the palpihlc i'm
patience OF tho House, whether he Insisted on
Mr Hale G,ep Mel said that he did and pro-
cecdcd, amid much noise and confusion, To
state to the House why he considered that the
substitute was no pI9ner response to ne de;
Of the law of last Congress. lie characterized
a.
AN EVASION or THE rupLrc VOICE.
and stated that " this bill went to the wall
proposition involving q clean, straightforward,
substantial repeal would he introduced on the
first Monday the House would be In session, and
he believed that 1t would pass the House and
satls an Indignant country.
MIR. Dawes Drop. Mass.), amid Increased CON
fusion and with more tGsn usual earnestneas Of
manner, stated his objections to the substitute.
nc said that the rcaiSon ,S why ne could not vote
done last March. lie had witnessed this even
Ing a repetition Of the scene OF last March. when
he sat in his seat then struggling to I've heard he
had been met with the same treatment "a the
gentleman from Maine (Nr. Hale had met on this
occasion. As history had repeated itself In that
respect so 1t would repeat Itself in the judgment
of the people ON this transaction. lie had been
willing To- hide his time. the country could
discern between tho measure to which the
House had given the E"-hy moment ago ana
the substitute now before II. For one, lie would
WASH ms uANDs or TINS BILL.
He would vote against II and. If 1t were de-
fcatcd, Lee would, ucNt Monday. present to tho
!i'I,' "H'e more ah oPp1Itunill 10 uhd' an
thdt hau nrcn done Ia that unfortunate measure
OF Last Nacn, 3p far Ii the Consultation would
Nr Grlcli iitep., onio) argued in favor of
ttAiug tine substitute As the onN practical
method OF lrrachng conclusion on the question
before tine hplidaNS.
Mr.. Ilawley rep. Cunn0 spoke against the
substitute ard irimated that there was 7till a
parliWuoniuv modc of getting at the till ~ re-
I ported back under tho Drth instructions.
Nr. Cox dem, y. V did not believe that tho
substitute contained fair expression Of the
opinions OF the House and he would, therefore,
Mr.. kasson rep, Iowa) opposed the substi-
tutc as one uf series Of parliamentary lodges.
lie yenturcd To- say that his licpublran friends
dare not - before the country with such lame
and impotcnt conclusion.
TnE GRABnLRs TRIUMPHANT.
In reply 80 various questions, the Speaker
stated ttat II the House fused to order the bll
To- third reading. the Till would fail, but that
" " was ordered to a third reading the previuus
question would then be exhausted. and mo-
| uon might be nterposcd to recommt the hill
with instructions TO report back forthwith
The Hous, then proceeded to vote on order
irg the biil TO be engrusscd and read a third
time. II was ordered 10y lj9 yeas TO los NAYS.
Mr. Hurnui then got control Of the measure
and Welded the door to Mr.. Butler (l,ep, Mass,
VINO proceeded To ave his viows On the matter.
He Catlcd the House to witness that he htd
hitherto taken no part In the debate. lie felt
that course on nis part WAS Que to himself and
the Republican party. lie had supported the
substitute offered 10y his friend from Illinois
tMr. Hurihuu, because he loohed upon II As a
b cumprumise lie spoke u
IHE nova OF the newspapers
as having teen proyoked because their dirty
sheets were not allowed 10 - through the mails
/ free II was on that account that Congress had
been pursued With fOrty-j jachass mud power.
/ The trouble had arisen from tho fact that nom
' bers did not stand together, but that they lot
the rlen up there ponting 10 the report er's
gallery }, Who liNcd by the bounty Of Congress
write diatriues against them and blackc Il I hem
/ AL over, until the whole word was made
. to believe that members of Congress ar
worse than other men, instead OF being
and letter "a a class than men In any other pro
fcssiun, cIcrgytnen. doctors, or lawyers. foI
when clerg; man got into Congress he was not
especially conspicuous for virtue any more than
the rest u them were. Laughter MI Butler
spoke In the midst OF
GREAT CONFUSION,
and surrounded toy members from all sides OF
/ the House, applauding and encouraging him
/ and Ia ighing At his good points. Il was utterly
] impossible Tor the reporter 70 get more than
7 NcrS llsht idc9 Of his speech. At it, close the
/ previous question was demanded by Nj Hurihut
OF Illinois and seconded. The question WIS
/ then taken ty yeas and NAYS on ordering the
Af,cr a notice by the Speaker that tli- was H.,
point where, 10 thr previous question Wa. NOT or
d,r.d, 10 t.ntiHu tp r,..A.uIt tNc Iill Nuult b.,
ln order, tn" main gu, e'lun vs. ordered cas-
lil; mays. l4l.
bin. TIE Nc.e aud u.N- Woo demanded, hu
refuse and tine dill was passed on division
\ motion TO reconsider was made and laid OF
the table, ana then, ats T.. M., the House al
JuA4aDd.