Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-18

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do with it yourself.
The Speaker directed the Gle k TO report
the substitute in its original shape and sub
mitted it to the House in that shape.
The House seconded by 141 to As the
previous question on Hurlbut's substitute,
and the main question was ordered by yeas
1G6 nays 105.
The question was taken on substituting
Mr.. Hurlbut's proposition for the pending
bill and the amendments thereto, and it
was amid much excitement, and after sew
eral changes of vote from no to aye agreed
to-yeas 1913, nays $50.
Motion to reconsider was made and laid
on the table, the yeas and nays having been
refused on the latter motion.
Mr. Roberts moved to adjourn. [Cries of
no, no and much confusion and excite
ment.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, rose to close the de-
bate but was met with cries of ''vote,"
'votel"
Mr. Cessna made the point Of order that
Mr. Hale had waived his right.
The Speaker overruled The point.
Mr.. Randall raised the point of order
that the bill, as reported by Mr.. Hale, had
been voted down and another proposition
submitted, and that therefore he had lost
his right.
The Speaker overruled Mr.. Randall's
point, and asked Mr.. Hale, in view Of the
PaIpabIe Empatienee
of the House, whether he insisted on his
right to speak.
Mr.. Hale said that he did and proceeded,
amid much noise and confusion, to state to
the House why he considered that the sub
stitute was no proper response to the de-
mand of the country for a substantial Ie-
peal of the law of the last session. He
characterized it as an evasion of the public
voice, and that if this bill went to the wall
a proposition, involving a clean, straight
forward, substantial repeal, would be intro
duced on the first Monday the House would
be in session, and he believed it would pass
the House and satisfy an
Indignant Country.
Mr.. Dawes, amid increased cheers and
confusion, and with more than usual earn
estnesS of manner, objected to the substi-
tute.
Mr.. Garfield argued in favor Of taking
the substitute as the only practical method
of reaching a conclusion Oh the matter be
fore the holidays.
Mr.. Hawley, of Connecticut, and MeSsrs.
Burns, Cox and CaSsOn spoke against tie
substitute.
In reply to various questions, the Speaker
stated that if the House refused to order the
bill to a third reading, the bill would fail,
but that if it was ordered to third read
ing the previous question would then be
exhausted, and a motion might be inter-
4, inst
lions to report back forthwith another bill.
The House then proceeded to vote on Or
dering the bill to be engrossed and read a
third time. II was 50 Ordered-l59 yeas,
105 NAYS.
Mr.. Hurlbut then GOT control Of the
measure and yielded the floor to Mr.. But
Ter, of Massachusetts, who proceeded to
give his views on the matter. He had sup
ported the substitute offered by his friend
from Illinois (lmlhut) because he looked
upon it as a compromise. He spoke of the
howl of the newspapers as having been
provoked because their dirty sheets were
not allowed to 90 through the mails free.
It was On that account that Congress had
been pursued with
40 Jackass MudpOweT.
The trouble had arisen from the fact that
the members did not stand together, but
let the men up there pointing to the re-
porters gallery who lived ~ the bounty
of Congress, write didtribeS against them,
and blacken them all over, until the whole
world was made TO believe that members OF
Congress are worse than other men, instead
of being as they were the chosen of the na-
ton and better rs class than men in any
other profession, clergymen, lawyers OF
doctors, for when clergyman got into
Congress lie was not specially conspicuous
for virtue any more than the rest We're.
laughter He argued that the salary fix
ed by the act OF the Sd of March, 1873, was
not too high.
Mr.. Butler spoke in the midst of great
confusion and surrounded by members
from all sides of the House applauding and
encouraging him and laughing at his good
points. 1t was utterly impossible to get
more than a very slight idea Of his speech.
At its close the previous question was
demanded by Mr.. HuTlhut and seconded.
The question was then taken by yeas
and nays on ordering the main question,
after notice by the Speaker that this was
the point where, if the previous question
was not ordered, a motion to recOmmit the
bill would be in order. The main Ques-
ton was ordered, yeas 131, nays 1870.
The question was then on the passage Of
the bill. The yeas and nays were demand
ed, but refused. and the bill was passed on
division Of 122 to a.
A motion TO reconsider was made, and
laid on the table, and then, at o'clock, the
House adjourned,