The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-02-12


order at the present time. During the iay, however.
the designations were insisted upon and accepted.
go. The Committee on Rules presented a new rule
providing that whenever question is pending be-
fore the House, the Speaker shall entertain but
one motion to adjourn, and one motion to fix L
day to which the House shall adjourn: but
the previous question on the engrossment
and the third reading of any bill or joint
resolution shall not be ordered during the first day
of its consideration, unless two-thirJs of the mem-
bers present shall second the demand provided
that the rule shall not apply to House resolutions
offered i'll the morning hours of Monday, the pas
sage of which was advocated by the Speaker, who
came down on the floor. The rule was adopted
yeas III, nays ST.. Butler, of Massachusetts,
moved to take up the Civil Rights bill, but without
acting on the motion the House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3.-Sendte-LOgan intro
duccd a bill authorizing the retirement of Gen. W.
II. Emory, L.. S. A., with the rank and pay of Briga-
dier-General. The bill appropriaiing 81, 900 to
defray the expenses incurred during the visit of King
kalakaua was passed Logan presented i resOlu-
ton adopted by a meeting Of citizens of Chicago in
favor of the passage of Il bill to establish a branch
mint at Chicago, which was referred to the Conn
bAAttt' III ALAhiitt - - III b'Iialt NV liz
executive session.
Hou>e-PrellmInary questions connected with the
Senate Civil Rights bill were voted upon, and the
proceedings were enliyened by some unpariament-
AIRY Language that passed between Butler, of Massa-
chusctts, and Mclean, of Texas. Butler referred
to portions of the Southern people as banditti and
murIerers, who rode around at night i'll uni
form and disguised. Mclean said that the men-
Ir Fun, Ha.s..It,Stt, ,r.- .I. ,nI- no
on the floor that he knew of; he had murdered d
man i'll New Orleans. Butler retorted that this Ian
guage was ruttlanly, and could not now affect him.,
for which he was rcprimanded by tie Speaker. The
House took a recess until $50, the evening session
to be exclusively for debate on the Civil Rights bill.
THURSDAY. Feb. 4.-Sen0te-Logan, from the
Committee on Military Affairs, reported back the
House bIll to provide for tie relief OF persons suffer-
inS from the rayages of grasshoppcrs, and it was
passed -. Morton presented the memorial III the
Board of Industry OF CalIntitun, Ind, asking all APP
preparation tor the Improvement OF the Olnoriycr...
Ferry, ri Michigan, presented the memorial Of set
tiers On Indian Reserve land IN Emmett county,
Mich, pray Ing Congress to provide measures to
secure them i'll their hoinestrads.
Hpu~c-Scncr defended his action in opposition to
the CiNii Rights bin; he was the only Republican
n,Inbcr who voted against the motion to SUSPEND
thr ru.cs...-An exciting episode occurred during
the debate on the passage OF the bill, Brown, Of Ken
lucky, Ia! ing his RESPECTS 10 Butter, III which he
used the following Language, speaking OF the people
OF Louisiana: We have heard II echoed elsewhere
THAT they were thieves and nIurdrrers and night
riders. The clergy ot that Statc-Jcw
ant Gcutilc-haNc denied it. The
business men and Northern residents have
denied it. y committee III your own House, u
majority being Republican, has given 1t Its solemn
ana emphatic contradiction, and nailed the SANDER
,n the counter. Now, what should be said II that ac-
cIIeaIon should come from onc-I speak not of lnrn,
bat III ~langUage within the rules uf this HOuSe-it
thar accusation against that people should come
from one who Is outI&wcd III his own home from IT.
spectacle society. whose uaLIc Is syuonylIoGs with
iaisyh0od, who Is the champion, and has been such On
al occasion-, OF fraud whoI /, the aloiogist of thieves;
who l, such Il prodigy ot vice and lneanncSs that
10 describe HIM imagination would sickCn and InNCc-
tive would exhaust Itself: In Scotland, many Years
ago, there "a' Il man whose tradc Was murder, and
hr earned his livelihood by the selling OF his victims
for gold. lie linked his maine t. his crime, anu to-
day. throughout the world, 1t Is known a. 'Burk-
ing The Speakcr-Dues the Chair understand the
gentleman to be referring III this language To u
member ot this House? Mir. Brown-No, sir;
i am describing i character III my minds
eye. The Spcakcr-The Chair understood the
gentleman 10 refer To u member of this House. Mr.
Brown-No, sir; l call no names. This mans name
was linked to his crime, and to-day, throughout the
world, it is known As " BurkinS.7 Ii I was 10 desire
to express all that was pusIllanimuus Ill war, inhu-
man i'll peace, forbidden in morals, and infamous ill
,rbiiIirS shpuIl call II -. ButIfriZiur 9" ISruSafion
The Speaker Qntcrrupting Brown)-The gen
tIcnIau did not deal III good faith
with the Chair. He did not answer in
good faith the question addressed to him.
Hale offered IL Resolution that Brown was guilty Of
prcyarication, and that he be publicly censurcd by
the Speaker, which was adopted-yeas lGl. nays %.
The ScrGcant-at-ArnIs then escorted Brown To the bar
Of the House, and the Speaker administered thu cen
sure III the following terms: Mr.. John Young
Brown. you are a~rraiSncd at the bar OF the liousc,
under its formal resolutions, for having transgrcsstd
its rules by disorieriy remarks, ana having
II sorted t. Ircyaricat:on when your attention
was called to the rules of dccorIIm
by the Speaker. For this duplicate Of
Tense the House has directed that you be publicly
ceusurcu at it, bar. No words from the Char in
performance of this most painful duty could possibly
add To the gravity If the occasion or severity OF the
punishment. 1t remains only to pronounce. in the
name of thu House. it, ccnsurc for the two oncnScs
charged IN the resolution"
Mr.. Brown wish now t. stat that [ intended no
invasion or preyarication to the Speaker ana 10 dis
respect to The House.
With these remarks Brown returned to his seat.
aad this exciting incident came to a close.