The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-11
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WASHINGTON, January 10.
90 HOUSE. -, 5g %E

RSoG' > HusH
The reading d the Journal Of Thurs.
day last occupied three.fourths OF an
hour.
Under call Of States, bills were intro
duced and referred as follows:
BY Mr.. Wood, Of New York, 10 repeal
in part the acts cf January IA, 1875, pro-
viding for the resumption Of specie pay.
ment, and TO facilitate the resumption OF
specie payment, without Contraction OF
currency;'by Nj. Cox, for the payment Of
the same bounty to drafted soldiers as to
volunteers; by Mr.. Cutter, declaring the
Department Of Agriculture one OF the
executive departments. % .-
Mr.. Randall moved to suspend the
rules in order to proceed TO the con-
siIeration Of the amnesty bill.
Mr.. Blame suggested that the Centen-
nial appropriation billwould Be the first
conadered, but Mr.. Randall ihsisted on
his motion and the rules were suspended.
Mr.. Randall demanded the previous
question on the passage Of the bill.
Mr.. Blaine-Does the gentleman desire
to cut of. the amendment. q ..s.sa-.,
Mr.. Raudall-DOes that side .of the
Houseiobject to a,debate ?,pi1. S.ass.sss!
Mr.. Blaine-It does not, nor does this
side Of thr House desire any time for de-
bate, although as Congress has been in
session five weeks and as the sessions OF
the House have averaged only about two
days OH. off, week, itmight be considered
then that nm hour or two Of debate would
not bc too much TO allow bill OF this
kind.
Mr.. Randall (perSistehtly)-l want to-
know il anybody on that side OF the
House objects to debate.
Mr.. Hale,.of Maine-No sir, but We
want debate and AN amendment both.
Mr.. Garfeld-We want consideration
Of the subject which means debate and
amendment.
Mr.. Randall-Ip propose that we givean
hours consideration TO it.
Mr.. Garfeld-A consideration without
an amendment.
Mr.. Blaipe-I told the gentleman
tRandall) in good faith that it was ab.o.
iutely impossible for him to pass hit bill
under that kind OF tactics; he vote on the
previous question has revealed the fact
that considerably more than one.third Of
the House objects TO the bill going
through under gag.
Mr.. Randall don't propose to put II
through under gag, on the contrary pro.
pose TO nut il through after the debate.
il that side of the house objects to u de.
baie il will be itself responsible for
there being no debate. 1t is for that side
of the house to say whether there shall be
debate or not.
Mr.. Blaine-The gentleman from Penn
sylvania knows Mr.. Benton left on
record the saving that "rhe very essence
of legislative power il in the pow.
er to amend" and the gentle
man from Pennsylvania confcses the
weakness of his cause when he at
,empts to deprive the. minority OF the
house Of the parliamentary right to offer
amendments ~, ....
Mr.. Randall, tauntingly-l am glad
that you see light, for during many years
YOU we're blind to such cOpsiderations.
Laughter on.the Democratic side and in
the galleries.
Mr.. Blaine, defantly-The gentleman
from Pennsylvania will search the globe
for the last Twelve years in vain for case
where a bill OF this magnitude was at.
tempted 10 he put through without dis.
cussion and amendment. Never sir! |
defy him TO give an instance.
Mr.. Randall-WaS not this very bill
passed last year under the previous ques-
lion on report from the Committee on
Rule. Of which you were a member?
Mr.. Blainc-And to which objected.
Mr.. Randall-Never, either in or out
Of the Committee did you object to it.
Mr.. Blaine-Bcing in the chair and un-
able to object myself | got several gentle.
men to object. Laughter at the expense,
Of last spcaker.l asked the gentleman
from South Carolina (Rainey) to object
to it but he with dcllcacy, which did hon
or to his position and his race, said he
would be misunderstood il he did no nj.
though he thought it ought not to go
through.
Mr.. Randall say this bill is almost
identical with the bill reported last seq
sion from the Committee on Rules with.
out any objection on your part.
Mr.. Blaiue-l differ with the gentleman
on that point. did object to 1t although
the gentleman does not observe the par
liamentary rules when he refers to what
took place in the Committee.
Mr.. Randall repeat that precisely
similar bill came up last session IRON the
Committee on Rule+, and that neither as
Il member OF the committee, nor a. a
member OF the House, nor rs presiding
officer did you object to IT, "a the con-
trary, a' far as yon we're able, you t"cIl'
/ ;,u,,,I that hill