The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-01-11

through tdnder & gag. On ths conttsry, i
fpropese to put sit through after debates il
that side Of The house objects 90 debate IL
will Itself be responsible for there being no
debate It ID for that side of the house to
say whether there shall be debate or NOT =
Mr. Btaine q The gent enGan from Penn
sylYania cpnfesse5 the weakness OF his causs.
when he attempts TO deprive the minority of
the House Of the parliamentary right 20 otlsr
amendments sss s
Mir. Randall ftauntfnglY) j: : am glad that
you see light, for during many years you
were blind 10 such conside Laugh.
ter on the Democratic side and in the galle-
ries.
MI. Blaine fdefaptlyl: e TIE gentleman
will search the Globe for TIE last twelve
years In vain for o case when bill of this
magnitude was attempted to be put through
without discussion and amendment. Never,
sir. defy him to give an instance"
Mr.. Randall g Was not this very bill
passed last year, under the previous ques.
ton, on report from the Committee on
Rules, of which you were o member
Mr.. Blaine. g And to which j. Objected
MIR. Randall: stNeyer neither in or out
Of the committee did you object to it. !" e
Mr. Blaine Being In the chair and I'M
able to object myself, / got several gentle
men TO obieef.o daughter at the expense
of the late. Speaker.1 y, ,5 49,. SCI
Mr.. Randall: 6 repeat that precisely
similar bill came last session from the Com.
mittee on Rules, and that neither as mem.
Der OF the committee, nor as member of
the House, nor as presiding officer, did you
object to 1t. On the contrary, as far as you
were able you facilitated the passage OF that
BILL"
Mr.. Garfield: 81 make the point of
order that the rules require the gentleman
to address the Chair. and not to address the
gentleman from Maine as kyop.'n
MIR. Randall (contemptuousiy) 'tThe
gentleman from Ohio Is getting very fas-
tidious." daughter Oh the Democratic side
and in the galleries.l
Mr.. Banks, of Maine, demanded the yeas
and nays on ordering The main question, and
they were SO ordered.
MIR. Blaine: "I desire it to be distinctly
understood that the effect OF ordering the
main question is to cut OFF all debate what.
ever"
Mr.. Randall: 'sI desire to have it equally
understood that it is not the purpose of this
side of the house to prevent debate, and
that If debate is cut of it will be the fault of
the other side Of the house. This side will
accord to the other side all the time it wants
for discussion"
The main question was ordered-yeas,
1863; nays, ga strict party vote.
Mr.. Randall: (" I now ask unanimous con.
sent for an hours debate prior to the vote
on the final passage Of the BILL"
Mr.. Garfield: "I join with the gentleman,
and add to it the request that by unanimous
consent amendments may be offered"
Mr.. Randall: IS have not heard any body
object to my suggestion"
The Speaker: :" Is there any objection TO
the request 7"
Mr.. Gal field Sc With the privilege of of.
fering amendments, understand"
Mr., Randall: "The gentleman does not
understand any such thing"
Mr.. Garfield: "Then, without that privi-
lege / object"
Mr.. Blaine: aI desire to say q single
word" sa q
Mr.. Randall: "You may have thirty min.
utes if you like"
Mr.. Blaine: "The indications are plain
that the bill 10 its present shape cannot pass.
II il fails to pass l shall Immediately, II the
Speaker recognizes me, for that purpose
move that the rules be suspended aud the
bill brought before the House for consldera-
ton. shall then move as o substi.
tute the amendment which | endeayored
to offer, and the House can choose between
them. It is only to have fair vote. There
is no dsI ition on this side to dodge the
question or to eyade it, but we must have an
opportunity to make record CD this ques-
ton. That course would save time and ere
ate better feeling, because this side has
power to enforce that course"
Mr. Randall: "Tbis bill is exactly the
same, word for word almost, as the one
passed by the last Republican House without
even tie yeas and nays. Twice have Re-
publican houses passed this bill, and twice
has it been strangled in the Senate. ] do not
know what has 'come over the spirit of the
dreams of the Republicans or the gentle.
man from Maine" 1.
Mr.. Blaine: "Tbe gentleman will not
allow me to state it. -.
Mr.. Randall: II asked unanimous con-
sent. and objection was made on that side.
I do not know why the gentleman should
want to change this bill in any particular
from what it was q year ago, when he was
Speaker and the party in majority under con-
troll" s5, g9,t
Mr.. Blaine: s'I want the opportunity to
tell what has come over the spirit oil my
Dreams" .ti
Mr.. Randall: "1 ask unanimous consent
that you may have thirty minutes"
Mr.. Blaine: "I do not want to talk eX-
cept to some practical purpose. want to
talk to an issue. want to talk IN favor OF
an amendment, and I do not want to be con.
founded with TIE statement that our side can
not even have the poor privilege Of being
voted down, IS I suppose 1t would be. L
want it to go on the journal of the House,"
Mr., Randall: Il have permitted the
amendment to 90 on the journal"
!. MIR. Blaine: eNot at ALL" = 52z.'. .
Mr.. Randall: 1t is in the record OF the
House,"
MIR. Blaine: +" But not in the journal"
MIR. Randall: "The gentleman's object Is
already accomplished If he wants to 60 De-
fore the country..as an obstructer OF am
nesty."
MI. Blaine "The gentleman is obstruct.
ing amnesty. He is holding down every
man in the South, and keeping on amnesty
because he will not allow Us to vote on ex.
cludipg JEFF. Davis"
Mr.. Randall: "Did you allow the ma.
iority of this House to offer amendments 10
the civil rights bill?" GMurmurs of " no,
no, to the force bill either," from the Demo-
cratic side.l Ia,
The question was then taken, and the PHI
was rfjected-ayes, IT.; noes, 9t-not the
requisite two-thirds vote.
|. Mr.. Blaine: 81 now move TO reconsider
the vote Just taken, and desire to address the
House on the subject"
The House was soon restored to order, and
Mr.. Blaine proceeded at great length. ),
Mr.. Hill, of Georgia, had the hsor, ana
the motion to reconsider was still penang
- uo,,oa adjourned 80