Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-10

DIS pOSltlou, auu lbc Cp;dheI pFo leu' oaouIS
explained that it was always the practice OF the
MIR. Blaine. During the roll cal Never.
The Speaker pro tenn The roll call has been
completed.
Mr.. Blaine. Never such thing has been
done.
The Speaker pro tenn. with great severity
of manner.) 1t is highly improper and hardly
decent for the gentleman to confer with the
chair in that peculiar style.
MIR. Blaine. The geutleman's (Mr. Springer)
Inquiry is merely dilatory.
Mr. Springer. deny the gentleman right
to impu2n my motives.
Mr. Blaine. The clerk has read the vote,
and demand that it be announced.
The Speaker pro ten. The chair cannot 40
uouuc, the vote before it is handed to him.
Mr.. BIaioe. The vote has been read; de-
maud that it be announced.
Shouts of order II" order u from the Demo
cratic side of the House.
Mr. Springer. demand that the gentle.
man from Maine take his seat and be in order.
Mr.. Blaine. | sm 10 order.
The Speaker pro tenn. If the gentleman
fr, LII Maine will not take his seat when he /.
properly called to order, the chair will not only
require him TO do SO under the rules, but will
cali on the officers Of the House to enforce its
orders Applause 90 the Democratic side.
Mr.. Foster, OF Ohio, lin an uudertoDe). Gal
them In. Fetch them on.
Mr.. Blaine (laking his seat. | will be seat
ed with pleasure when others are.
The Speaker pro tenn. The gentleman from
Maine stated that the chair should have az
bounced the vote before the chair received It,
The chair had not the vote at the time the i'm
putaton was made, which was Intended to gc
10 the country as an mputatlon on the fairness
Of the chair. The chair says this to the excu
slou las it has rigLtl Of any other member
from discussing the subject turther.s The chan
now proceeds to announce IN proper and Tor
NAL manner the vote upon the question, which
is now, for the first time, handed to him, anc
all statements 10 the contrary are pOsltlVel.
aud UNANIMOUSLY false The chair says 80 OF
honor. Applause on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Blaine (tauntingly). That is very par
liamcntary language
The vote was then announced as-yeas III
uays %. The following is the negative vote
Mrssrs. Anderson, Baker of New York, Bell
Campbell, Chiltenden, Cutler, Durand, Har
denburgh, Raymond, Hill, Hopkins, Hurd
kehr. lie Moyue. Mcfarland, 0 Brien Potter
John Reilly Of Pennsylvania, Savage, Smith o
Georgia, Walsh, Whtehousr, Wllis-23.
Messrs. Blaine and Page. No quorum voting
/ The Speaker A quorum has not voted.
MIR. Page. move that the House do nov
, adjourn.
MIR. Springer, OF Illinois, rose at the sam
, time as Mr.. Page, and was recognized by lh
chair.
MIR. Page claimed that his motion must b
put.
The Speaker pro tcmpore intimated that tn
chair understood its own business, and addet
that two motions we're in order, one for call o
the House aud one to ADJOURN, and non consta
, that the gentleman from Illinois would no
make one Of those motions.
MIR. Page. have just made one.
Mr.. Springer. My point Of order is this
, Mr.. Blaine. No points Of order.
The Speaker pro tenn. The gentleman is DO
! speaker OF the House now Applause ant
laughter 90 the Democratic side.
Mr.. Blaine. But am member.
Mr.. Springer. The parliamentary inquir.
which was trying to put (if the gentleman
from Maine would allow me) is this: Whethc
quorum Of members, although not voting
are not 10 their seats, and whether the chat
, will tax. eognizance Of that faotI
The Speaker pro tenn. The paramentar!
inquiry is a very pertinent aud proper one
The chair decides that in deciding on the pres
ence oil a qu)rum 1t cannot go outside OF tht
record just handed up by the clerk.
| Mr.. Blaine. Now motion to adjourn is il
order.
, Mr.. Page renew my motion to adj ourn
Mr. Springer. [ move Il call Of the House
Mr.. Blaine. | rise to a point Of order.
, The Speaker pro tenn. The gentleman viii
, st.te it.
Mr.. Blaine. I desire to have read, as ex
planning the point OF order, an extract from TIT
, rules
The clerk read from the manual as follows
ut is not 10 order 90 private bill day to cal
up aud consider motion to reconsider 7ot
90 public bill, if objected to, except after
postponement by majority vote Of the prvat
business.
, Mr.. blaine Iri.iogl The chair ovcrrule(
that point wh"u made by the gentleman iron
Iowa Mr.. kasson =. asked the chair to give
its reasons and the chair declined to do So
acd very prudeotly, bee ,use that rule Is cxpli
cit that a motion 10 reconsider is not 10 orde
during private bill day. This is public mat
ter. 1t is here in defiance of the rules by
give 90 reason, and which is right 10 the tretl
Of the letter of the ru G. That is my point
Loud applause on the Republican side and il
the galleries.
Mr. Springer. The rule uses the words ":
public bill. This Is not public bill. 1t is q
resolution Of private nature, 10 the lnleres
of he nomination of the gentleman for Presi
dent OF the United States. Applause, Kisses
laughter aud great uproar and excitcment.I
The Speaker pro ten. The gentleman FROM
Maine raised point of order, and has had The
rule read But in the opinion of The chair the
rule is not applica lie at the present stage of the
business. II is enough for the chair to say that
otcntimes occupants Of the chair make ruIlogs
without giving reasons for them. y herwse
the whole business Of the House might be
taken up 10 that way.
Mr.. Blaine. never have seen -
The SPEAKER pro tenn. The chair has to cal
The gentleman from Maine to order now, and
gives 90 reason for it, because it is apparent
that he is out Of order 10 repeatedly interrupt
ing the chair applause on the Democratic
side The gentleman knows the rules very
we'll, that he must not interrupt the chair when
making a decision.
Mr.. Brown, Of X ntucky. | wish simply to
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