The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-15
WHEELING w. VA. SATURDAY MORNING. JANUARY l5 1876

Mr.. Randall made the point of order
that Mr.. Blaine had no right to offer q
bill at this stage.
Mr.. Blaine-Does the gentleman OBJ
ject?
Mr.. Randall-You must proceed in
order.
Mr.. Blaine-Do understand the gen.
tleman to object.
Mr.. Randall have a right to speak
in reply to your remarks.
Mr.. Blain-I ask unanimous consent
to offer this bill, yielding at the same
time to any gentleman who desires to
move to strike out the exclusion Of jeff
Davis.
Mr.. Randall object.
Mr.. Banks-It is not in order.
Mr.. Blaine-It is by unanimous con.
sent.
Mr.. Banks-The bill is not before the
House.
Mr.. Blsine-It can be by unanimous
consent.
MIR. Banks-Not even by unanimous
consent.
Mr.. Blaine-Ohl nonsensel What is
there to prevent it?
Mr.. Banks-The rules of the House
prevent it.
Mr.. Blaine-Is it because this motion
to reconsider is pending?
Mr.. Rsndall-The gentleman knows
be is out of order.
Mr.. Blaine-In what?
Mr.. Randall-The gentleman knows
he has no right to offer that amendment,
l having objected to it.
Mr.. Blalne-W ell, l have the right 10
talk about il.
NJ. Randall-Then go ahead and talk
about it.
Mr.. Robbins demanded 10 be- heard on
behalf of his State
Mr.. Blaine Il decline 10 yield. |
again make proposition to bring the
bill before the House by unanimous con-
sent and will yield to the gentlemen
to offer amendments. If the gentlemen
on that side refuse that proposition, it is
because they don't want any bill to pass
l am for practicable amnesty. l am for
amnesty that will go through.
Randall (contemptuously)-Oh, you
are not sincere in the least degree.
Mr.. Blaine without paying any at
tention to Randall)-And l again desire
to submit my proposition, and ask the
unanimous consent for that purpose.
Mr.. Robbn-I object.
Mr.. Mills asked Mr.. Blame whether
if he Mills should vote to remove the
political disabilities of Holden and Gov.
Ames he Blaine] would vote to remove
the disabilities of Jefferson Davis?
Blaine, who probably had not heard
Mr.. Mills question, went on to
say that if the gentleman declin-
ed his proposition and wanted
no further debate he would give the
gentleman from Pennsylvania Randall
an opportunity to bring up the Centen-
NAL bill, which had been postponed an
entire week by this amnesty bill, occupy
ing the attention of the House.
Mr.. Randall-The time consumed and
the consequent postponement OF the Cen
tennial bill are wholly chargcable to
your side of the House.
Mr.. Blaine-I will now end this mat
ter, and l have 1t in my power to do so.
withdraw the motion to reconsider.
Triumphant laughter. on the Republl-
can side and apparent astonishment on
the Democratic side.
At this time all the members on the
side were on their feet while
the republican members were in their
seats and the latter set up general cries
Of "order, order!"
Mr.. Randall asked Mr.. Blaine to give
hlm an opportunity Of saying word.
The request was met by still louder
cries of "Order from the republican side
ofthe house, in which Mr. Blaine joined.
Mr.. Randall again renewed his re.
quest and NJ. Blaine refused it and there
the amnesty matter ended for the day.
When order was retored the house on
motion of Mr.. Randall went into the
Committee OF the Whole. Mr.. Sayler,
of Ohio in the chair on the pension ap.
bill.
A proposition for the unanimous con-
sent of the House to have a session to-
for debate only was objected to
by Mr.. Page.
The House then al ) o'clock adjourned
till Monday.