Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-14

bering done, and why did he change
BARRIERS! Who was baaten on the
Republican ticket last year for Mayor
and Alderman in First Ward, and
why? LoHN Wilcox.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Another Big Time i'm the House
Friday,
Blaine has q whirl with Sneak.
er, pro tenn, Cox.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The bill al.
lowing the widow Of President PolI
fifteen hundred dollars for supplies
furnished the army in Tennessee, pass.
ed.
Mr.. IIunton moved to table Rlainc's
motion to reconsider the vote fol
printing the testimony in the Jude.
larry Committee.
Mr.. Page suggested that the motion
be withheld until the gentleman from
Maine should be present.
Mr.. Blaine at that moment entered
the hall in hot haste, saying ''here
am"
Mr.. Buckncr raised a question OF
consideration, claiming that private
business being before the House I'M,
der rules, it was not i'm order to in,
tcrpose other business.
In the parliamentary squabble oye,
this and other points Of order. Mr.
Blaine insisted that under the ruling.
IF the chair yesterday, he was not te
he deprived Of the control of his own
motion.
Speaker pro tenn, Cox, read from
the report of yesterdays proceedings
to show that Mr.. Blaine had substan.
tally agreed that he would not have
control of the bill under any circum.
stances.
Mr.. Hunton insisted on his motion
without Mr.. Blaine's amendment.
Mr.. Randall attempted to explain
Mr.. HuntOn's position, justifying il
as parliamentary and courteous, and
said he understood Mr.. Hunton wa.
willing the Caldwell resolution shoe
go into tho proceedings for what it i.
worth.
Mr.. Blaine-But call the attcntio,
of the gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA
to the fact that neither the Chairma,
of the Judiciary Committee, nor tho
Chairman Of the Subcommittee has
ever yet intimated or given to til,
House any advice of that telegram.
Mr.. Randall-Will the gentleman
from Maine ask the House now if tina,
telegram will be embodied in the
proceedings of the Committee.
Mr.. Blainc-Yes; | am after that
very thing, and want an official tclc.
gram. The gentleman from Kentuc-
ky, (knotD. after keeping it i'm hi.
pocket five days, Indignant calls tt
order from the Democratic side, ant
loud hammering of the Speaker
gavel.) gave it as understand. to Ill,
associated press, but has never giver
it to the House.
Mr.. Glover and other Democratic
members rose to q question of order
but Blaine, in the midst of great up.
roar and confusion, asserted that all
the members en- the Democratic side
~ thS AAou5S WIZ Jul vi Il
After several stormy and exciting
scenes. in which the occupants of the
galleries Kissed, cheered and applaud
cd without the slightest regard fol
the efforts Of the Chair to preserve
order, the yeas and nays were called
The Republicans at first resorted IL
the plan of Withholding their vote.
to defeat any action, but did not per.
sist IN this policy, and consequently
Mr.. HnntOn's motion to lay it on the
table was carried by 126 to 81.
Before the vote was announced
Springer rose to a parliamentary in
quiry, when 3Blaine started to his
feet and objected to this demonstra.
ton. Springer suggested to Blaine
that he was entirely forgetting his
position, and the Speaker pro tenn.
explained that IL was ALWAYS tho
practice of the Chair to hear a parlia.
mentary inquiry.
Blaine-During roll call, never.
The speaker pro tem-The roll call
has been completed. II
Blaine-Never has such thing
been done.
The speaker pro tcm.--(With great
sincerity Of manner)-It is highly i'm.
proper, and hardly decent for gen.
tleman to confer with the Chair i'm
that peculiar style.
Blaine-The gentleman's (Spring-
er's) inquiry is merely dilatory.
Springer deny the gentleman's
right to impugn my motives.
Blaine-The Clerk has read the vote
and demand that ii he announced.
The Speaker pro tem.-The Chair
cannot announce the vote before il is
handed him.
Blaine-The vote has heon read and
/ demand that 1t be announced.
(Shouts of order, order, from the
Democratic side of the House.)
Springer demand that the gen.
tleman from Maine take his seat and
be in order.
Blaine-I am In order,
The Speaker pro tem.-If the gen.
tleman from Maine will not take his
seat when he is properly called to or
der, the Chair will require him to do
so under the rules, but will call on
the officers of the House to enforce
its orders. applause on the Demo-
Fisher, Of Ohio-un an undertone.)
Call them In, fetch them in.
Blaine-(Taking his seat.) l will be
seated with pleasure when the others
are.
The Speaker pro tem.-The gentle
man from Maine stated that the Chair
should have announced the vote be-
fore the Chair received il. The Chair
had not the vote at the time the inn
putation was made, which was to go
to the country rs an imputation of
the fairness Of the Chair.
The Chair says this to the exclusion,
as it has right, of any other MEM
Der discussing the subject further.
The Chair now proceeds 10 an
nounce, in proper and formal man.
ner, the vote on the question which is
now for the first time handed 10 him,
and all statements to the contrary are
positively and UNANIMOUSLY false.
The Chair says so on honor. CAP
plause on the Democratic side.)
Blaine-That is very unparliamen-
tary language.
The vote was then announced
yeas, l2l; nays, %, No quorum vot-
ing.
Mr.. Page moved to adjourn.
Mr.. Springer rising at the same
time was recognized and called at
tention to the fact that no quorum
was present.
Mr.. Page renewed his motion.
Mr.. Springer moved a call of the
House.
Blaine-I rise to a point of order.
The Speaker pro tem.-The gentle
man will state it.
Blaine-l desire to have read rs ex-
the point Of order, an eX-
tract from the rules. The clerk read
from the manual as follows:
at is not in order on private bill
lay to call mp and consider a motion
% reconsider q vote ON public bill
{ objected to except after postpon-
nent, by majority vote, Of private
business"
Blaine rcsnming-The Chair over
'ulcd that poin. point when made by !
he gentleman from Iowa {Kasson.
asked the Chain. TO give its reasons
md the Chair declined to do so, aud
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