The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-03-01

Messrs. Sheakley and O'Brien rose sim.
ultaneously with motions TO take a recess
until n A. NJ. tomorrow, and the Speak.
er promptly ruled the motion not In or.
der, and he would not entertain it.
Mr.. Sheakley appealed from the deci.
sion.
Mr.. Wood moved to lay the appeal on
the table.
Mr.. Wilson-Thc Chair need not en-.
tertain the appeal.
The Speaker-The Chair knows that,
but entertains the appeal. The House
might as well say now whether the
Speaker is right or wrong.
Mr.: Springer-ls not the appeal de.
batable? -Ht Z
The Speaker-1t is not.
Mr.. Springer-l desire to give my rea.
sons for sustaining the appeal.
The Speaker-Debate is mot in order
on appeals when objection 10 the propo.
sition on which the ruling was made is
not debatable.
Mr.. O'Brien-l rise to point OF order.
The Speaker The gentleman will
state it.
Mr.. O'Brien-l will have 10 ask the
indulgence of the Chair for a few mo.
menta.
The Speaker-The Chair will indulge
the gentleman any reasonable time.
Mr.. O'Brien-The point which make
il, that the motion TO take recess should
have been entertained by the Chair.
Speaker-The chair decided that point
the other day and sees no reason now to
change the decision.
Mr.. OBrien--l would like to he indulg.
ed for few minutes.
Mr.. Brown object to the debate.
Mr.. O'Brien-lt is nothing in the way
Of debate. have no argument to
make. Laughter and calls OF order
Mr.. OBrien-Under the Electoral Com.
mission the House may take a recess TILL
at least 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
There is no dispute about that. Now, il
may be the House has no desire to take
so long recess, and it may also be, as in
this case, that 4 large majority Of the
House who are interested in the dsCus.
sion Of the South Carolina question, de.
sire time for reelection and consideration.
Mr.. BrOwn-tdetcrminedIy) object
TO the discussion.
Mr.. Speaker-Thc chair desires to
know on what possible ground the appeal
is taken.
Mr.. Brown-The chair has decided the
/ question once, and has announced this
morning that lie will not change his de.
cision. The debate is not in order, and !
have repeatedly objected.
Mr.. !O'Brien-l must say the objection
is .indelicatc and improper, [derisivc
laughter at this time, when the chair
himself desires to be heard.
Mr.. Speaker-The chair does not de-
sire to be heard, except in ruling.
Mr.. SprInger-l trust that the gentle.
man will not refuse to hear the brief
statement Of the reasons for the appeal.
The Speaker-The gentleman from
Kentucky, Brown objected.
Mr.. Springer appeal to the gentle.
man from Kentucky, to allow debate
for at least 10 minutes. loud shouts Of
objects from both sides OF the House. J
One question is to determine Continuous
shouts Of order whether tins great
wrong is to be COnsummatcd. The
Speaker using his gavel the gentleman
from Illinois Is violating the rules Of the
House, in insisting on speaking when oh
jeCtiOns are made.
Mr.. Springer wish the Chairman
to hear me.
The Speaker-The Chairman will not
hear the gentleman.
Mr.. O'Brien-Then let lis have the
yeas and nays OIL the motion to lay the
appeal on the table. The yeas and NAYS
were ordered and resulted; yeas lSi, nays
81. Laid on the table.
Mr. Wood then moved, for the House
TO proceed to the consideration Of the
decision.
Mr.. Sheakly-l move the House take a
recess till l0l O'Clock tomorrow morning
The Speaker-The Chair cannot enter.
tain the motion. The Speaker also re-
marked that the decision Of the Commits
sion had been taken of by some body.
Mr.. Springer-I hope ithas been taken
to some remote part, or that it will never
be brought back. Laughter.
The paper having been restored, the
Clerk was proceeding to read, when he
was interrupted by Mr.Springcr, who oh.
jccted to the action Of the Speaker in re.
Iusing to entertain the motion for recess.
lie said it was the duty OF the Chair to
decide points Of order, and that it was
the privilege Of any member to appeal
from that ruling.
The Speaker-The Chair has shown
great latitude in respect TO this subject.
The Chair, in fact, was not bound to en-.
tertain the appeal taken by the gentle
man from Pennsylvania (Sheakey) and
could have cited far more decisions to
sustain HIM IN that position, notably the
decision made when the Speaker declined
to entertain an appeal on the well known
ground that when point Of order is
once decided it cannot he renewed, even
though additional reasons may hr assign
ed iOr it,
The Chair decided this same point Of
order twice, but was desirous that the
House might have an opportunity for the
expression OF its opinion. The Chair has
now decided in accordance with the de-
''Fi'h va lllN lluuFNt uIll lbl llNl ItUNOIl
the Chair declines to entertain the mo.
tion OF the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
Mr., OBricn-l rise to parliamentary
question with due Difference to the dccis.
ion Of the Chair.
The Speakcr-The Chair was aware ii
that. Laughter.
MIR. O'Bricn-ll the motion to take q
recess is not in order now, when Wilt be
III order?
The Speaker The Chair, Of course,
does not know what is the intention OF
these motions, but has only to look at the
effect Of them. The effect of them ia tie.
lay, lie crltiCiscs in no manner whatcv.
cr either the intentions or motives Of any
one.
Mr.. OBrcn- 40 one Of this side Of
the House desires any delay. Loud
laughter
The Clerk was again proceeding to
read the decision OF the Commission,
when he was again interrupted hy MIR.
Springer, who was insisted that il was
the duty Of the Chair to entertain any
parliamentary motion submitted and
rule upon it, and that il waa the privi.
lcgc Of the House TO ovcrrulc that dcci.
sion. Shouts Of "Sil down" "Shut up,,"
"Orlcr,' Nc
The House has voted ,S7 to III that
the testimony in the South Carolina Cnsr