Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-20
5 F;urry IL the House.

Tho H3uso Ct Representatives yesterday
hc!1s in C3nui.tco Of the Whole Oh the Leg
;sIsi;va. Executive end Judicial Appropriation
bill, and the QUESTION being en- MIR. Southland
amendment repeating the section winch author
izes tho appointment Of supervisors OF eecuon.
Mr.. Gs:fcId said he had not spoken on the
points Of order because he did not regard the
question aS one that Was belug considered &C.
lherstely. Ordinarily this Was hall OF dellDe'
ra.ion, bu; COW they we're called upon merely to
vcsister the eG;c: OF party caucus Under the
rule Of person who Ses under orders TO decide
;h,t the amendment came in under the tue.
h!r. Garfield said The Chair will perfect
Iy understand that | mean no reflection on him
pcrsoaeiI7. lDafisive laughter on the democratic
side What | mean TO say ls that where 9
parry caueug resolves against tho will of It's OWL
ni1cri!y tbs. its whole party must act as one
| Eau here, without regard to the opponents
within It's ON party, then it ceases to DO Tree
leiiber.tion. l. becomes dictaton outside aDc
| rot elaboration Of statesmen within. Ihi:
HOUSE, by the movement Of caucus dlctatlon, I:
| to be ,n.nsd iato great eleclioDcerlng machine
! f., the campaign OF 1850, and that is the Who!f
meac:rg ct this movement. What are thf
| thites that theso gentlemen talk OF! Slmp!S
tia: &c PLACE at The poll in all Of our natlona
elacio9s witnesses who shall stand by.who shal
net Interfere, but who shall sec It fraud ls Of
| tempted ia their presence, AID shall report It.
| That il what these gentlemen call oppression
| We On this side are compelled to meet Thu
| issue ia the spri. OF the constitution and ofou
rights aud that we propose 10 do, lit taxes en-
Dirht two niehts, ten nights. the seasons roll
IAnrleuse Oh the republican sido. Not while
CONGRESS asis shall you strike from our s!atut
books these munneats Tor the protection OF the
eloc!ive franchise.
Dir. Blackburn da7iDg lief; tao chair took th
floor and said | have net come here Tor tn
purpcso of engaging in dispute, nor 20 pro
pose to address myself to single feature or tnl
amendment. l have conc to respond to VIVA
il seemed to re could have been uttered Will
but one purpose, a1l that is TO forco me iron
that r!ec1 to rcpcl net only on lndlgnlty, but t
hu,l back sn attempted insult Applause Oh
;ae democratic side. Before proceed to say Z
The gentleman from Ohio, Mr. Garfield, What
want to say l Intend to read tho nots FURNISHED
to mo by the official photographer oil the House
and If that be what the gentleman stands upon
ny sGsFer will be as emphatic aud SIS plaid 8
il will be short. The Dote is, Our House
to day presided over by ono who Is under order
to decide that this comes under the rule. l
the gcuiioman from Ohio is content with tina
As correct statement OF his l, OF course, haV'
G0lh:1g left but to accept 1t.
Mr. Garfield -Tha. is not tho whole OF III
sentence. -,
III. Blackburn L am perfectly wiling +
haTo tho ;ontance completed, for do cos deslf
t. DO the gentleman trustee.
Nr. Ga!Geld.-I do not know. Whst tho wnol
sentence will DO found to ba in terms but tn
point shat sought to make, and which l still
make, ia this: that the action Of body ou!sld
Ct tnis House seems TO be binding on lts mem
bers woo belong TO ths. body, and what mean
TO aey wss that rot only the House on that eide
but il? chairman IS we'll, wcro under sort o
Gurcss because Of the acknowledged control OF
csuct;s. That is ell that said, md say i. a.
bcl:eTa it to 3d.
Nr. Blackburn Il do not SEQ exactly how
so. 10 &c: hold of tho u!terances OF the gentle
mGn from Chic. l hold what is furnished m
by the official stenogrrspher OF the House. II
very evident (and I an glad to recognize tn
fscD that the gentlemen from Ohio does not pro
rc;o to stand on that. J. wish to add singl
word, and am sure that l snl not violating an.
obligation that be!ongs TO csucus sclon, aher
never MSS tho slightest intmatiol given to m
Big inst CAUCUS OR shy member OF it, either !
caucus or since, ths. I was expected 10 rule TIL
Way or that way upon any question on Whlc
q point Of order should be raised. l move
SAY the Amendments offered to this oil
by tho gentlemen from alabama and ON
iMeSsle. Herbert and Southard) until they Wer
sen. TO the clerks dssk. l did, of course, know
what their general purport was. did not kno'
their scope. l. did not know their framework
They had never been explained to mo or read t
mr., nor had they been soan by mo until tn
point Of crder va5 raised. This statement va
due no. SC much 10 myself as it was TO my part.
associates in the House, and certainly not E
much DUO either to them or to mo as 1t was t
t!a gentleman from Ohio who according t
their report, had ,rado charge tina. could no
DO sustained, and had taken position lie coul'
not stand By. II was moro on his account thai
OF either that of myself or my associates that
came here to right what conceived 10 be wrong
snd, rs never do anything grudgingly, 1 So
now that it is not in any grudging spirit, Blu
very freely and very cheerlully, that | accep
tho exploration End statement given by the gen
tcmen from Ohio IS 10 Whist Wss bis purpose y
completely cIoneca.ing both myself snd m.
pity associates in the House.
NJ BIackburn's remarks were frequently ap