The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-12-23
HOUSE,

Washington, 22.-After prayer by
tho chaplain, the Speaker, as is usual,
II, bcted the clerk to read the journal
Il yesterday, Whereupon Bowman
rose to a question of privilege relative
to the disgrsceful proceedings which
na1 occurred in the House yesterday.
The Speaker said the chair would
prefer the gentleman should wait till
the journal should have Dsen read.
Bowman (republcau) said it was
to rule. a rule OF the House stated
that members should not be held to
answer nor be subject to the censure
of the House for anything SAID in de-
bate, if further deba or business had
inte1ven'd He desired to know
WHITTIER tue reading of the journal
could be c,irs-rued as such intelven
ing business as would shut of further
proceedings by the House for the
gross violation OF its dignity.
The Speaker said the reading Of
the journal would take from the
House none Of its privileges.
Immediately alter the reading OF
the journal, McLane, as q question
affecting the dignity of the House,
called attention to the scene of disor-
der which took place on the floor
Yesterday, and which he character
lied as offensive, derogslory and die
creditable to the House as parlis-
mentary body. He called upon both
the offending members. before any
other business vas entered, to relieve
themselves of that ofense by ample
apology.
No response having been made by
either member Immediately con
cerned, Bowman rose to present wha
he called q substitute proposition
he spoke OF the scene OF yesterday as
a crime and as an insult offered tt
the House, to Congress and to the
country, There was not, he said, {
man present who did not, yesterday
hang his head in shame, ant
did not regard that scene as a per
sonal disgrace, and all over the coun
try and the world men were reading
this morning, of the pot house brawl
the gambling house quarrel and tgb
with fists (only prevented by force
that took place yesterday.
Harris, of Virginia, suggested tina
perhaps both the Offending member
we're now willing to make an apology
and if so, they ought to have an oE
poItunity at once.
Haskell suggested that other mem
bers had been guilty OF conduC
equally worthy Of censure.
McLsne insisted on bis question {
privilege, and offered a resolution II
, curing the Two offending member
! to apologize to the House. In th
course OF McLane's remarks, ne II
cognizsd that most of the member
present yesterday were partly II
sponsible for the scene of yesterday.
To that remark, Wood. OF Ne
York. took exception, and said /
had interferred in the discussion
yesterday and endssvorsd to con6I
il 10 the funding bill. He also cha
acterizsd the scene a. the mo
shameful exhibition that ever hs
taken place on the q )er.
McLaue, y thOut oouolIdIng b
remarks, said he woul yield to Il
gentleman from 10 va (Wtsver) If
J were now willing to make an ape
ogy.
Haekell, OF Kansas, objected to Il
proceeding and declared tia. in
opinion the House should Iath
make an apology to the county (
having suffered an adjournment
to take place yesterday wilho
action, and thus try to cast of its on
shoulders the disgrace that belo8g
there, and to single out membe's
scspe goats for its own sins.
n Bowman again took the floor al
y quoted remark of F. Woo, az
the chsrac er of yesterdays ipcideI
adding If the two ofiunding memb,
had been two boys fighting on 1
sidewalk they would have spent :
night in the tCmbs and he broup
before the police court in the moi
ing. tr.1tI-t
He should now take action Il
would be warning. He would the