Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-24

| HoUsE-Mr Coneer said that in examining the
 Record this morning he found that bill relating to
 the whole question of the tariff and amending 30 sec
 tions of Revised statutes had been referred in
 violation the rule to the Conn mmttee Revision of l the Laws instead of the Ways and Means Committee
 alluded the danger which arose from the bill not clearly stating in it's title its subject matter MT. Townshend said he introduced the bill, whoRe
 clearly showed to what it referred when it stated
 that revise and amend title 33 of the Revsed Statutes, and that the Committee Revision Of the
 Laws the proper committee to which should go. Mir. Reed, of Maine, would not say that the bill had
 been smuggled into the House. because that would be
 unparliamentary but it had been practically broush in without the Knowledge of the House. Mir. Townshsnd If the gentleman had used such 3 term, parliamentary or unparlfamentary, should have denounced it as a falsehood
 & M a should 6ays replied S . ths r sha other member of the House.
 the gentleman to be told ralse but of honor would know the meaning of that word, and fl would make difference to them. {Applsuse on Dem- MT. Wibur-why not have referred the blu to the I Mir Townshend-Because believe the Committee
 the Revision of Laws is the better committee to Mr. Gsrfield moved to amend the journal to refer the bill to the Ways and Means oon1nittee Q motion the Speaker entertained it, whsrsupon Mr Nichols moved to lay the motion on the table
 party vote, with the except of Cannon of Illinois and Field and Robinson of Msssaehusetta, whe
 of Pennsyl7ania, of Massachusstts, Phelps ot
 
 Virginia and F. Wood of New York. Mir. Townshend moved to reconsider snd lay that motion on the taole This was rejected, yeas ll9 nays 123. Cannon of Illinois, and Field and Robin
 of Massachusetts again votsd with the Denocr
 Acklen of Louisiana, Feton of Georgia Phelps Of
 Connecticut Ross and Smith of New Jersey, Y. Wood
 of New York; Morse of Massachusetts Wilson of West Virginia, and Bachnan, Beltzhoover, Clymer, Golf
 roth, Kotz and Wise of Pennsylvania with the Repub ncans.
 MT Townshend then desired to withdraw his mo
 ton to reconsider, but there being objection the
 Speaker ruled that the motion not iu the session of MT. Townshend, but under contro of
 the House, and that if objection made the motion to reconsider could not be withdrawn. A long discussion ensued on the question, during which several motions to adjo mads and de feated. In the of the discussion Mr. Garfield
 made the direct charge that Mr. Townshe1d had by n direction and by deceisng the House got the bill ferred to the Committee on the Revision of LAWS.
 in the proper way, and that any intelligent gentleman
 upon this floor could have known to what it referred He wanted to inquire MT. Garfield whether he tn-
 tended to nsinuate that he Townshend) intended to deceive the House.
 Mr. Garfield said the English language twas toeraby
 clear and that his voice pretty oud and that the gentleman could not have mistaken what he intended to say.
 deliberate faleehood.
 MT Garheld-After that exhibition of the gentle mans personal manners have nothing additional to
 say.
 The question then recurred upon referring the whole
 subject the Judiciary Oommttee. That defeat
 ed by vote of 15I to 12S. hen there illi-
 bustering, and without disposing of the question the House finally at 6:i0 p. m adjourned.