The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-25
HOUSE.


Washington, 24.-The speaker and
Blackburn at once became involved
in discussion whether the first BUSH
ness was 10 approve yesterdays
journal or vote on correcting Mon
days journal. The speaker main
tanned that it would be inconsistent to
approve Tuesdays Journal before
Mondays.
Blackburn claimed that the rules
provided for reading the journal OF
the preceding day Immediately upon
assembling.
Reed and Garfield quoted the rules
end precedents sustaining the
speaker.
After a confused debate the speaker
submitted the question to the House.
Before the speaker submitted tae
question Springer raised the point
that the House could only decide the
question by appeal from the decision
of the speaker. Ths speaker. how
ever. said be desired the construction
of the House as to whether yesterday
journal should now be read. Vote,
yeas, 115, nays 127. Nearly a party
vote, although fifteen democrats voted
with republicans.
Knott raised the point that the
reading OF the journal could not be
dispensed with except by unanimous
consent.
Tue speaker said the house had
just overruied the point. He oyer
ruled all other points raised by mem
bers, and amid the greatest confusion
directed the clerk to read McL4ne's
proposition.
Turner, Of Kentucky, here, with
violent gesticulations, moved success
sively to adjourn and take recess.
Botn defeated.
The clerk then read McLane's
proposition, taking the reference from
the committee on revision of laws
and giving it to the ways and means
committee.
In the course of the del ate on Nc
Lanes proposition Robson exon
GRATED Townshend from attempting to
do a dishonoTable thing, by saying
that he acted under a mistaken idea
of the effect Of the rules and the sense
of the House.
Springer said the proposed action
would set revolutionary precedent.
Oscar Turner asked the House to
drop the matter and consider the ap
preparation bills.
Mills strongly denounced the action
of the ways and means committee as
against poor man and in fsvor OF
capital
Kelly claimed Townshend had
evaded the rules of the House and
boosted of it in the hall. In so doing
be had violated the law and had as
signed tie unholy reason therefore
that certain committee was net
constituted to his taste.
The House, 135 to SO, decided that
the McLaue proposition contained
question of privilege, twenty demo-
Gratis voting with the republicans.
McLane demanded the previous
question on his proposition and the
democrats filibustered.
McLane said that as he did net care
to be kept here ell night by obst.uc-
tionists, he would move to adjourn.
The House refused to adjourn, 100
to 81. Further filibustering and
attempts at compromise ensued.
At one time the sergeant-at arms
brought before the bar of the House
Davis. of California, Bingham, Rich
mond, O'Reilly and Herbert. who
excused their absence on the ground
of hunger, and were excused. Fun
mounted 10 its height, when Steel,
ascending the clerks desk. amid
shower Of witicism, recitsd Tam
O'Sbanter," saying it would be as
good as the House was likely to hear.
Singleton. of Illinois, inquired
whether, prayer having concluded, it
was not in order for the journal to be
read.