The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-23
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Washington, Dee. 22.--Aftor prayer
by tho chaplain, the speaker, as ia usual, d..
rected the clerk to read tao journal of YES.
terdoy whereuPon Nj Bowmsn, of Massa-
ebusat.s, rose to question OF privilege re.
lating to the disgracoful proceeding which
had occurred in the house Yesterday.
The speaker said that the chair woull pra.
Ter that the gentleman should wait uatl tao
j0urnsl should hayJ been read.
Mr. Bowman said that it was on that
point thai he wished the speaker to rule.
A rule of the house stated that members
should not be held to answer nor b. subject
to osnGure of the house for anything said in
debate il farther debate or business had in.
tervensd. lie desired to know whether the
readisg could bo constituted as such inter-
ysniEg business rs should shut oh farther
proceedings by the house for the gross viola.
ZION Of ita dignity.
The speaker said TIA, tho reading of the
journSl would take from the hSulo nonO Of
its privileges.
Innsdiatsly after the rSsdiug Of the jour
nsl Mr.. AcLsus Of Maryland, arose and
ssksd question affecting The dignity Of the
house. lie then cGiltd attention to ths scsas
Of disorder which toek Fsca on the floor
Yesterday snd which he characterised as an
otiense darosatory aud dl,repulSbe
to the houno aB parliamentary
body. He called upsA both offending
members, s,fore any other business VA, en-
tered, to rslisv1 Themselves Of thsb ofIonss by
ample apology.
No response hsvisE been msda by eilher
Of tho members Immediately conc rns3, Mr.
Bowman, Of Massachusetts,, rose So preiea.
whRt no callsd 3 subiitutive proposition.
Ho spoke Of the seeps Of yesterday as a crime
and as an iRsula otidrsd 20 the mouse of con-
grMs aud 10 the country. There wss not,
he said, q man present who did not hang his
head in shame and did not regard that sc0ue
as personal di1grsct, apd all over tho oouu-
try and the world insn wsra reading tat
morning. Of "Th3 houga- srawl--X gambling
house quarrel, ard fight With ISIS only
prevented by force, thSt tsok place ySstor-
day"
Mr, Harris, of Virginia, suggested that
perhaps both offending members. were will
ing to make m apology, and if so they ought
10 have an opportunity al once.
Mr.. Haskill, Of Kansas, suggest that
other rDembsrs bad been guilty ct conduct
equally worthy Of cfnsure.
Mr. 4oLane insisted on his question of
privilege, and offered u resolution requiring
the two offending members 10 apologize TO
the house. In the course OF Nc. McLano's
remarks, he recognized that most OF tho
members present yesterday were partly
Tespou,i le Tor the scene yesterday.
To hat remark Mr. Wood Of New York,
took exceptions snd said ho had iutoricrrod
in the discussion yesterday, sad ondcavoral
TO eonGns it to the funding bill. El9 also
characterized tho scene tag the msst shameful
exhibition that had ever taken place on the
hoar.
Nr. McLsue concluded his remarks, and
said he would yidld 10 the gsnt smaa from
Iowa (Weava) f hs were now willing to
make an apology.
Mr. Haskell, Of Ksnsas, oijsotsd to that
proceeding, declaring, in his opinios, that
tho house should ratAer make an apology
10 the eouutry for having suffered
az adjournment TO take place
Wednesday without any action in
trying to cast Oh its eva shoulders the oblis
guy thkt belonged thsrs, instead ofssingling
out tho two a.eHbsI as seGpsgoats for tS
own sins
Mr. Bowman SEais took the soor and
quoted the remarks OF hr. Wood IS to the
character Of yesterdays incident, adding that
il tho TIVE offending msnbsrs hai been two
boys fighting sa the sidewalk they would
have spent the night in the toonbs aRd DO
brought before apolies court ia tho morn
ing. Hs felt that lac house should now take
action that would bsG warning in future. Ho
would therefore, be said, otfsr resolution of
expulsion, punnhment which would only
be commensurate with the OtlonsO.
After further discussion in the same vein,
and after reading the Congressional Record,
covering the question of ths ofisnss, Mr..
Bowman's resolution was read, declaring that
for gross brssch of privilege and the rules
aud dasorum Of The house the two members
bs expelled.
Mr. Brown, Of Indiana, Aaovsd as = substi-
tuta that special commission Of three be
appointsd to report without delay what pros
seeding saoula bs taken by the house. -
Mr. Reagan and Mr.. Converse indicated
ssms errors il the report of the Congress
sionsl Record, bu! they were not very mate,
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resolution bs qualified, SO the two members
could be permitted instead of required to
make an apology. He understood both
sentemsn desired 10 do so.
The resolution by MIR. McLane's consent
was modified accordingly.
Mr.. Harris,,of Virginia, made the point Of