The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-02-26
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
Washington, February 2O.-Bill reported; To
establish branch mint at st. Louis.
The bill relating to Federal Courts was dis.
cussed, and the House went into Committee Of
the Whole on the revision of the rules
Upon the expiration Of the morning hour the
House went into committee on the revision Of the
rules
Bills introduced: To put certain articles i'm.
ported and used In the manufacture Of paper
on the free list.
The revision of the rules was discussed and the
House adjourned.
After some colloquy, Mr.. Conger moved that
the committee rise, and stated that when 1t did
rise he would move that the House resolve itself
into Committee Of the Whole on the State Of the
Union for the purpose Of listening to the remarks
Of the gentleman from Georgia (stephens).
Mr.. Congers motion was agreed to-Yeas 101,
nays 80.
The committee accordingly rose.
Mr.. CoDger then moved to go Into Committee Of
the Whole on the State of the Union. Agreed to-
yeas III, nays ia.
The scene was amusing as well as dramatic
when, as If by one accord, Messrs Blackburn
and Conger rose and demanded recognition. The
chair refused to recognize either gentlemen until
perfect order had been obtained, when he recog
nized Mr. Oonger as being the author Of the mo.
ton on which the House had gone into Commit.
tee.
Mr. Conger said he had made the motion In
the interest Of free speech, He had desired an
opportunity to hear the views Of the distinguish.
ed gentleman from Georgia (stephens), whose
legislative experience, whose Familiarity with the
rules of the House dated back to the time when
the fierce Democrats of the other side believed in
free Speech In free discussion and fairness to the
time Of the old, ard isted Jscsonian Democracy,
Of which he, Stephens, was living representa-
tive still, thank God. [Applausel If, in the pro.
gress Of events in this country, 1t had happened
that the Democratic party, oCe 80 honored, once
so esteemed, once so respected, once embracing
80 large portion Of people Of all sections and all
regions, had slipped It's moorings; If 1t hae been
wandering for years on unknown seas Of odven.
ture; If 1t had forgotten the principles Of Jeher
son. and Madison, and Monroe, and Jackson,
what glorious thing 1t was for the country that
there still lived, still breathed, still was one in
all his mental and intellectual vigor, with mem.
ory unimpaired, an old representative Of the De.
mooracy of those days, then q Whig Applause
and laughter then acting with that party, true
to the Constitution, but upholding the Jetfer-
sonian ideas Of the Democracy, and to-day ac-
knowledged by all Democrats as representative
OF the old. time Democracy, hono-ed by them as
such. Having brought into the fold the ark Of
the covenant of Whiggery [laughterl and placed
1t in the Democratic camp, how fortunate was it
for the old representatives Of the Whig party
that the ark of the covenant was still by gentle.
mau, and that he could tell what the Democracy
had been in early days, what 1t had been when
the Whig party had become the depository of its
principles, how he had borne that ark down
through scenes Of revolution and rebellion, thro'
all the drifings Of the party, and was ready to
present 1t here to. day. He (Conger) did not Won
der that modern Democrats refused to hear the
venerable statesman Here was the unwonted
spectaCle Of refusal to hear him even on the
subject of rules He (Conger) and his friends to.
gether with a few Democrats had at last brought
the House to q position where the gentleman
from Georgia could speak, where the gag was re-
moved from him, and now, with pleasure ex-
Ceedipg that which he had words to express,
yielding to the earnest ongings Of his friends on
all sides to hear again the old words Of the De-
moCracy from the eloquent expounder Of those
doctrines, he would yield the remainder Of his
time to the gentleman from Georgia.
Mr.. Stephens, after expressing his obligations
to the House and to the gentleman from Micbi-
gan (Conger), said that 1t was not his purpose to
speak of the history of the Democratic or Whig
party, although his attachment to the party was
as strong as that Of any man In the House.
He had been reared in the Jeifersonian School Of
Democracy, In 1t he had lived and breathed
and had his being and In 1t he should dieslft
Coming to the amendment offered by the gen.
tlenan from Ohio (Warner) he declared that
there was great principle involved in 1t. Whe.
ther 1t was adopted or rejected neither party
would be worsted He was opposed to the 2lst
rule individually. Why2 Because he did not
believe that according to the Democratic doc.
trlne Of Jefferson, Madison and jackson, 1t was
ever intended that appropriation bills should be
encountered with any other legislation in this
country, II had been In excluding from approBri.
alton bills other matters as riders. The gentle
man from Ohio (Hurd) had said the other day
that II was Democratic doctrine to seek the re-
dress OF grievances by withholding appropria.
tlons. He (stephens) repudiated that propoHi'
ton In toto, That had never been Democratic
doctrine. It was monarchlal doctrine. The re.
dress OF grievances in this country. was, frst by
petition to the legislative body next 10 the jIdi.
ciaIy and next to the bRllotbox. Under the
Constitution, the Executive had the same right
full and constitutional power to veto bill as the
House and Senate had to pass IT. and the new
doctrine Of making war upon the veto power
through the means Of appropriation bills was not
Democratic, was not Republican, but was anti.
constitutional. The only war waged against the
veto power in the past was by the Whlg party,
under Clay, zone OF the few, the immortal,
names that were not born to die" But he (5te.
phens), exercising that independence Of thought
which he ever had, had disaNTeed with Mr.. Clay
on that war on the veto, but whore had stood the
entire Democratic party on that occaslonl 1t
had stood In the defence Of the veto power. He
repeated that he was against all riders on appro'
priaEion bills, and that wss the position at which
advanced thought In political science all over
the world had arrived.
The gentlemen on this SIDE said he wheeling
around his chair so as to face the Democratic
beuches), talked Of economy, Economy Yea,
that is the cry am for economy; and the best
way In the world to have real, true lasting, good
economy is to shut down the door on your appro.
pristlon committee [applause on the Republican
sidel That committee will have enough to do
by following the estimates One reason why l
feel so much interest In this question, is the inti
nation from the gentleman from Ohio (Hurd
that they want to use the Twenty hrst Rule in or.
der to take on riders to appropriation bills bills
which must pass, or ought to pass, so as to com
pei the Executive as to force redress Of grlevan.
Ces. My opinion on that subject was clearly