The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-31
All HOME AND ABROAD.
The Deadlock Springer, the irrepres.
sible, Exp!odes Another Bomb
in the House An Ex.
citing Scene.
Argument on the Election Case Proceeds
Those Tissue Ballots and
their Usefulness.
Speaker keiier Defends the Acttien of
the Journal Clerk-A Quorum
Obtained.
The Situation In Egypt Grave Arab
Bey an iucipient Despot.
A Spark win Explode the Entire
Train.
Other Incidents Of the Day.
Other Incidents Of the Day.
Forty-seventh Congress.


the ground that it omitted all reference to
two very important motions which he had
submitted, and to appeals which he had
made from the speakers refusal to enter
tain them. The official report on the sub
jtct was read from the Congressional Rec
ord, and he then moved to have the Jour
nal corrected SO as to include those two
motions, which were to lay on the table, TO-
gether with the speakers refusal TO enter
tain his lSprngers) appeals from such re-
fusal. The speaker directed the clerk to
read the rule governing the case, to the ef-
feet that every motion made in the
house entertained by the speaker
shall be entered on the journal
and he said that il the clerk had journal.
lied those motions and appeals he would
have acted improperly.
Springer pointed out similar cases in the
recent proceedings of the house where mo-
tions that were not entertained were Jour
nalized. He argued that the motions are
proper ones and should have appeared on
the journal which should show correctly all
that was done even though the journal
might then contain condemnation of the
man who sat in the speakers chair FIN
dignant calls to order on the republican
side and declaration by the speaker that the
L IL
right to speak and | have right to have
the words taken down."
The Speaker-"The chair can very well
afford"
Springer attempted, amid excitement
and confusion, to proceed with his remarks,
but was told peremptorily by the speaker
that the sergeant-at-armsw would be directed
to force him at least to desst. The demo-
cratic members gathered around Springer,
giving him aid and encouragement, while
many republican members were also on
their feet, protesting urgently against
Springer, but Springer informed the speak
er deiiantly that he could not be taken from
the floor.
Humphreys, of Wisconsn-"You can
and will. can do il myself"
Springer-"lt would take larger pat
tern than you to do it," CONTINUED
laughter.
The Speaker-"The chair can very well
| afford to allow the gentleman from Illinois
to make remarks so far as they
apply to the chair alone, but it is
quite another thing when gentleman
undertakes to destroy the dignity Of the
house by his own conduct" Applause by
the republicans.l
springer-"That has been already de-
stroyed."
THAT is so," said Reed, "by your sile OF
the house,
The speaker-"Any proper motion that
the gentleman may wish to make relating
to the correction of the journal, will be en-.
tertained by the chair and submitted to the
house. The journal clerk in omitting the
motions that were not entertained pro-
ceeded exactly in accordance with the
rules"
Knott, of Kentucky, after some further
colloquy, made u constitutional argu-
ment in support of Springer's position.
The command of the constitution was
plain aud peremptory that each house
should keep journal of its proceedings,
If that meant anything IL meant that every
transaction which took place during it's ses-
sion, every motion made and every ruling
on it, should be reduced to writing. The
Journal implied complete and truthful
journal, The truth that u motion was out
OF order was no reason why that motion
and ruling upon 1t should not appear on
u journal. On the contrary, IL should be
recorded as a precedent for the future. If
nothing was TO go on the journal except
whatever the speaker choose to have EN-.
tered on 1t, then the will of the speaker and
not the constitution or the rules would be
law of the house. Where was the redress
and what would then become of the
provision OF the constitution which
required that the proceedings
of the house should be truthfuliy recordedY
Had 1t come to this, that the arbitrary
dictum of the speaker, right or wrong, was
to supersede and overfulc the constitu.
tion2 He had as high respect for the
speaker as any other member had, vet he
could not say the speaker was infailible or
incapable of making mistakes. When the
speaker refused TO entertain the motion,
was no perfectly justified in such refusal?
He (knott) could not say that the speaker
was not mistaken. On the contrary, he
said that the speaker was mistaken because
the rules gave the right OF appeal from the
decision OF the chair
The speaker admitted the accuracy Of the
general proposition stated by Knott, but
repeated that the jonrnal clerk had acted
strictly IN obedience 10 the rules.
Haskell, OF Kansas, argued that the Jour.
nal was to contain the proceedings OF the
house, to be record of the things done by
the house. A motion that was not enter.
tanned coild certainly form no part of the
proceedings Of the house. After further re.
merks by kasson, Kelley and Randall, a
motion to correct the jonrnal was rejected
yeas, 80; nays, 13.
Miller OF Pennsylvania, then proceeded
with his opening speech In the contested
ssN .'N' N"'N W shb'hNN NtsO NbntUT, UUt
had not finished the first sentence when the
attention OF the speaker was called by
the democratic member, to the fact that
the journal had not yet been approved.
They demanded the yeas and NAYS on the
question ofapproval. The vote proceeded
and as the democrats withheld their votes,
there was likelihood of a failure of
quorum, but an active hunt after repub.
lican absentees disclosed the fact that VIII.
son, Of West Virginia, and Morse, of Massa.
chusetts, who were paired, G .rried out their
promise to vote, II Necessary to make a
quorum, which resulted In lt6 yeas and 30
nays. So that the journal Of yesterday was
approved.
Miller, Of Pennsylvania, then proceeded
with his speech In favor Of the report OF the
elections committee In the case Of Mackey
ys. o'Connor.. In the course Of his speech
Miller caused some amusement BY an
exhibition of tissue ballots, which he called
'little jokers" by which democratic frauds
are said 10 have been committed In 30 ith