The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-15

III the British empire without having com.
mltted any crime; or whether the English
| government, by suspending the writ of ha.
neas corpus, could lawfully detain them on
inuennlte suspicion without a trial or with
mand release.
Robinson, of New York desired To de.
bate the resolution, but the speaker held
that the pending motion tolay on the tahle
was not debatable,
nays, l03. 'N"S' 80
orth also reported adversely resolution
requesting the president to communirate
all correspondence with the British royern-
ment on file in the state department IN
reference to the case of ID. II. O'Connor
elIlhen OF the United States, now imprison-
orth stated that the papers referred to
olution of the house, under the guise of
parliamentary inquiry.
CoN, oil New York, managed to get in n
,eW remarks IN support of both these reso.
buttons, declaring that there was underly-
ing the ilrst the great principle of American
cltlzenshlp, and that in the second 1t was
necessary to show the state department
thai congress was urgent in the matter.
Inc house agreed to lay the resolutions
oH lne laOle-lI 10 10.
Cox thereupon offered an amendment re-
4nesung the president to obtain for ID. II.
OConnor and other American citizens
now imprisoned under the suspension of
habeas corpus by the British government
IN Ireland without trial, conviction or SEN
,ence, speedy and fair trial or prompt re-
lease.
The point of order was raised that the
amendment was not german to the subject.
and the speaker sustained the point. Then
followed lively debate, in which Robin
son, OF New York, led off and bore the
chief part. He questioned the manhood
OF any member who would vote TO table
such resolutions and declared that he had
not been able to get fair play on
the floor. He had been repressed and
sat upon. The committee on foreign
affairs and the state department alone
seemed to be unaware of the fact that Ameri-
can citizens were imprisoned in Ireland
Robinson then proceeded to name some of
the American citizens imprisoned in Ire
land. There was Mr.. McSweeney, Of Cali
fornia. He had a certificate of naturaliza-
ton on which was engraved the American
eagle. but the tyrannical despot paid no
more attention to it than it it were "a
crow or Q cormorant. Another pris.
oner was Michael Har., of Massachusetts,
oN'' -"hsouNilusCtlS slullu Nv anu lpI n
citizen rot in foreign PRISON. No country,
ancient or modern, had ruled with an iron
hand so terribly and tyrsnnically as did
England to-day. Referring to the newspa-
per criticisms upon his course, he said he
could not get representatives of the press to
do him Justice. He was not talking about
ireland, but about the imprisonment
OF American citizens. He wanted
to say nothing about Ireland
ana yet he was represented
as spending the time Of the house in talk
ing about it.
Robinson's remarks then took a very per
sonai turn ana were directed against Robe
| son, of New Jersey.
The latter obtained the floor and replied
in the same strain.
Robeson yielded the foor to Orth to nj
low him to demand the previous question
on the resolution.
The confusion, which had all dav been
very great upon the floor, was increased as
Randall, Cox and Hooker, of Messr's rose
with points of order against
the speaker awarding the floor
to Orth, ,contending, as the recommenda-
tion oil the committee on foreign affairs had
lot been agreed to, the,control of the meas
ure had passed out of the hands of Orth
and that the speaker should recognize the
opponents OF tbs committee's recommends
ton.
The speaker overruled the point of order.
ana held that, as none had claimed the
iioor to take control of the measure, he was
bound 10 recognize the gentleman from
Indiana tOrth), to demand previous ques-
ton.
From this decision Cox appealed, but the
appeal was tabled-yeas, 12s; nays, ll2.
Blount, OF Georgia, member OF the COM
nlittpa N inratarts afl. 80 ,aI Al 4
never heard the resolution considered i'm
the committee, nor had any other member
OF the minority done so.
Williams, chairman of the committee,
stated that he had not understood that the
resolution had been considered and moth
ing about IL appeared on the minutes of
the committee meeting lie had been in
formed, however, that Just prior to
the adjournment OF the meeting 0rth had
stated that II there was no objection he
would report the resolution to the house,
and that hearing none, he had done so.
Randall then raised the point of order
that as the resolution was not reported
from committee, Il was not in order.
The speaker held that the objection came
too late.
Randall stated that he wished to call the
attention Of the couKtry TO the fat that the
resolution had come to the house without
the consent OF the committee.
Cox then moved 10 recommit the res.
olution, with instructions to the committee
TO insert therein the names of Michael Hart
IL. o. Mahoncy and John McEncry and to
add clause requesting the president to de-
mand OF the British government prompt
trial OF these citizens or their relcase.
Orth stated that he had no objection TO
that action.
The resolution was accorlinrlv rprom-