National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-31
THE HOUSE DEBATE.
A DAY OF LIVELY PROCEEDINGS.
The Hackcy.O'CoRnor Case Discussed-Mr. Miller,
OF PennsylVanla, Exhibits the "Littlo
Jokers" or tho Bourbons o
South Carolina.

South Carolina.
Tho journal Of Monday having been read, Mr..
Springer objected to its approval on tho ground
that II omitted nll reference to two very important
motions which he had submitted and TO appeals
which lie had made from the Speakers refusal to
entertain thtm lie had the official report on tho
subject read from the Congressional Record, and he
then moved to have the journal corrected so as TO
include those two motions, which were to lay ON
the table the report OF the Committee on Rules
and to recommit the report with instructions, to-
gcther with tho Speakers refusing TO entertain
them, his QIr. springers) appeals from such re-
fusals aud the Speakers declining TO entertain
them.
The Speaker directed the Clerk to read the rule
governing the case to the effect I at every mo-
ton made TO the House and entertained BY the
speaker shall be entered on the urnal aud lie
said that If the Clerk Ind jOuruaizd tie Sc mo-
| tions nnd appeals he would have acted improp.
| erly.
Sir. Springer pointed ont similar cases in tho
| recent proceedings Of the House where motions
| that were not entertained weie Juurn0liEcd. lie
| argued that the motions were roper ones ana
should have Erpcarcd on tnG lG9 nai which
done, even though the journal might then contain
| II condemnation Cfthc man who sat In the speak
crs c. uir. Indignant call, to Urticr on the Re-
rub iCUu side, aud declaration ly the Spta aler
that the gentleman was not IN ordCrl | have a
right to SlcnE. II am nul III Ofdtr let my words
The sprnkcr-The chair can very well nfford---
Mr. Springer attempted amid excitement and
confusion to prncCed VT II his rcmaiks, but was
told refcmporily by the speake. that tho Ser.
gennt. Arms would b. direccd TO force him at
t1st to dCslst.
Springer, giving him nid aud encouragement
while many Republican members were also on
their feet, protesting GnSry against M. spTingers
Mr. Springer Informed the Speaker, denant!y,
thai he could not taken from the floor.
Mr.. HUNT heyS-iou can and viii. can do 1t
Mr. sprlnscr-It would take lnrger pattern
than you To do IT, tCuntinnCd laughtcr.l
The StCGkCr-The Chair can Nc'y well afford 10
allow the gentleman f. ON Illinois t. make I'M
proper remarks In SO ar rs they apply t. the Chair
nlone; but II !. quite another thing when The gen
tlcmRll undertakes TO destroy the dignity of the
House by his own conduct. lApplaust by Repub-
licnnS.l
Mr. springcr-Thnt has already been destroyed
House.
The srcakcr-Any pTorcr mott that the gen.
tleman may wish TO nuke relating 10 the cOgtCc-
ton of the journal will he cntt rtaned by the
Chair and submitted to the House. The journal
clerk IN emitting motions that were not Cnter-
aned proceeded exactly in accordance with tn,
rule.
Mr. Knott, afcrsom further lloqny, made n
constitutional argument in sup ort OF Mr.
Springcr'o position. The command Of the Con-
SlituiGn was p ain and IcremptOiy at each
llonsa should keep urilHl Of US proceefingS
acton which toE rl,cc daring It's session; every
m tion made, and every ruling TN 1t should be re-
duccd to writing, journal implied complete
and trulhful journal. The iuct that Il motion was
out Of order was 70 rcnsnn why that motion and
the ruling upon il III uld not GppcGr IN the jour
nul. On the contrary, II should TO- recorded us a
precedent ior The future. If nothing was 10 go ON
The iourilul except when the Speaker chose 10 en-.
,crtdin it, then The wifi Of tic ~ gktr, and not
The Cons iui IN or the rules woT.d he the law Of
| Il . House. Where was the redress? And what
would then ecomc Of the prov sion of the Con-
siuliUn wh!ci r.q1irsd that the proceedings of
the liouss should @ I u'hfnlly igSnrisd? HAD 1t
come to lhl., that the arbitrary will OF the Speaker
right or WI ng wHs 70 supersede and overr!d.
the Constitution? lie had as high respect
for the Speaker us any other member had yet he
could not say that the Spc lkGr was ufli ib c or
| Incapable of mnking mistake When the Speaker
refused to entertain u motion that Wns perfectly
legitimate IN such refusal, he (Mr. knott could
| not say that the Speaker was not mistaken. On
the contrary, he, saw that the Speaker was mis-;
takcn, because the rules give right OF appeal
from the decision of the Chair.
The Speaker admitted the accuracy of the gen.
eral proposition stated by Mr. Knott but repeated
that the journal clerk had acted strictly i'll obe-
dience to the rule.
Mr.. Burrows asked Mr. Knott whether If he had
Interrupted him while just speaking, md had
made motion to adjourn which had not been en-
tertaincd, he would say that that motion should
appear on the Journal2
Mr. Knott thought 1t wns unnecessary to answer
such question. [DerIsivc laughter fom Repub-
lie ms
Mr. Burrows-Tha's the very case, and would
Mr.. Haskell nrgucd that the journal was to con
tain the proceedings uf the House, 10 be II record
was s'' not encitaned could teriainly fpm no part
of the proceedings of The House. Ar or further
remarks 10y Messrs. Knsson, Kelly, and Randall
the motion To correct the Journal was rejected
yeas, 50 ; nays, lSl
Mr.. Miller then started with the opening of his
speech in the contested election ea;e Of Mackey
sentence when the attention of the Speaker was
called by Democratic members to tic hct that the
Journal hHd not yet been approved. As the vote
procl cled, and us the Democrats Withheld Their
votes, there was likclih od Of the failure Of Il
quorum, but nm active hunt miter Republican ab-
seatecs aud the fact tint Mr. Wilson and Mr. Morse,
who were paired, carried out their pomise to vote
Unnecessary to make hquOrum, resulted In l4G yeas
and 3n0ys, so that the journal Of yesterday was
Mr. Miller then proceeded with his sreech in
fuvUr Of the report OF the Election Committee in
course of his speech, Mr. Miller caused some
amusement by an exhibition of the tissue ballots,
which he called little lnkers' 10y which Demo-
cratic frauds arc said t. have leen committed in
South Carolina. lie gave an illustration of the
usa made of them and suggested that in some close
Northern district, it might he convenient tor
Democratic candidates 10 understand the game.
| Tue discussion was continued by Mr. Davis. OF
Miss iuri asa,nst he report; aud by Mr.. Paul in
y the discussion of The rgadJnstmcnt policy in
| Virginia to praise Of the R@adusterS as an non.
ct paty rni TO criticism of other Southern States
| in connection with their debts. In fact he de-
| c.aled tEHt Virginia wusi the only debt paying
| STATE Of TIC late Southern confcderacy.
| The latter assertion was denied Indignantly by
| Mr.. Carlisle, who declared that the State of Ken
! iurky had never scaled her public debt to The
| amount of one dollar, nnl had never proposed II
dos, The assertion of Mr.. CSIlil'c was trdycrScd
| by his coll Gguc, Mr.. White, WHO reminded him
| that certain counties in Kentucky had refused Ia
pay their debts II That was not !eiu lintiun What
| sit2
Mr.. Tillman also declared for his State That II
was the Republican parry there which had re.
pudiated the debt, ana that It was now being paid
| under the rule Of the Democratic party.
| Al the conclusion Of Mr.. PHui's speech, within Il
few minutes Of O'clock, Mr.. Calkins inquired
| whether, If an evening session Were dispensed
| with, aud the House now adjourned the Discus
| sion would be resumed Wetine, duy without any
| obstruction from the Democratic side The an.
swer came back re'olutely from Messrs. Morrison
| Atkins, Randall, and other Democratic members
| that no agreement whatever would be made.
| Mr.. Cnlkins then gave notice that he would cal
| the previous question on the contested election
Gaze at s O'Clock Wednesday.
| Several Republican members suggested o'clock
and MIR. Morrison asked dcilunlly why he did no
| do so now.
The hour offs O'Clock having arrived, the HousC
| took recess till O'Clock.
nECT WAGAINCTOM-