Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1882-06-06
The Dead Lock Broken.

Lie OrE4 LOCK oIOksn.
Under = system Of ruling that seems
20 Rave % much pleased the Richmond
Dlt1fah TIA; /; desired 10 see the sys-
TEN engraf,ed up0n the Virginia Gen
eral Assembly, Congress was dead
locked in i,s loser House for some
ten days recently. Over the contested
election rase Of Mickey IT, Dibble,
from South Carolina, the Doa-bons
had hiiLls;efed until the public had
concluded there could Be no business
transacted By thai body until 1t should
cOncede its right 10 settle, as = matter
Of The highes. privilege, the right to
seat its own duly elected members il
CongEes& i consumes near three
fourihs Of an hour to call the roll, and
in vain motions &c adjourn and on
appeals from the decision Of the chair
and foT recess and then again to
adjourn the BOur5ons kept the House
each day travelling around i circle, 50
thar no business, such IS TIA, frs, in
hand, could be transacted. In short
the bourbon Programme was that
unless they, the minority, could keep
in his seat a man szid 10, to have
been elected 10 II. 10 business should
b: done. The majority determined
10 amend 50 absurd z rule. The Bour-
bols then determined 10 h..basier
aglins; this efor, to change the rule.
The point OF order WIS made by Reed,
Of Maine, that 10 amending the rules
Congress was no: jyGai and emb1r-
r,ssei By the very rule !; wss pleased
TO 'mend. On this p2in. oforder the
whole 0. Monday OF las, week was
consumed. The discussion brought
10 the foor OF the House It's ajles; and
NOS, distinguished dcba,ors. The
Editor Of the MN, accompanied by
Senator D. F. Bailey, was present. on
the exciting occssion-ihe most excit-
ing and interesting one o: the present
session. During the debate the vast
galleries were packed to their capacity.
Every member was in his seat. For
the first time during the deadlock
the Republicans had a quorum, indie
pendent Of the Bourbons. One hun
bred and fifty members were willing
to vote, III being a quorum. The
Bourbons persisted in making dilatory !
motions and jus, as s,prdily persisted /
in refusing to vote on them, after they |
had demanded the long roll CALL
Randall and Blackburn and Kenna /
and Carlisle and Sunset Cox and Rea-
gan ard Springer and Hooker con- !
Quoted the Bourbon debate on the |
point Of order and claimed, in effect, /
that the House could tie It's own hands |
50 completely that !, was powerless to |
unite them, whatever the emergency |
might be. That in making new rules |
It was bound by old ones. Reed and |
Calkins and Robson and Robinson |
and Kasson and Haskell and Halle !
ton sustained, and ably 50, the point |
Of order. At the close OF the debate |
Speaker Keifer sustained Mr. Reed |
point Of order. The correctness oil
this decision ought 20 be conceded !
The right to tx By each house rs own |
rules IS an inherent, original and ST.
preme one. TO make new rules il |
should qui, the old ones for the time.
The rigb, 10 impose on the House !
iila,Ory motions mus, end somewhere.
The Home has no r;gh, and can have !
no righ, 70 murder is own higher !
right 20 proceed with is oan organi. |
za,ion The right 70 declare who IS
entitled 70 a seat is a t1H n rs at gf
The RICH, 70 organize
Of necessity the underlined !
and dubious rightio fIiJrsier. During !
ibis day Of intense inieres; the presi-
dent was away near Babylon, on Long |
Island, fishing 10 the 90 acre hsh pond |
Of Mr.. Austin Corbin, a Democrat
who has the ,uest regard Tor Mr. Ar
thur. I, may be here remarked that
the prcsidcn, beat an his associates at
fishing in The aforesaid Democratic
pond. Bu, the prcsiden, is a good
Re1djua,cr, and Readjus,er always
means business, even when be is fish
ing.
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