The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-30

Promptly After Assembling the Repre-.
sentatives Take up the Weapons
Laid Aside Saturday and
the Battle Begins.
Reed, Of Maine, Breaks Lance With
the RedOubtable Randall-A
General Debate
Ensues, in Which the Stalwarts Of
Both Sides are to
the Fore.
Speaker keifer ina Very Uncomfortable
Position and Liable
To BE Stabbed in the HOnse of His
Friends.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
)ther Foreign and Domestic News.
forty-Seventh Congress.

HENAIE.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-An order was
made for adjournment to-day, until We'd.
nesday, in honor of Decoration Day.
Mr.. Hoar introduced q bill to establish
a uniform bankruptcy law. He explained
that il was based upon the Lowell bill but
that, while containing many provisions of
that measure, it reserved all exceptions
under the state law. He asked that il be
printed and tabled. The judiciary com.
mittee having reported on the subject, it
was so ordered
On mstion of Mr.. Slater senate billt re.
imburse the Creek Indian orphan fund was
again considered.
Upon expiration Of themorning hour the
bill was laid aside without action.
Mr.. Rollins called up the bill for sale of
the old post-oilice site in New York and it
was passed.
The Japanese indemnity fund bill came
up as the regular order, but after debate
was laid aside without action.
After short executive session the senate
adjourned until Wednesday.
HOUSE.
The house opened this morning with in
dications of bitter parliamentary con.
flict expected during the day. THE lloor OF
the hall contained fewer vacant chairs than
usual, and the galleries were pretty well
filled up.
In the chaplain's prayer request was
made in behalf OF members that the path
OF duty might be made plain to them.
AS soon as the reading of the journal was
finished Reed, of Maine, called up for con-
sideraticn the proposed amendment to the
rule prohibiting motions on contested elec-
tiOn cases.
The question of consideration, that is,
shall the house now consider il ?'' was in
stantly raised by Randall, of Pennsylvania,
and that was followed by amotion of Kenna,
BY one one of Blackburn "''Ca'n' Of Ke%. air
tucky, that when the house
adjourn to do so to meet on Wednesday
next, stating the reason for the motion that
Tuesday was Decoration Day.
On the latter motion the yeas and nays
we're ordered and tactics of further obstruc-
tion were thus put in operation.
The vote on Blackburn's motion was an
nonnced at 1l40 as--yeas, 2; nays, 2i5; and
the speaker declared the motion lost.
Thereupon Randall moved that the
house be adjourned to meet on Tuesday
next.
On that motion Reed made the point of
order that no proposition to adjourn under
the rules, as dilatory motion, could be en-
tertained.
Randall denied the right of the speaker
to put any such construction on his motion.
Reed proposed to discuss the point of Or
der and suggested that it should be put
and opened to discussion. No agreement
TO that end, however, was made.
Reed then opened the discussion.
lie claimed that the house had under the
constitution certain powers expressly con-
ferred upon it; powers which is could
exercise without let or hindrance of any
other body; powers which it could not trade
away, which it must perform and the first
of the powers was to judge of election re-
turns and of the qualification of It's own
members. This house had been endeavor-
ing for the last ten days to perform that
duty, but had been prevented. by diatory
motions. The best and most orderly way
to put a stop to that course was to amend
the rules. The series of motions made to.
day were made iorthe express purpose
OF delay, and of preventing change of the
rules. lie maintained the proposition that
wherever there is duty imposed on con.
gress to accomplish certain work, IL Is the
duty OF the speaker to carry out that rule
OF the law or of the constitution. lie cited
the ruling OF Speaker Randall when there
was lllibusterlng against the execution of
the electoral count law, and when obstruc-
ton was attempted by Springer, OF Illinois,
with that combination OF physical activity
and intellectual aouteness Tor which he was
distinguished llaughterl, to the effect that
he tthe chair had allowed this and had al.
lowed that and had allowed the other in
the way OF motions, but. that he was now
brought to point when he must act
Reed laid down the proposition that in as
much as by the organic law OF the United
States, the house had right to change its
rules at any time, and that no member, or
set OF members, had any right to urge rules
which are to be changed to prevent n
change which the house desires to make.
There was no such thing as suicide in any
provision of the constitution. He then
quoted decision by Blaine, whom he spoke
of ms one of the greatest pariamentarians
who ever sat in the chair, TO the effect that
on the pending proposition to change the
rules, dilatory motions cannot be
entertained. This ruling was made on the
2Ith Of January, 1875. He closed by stat.
ing. that the minority had no right further
to delay the action ofthe house.
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