Daily Republican., 1882-05-31
THIRD EDITION
IN ON IL o. E. n
The PrOlOEEed WrarEle ever the
Contested a,.scttOu Cases

COmtGEhto "a RssSAkbu VS.
When the Hour~ opened yesterda,
Mr.. Springer oHjcted to he approva
of the journal on the ground that i
omitted all reference 10 two very i'm
portant motions, which he had sub
mitted, and ~ appea s which he mad
from the Speak IS refusal to entertain
them.
The Speaknr directed the clerk t.
read the rue governing the case, to tn
effect that every motion made to tn
House and pH .ertalue' by The Speake
shall be ant@ru"' ON The Journal; and h
said that # Jhe 2lpr% had journaizet
these motions GGG appeals he would
have acted .up~mfrty.
Mr., Sprung yoiut ID out similar
cases in the recent proceeding of the
House whIt t"urt,ns that were not en-
tertaine0 we've lourL allied. He argued
that the motions ware proper ones, ana
should have appeared on the journal,
which would show correctly aud truth
fully what WAS done, even though the
journal might contain condemnation
of the man who Sat in the Speakers
chair GudignauJ calls to order on The
Republican side. and Il declaration by
the Speaker that the gentleman was out
of orderl. have right to speak Ii
l am not in order, let my words be
taken down
The Speaher-Tbe Chair can very
well afford
Mr.. Springer attempted, amid ex-
citement and confusion, to proceed
with his remarks, but was told peremp.
torily by the Speaker that the Sergeant
alarms would be directed to force him
at least to desist.
Mr.. Springer informed the speaker
defantly that he would not be taken
from the floor.
Mr.. Humphreys-You can and will.
l can do it myself.
Mr.. Springer-It would take larger
pattern than you to do it.
The Speaker-The Chair can very
well afford the gentleman from II
linois to make improper remarks in so
far as they apply to the Chair alone, but
it is quite another thing when the gen.
tleman Undertakes to destroy the dig
nifty of the House by his own conduct.
Mr.. Knott supported Mr.. Springer's
position, and after remarks by Messrs.
Burrows, Haskell, Kasson, Kelley and
Randall, the motion to correct the jour
nal was rejected-yeas SO, nays 134,
Mr.. Miller Pa. then started with the
opening of his speech in the contested
election case of Mackey against O'Con-
nor, but had not finished the last SEN
tence when the attention of the Speaker
was called by the Democratic members
to the fact that the journal had not
yet been approved. They demanded
the yeas and nays on the question of
approval, AS the vote proceeded, and
as the Democrats withheld their votes
there was likelihood of the failure of
a quorum, but an active hunt
after Republican absentees aud
the fact that Wilson, CIV. w.
and Morse MASS. who were paired,
carried ont their promise to vote, if
necessary, TO make quorum, resulted
in 146 yeas to 3 nays; so that the jour.
nal of yesterday was approved.
Mr.. Miller (Pa. then proceeded
with his speech in favor of the report
of the Election Committee in the case
of Mackey against O'Conner
In the course of his speech Mr.. Mil
Ter caused some amusement by an ex-
hibition of the tissue ballots, which he
called ''little jokers," by which Demo
cratic frauds are said to have been
committed in South Carolina. He gave
an illustration OF the use made of them
and suggested that in some Of the close
northern districts it might be conve-
nient for Dem mocratic candidates to
understand the game.
The discussion was Continued by Mr..
Davis (Mo), against the report, and by
Mr.. Paul (Va.), in favor of it. Much
of Mr. Paul's speech was directed to
the discussion of the read listers as an
honest party, and to a criticism of
other Southern States in connection
with their debts. In fact he declared
that Virginia was the only debt-paying
state Of the late southern confel eracy.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Pauls
speech, within few minutes Of five
o'clock, Mr.. Calkins inquired whether
AN evening session were dispensed
with and the House now adjourned
the discussion would be resumed to-
morrow without any obstruction from
the Democratic side.
The answer came back resOlutely
from Messrs. Morrison, Atkins, Ran
dali and other Democratic members
that no agreement whatever would be
made.
Mr.. Calkins then gave notice that he
would call the previous question on
the contested election case at 5 o'clock
tomorrow.
Several Republican members sug-
gested two o'clock, and Mr.. Morrison, of
Illinois, asked detiantly why he did
not do so now.
The hour of five o'clock having ar
rived, the House took recess till eight
o'clock.
The House re assembled at eight
o'clock. Mr.. Atherton (Ohio), who
was entitled to the floor on the con-
tested election case, and who had an
objection to speaking to a thin house
in an evening session, moved to take a
recess until ten o'clock tomorrow
morning. The vote was taken by tell
ers, who reported after a delay of
twenty-five minutes that there were 10
yeas and 96 nay9-1o quorum. There
upon call of the House WAS ordered,
the proceedings of which occupied
another hour 1ruitlessly. No quorum
appeared A vote was then taken on
Mr.. A,hsrton $ motion to take a recess
till ten o'clock tomorrow, and resulted,
yeas, 93-naya, 14-the Republicans
all voting III the affirmative.
Mr. Mcmillan (Tenn. raised the point
of no quorum, Thereupon Mr. Calkins
(Ind. wi b drew ibe notice which be
had gwen that he would call the pre-
vious question at five o'cloik to.mor.
row, and stated that he would call it at
an earlier time, Several Democrats
(defantly), "Call it now"
Mr. Reed (Me. And if this matter
pinches somewhere, it is not the fault
Of this side.
Mr.. Randall-Oh, we have passed
the pinch.
Mr.. R3ed-You are still groaning un
der it.
The House then at Q 45 on motion OF
Mr.. Calkins, adjourned.