The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-17

the speaker and have that respect for the |
chair and for my brother members that | |
am sure that | will be permitted to state |
my case"
The Speaker" The chair desires to state,
ne understands the gentleman to make |
the point that II was the duty OF the chair to |
submit question of privilege from You, |
that Il Is whelly matter of discretion
McLane appealed from the decision, but |
subsequently, withdrew his appeal, and |
kenna, OF West Virginia, rising TO ques. |
hon OF privilege, offered the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, That.the rights and duties ofthe |
speaker ofthe house are defined by rules of |
the house, and by general parliamentary
rules not IN conflict Herewith, and by WI.
tue OF said rules and under said |
law the speaker enjoys no privilege to
reprimandand censure. a amember except by
action of the house or in pursuance Of its
instructions.
Resolved, That any attempt TO exercise
such power is breach of privilege OF the
house, and is hereby expressly condemned
ana VIII be promptly resisted and other
wise dealt with Us the rights, dignity and
duties his house may require.
kenna, In Offering this resolution, said;
Il am prompted by feeling of no
character other than the disposition to assert
the prerogatives of this house and its mem
bership:: In my judgment, as in the judg-
ment OF the. house, the proposition asserted
by the speaker yesterday Is an unreliable
one, and this side of the house at least is
desirous of going on record In reputation
OF II. That Is all desire to say"
The Speaker-"The chair desires to state
that IT is OF the opinion that the gentleman
from West Virginia is mistaken in regard
to all that took place yesterday as to this
matter
Kenna-'T trust the whole house is in
precisely the same attitude"
The speaker then explained that he had
used the. word "reprimand" yesterday in
the sense of calling to order member who
persisted IN proceeding out OF order; that
he had In 2, manner intended to imply his
rights to n ;%mand or punish member
Tor past o. snodhat the Record this morning
did him ice in not showing that the
gentlemaiE-pm Mississippi was out of
order VS. " called to order by the
chair, am weeyncluded as follows: There
is moth whla this proposed resolution
that Il, chair would not himself
subscribe he floor and vote for If any
body asslilard the duties and powers Of the
house in ne matter of administering re-
primand.s
Kenna- ~ | had so understood the
SItuhVi anu IL Wis Slut uu,l SO
understood him, the resolution would not
have been PRESENTED, and ask permission
to withdl aw it,
Leave was granted, amid applause, and
the matter dropped.
The house then resumed consideration of
the Chinese bill, and was addressed by
Willis, of Kentucky, who congratulated the
people OF California and the people of the
whole country. that they were at last to re-
ceiye substantial, ifnot entire, relief from
the evils of Chinese immigration.
Belmont, of New York, offered the fol-
lowing re. luton, which was agreed to:
Resolved, That the committee on foreign
affairs be directed to demand from Jacob
Il. Shepherd, of New York, copies of all
correspondence between himself and any
person or persons whatever, and all other
evidence III his possession tending to show
what said Shepherd did or intended to do
to enforce the claims of the Peruvian COM
pany, or to induce the United States to
enforce the same against Peru.
King, OF Louisiana, presented a petition
from the people of Louisiana relating to
the overflow of the Mississippi river.
| I Senate concurrent resolution looking TO
he settlement OF Nicaraguan, claims. was
adopted.
! Adjourned.
NOMINATIONS.
The president sent the following nomina-
tions TO the senate to-day: Henry y. Far
! row, collector Of customs for the district of
Brunswick, Georgia; Lewis NJ. Pleasant
collector of internal revenue for the third
district of Georgia.
CONFIRMED.
The senate confirmed John B. Weaver,
OF North Carolina, as consul at Bahaia.
The Flood.
N.w ORLEANS, March lG:--Miliken's
Bend levee remained intact at last account,
but people are on it night and day. The
levee in the rear OF Delta gave way yester-
day noon. The water rushed through with
such force that several small houses were
carried away.
The clerk of the steamer j. n. White,
says there are three breaks in the Hard
times" levee, twenty miles above St.
Joseph, in Tensas parish, on the right bank
of the river; that the water from
these breaks flooded all the country for
many miles back of the Mississippi river
and created great disaster to the farming
interests of that section. He further saws
some of the people of the regions back of
Greenville have left their homes, but COM
paratively few homes on the bank of the
Mississippi river have been deserted.
A letter dated March IL, written from
Mississippi county, Arkansas, which county
has repeatedly been reported inundated
says; 1--WE have not suffered much from
the water, and if IL will 20 down within A
month from this IL will not interfere with
making q crop, but our bend here Is an ex.
ception to the general rule
GRHrSvILLE, MISS, March l6.-The back.
water in this county is now about station.
ary, and We presume II has fully found its
level in this vicinity The extent of the
overflow can now be indicated. A point of
varying width is maintained almost
entirely on the western bank of
Deer q eek. The eastern bank has
generally narrow fringe above water.
Parts only of Williams Bayou front
are above. Below here TO Lake Lee, front
places and places on Rattlesnake Bayou,
except those on the eastern bank of Black
Bayou, are not inundated. on the front of
Lake Lee places nre all above water, and
from Lake Lee to lssaquena county line
the plantations on the river front are en-.
tirely free from water. SO are places on the
west OF Lake Washington. Those ON the
east ofthat lake are above water, except
back portions Of them. This Is an accurate
statement Of the condition Of Washington
county the largest cotton growing
county In the state. South about one-half OF
the cultivated land Is under water; on the
most ofthc other, crop preparations are
progressing, People. think reports from