Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-24


woald not surprise him IL the Republicans
were the gamer. The seatema5. said
was doubtful what siRd Of q legislature
would he here next next year. Yet he
claims that he did not fhrcaten. Hsmsist-
ed that ~ TO the matter II parliamentary
usage. q motion TO rccC-sidsr did not spYly
! with the same force in this House rs e did
in Congress. lie hoped the bulldozing pro
! cess would no longer prevail. He said on
| passase of the apportion-aeut bill mem ocrs
| could not draw their mo.iey until the hn
was passed zDd State oilosrs said the same
| thing,
f M. Prrrusss, Let the geasaemsn tve hs
authority for each monstrous charges, an &
he did not be!iere they Couiabe truthfullJ
made.
Mr.. Lowry sasy he had no aIrestion as 10
What world be Tie complexion oi the next
| House. II would be Democsneic in spite
| of Republican votes and Democratic
| tr itors. he desired TO say il has bill was
| ripped up the Congressional apportion-
me nj could also he ripped up, aud but for
! thci fact that il wolld please tae' Republi-
cans 20 we'll he would be disposed to favor
| il. The rulinE of the SpeakcT was un-
doultedly riEht and ought to b-s,sstained.
In reply to Mr.. Esiniston. he satd II was
a rule that when man went irto and
voted in caueus, he sas III hornr bound
10 NuSsAlD.lI, ne "OutU uO ~, 'taiSt
gentle.upu.Couid 10 n they pleased
Mr.. Eimiston insisted that the discussion
was only on the question oi the 1eeis'on OF
the char,
Mr.. Fulkerson regretted the condition OF
affairs Certain gentlemen had grown
NondrouSiy Consirn tons over the ques-
ton The gentiPriau from Barbour was
the Wandering Jew OF politics. He hal
wandered into the Anti-Trmperanee. then
into the Temperance, and finally into the
Democratic Cnucun lie then voted Tor
measure-tle Congressional measue-and
again went into caucus, and when he got
what he did not want he kicked. The Re
publicanN Sad no respect for these mis'
guided your s'grntlrn,cn. The gentlemen
from Lewis and Ohio got what they wanted.
they were satisfied hot when they did
not. they west cn with the Republicans.
They have .a,S'i themselves III a peculiar
position.
The gentleman IRON Randolph waa also
a me mber ~ the ,aucrIs. lie rot his
cou nty where he wanted it and the speaker
had not lie aiso got up in the Cauctrs and
tried to bind the cOnSciencrs Of those
present, but has sinoe gone hack To the
arms Of the i@publirans.
Mr. Cresar sad he was not to blame. lie.
had left the CAUCUS because 1t would not
agree to have Gnembsrs pledge themselves
to abide by IT, The bill gives ten counties
in the State having less population than
his each delegates, while his had not.
lie then asked If the gentleman had not
combined with the Gre enbackers or
Changers.
Mr.. fulkcrsen said he hal not, but that
so far as the latter was concerned he should
not he ashaIoed of it, for they were honest
and substantial far mers.
Mr. Cresap said that he hal been misin.
formed He then continued his remarks
at some length, claiming that injustice had
been done his county. and that he had
right to object.
Mr. LeOrard-rhr discussion might be-
amusing 10 the Democrats, but that IL Was
pleasing t0.ths Republicans The gentle
man from Jackson said we could rely upon
the generosity of the Republicans. Yet
that was the party that had dsfranChisod
YOU and your constituents.
Mr.. Evan interrupted and asked the gen
tleman for Gods sake not to bring up that
matter. ~ had been long ago settled, and he
hoped the gentleman would not use de-
scend so. low a. to refer to it.
Mr.. Leonard said il il hurt them
so. he would not repeat IT,
but when We were referred TO the
generosity OF that party, ii was sufficient
reply to call attention to what had been
done IA the past lie then argued the
legality Of the decision Of the chair, main.
tanning that il was based upon principles
Of right, justice and long precedent, and
challenged any member to show him when
a different decision was given by Congress.
II this bill was not permitted To stand, no
biz could he passed, and he called upon all
10 stand together.
Mr.. Hall desired to reply 10 some re-
| L.. alroaIp ,,aIa Ita hal haen Trit.
! ciscd for making the motion. He Was in
| the caucus. and he believed he had right
| 10 vote for il a. constituted. lie now did
not believe il to he SO. Gentlemen had
seen proper TO call him the Wandering
! Jew. and lac desired 10 say that any one
| who claimed that he wa pledged to vote
for the Constitutional Amendment was
| mistaken. AZ TO the remarks Of the
| gentleman from Wayne. il that gentleman
| knew now little he regarded his opinions on
that or any other subject lac would not so
impertinently force them upon him
| Mr. Wison-The bill was not before the
| House. II passed yesterday. Then mo
| ton was made to reconsider the vote by
which the bills were passed, and that mo-
| ton was laid on the table. To-day ano.
ton is made to reconsider the last vote, He
Away decided all questions judicially, and
this vcs IA correct a. any he had ever made.
He then stated that the usage under the
rule in Congress, were the same rs those OF
the House and read the several decisions
as there made. These decisions were rs
binding in the same way as decisions Of
| other States. These decisions were reder-
ed in Congress during the most exciting
| debates that had taken place, and had never
| been qus.tiOned in any parliamentary body.
| He then discussed the propriety ofth bill
at length and claimed il was only matter
| Of right. and provided for the represents
ton OF 100, 600 people in the senate. He
knew the decision rendered by the chair
/ was right but il WAS now attempted To
walk over all law and all precedents..
Mr.. Hubbard said after the unprecedented
spectacle OF the Speaker OF the House sns.
tanning his decision by partisan political
speech, lie demanded the ayes and nays,
and they were ordered taken. as follows:
The ayes were. Messrs. lieckwith- bee
Bell, Brady. Depue, DodriIl. Ferguson,
4 Fisher lof BraxtonL Fisher lof Hardy
FLOYD. FuIkerson, Granthsm- Holt. Irons,
Kepner. Leonard Lowry Poe, Prince
Quarter, Seabright, Settle, sharp, shep..
pard. Sydenstricker. Tippet. Wells tot
Narionk-E
The noes were Nessrs. BAbh Cfessp.
crumrine, DAWSON, Day, Edmiston, Evans,
Hall Cof Barbour. Hobbs, Hubbard, John
son Lusk. Maxwell. NcCofd, AcCrum'
Mcneil, Riley. Siler, sinclair, osesre,
Thompson. Watson, Wayt, Wells (of Tyler
and Wilson tof Barbonrp-8
Absent on leave and not voting .Messrs.
Cox. Davis, Hackworth, Hall Iof WetzeiJ
Lurty. Lynch, Meadows, Mofett- Monroe,
Morrow. Rowley-li.
Mr.. Ferguson called Tor the order OF the
day, viz: the tariff resolution offered by
him yesterday.
Mr.. McNell offered substitute. substitut
ing protection tariff.
Nr. Hubbard added, but not for reYenu'
: only
Mr. Leonard moved TO lay on the table
Lost-E-E. =,
The question then REQUIRED on th'
amendment. The ayes and nays were de
! manded and taken, and the amendment re
: jected-23 TO q. s,r.
= Mr.. Riley offered. as an amendmenpnc
. | NeIrs substitute TO the second resoiuuoi
of Mr.. Ferguson, against reduction Of IN
a tax on liquors. which wss adopted, ana 70,
substitute a. amended was then adopted
having been amended by Mr.. Ferguson :
e a. TO provide for protection OF agricnitur,' :
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