The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-17
0ELEGRAPHIC NEWS
A BREEZE.
Blown for Ehe Benefit of
Speaker Keller.

Washington, 15.-After remarks in
the House bY Rice, of Mass, in opposition
to the Chinese bill, consideration of the
bill was suspended, Money, Of Mise,
stating that he rose to privileged
question. He sent to the clerks desk
aud lad read the fficisl hotes of the
Speakers remarks made when he( Money,
Was attempting to get the floor this after
noon to speak on the bill for the relief OF
the sufferers from the Mississippi over
flow. "Mr. Speaker" he then said. Il
want to state the circumstances which
attended this very remarkable declare
ton by the Speaker"
He Was not allowed to proceed further,
bat the Speaker called him TO order, AID
said, 'The Chair understood the gentle
man to rise for the purpose of suggesting
something that was privilege"
Money! have, if the Speaker will be
patient. ] want To be understood ABOUT
this matter.
Spesker-The Chair also wants to be
understood about this matter. The
Chair desires to state, if the gentleman
rises for the purpose Of making any
correction the Chair will recognize him,
but if n rises for the purpose of passing
any criticism on the Chair, the Chair
will take occasion to call hin to order.
Money! rise in my right as a mem Der
of this House to protest against the
language used by the Speaker as gross
breach of decorum, and Of the privileges
OF this House.
Here Money was again interrupted by
loud cries of order on the republican
side, and by continuous rsppIng of the
Speakers gsvel. while Camp, of New
York, and other republicans, demanded
that the words spoken be taken down
and read from the clerks desk, to which
demand Money gave concurrence.
The Spesker-The Chair will order the
sergeant-at-arms to see that the gentle
man now preserves order. The gentle
man will be seated. The Chair will
state again that he has no desire to use
oppressive measures in any sense upon
any member, but when any gentleman
insists upon making q speech out Of
order, the Chair regards himself as bound
to call him to order. If the gentleman
from Mississippi desires to make any ex-
PLANTATION or correction in what he said,
the CHAIR will recognize him, but will
not recognize him for the purpose of
making an assault upon the Chair out OF
order. applause on the republican
side)
Money! am not Directing to the &C
ton of the Chair in calling me to order.
For half q minute or minute was out
Of order, but under no rule of this house
has the chair authority TO reprimsnd or
punish any member Of this House.
Hiscock-The gentleman is not in or
der in putting the Speaker on trial here,
and is not in the line Of privilege in here
and now srraigning the Speaker.
The Speaker-The Chair will state
that the gentleman from Mississippi is
recognized for the purpose of making
any explanations with regard TO his own
conduct, but beyond that the Chair holds
that he is out Of order and insists in ex-
ercising his right as presiding officer in
seeing that gentleman is in order.
& Morey-1 recognize the speakers right
to preserve order, but rise as a matter
Of privilege in justice to myself and to
the House to call the attention of the
House to the fact that the Speaker has
a member of this House.
That is breach Of the privileges of the
House, and / desire to put it on record.
The Speaker-The gentleman violates
the privilege given him now.
Morey-I have been advised by per-
haps the best parliamentsrian in the
House that | have the right to rise to q
question of privilege, and it was due nv
self and to the House that this matter
should be stated.
The Spesker-The Chair still 1ecogni-
zes its right to preserve order in the
House, and when the gentleman insisted
IN speaking as the Chair then believed
)ut Of order and in violation of its rules
it was the duty of the Chair to preserve
order.
McLane-I understand the gentleman
to rise to a question Of privilege, and l
submit to the Chair that he must be al
lowed to state his question of privilege,
and that the Chair must submit it to the
House to pass upon it.
The Speaker-The gentleman from
MARI Land rises to parliamentary in
1uiry. The Chair understands the gen
tleman from ississIppi rose to ques-
ion of privileges, but that this question |
only extends to the viBdicstion of him
self and in 10 sense to a violation of all
rules Of parliamentary law by ssssiling |
.he Speaker and by criticism.
McLane-The Chsir mispnderstaLds
my inquiry. It was not parliamentary |
inquiry. l rose TO question of privil-
ege and that question is the right Of the |
gentleman to speak. have most per-
feet respect for the Chair, and will not
utter word inconsistent with that re-
'pect.
Here there were loud cries of "Order"
IN the republican side, which led Till
nan, of South Carolina, to suggest iron
cally that McLsne was q member Of the
House.
McLane (continuing)-While I have
his respect for the chair, have also
lone respect for myself and when | find
he gentlem an from Mississippi called to
,rder by the gentleman from New York
Camp, and taken to task by the
Speaker, neither the gentleman from
New York nor the Speaker recognizing
hat he took the floor on question OF
privilege, rise to question of privilege,
md that is, that it becomes the duty of
he Speaker to submit that question to
he House.
The Speaker-The gentleman is mis-
AIKEN.
McLsne (dryly)-Well, / would like to
NOV how.
The Speaker-Tbe Chair recognized
he gentleman from Mississippi on the
question Of privi'e eye. but the moment
be gentleman violated his right to such
privilege, any other gentleman as well as
he Speaker might have called him to
,rder. The Chair recognizes no case
1bora q ouostion OP DriViIpoe has been