Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-01
however, is clearly of the opinion that the
resolutions are entirely outside of a privileged

| however, Is CLEARLY VI lue opium thdt lii
resolutions are entirely outside of privileged
question.
Averill, pa -Ths char is quite right
Speaker-It is not in order as n question oil
privilege for one side of the house to arraign
the other side.
Democratic member-The speaker has q
right TO leave the chair.
Speaker-The present occupant OF the chair
does not desert his post of duty. Applause
from the Republican side and great uproar
and excitement). The chair prefers to put
the question.
Mr.. House (Tenn.) insisted the gentleman
from Maine (Mr. Reed had not right to
take the floor from the gentleman from lndl-
ana (Mr. McLane) who had presented priyi-
legged question.
| Mr.. O'Neil pa declared in . highly ex-
cited manner that the house might dispose of
resolutions by laying them on the table at a
moments notice.
The speaker, in reply to Mr. House, said a
motion 10 lay on the table was always in
| order.
| Mr.. Hiscock expressed his willingness to
| withdraw his point of order If the speaker
| desired Mr.. Reeds motion submitted,
| but he denied most emphatically
| to put on record his protest against such a
| preamble and resolution asa question OF prlvi-
lege.
The speaker ia the midst of great noise,
confusion and disorder annOun Ell that he en-
tertained the resolutions and also aimotion to
lay them on the table Shouts from Republi :
can side, "Lets have The yote").
Mr.. Cox IN. Y J insisted that the first thing
in order when such q question was raised
concerning the chair was for the speaker to
leave the chair.
to that effect.
Mr.. Blackburn (Ky.) took up tine point
made by House, Tenn. aud insisted the gen.
tleman from Maryland, (McLane) having pre-
scented question of privilege, was entitled to
the floor TO argue and that the floor could not
be taken from him by a motion to lay on the
table. Extracts from the I.ecGrd, from which
he had just been reading the preamble, showed
that the chair declared Monday, motions to
lay on the table were not always in order.
The speaker brought down his gavel with
an emphatic knock and the declaration, "Not
debatable," applause on Republican side),
with the storm on the Democratic side still
raging, Notwithstanding the speakers rul-
ing.
Mr.. Cox IN. " persisted in attempting to
present his point OF order, while Hazelton
(Wis.l, and Miller and O'Neill (Pa.)
shouted at him to take his seat, and the
speaker told him his Interruptions were not
in order. and he must respect the house and
chair, to which Mr.. Cox retorted, if the chair
would respect itself he would respect the
chair. Uproar and disorder did not wane,
but still Mr.. McLane managed to make him
self heard in the noise and confusion, protest
ing against the treatment he had been sub
jected to IN being deprived of hearing.
Mr.. Randall also maintained the right OF
MeLane to be heard before motion TO sus-
pend the rules was entertained, but that mo-
tion was made and entertained Immediately
on the resolution being made. Subsequently,
however, the chair had recognized Mr.. His
cock. applause from Democratic sije.) Mr..
Hiscock IN. " put the parliamentary in
quiry whether the action of the majority was
not the action OF the house, and whether such
action could be arranged.
The speaker attempted TO make some
further explanation in defense of his ruling,
but there was so many members shouting on
both sides no ineligible report of what he
said could be made. One persistent claimant
OF the floor was Mr.. Cox IN. W who con-
tinued to assert in loud tones: "The gentle
man from Maryland could not be deprived of
the floor by motion to lay on the table,
He was raped to order by the speaker, and
Informed by the chair he had no right to
recognize motion to lay on the table. He
was also ordered by Mr. Miller (pa.) to sit
across the area to where Mr.. Miller was stand
ing, and gesticulating with his fist in the
neighborhood of Mr.. hIilier'S face, a moveaa
meut which was greeted with shouts of
laughter and clappIg of hands.
In the midst of the disorder the speaker
was heard to repeat he had the right to re-
fuse, on Monday, to entertain motion 20
lay on the table, as the rules were not then
applicable ard the house had affirmed his
rulings, but that the motion as now made
was under rules and was in order, and he
brought down his gavel emphaticslly.
The controversy was continued amid great
confusion until finally the Democrats had to
yield, Mr.. McLane declaring that the chair
was violating the rules of the house. Yeas
and nays we're demanded and ordered. The
vote was taken and the resolutions were laid
on the table. Yeas 14t; nays IS.
Mr.. Ranney, Massachusetts, from the COM
mittee On elections, then called up the Florida
contested election case of Bisbee against Fin
ley, and the question of consideration being
raised by Randall, the house voted to consider
ii; yeas $40, nays 9, phelps and Hardenburgh.)
The case being then fairly launched. the house
at $50 adjourned.