Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-16
MAKING FEATHERS FLY.
A VERY LIVELY SCENE IN THE HOUSE.

A VERY LIVELY SCENE IN THE HOUSE.
the Speaker Undertakes to i:eprimand "a
Democratic Member who Eetorts In
Vigorous Fashion-A Spicy Passage
In the United States House of Represen-
tatives yesterday. during debate on the
Mississippi relief resolution, Mr.. Money,
of Mississippi, desired to speak, but Mr..
Hiscock, having charge Of the bill. refused
to yield.
Mr.. Money thereupon, amid the Load
rappinS of the speakers gavel, stated that
it was unjust that the representatives
from the section most nearly effected by
the bill should have no time to discuss it.
Mr.. Money having taken his seat. the
speaker said: sharply: "If gentlemen
think they can impose ON the House and
the chair, and undertake to make speeches
in violation of the rules of the House, the
chair will take pains to repciInand them,
at least
Subsequently, during debate Oh the Al
ti-Chinese bill, It's consideration was sus;
pended, and Mr. Money, Of MISSISSIPPI,
stating that he rose to q privileged ques
tion, sent to the clerk desk and had read
tie official notes of the Speakers remarks
made when he (Money) was attempting to
get the floor yesterday afternoon to speak
on the bill for the relief of the sufferers
from the mississippi overflow.
Dir. Speaker" then said, want to
state the circumstances which attended
this very remarkable declaration by the
speaker
itc was not allowed to proceed further,
but the speaker called him to order and
said. "Thc chair understood the gentle
man to rise for the purpose of suggesting
something that was privileged"
Mr.. Money! have, if tho speaker will
be patient. | want to be understood about
this matter.
The Spaaker-'i'he chair also wants to
be understood about the matter. The
chair desires to state that ii tho gentleman
rises fox the purpose Of making any cor
| reGtiOn the chair will recognize him but,
if ho'rises for thc purpose Of passing any
criticism on the chair, the chair will take
occasion to call him to order.
Mir. Money-Irise in my right as q mem
Der of this House, to protest against the
| language used by the speaker rs 4 gross
breach ordecprui. aul Of the privileges Of
this house.
lfaTo llc VAS again interrupted by loud
erie OF order Oh the Republican side, and
~ 'i'N A"PkAAS VA ciL SPS.s"NA a.
gaye', while Mr.. Camp, OF New York, and
| several other Republicans demanded that
the words spoken should be taken down
! and read from the clerks desk, to which
| demand III. Money gave his concur
renee.
The Spaaker-Thc chair will order the
| sccgeans-at-arnls to see that the gentle
| man now preserves order. The gentleman
| will be seated. Tho chair will state again
that he has 10 desire 10 be oppressive in
! any sense upon any member but, when
| any gentleman insists upon making :.
speech out Of order, the chair regards him.
| SELF bonnd TO call him to order. If the
gentleman from Mississippi desires to
| make any explanation Or correction in what
| he said. the chair will recognize him, Oi;t
| will nos recognize him for tho purpose Of
making an assault on the chair cut OF
order. lApplause on the Republican
side
Mr. Money and the speaker continued tC
discuss the question sharply.
| Mr. McLanc-I understand tue gentle
man to rise to question of privilege, and
l submit to the chair that he must be
allowed to state his question Of privilege,
and that the chair must submit it to the
House to pass upon it..
a colloquy ensllcd between the speaker
and Mr. !lcLanc, and TIE latter added
''Whilc have the most perfect respec,
for myself. and when find the gentleman
from Mississippi called to order b. tlle
| gentleman from New York { Camp and
| taken to task by the Speaker, neither tie
gentleman from New York nor the speak
er, recognizing that he took the floor on /;
question o; privilege, rise to 4 question
OF privilege and that is that it become:
the duty of Size speaker to submit thai
question to the House.
Tho Speaker-The gentleman is mis-
taken.
MI. McLano (,lri1y) We'll, would like
! to know how.
Mr.. Money was permitted To make an
explanation. In it he said Just be
fore that 4 Republican member Or
Marsh) spoke out of order. and in a voic.
SO loud that it seemed hoarse, and bran
dished his fist, and nobody spoke of repri
manding him. There is 10 rule that per
mits member of the House to bc repri-
mandes. except by order Of the House
and 10 speaker has the right to arrogats
to himself and usurp the powers Of thu
House. Now lake that down, if you wisl
Applause on the Democratic side. A.
far as an concerned personally, simply
wished to show the people represent
that I was incapable of submitting to
thing of this sort without pretestin:
against it. lApplause on the Democratic
side.
lEr. Hiscock then rose and, saying 1t
supposed ne would have to rise to a priv
ileged question also, ,'ecla I'd that lie Eat
granted the floor to nP"':",s representa-.
the overnowcd districts, insLanciEs the fac
that Mr.. Hooker, Of Mississippi, had beer
permitted to speak He stated, however
that he had accorded the floor principally )
to members coming from ether portions 0
the country, thinking that thereby there
would BE- less objection manifested to til.
bill.
| Nj. McLtnc rose to a question of priv
ilege, and having the rules read suggested
that the chair ought to take hack the Ian
guage used in calling sr. Money to order
The language, in his Judgment, was :
breach Of the privileges Of the House, ant
any member who submitted 70 such rep
rimand would be unworthy to hold his
seat on the floor. [Applause On the Dem
ocratic side.]
The speaker said the CHAIR had not rep
I;rlanded the gentleman from Mississippi
The clair had simply Insisted upon his
and other gentlemen ceasing. And tho
chair now wishes it distinctly understood
without any pul pose Of making any threat
at all, that he would require the rules tt
be obeyed in future. 1t was Cue to the
gentleman from Mississippi to say that Sc
far as the chair had any knowledge o
him i'll this and former Congresses, he hat