The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-06-08

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peoPlo w i2iu' hgnln cries ior of9er WEI
up IrOin lne IePuDlohn sue, Whlcu, M
gleu wItn SHUTS 9i oee now tney squlIn'
hnd derlsiVe laushterf rendered the scene
NOISY ana confusing one,
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the speaker stated he would request Ia
sergeant alarms 20 preseye order.
| yes replied Mllls, the speaker ca
preserve and suppress the fact, but he ca
never blot IRON the history OF this c0untr
that treason against the go! eminent
The resolution seating Mackey, was thel
adopted-ayes, 100; nays, Sand Macke.
appeared Ut the bar of the house and wa
sworn in.
McLane,. of Maryland, then rose to ,
question ofprivilege, and sent 10 the clerk
desk q resolution reciting the fac
that the house in the exercise
of power expressly conferred upon il by tn,
constitution had ordained and established
u code of rules for the government of III
proceedings, and for the guidance of il
presiding officer; also reciting facts in con
nection with the speaker refusing to enter
tain the motions and appeals of Springer on
Monday last, and decided that he was not
allowed his rights as a representative of the
people to submit motions affecting the
merits OF the measure then pending, and
that this right of the house to construe its
own rules was not accorded; also declaring
that it is the duty of the house to
maintain the integrity aud regularity of its
proceedings, and to preserve the rights and
privileges of its mem bers, and therefore re-
solved that in the judgment of the house
said motionsand appeals were in order at
the time they were made and taken under
the existing rules, and ought to have been
entertained and submitted by the speaker
tC the house for its action thereon also re-
solved that said decision and ruling of the
chair and his refusal to allow appeals there
from were arbitrary and are condemned
While the preamble and resolutions were
being read more than half the members on
each side were on their feet and showing
great excitement, and as soon as
the reading was concluded, Reed, of Maine,
moved to lay the resolutions on the table,
and Hiscock, of New York, simultaneously
Inquired of the speaker whether the reso
lutions were of the kind as question of
privilege.
The speaker stated in reply 10 Hiscock
that the gentleman from Maryland had adj
vised the chair that he had certain resolu-
tions which related to the parliamentary
action of the majority. The char had dis
tinctly asked him whether they. were per.
sonal to the speaker and had been told that
they were not.
McLane-They are not personal to the
speaker.
Several republicans-What are they,
then; they censure him.
McLane-"I stated distinctly to the chair
that the resolutions arraigned the action of
the chair, and the majority of the house"
The speaker-"The CHR distinctly I'M
derstood that they had no personal appli-
cation to the speaker; otherwise the pres
ent occupant of the chair would have
taken occasion to have left the
chair in this situation, and hav-
ing heard the statement, the chair
would very much prefer not to rule on the
point of order presented by the gentleman
from New York (Hiscock), but to allow the
motion of the gentleman from Maine (Reed)
to be put. [Cheers of republican members,
and cries of, THAT is rightn']
The speaker-"The present occupant of
the chair, however, is clearly of the opinion
that the resolutions are entirely outside of
a privileged question"
O'Neill-"The chair is quite right
The speaker-"It is noc made question
Of privilege for one side of the house to
arraign the other side.'
A democratic mem ber-"The speaker has
4 right TO leave the chair now"
The speaker-"The present occupant of
yhe chair does not desert his post of duty,
Applause from the republicans, and great
lproar and excitement. The chair prefers
70 put the question"
House, of Tennessee, insisted that the
gentleman from Maine (Reed) had no right
o take the floor from the gentleman from
Missouri (McLane), who had presented
question
O'Neill, OF Pennsylvania, declared in
highly excited manner that the house
,ught TO have disposed of the resolutions
~ laying them on the table at moments
notice.
The speaker, in reply to House, said that
motion to lay on the table was always in
Hiscock expressed his willingness to
his point of order If the speaker
desired to have Reeds motion submitted,
nut he desired most emphatically to nut on
ecord his protest against entertaining such
preamble and resolutions as question OF
privilege.
The speaker in the midst of great noise,
and disorder, announced that he
the resolutions and.the motion
O Law them on table. TShouts from the re-
,ublicans' side of Let's have a vote."l
Cox, of New York, insisted that the first
hing in order when the the question was
aised concerning the chair was for the
peaker to leave the chair.
The speaker informed him that there was
rule to that effect.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, took up the
Mt made by House, of Tennessee, and |
insisted that the gentleman from MARYLAND |
Iaying presented a question of privilege, |
vas entitled TO the floor, to argue il, and |
he floor could not be taken from him bv a |
notion To law on the table. The excerpt |
rom the Record which had been inst read |
!, tbe nreamhie showed that the chair de- |
Jared on Monday that motions TO Law on |
he table were always in order. TApplause |
rom the democratsl
McCook Of New York mt the narlia.
,entarv inonirv whetb@ the action Of the |
1aiority was not the Action of the house,
nj whether such action should be ar. |
aligned.
The speaker attempted 10 make some fur
her explanation and defense OF his ruling, |
ut there was so much clamor and 'uproar
nd so many members shouting on both
ides. no Ineligible report of what he said