Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-20

his equanimi.y in the least. He had dis
counted long ago the worst they could dc. He
was satisfied that though Mr.. Shelly and him.
self were going to be turned out, they would
come back to the next congress and they
would come back by the negro vote. He
would be candidate again, unless his con-
stituents wished change, and if any Rspub-
lcan stump orator, from Blaine down
A Republican (intsrrupting)-"H
Mr.. TiilmaG-Yes, yes, even the clown from
Michigan, Ltughterl. let him come down
there and we will guarantee him the best of
entertainments. | viii guarantee him good
eating and drinking, if he drinks. | expect
ne is prohibiiioaist, though he does not
look like it. | will drive him to all the po-
htical meetings, and l will beat him upon the
stump and Go 1t by Democratic negro orators.
la reply to question as to the object of the
South Carolina legislature in putting all the
negroes in one congressional district, he
said (amid much laughter) that it was N order
that q colored D.mocrat might be sent
to congress. Tillrnan proceeded to criticize
the methods OF the Republican party to keep
itself in power. 1t ought to hang Its head In
shame and not get upon the house tops and go
around the streets praying with puritan
Jesuitism, like the pharisee of old, "I thank
God am better than other men," Any party
who robbed the employees of the government,
as the Republican party was doing now,
ought never TO say WORD about little gerry
wandering in South Carolina. He, however,
gave the Republican party credit for having
the courage To utter its opinion, and of stand
ing IN to a man for SmallS, and he coutrasted
the way in which the Republicans stood by
their men with the manner in which he had
been treated by his own party when contesting
his seat in the Forty-fi fifth congress. In con-
clusion be earnestly commended Sin the last
speech will make to congress the adoption
of some plan whereby election cases should be
tried in some other tribunal than the house of
representatives"
The previous question was then ordered.
The minority resolution declaring Tillman
entitled to his seat was defeated without
division. The resolution of the majority
declaring Tl!man not elected was agreed to,
yeas 145, nays 1, exactly quorum. The next
resolution declared Smalls entitled to the seat
and 1t was carried, yeas al, nays 5-Ford
MOI Rice (Mo.) Hardenburgh (N.J.) Jones
TEX and Calkins (Ind.)
Mr.. Calkins, in casting his vote in the mega
tive, said he did so because he conscientiously
believed the election should be relegated to the
people which, led ar. Randall to regret that
there were not more conscientious men on the
Republican side.
The speaker then stated that in footing up
| the former vote-yeas 145, nays 1.-The clerk
had made mistake and that the vote should
| have been yeas l44, nays l. IL would, he said,
have made no difference, because the chair
| now voted in the affirmative, thus making 4
| quorum.
Mr.. Randall objected to the speaker voting
| as being against all presidents.
| Speaker-The chair is informed that he is
only following presidents.
| Mr.. Caswell wis said that the precedent
| had been set by the gentleman from Pennsyl-
vania himself, when speaker and quoted from
| an occurrence in the fJrty-fOurth congress.
1 he. Il
| ows: Ga suspension Monday a bill was
passed by exactly a two-thirds note. On the
| following day Plaistea (Maine) stated that he
| had voted in the negative, and Teller, Ind. }
| that ne voted in the affirmative, but neither
vote was recorded. This left the measure
lacking one vote Of the necessary two-thirds
! and the speaker (RandalD therQupon claimed
and exercised constitutional right to vote on
| any question before the house and voted IN
the affirmative The journal of this proceed
ing having been read, Randall declared il was
not similar case with the present and at
that time no objection was made, whereas
now there was objection.
Mr.. Blackburn (Ky.) said that for the sake
OF making precedent he would like the chair
to rule whether the aevation of a member to
the speakers chair vested him with any right
| which no other member possessed, l. e., that
of casting his vote after the roll call had been
completed and the final result announced.
| The speaker replied that the speaker did not
come within the rule applying to the mem
bers, in asmuch as his name did not appear
on the roll call.
There was good deal of feeling exhibited
on the Democratic side over what Mr.. Black.
burn, III an aside to Mr.. Robinson, asserted 10
be an Intentional error on the part of the clerk
and Mr.. Calkins, in view of this assertion
offered a resolution directing an investigation
to be made into the matter.
however al
chamber, the resolution was postponed until
to morrow. Mr. Smalls then appeared at the
bar of the house and took the oath OF office.
The Alabama case of Smith VS.. Shelly wa:
then taken up, and Mr.. Ranney MASS hay
ing taken the floor the house adjourned.