The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-01

Moulton, of Illinois. followed With an mr.
gumeht IN support of the claims OF Dibble
To be retained in his seat.
Jones, OF Texas, spoke in advocacy OF the
claims OF Mackey, and then at ) u. m. Cal
klhs demanded the previous question,
pendlng which Randall moved 10 recon-.
itllt 10 the committee on elections with in.
structlons 10 that committee to INQUIRE
INTO the authenticity and integrity OF all
aepoSltlons, returns and evidence of what
ever character produced in the case of
Mackey VS.. OConnor
nhe motion was lcst-yeas, 81; nays, 137.
Inc preNlou r5Ilu0 was then ordered
yeas, lJl; u
After II brief IVY Evans, of South
1arollha IN OPP .ft 1n 10 o majority report
The Contcstee ID. tit vas accorded the floor
| to close the debate in his own behalf He
reviewed in detail the history of the case
cri1isl2ed severely the action ofthe commit
zee on elections in declining to investig ate
the allegations of forgery made by him and
quoted extensively from the testimony in
order To sustain the truth of these allega.
tons lie was frequently applauded by the
democrats.
Calkins, of Indiana, in u brief speech
closed the discussion. He had been sur
prlsed at the manner in which the commit
Tee ON elections had been abused and the
,s'b"''J S'ihNcu' with tne lear OF NOu
! before his eyes, the fear of no man in his
heart he declared that if there had been an
election case fairly and honorably con-
Quoted by any committee it was the case
now being considered. [Applause on the
republican side
| In conclusion Calkins delivered q speech
upon the necessity of preserving the purity
oil the ballotbo which was greeted with Il
round OF applause from the republicans.
In the midst of this applause Springer, of
Illinois, rose and called attention TO the
manner n which the republican party had
preserved the purity of the hallot.box in
1876 when it inaugurated as president n
man who never had heen elected. lie was
called TO order by several members on the
republican side, but he continued to speak
though his remarks were inaudible on
account OF the confusion, until called to
order by the speaker.
a point vas made that the remarks made
by Springer should not 80 into the Record.
The speaker sustained the point, but Sprin-
ger SAID II they didn't 90 INTO the Record
thev would at least 20 to the country.
Hardly had he taken his seat when Mills,
of Texas, appeared in the main aisle, ges.
ucnlating e&citedly and charged the re.
plblican party with having defrauded the
people III 1873. Again cries for order went
up from The republican side which, min
gled with shouts of "See how they sauirm!n
and derisl' G laughter, rendered the scene a
noisy and confusing one.
Mills continued with his romalk ks until
the speaker stated he would request the
sergeani'at-arms to preseve order.
YES" replied Mills, "the speaker can
preserve and suppress the fact, hut he car
never blot from the history of this country
that treason against the GOV ernmentn
Inp resolution spntiuu Mopkau uog hot
ndopted--ayes, l5O nays, Sand Mackey
appeared al the bar of the house and wa,
sworn in.
McLane of Maryland, then rose TO q
question oiprivilege, and sent 10 the clerk
desk resolution reciting the fac
, that the house in the exercs,
OF power expressly conferred upon IL bv tn,
constitution had ordained and established
code OF rp,es for the government of IL
proceedings. ana Tor the guidance of it
, presiding officer; also reciting facts In con
nection with the speaker refusing to enter
tain the motions and appeals OF Springer OF
Monday last, and decided that he was moi
allowed ms rights as n representative of thu
people To submit motions affecting tn,
? merits OF the measure then pending, ant
; tnat this right OF the house to construc IL
, own rules was not accorded also decarini
that II is the duty of the house I,
maintain the integrity and regularity of II
proceedings, and To preserve the rights an,
privileges OF Is members, and therefore re
solved that in the Judgment of the hous
said motions and appeals were in order a
the time they were made and taken undc
the existing rules, and ought TO have beer
entertained and submitted BY the speake
10 the house Tor its action thereon; also re
; solved that said decision and ruling of th,
chair and his refusal to allow appeals there
, from We're arbitrary, and are condemned
and censured by the house.
While the preamble and resolutions wor,
being read moro than half the members OF
each side were ON their feet and showinl
great excitement, and as soon a
= The reading was concluded, Reed of Maine
: moved tn lay the resolutions on the table
b and lliscock, of New York, simuianeousl,
b Inquired OF the speaker whether the reso
luuons were of the kind rs question o
: privilege.
The speaker stated in reply 10 IIscocl
that the gentleman from Maryland had ad
viscd the chair that he mad certain rcsou
uons which related 10 the pariamontar,
action of the majority. The char had dis
tlnctly asked him whether they were per
sonal to the speaker and had been told tha
they were not.
McLane-rhey are not personal to tn,
speaker.
Several republcans-W arc they
then; they ccnsuro him.
Mclane--"l seated distinctly 10 the chai
that the resolutions arragned the action o
the chair, and the majority of the house.
The speakcr--"rhe CHR distinctly un
derstood that they had no personal nppli
cation to the speaker; otherwise the pres
cnt occupant OF the chair would hav,
taken occasion TO have loi th,
chair In this situation. and hav
ing heard the statement, the chsii
would very much prefer not to rule on III,
point ct order presented by the gentleman
b from New York Olliscockl, but 10 allow IN,
motion ofthe gentleman from Maine tRced
to be put. lCheers of republican members
, and crics Of, THAT IL rightwl
The spcaker-"The present occupant o
The chair, however, is clearly of the opinioi
that the resolutions are entirely outside o
a privileged question
ONcill-"Fhc chair Il quite right
The spcaker-"lt Is not made question
OF privilege for one side of the house /,
arraign the other side"
democratic membcr-"The speaker ha
right to leave the chair now.n
The speaker-"rhe present OCCUPANT o
the chair does not desert his post Of duty
Applause from the republicans, and grca
uptoar aud exoitementl. The chair prefer
to .put the question"
House, OF Tennessee insisted that IN,