Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-02
With the Neutrality-suspicious. Of

The speaker announced the appoints
ment Of Messrs. Steele, Townsend and
Sparks as members Of the board of
visitors to West Point, and Messrs.
Harmer, Updegraf and Mills NJ mem.
bers Of q similar board to Annapolis,
MI. Moore offered . resolution call.
ing on the secretary of the interior
for information as to the amount of
Indian trust funds invested In Tonnes
soc bonds, and whether Tennessee has
made any proposition looking to their
settlement. Referred. Recess.
EVENING SEssIcN-Mr. Hisoock
moved to suspend the rules and pass
the deficiency appropriation bill. The
motion was agreed to and the bill
passed with amendments. The only
amendment of any Importance Is one
authorizing appraisal of all naval yes
sells stricken from tho navy register
| under provisions Of tho last naval sp
preparation bill, and also authorizing
tho secretary of the navy, II no shall
deem 1t for the best interests of the
| United States, to sell such vessels, to
advertise for proposals for the pur-
chase OF the same.
House then resumed In committee
of the whole on the confederation of
the river and harbor bill. MI. Van
voorhis moved to strike the item for
the improvement of the Sacramento
river. He claimed If the chairman
OF the committee had not from Call.
fornia no such item would have been
put In. 1t is outrageous, he continued;
so dsmnable that nobody but q gam.
bier and cut throat would think of
lacking such o thing as that to such a
bill as this.
Mr.. Horr demanded the words be
taken down.
MI. Page-0h I hope not.
Mr.. McLane.--It Is Insult to the
house.
The words were read at the clerks
desk and reported to the house.
nm Mr.. McLane Immediately offered q
resolution of expulsion.
Mr.. Hiscock obtained the floor and
asked the house not to thus hastily
suspend his colleague. He In a meas
ure a~pologized tor Van Voorhis.
MI. McCook did likewise urging
the words as the result of the heat of
debate and demanded the house give
Van Voorhis a hearing In his defence.
Mr.. Robinson MASS. asked the
house to pause and give Van Voorhit
an opportunity to apologize.
Mr.. McLsne said 1t had v en-
tered his mind that q vote should b,
/, taken on tho resolution before thu
. gentleman from New York shoul'
: have the amplest opportunity to max
8 an explanation, "but 1t neve
entered my mind that what h
8 could say can excus him befor
o the country, or before the house
The meanest, commoneat criminal II
. the land has q right to be heard out
n When I came to ask this house to pas
on this resolution, when l take tn
responsibility of moving 1t, l have
duty to peform. l recall to the houa
that the gentleman from New YOr
previous to the words which wei
taken down and addressed to the ger
IL tleman from California, as ohnirma
ut of the commerce committed. He kne
perfectly we'll whom he addressed
le Ais Language Ia fresh In the mind
every member Of the house. La
night we were discredited, disgrace
m by this same member from New Yorl
10 He then addressed the chsirma
20 of the commerce committee In laI
gusge that, though. 1t could give \
10 djsorace To the gentleman from Cal
Or fornia, gave infinite disgrace to tn
d house and to the gentleman from Ne
York who uttered the Language
l. ,st night he made the same refei
ence TO the gentleman's early life an
spoke of him as q "mule driver" an
s'stage driver" II would have bee
quite In the line of current retort
the gentleman from California hs
re said to the gentleman that If he hi
been born q mule driver or q sta
driver he would have remained SUI
probably to the present hour. [Laug
L ter and applause.
M 81 call the gentleman himself to Q
TO der" interrupted Hiscock.
ys Mr.. McLane Il am quite In orde
IN The speaker-The chair must ca
ton the gentleman that 1t Ia not
zee order to make personal remarks,
ne "Take his words down." suggest
ne some member, while Mills and Ath'
~ ton, In an excited manner, held an
10 dignant colloquy with McLane, WI
folding his arms, defautly said,
Dr. know what I have said. Take 7
'er words down."
The demand was withdrawn.
on Mr.. McLsue, continuing, said
only referred to the language used
~ Van Voorhis last night IL order
show tho suinua which had impeil
VI, him this eveumg he (NoLaer) v
lsii satisfied tho house had mo- o,
reached a point of order where al
no. ample was necessary, but, he re9r
ing ted to say, II had found an individ'
70 who ought to be made that examp
[Applause
MIR. Mills vehemently protest
the against d man being tried withou
81. hearing. Some apparently sh!
10 words passed between him and 4
Dill Lane, which could not be heard
Ge' account of the great confusion.
o Finally Van Vorhis was ACCORD
'ith the floor, and standing In the cen
aisle said he had been very earnt
pp' ly opposed to the river and h.r
bill. In opposing 1t he had fol
ent it very difficult to be heard In c
Ion sequence of the confusion In
house, 80 that In addressing the Oh
he had always found 1t necesssr,
speak with a good deal of power
so difficulty. In other words, he
" been compelled to raise his voic'
| 70 It's extreme strength. He was
opie an orator, as his friend from ME-
'3ng land (McLane) was. Hts vocabulary