The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-22

What was ~ be u fact IN tne hls'oitG ~
lhe lOriy.seyonih congress, NV nv.
that congress ought W dSnn
hi had been turned over 10 the commits;
sIon' Now, within q few days Of maj
odionrnment. with ono.thlrd OF the
enormous bill passed over, Giy Y,lS,
body was impressed with the cohvitsiJIn
The bill could never pass. ~ was utterly
hevond the expectation OF us most san
mine supporter that the bill wouIu pass'
The house had been deluding. itseiI, ueluu,
ing the country and unse'tllng tne sTru po
business interests OF the country ,h hJ
secret fiat had gone forth that tlie piii snJ bnd
NOT PASS the congress. Already steps nh.,
been taken 10 pass through the house next
Monday the internal revenue bill, taxing
off from capital what labor demanded
sbouid be taken Off. "Theretore," Dunneii
Continued, I'VE are here debating Dlll
disowning ourselves on this SIDE us the
dominant party" [Applause on rhe oci"'
ocratic side.l J., tho do
His speech revived the interest ID the ue'
bate, and knoc OF members WIZ S" W.
rounded him during its delivery, moved up
the aisle to listen more attentlyeiy 20 mas
son, who rose to reply. If the house, ne salu,
had confined itselfto a proper cohs'9erat ~
of the business questions embraced III Ihe
bill, the measure would have been passed
before this 1t was not on the republican
side of the house the responsibility y, res sI
TDerisive laughter and cries OF oh rpm li
the democratic side.l He had auVocd!eu
the house in contact with the people and
not leave the lobbyists to give Information
to the committee of ways and means; that
com mission was appointed and its report
made. The ways and means commltiee
took it as the basis of action, made modlh-
cations in it as promptly rs
possible, and brought to the house pm,
and the gentleman from Minnesota (Oun'
nell) had not been present with the com
mittee as he on ght to have been, helping
to facilitate its examination. [Applause
republican sidel. He wanted debate closed:
He wanted the bill passed, 'out
you,n he concluded, pointing to the demo
cratic side, "stand here obstructing IT.
Immediately the house was i'll great con-
fusion, Morrison, Carlisle and Tucker be-
ing on their feet in emphatical denial OF
Kassons as ,ertion, and Haskell demand,
ing to be recognized TO make privileged
motion,
Comparative quiet then being restored,
Haskell moved that the committee rise ana
report the bill to the house, as suggested by
Kasson. >.
Carlisle-"The gentleman knows that it
is not privileged question" H9skelrs
motion having been agreed 70,
the, speaker, resumed the , CHAIR
20 into committee of the whole, and pend
ing that, moved that all debate on the
section of the bill be closed in
one hour.
Not comprehending the wide scope ofthis
motion, which would cut, OIL
debate on the pending schedule
and all remaining schedules, Carlisle
exclaimed, ave will accept that" but upon
Haskell's explaining what he inten led by
his motion, Carlisle raised the point of
order that the motion was not in order.
eff you will will give us a bill making
90 per cent. reduction" exclaimed Morri-
son, 1--WE will pass it before night" [Cries
of vote, vote" on the republican side.l
Carlisle then took the floor in advocacy
of his point of order. He said
Tbss E Esd Pr'P Tst been to done
in the house since the organization of the
government, so far as he knew, and if the
gentleman from Kansas could cite a single
instance in which such a motion had been
entertained, he would have nothing to say.
Haskell, in opposition to the point
of order, planted himself on the fair face
of the rules of the house. He knew
perfectly well it had been the habit of the
house to close the debate on paragraphs as
also knew it had the power to close
debate in a section, as be proposed should
be done. Five minutes debate had oeen
begun on the pending section of
the pending bill, which Was
all that was required by the rifles.
The house had the power to consider il by
paragraphs; but, over and above all, by.
plain law, which any common man might
read as he ran, ~ had that power alter
a five minutes debate had, begun on
that section. 81 understand this motion is
not one made every day, but the
great emergency that now exists in this
house is not one that comes every day.
TDerisiye laughter on the democratic slde.l
We have been challenged by men on the
other side that we were derelict in our
duty"
Biackhurn-"I don't understand that as
an argument on the point of opler."
Haskell completing his sentence)-"A And
| will put the matter to a test here and
now" Applause on republican side
Blackburn said he was not surprised that
the gentleman from Kansas wandered from
O point of order. Neither be oil. any ono
else could sue out warrant and find prece-
Meyer before had it been attempted to
close debate upon the provisions OF the rev.
enue bill, the subiect-matter Of which had
never been considered in committee OF
whole. FOrty-four pages of this bill had
been considered, aud the motion was to
close the mouths of members until
the last page was reached. IL was
a proposition to gag the representatives OF
the people until the second sect on was
reached. The gentleman from Iowa
(Rassonl had brought in few DAYS since
a resolution locking towards closing the
debate and IL had not been lied no.
'If you want,h he continued, ITO silence
discussion why do you not
follow up your own challen-
ges and bring the resolution
m in the committee on rules and bring II
before the houses. with emphasis You
have not dared 10 do 1t. We challenge
no contest, but we stand ready TO meet u,
and the committee on rules has
never been called together to con-
slider IL. You may succeed in
gagging the house, but you cannot gag the
American people, and you cannot gag
their representatives In the fashion which
Is more adroit than It is either honorable
or manly. wit '1t protest being made"
Kelley, in 1000 10 statement Of Carlisle,
that the p * motion was unprece-
motion bad been made and prevailed
In the thirty-third congress, when Dawes
was chairman Of the ways and means COM
mittee ard the revenue bill was before the
honse. Not being DESTROYS Of letting his
bin be nibbled 70 IFS death by
pifsmires or kicked 10 death by grass-hop-
pers, be had moved TO limit the debate 20
q certain hour. and the motion, after a
severe contest lad passed.
Discussion in the house on the point OF
order was cut of BY the special order eulQ-
gies on the late Representative shacEel-
fJrd..
Washington News Notes.
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