The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-02

Of ourren. retort if the gentleman from
California had said to the gentleman that
II he had been born mule.driyer or stage.
driver he would have remained such prob
aoly TO the present hour. Laughter and
applause
~ call TIE gentleman himself to order"
interrupted Hiscock.
MoLane-"l am quite in order.n
The Sp@ker-"The chair must caution
the, gentleman that it is not in order to
make personal remarks."
lake ais remarks down." suggested
some members, while Mills and Atherton
IN an exated manner held an indignant
colloquy with McLane, who, folding his
arms, deiantly said. IL know what have
said-tass my words down"-but the de-
mand wal withdrawn. and McLane, con-
tlhuing' said he only referred
TO the language used by Van Vor.
hees last night in order to
SHOW theanimus which had impelled him
this evening. He (McLape) was satisfied
mat the louse had not only reached point
where al example was necessary, but he
regretted to say it had found the individual
who ought to be made that example. [Ap.
plause
Mills Whemently protested against the
man being tried without hearing, and
some apparently sharp words passed be-
tween hun and McLane, which could not
be heard on account of the great confusion
in the house.
Finally VanVorhees was accorded the
iloor, AMI, standing in the centre aisle, said
ne had been very earnestly opposed to the
river and harbor bill, and in opposing it he
had found it very difficult to be heard in
consequence of the confusion of the house,
so that in addressing the chair he had
always found 1t necessary to speak with
good deal of power and difficulty. In
other words, he had been compelled to
raise his voice to its extreme strength.
he was not an orator as his friend from
Maryland (McLane) was. His vocabulary
was much more meagre than that gentle
mans and sometimes he might
express his opinions in words
other than the gentleman would
use. What he intended in the instance be.
fore the house was simply to characterize
the measure under consideration. He had
not the slightest intention to be personal
to anybody, nor had he supposed he
was using language different from
what others had used with perfect i'm
punity SO far as the chairman of
concerned, he had not the slightest Feeling
towards him. unfriendly or malicious. He
wished to withdraw the words to which ex-
ception was taken, stating that when he
used them he did not intend to
apply them to the chairman OF the com.
mittee on commerce, or make any personal
application. He wanted to- express his
disapproval of the measure, and he
had no intention to make any
personal Hllusion to any body.
He very much regretted that any exception
should be taken, or that he was under the
necessity of Withdrawing these words.
Laughter He desired to make the fullest
apology to the house for having used the
words.
McLane then withdrew his resolution.
but Herbert, of Alabama, offered another
resolution censuring VanVorhees, and
advocated its adoption, Claiming that
the retraction did not wipe out the offense,
and gentlemen should not say on this floor
what they would not say outside, and con.
vert the house OF representatives into a
mad house.
Page asked that the resolution be with
drawn, in the interest OF business, but Her
bert declined
Thompson, Of Kentucky, moved that the
resolution be laid on the table. Lost-G0
to SO.
Calkins said everyone understood the
ianBuage' anu uuuerStOOu parliamentary
law, and what ought to take place IN dig.
nitied body. He, therefore, hoped that the
vote would be taken on the resolution and
the business ended. Applause.
VanVorhees was again accorded the
floor.
at" he said, "the river and harbor men
want to censure me after what has occurred,
suppose can stand it. 1
don't know but what that they are in the
majority here, and the only misconduct
which seems to affect my friend from Ala.
bama (Herbert is that | have op.
posed the bill. TMurmurs of disapprovall.
From what said before | meant to be un-
dei stood as withdrawing in the fullest pos.
sible manner the language which was OBJ
jected to, and in addition to that apollo
gized to the. house for using it and to the
gentleman from California, If any body sup
posed It applied to him."
The question then required on the resolu.
ton.
Kasson stated that he could find no pre-
cedent for u resolution of censure after an
apology had been offered.
Herbert hoped ii there was no precedent
for the resolution the house could make
one on this occasion. TApplausel
The resolution was lost-66 to rs.