The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-03-02

caution the gentlemen that it is not
in order to make personal remarks.
"Take his words down." suggested
some members, while Mills and
Atherton IN an excited manner,
held an indignant colloguy with
McLane, who, folding his arms de-
family, said l know what I have
said; take my words and demand
thatithey be withdrawn, andMcLane
continuing, said he only referred to
the language used by VanV Voorhees,
last night Ill order to show the ami
mus which impelled him this even
ing. He (McLane) was satisfied the
House had not only reached point
where an example was necessary,
but he regretted to say it had found
an individual who ought to be made
that example. applause.
Mills said the man ought not to be
tried without a hearing, and sharp
words followed between him and
McLane, not audible Oh account of
the great confusion in the hall.
Finally, Van Voorhees, was
accorded the floor and, standing in
the centre of the aisle, said that
he had been very earnestly
opposed to the river and harbor bill.
In opposing it, he found it very diff
ficult to be heard in consequence of
the confusion in the House, so that
in addressing the chair, he always
found it necessary to speak with
good deal of power and difficulty.
In other words, he had been COM
PEELED to raise his voice to its ex-
IRENE strength. He was not an
orator, as his friend from MARYLAND,
(McLane) was. His vocabulary was
much more meHger than that gentle
| mans and sometimes he might ex-
press his opinion in words other
than a gentleman would use. What
he intended in the instance before
the House was simply to- character,
lie the measure under consideration.
ALE had not the slightest intention
to be personal to anybody, nor had
he supposed he was using language
different from what others used with
perfect 1mpunlty; so far asthe chair
man Of the committee on commerce
was concerned, he had not the slight
est feeling towards him, unfriendly
or malicious. He wished TO withdraw
the words to which exception had
been taken, stating that when he
used them he did not intend to ap-
ply them to the chairman of the
committee on commerce or make
any personal application. He
wanted to express his disapproval
of the measure, and had no inten-
ton TO make any personal allusiOn
to anybody. He regretted that any
exception should be taken, or that
he was under the necessity of with
drawing those words Qaughter).
He desired to make the fullest
J apology to the House for having
used the words.
McLane then Withdrew his reso-
luton, but Herbert, of Alabama,
offered a resolution censuring Van
/ Voorhees, for advocating its adop-
ton. Claiming the retraction did not
wipe out the Offense. Gentlemen
should not say On this floor what
they would not say on the outside,
and convert the House of Represen-
Page asked that the resolution be
withdrawn in the interest of bust
ness, but Herbert declined.
Thompson, of Kenducky, moved
the resolution be laid on the table.
| Lost, SO to 81.
Calkins said everyone understood
the language and understood par
liamentary law, and what ought
|, to take place in adignified body. He
therefore hoped a vote would be
taken on the resolution and the
business ended. (Applause)
Van voorhees, was again accorded
the floor: If, be said, the river and
harbor men want TO censure me
after what occurred, / suppose I
can stand it. / don't know but they
are in majority here and the only
misconduct which seems to affect
my friend from Alabama (Herbert)
is that criticised this bill (Murmurs
, of disapprovaH. From what l said
: before meant to be understood as
withdrawing in the fullest possible
manner the language objected to,
and in addition to that apolOgized
! to the House for using it and to
: the gentleman from California, if
anybody supposed it applied to him.
The question required on the re-
} solution.
Kasson stated that he could find
no precedent for resolution of
censure after an apology had been
: offered.
} Herbert hoped, if there was no
precedent for the resolution, the
5 House would make one on this oc-
, casion. (Applause).
Resolution lost, Sc to IS.