Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-13
ILVIIiTH CONGREyS.
WASHINGTON. December u, 1884.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
House or Representatives.

House OF Representatives.
ON motion OF Mr.. Ellis, of Louisiana. q
n concurrent resolution was passed rccitng
that the oXigencics Of the public service
prevent the attendance Of Congress at the
opening ~ the Worlds Industrial and
| Cotton Exposition In New Orleans. that
! the President has decided 10 open sgd
/ Exposition by telegraph, ard start the
| machinery thereof by electricity from
the Executive Mansion In the presence Of
his Cabinet and foreign representatives,
and requesting the President OF the Sem
ale. together with committee Of thirteen
senators and the Speaker OF the House,
with one representative or delegate from
each State or Territory TO attend at the
| Executive Mansion Tuesday. December
10th. at 1880 O'Clock, to witness, on behalf
OF Congress and OF the United States. the
opening Of said Exposition by the Presi-
dent, and to adopt and forward thereirom
such address Of congratulatiOn as may
seem appropriate to the occasion.
Mr.. Warner, Of Ohio, rising 10 ques-
ton Of privilege, offered preamble and
resolution. rcciting that J. ID. Taylor, OF
Ohio, on the 9Th OF July, 1884 0he House
having under consideration the Mexican
pension bilh, having obtained theNoOr, oc-
cupicd the time OF the House for six
minutes; that subsequently he obtained
leave 10 extend his remarks In the Record !;
that, instead Of extending his remarks. he
had them printed in the Record. after adj
j0urnment Of Congress \ written speech
or paper containing sentiments and para
graphs rejecting on members OF
the House, a committee Of the House. and
the House itself, and reporting. or purport-
ing 10 report, the action OF one OF the COIN
mittees Of the Senate. all in violation OF his
leave TO extend his remarks in the Record,
and OF The rules OF the House, and declar-
ing that parts Of the speech rejecting on
members Of the House. on committee OF
the House. and on the House, and referring
10 what took place in the senate committee,
are not legitimate part OF the proceedings
Of the House.
Mr.. Warner stated thst he was directed
by the Committee on Pensions. Bounty,
and Back.Pay to bring the matter before
the House. lie sent 10 the Clerks desk and
had read portions Of Mr.. TaylOr's speech
to which objection Is taken. They reflect
upon Mr.. Warner as chairman OF the Com
miltec on Pensions, Bounty, and Back-Pav,
on the committee itself, and denouncc the
action Of the House upont the Mexican pen
sion bill. They also make allusiOn to the
action Of the Senate Committee on Pen
SiOns.
Mr.. Browne, Of Indiana, made the point
that the speech OF Mr.. TAYLOR did not viO-
late The privileges OF the House.
The speaker thought it was not his duty
TO decide that question. II a member rose
and alleged that certain thing had been
done in violation Of the rules, il was the
duty Of the Speaker to submit the question
to the House.
Mr.. Warner then proceeded to argue that
the allegations in Mr.. Taylor's speech were
not true, and controyerted the statement
that the Committee on Pensions. Bounty,
and Bqck-Pay last session reported only
one bill for the relief Of the soldiers. and
that an Objectionable one. and he quoted
from the records 81 that committee to show
that large number OF bills had been re-
ported for action OF the House. The ques-
ton TO be decided was whether the House
would allow TO remain as part OF its record
what wSs never spoken in debate. The
paragraph TO which he objected most siren
uously was the one charging the committee
with stealth and cowardicc. Did the gen.
tlemen claim that that was parliamentary
LANGUAGE! His committee was not willing
that il should 20 unchalenged, to be
quoted against the committee in future by
gentlemen who did not know rs well As the
members OF the present House did the gen.
tleman who was the author OF 1t.
Mr.. J. u. TAYLOR attributed the motive
which Influenced the Offering OF the reSOlu-
ton to the fact that Mr.. Warner and him
self had been rival congressional candidates
in the recent election, and that Mr. Warner
claimed to be elected by majority OF 2l1.
He MR. TAYLOR had carried every county
except Monroe.
Good for Monroe " exclaimed David
son. Of Florida. amid laughter and APP
plause on the Democratic side.
MIR. TAYLOR declared that Mr.. Warner
would not have carried Monroe eX-
cept on the hypothesis that he had
voted for Mr.. Randall for Speaker. He
raised laugh at the expense of Speaker
Carlisle by reading from Democratic
paper published I'm Ohio, IN which that
gentleman is referred 10 aS having been
frec-iradcr throughout the SpeakerShlp
/ contest. Mr.. TAYLOR then submitted an
! argument 10 substahtiate statements made
/ 10y him in the speech. to which exception
was taken, and the discussion driited into
/ consideration Of the Mexican pension bill.
! Coming down more directly To the subject
D
pared bv the Public Printer showing that
| Mr. Warner haG himself on several occa-
! sions taken advantage Of the privilege OF
/ leave 20 print. in order TO show that 1t was
| habit Of members to avail themselves OF
! this permission. One OF these tables dis
closes The interesting fact that dur
/ Ing the FORTHWITH. F0rty.SXlh.
/ Forty-scyCnth. and first session Of the
/ FoTiy-cigbth Congress, 500 speeches
/ were printed which were never delivered
on the floor. while l.1S3 speeches delivered
were Withheld for revision, and substan-
/ TALLY altered. lie also read 4 letter from
+ Edward Mcpherson, giving the opinion
/ that there was nothing unparllamcntary in
/ his speech. and calling attention to the fact
/ 'ha, the ">ait in Politics. the speech OF
/ Mr. Cox. Of New York, was not delivered
/ in The House, but was reprint OF 4th-
/ oi-July addrcs, TO Tammany Hall. Laugh
| tel.
/ Mr.. Rogers. Of Arkansas. said that the re-
/ markable spectacle was presented of a com.
miitce Of the House, consisting OF
/ Democrats and Republicans, unanimous
/ " requesting their chairman to pre-
sent certain charges against the gen
tlcman from Ohio (Mr. Taylor)'
and asking that the Objectionable
features in the speech Of that gentleman be
! eXpurgcd from the record. The gentleman
| seemed TO be totally iusenSible OF the attitude
| i'm which he was placed. and instead OF un-
! deriakjng 10 establish the filsitv OF the
charges or OF apologizing TO the House in
an honorable and manly way, be went into
a discussion OF Ohio politics, and brought
in certain record. Of the Public Printer,
/ who might well devote his time 20 The pub
| lie service instead Of answering inquiries
| of partisan character. Mr.. Rogers then
went on TO defend the Committee on Pen
| ,ions, Bounty land Blck-Pay from the charge
Of neglccung the interest OF the soldier.
Mr.. Hammond, OF Georgia, said that u
was perfectly immaicriil how tine elections
| in OHIO bad been conducted or how II haC
| ended. The sole question was whether by
the paragraphs complained Of the gentle
| man from Ohio had committed a breach o
the rules OF the House. lie (Mr. Ham
mond) thought that the gentleman's re-
marks to-day were virtual admission thai
this was so, and De would vote 10 eXpung'
from the record the Objectionable article.
Mr. Warner, In rising TO close the debate
said that tae action OF Mr.. Taylor In print
Ing such speech WAS unprecedented. III
did not wish TO go into q discussion OF Tn
Ohio election, but he would say at never
had a campaign beeI carried on anywher'
where methods so corrupt, forbidden, an,
abhorent were TesOrted 10 rs were reSortet
to by his colleague, his coniederales, ant
ms paid staff Of scoundrels b. circulate tn