National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-19
THE HOUSE ON SATURDAY.

,V1,o judiciary Committee Has tho Floor
A Lively Family Quarrel in the Mis-
souri, Delegation.
By a previous order Of the house Saturday was
sat apart for the consideration OF bills presented
by tho committee on the Judiciary, and Mr..
tucker, ofVirginia reported from that commit
tee bill to regulate tho effect Of judgments ana
DEGREES Of United States courts In the several
states House calendar.
Also, the memorial Of Y. u. Whcol0ck.
on motion of Mr.. Tucker, bills were passed re'
moving the political disabilities Of Henry New
man, william IL. Parker, and Robert ID. Thurbon,
ofVirginia, and Charles W. Hayes, of Alabama.
At every stop the committee on Judiciary was
aptagonised BY the committee on pu9lie ihnsHs'
which desired 70 call up the oregon Central iot-
felture BILL but the former was successful ana .he
house went into committee OF the whole Ont.
Dorsheimer, Of New York, in the chair on INC
senate bill extending until Dec. 81, 1854, tho dura-
ton Of tho
COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Mr. Reed explained that, besides extending the
time the bill proposed that Us soon rs the court
shall have dsoortained that the lrst.class claimants
can be paid without exhaustug tue luud when
was appropriated by the act Of lSS5, dne S9 tha
treasury as will enable him TO pay the iirsI'cass
Mr. Hammond said that If this were an original
proposition he would vote against it, but 1t would
b. an act of injustice for bare minority TO decline
to extend the time as asked for. .,.-., ,.,,.,
ON motion OF Mr.. Reed, qn amendment was
adopted changing the term OF extension 10 Dec
o. The committee rose, and the bill was passed.
Bills were passed changing tho eastern and
northern judicial districts Of Texas and attaching
part of the Indian territory to these districts,
for the appointment OF two additional associate
Justices OF The supreme court OF Dakota territory
and amending section 1890, revived statutes, re-
latlng to interest on judgment, rendered in the
court of claims The latter bill ourrects an error
in the revision Of the statutes by Inserting or
for and" and reduces tho rate 0, Interest from
10 5 per cent The next bill oa.lodu
STIRRED UP A FAMILY QUARREL
in the Missouri delegation. twas bill nmond
the oct dividing the state OF missouri INTO 1--WE
judicial districts ana 70 f n,o ,s eastern ana so To
prescribe the times and places Tor holding courts
therein.
there was a division of sentiment among the
Missouri delegation In regard % the PROPHECY OF
the bill and moyed 70 reeom inp I,o.s,od v,ror.
ously against this action and declared that the
bill was favored by majority Of the delegation.
The opposition, he asserted, came from the iniu'
enoes Of hash houses and other similar institu'
tons.
majority of the delegation was in iaror OF tic
bill. He held q paper signed by eight members
who were opposed to IL. All of them were present
except two-Buckner and Clardy-and they could
Mr.. Hatch declared that this was the first time
in his experience that paper signed by absent
members had been brought in to inhueno0 the
vote Of the house. He appealed to the house to
repudiate this action. He was not afraid to meet
any man In n fair fight II was only the assassin
he feareds@the man who stabbed III the dark ana
in the back.
Mr.. Alexander said that he had only referred to
the paper because his colleague had SAID tLat
majority was in favor OF the bill.
Mr.. Hatch. And Teassert II.
MIR. Alexander. The statement [ have was
signed for the Information of tho gentleman from
Missouri, a member of the Judiciary committee
tMr. Broadheadl, aud when the gentleman un-
dortakes to say that we are staboing in the back
he either mlsunderstands the object of this paper
or else
Mr.iHatch. Was that paper intended for the gen.
Nemans personal information?
MIR. Alexander. II was.
Mr.. Hatch. Then what authority have you to
bring it forward in the house?
Mr.. Alexander. To meet your statement that q
majority Of the Missouri delegation is in favor of
the bill.
Messrs. Burnes and Bland then spoke, the
former in favor Of and the latter III opposition to
the bill. The motion to recomnlit was lost-yeas
46 nayssS.
Then arose nice point of parliamentary law.
Mr.. MoCoid offered as a substitute for the bill
bill previously introduced by Mr. BurncB upon the
same subject. This was ruled out on point OF
order. on the ground that no amendment was in
order which contained the substance of any bill
pending before the house.
Mr.. McCoidthen proceeded to secure his object
by moving his substitute piecemeal; section by
section, for the bill under consideration. This
proved successful as far as the first section was
the second section Mr.. Alexander raised the point
that II could not do indirectly what IL could not
accomplish directly.
The speaker said 1t was matter of serious
doubt whether amen dmeuts OF that character
could BIO admitted under the rule, but at the same
time II was the opinion of the chair that when
there was room for doubt the safer course was TO let
the amendments come In and be voted upon by
the house.
On the amendment no quorum voted, and this
point was raised by Mr.. Alexander.