Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-03

Mr.. Lore. OF DtiaHafc. sdiu tuAt "
the Senate had deliberately intended to
cast slight upon the House II would
be unworthy Of the House to notice it.
and it would be still more beneath the
dignity Of the House to notice . slight
which he believed TO be unintentional.
Mr.. Kelley, Of Pennsylvania, stated
he had been present at six Inaugural
tons, and that the programme on this
occasion was no departure from pre-
cedents. The House would dishonor
itself by refusing to attend the cere-
monies on such an apparent slight.
Mr.. Hammond said he had no inten-
ton of allowing a Republican Senate
to keep him away from seeing Grover
Cleveland inaugurated. twas the first
time he had had chance to see a Dem
ocrat inauguratcd, and he intended to
see it. [Applausc.l He did not pro-
pose that anything should keep him
from his proper place to witness the
Inauguration of man in whose hands
the people had placed the sceptre for
the next four years.
Mr.. John S. Wise regarded the place
which had been assigned to the repre-
sentatiyes as one of the many slight
outcroppings of the growing evidence
of the inside superiority supposed to
exist in the Senate Of the United States.
In the programme presented the Senate
assumed to represent the legislative
branch Of the Government and allow
the poor House Of Representatives to
follow along as little dog under the
wagon of the entertainment. He was
not willing to accept back seat
and be quiet. He did not look
upon the subject from any party
standpoint. but he did feel that
it involved a question of representative
dignity which the House had no right
to ignore or pass by. 1t was not an
isolated example of the sclf-assumed
superiority Of the Senate superiority
which senator's were inclined to make
grow. and grow, and grow; which cx-
hibited itself in the little social courte-
sizes of the Capital year by year, until
the representatives of the people,
coming directly from the people,
came tc ask themselves: Upon
what meat do these our Caesars
feed that they have grown so great? "
He would rather be doorkeeper in the
House of Representatives than prince
in such palace of senators. He was
glad of the opportunity here and now
to enter an emphatic protest on behalf
of the representatives of the people
against these Entertainments Of the
would-be aristOcratic body the Senate
of the United States. IL was the right
of the House to be present at the inau-
gural ceremonies as the equal Of the
Senate. and if it could not be there as
an equal, dignity required that it should
not go at all. The gentleman from
Georgia fMr. Hammond) wished to see
il because it was the first Democratic
lie wanted to see il be-
cause he thought it entirely likely that
il would he the last
Mr.. Mills, of Texas. spoke in sup
port of his resolution. and inyeighed
against the action of the Senate as being
a deliberate slight upon the House.
He. also. wanted to see the Inaugural
ton, but he, as representative Of the
people, was not going to be the tail
end with boOtbIacks. The House owed
it to its dignity, and to the respect of
the people it represented. that it should
not accept the inferior station which
The Senate had assigned TO it.
Mr.. Blount, Of Georgia, apprehcnded
that the House was acting under inn
pulse of temper and misunderstanding
Of facts. lie trusted that as the peo-
pie of the country were gathering here
10 witness the Inauguration the House
would not do what he believed ito be q
Duerile thing.
The motion to suspend the rules and
adopt the resolution was lOst--yeas, 50
nays, 1873.
Mcssrs. IIutchinS. Randall, and
Long were appointed conferrees on the
naval appropriation bill.
Mr.. Bennett, Of North Carolina,
,allcd up the Iowa contestcd-elcction
ease of Frederick rs. Wilson.
Mr.. Valentine. of Nebraska. raised a
question of consideration. The Repub-
leans refrained from voting, and the
House was left without quorum but
)n the roll-call the Democrats mustered
up a quorum. and the House deter
mined by a vote of yeas l72 to nays ,
10 consider the election case.
Pending vote Mr.. Adams. of New
\ ork, gave notice that at the conclusion
Of the consideration Of the election case
he would move to suspend the rules and
pass the bankruptcy bill, and upon the
of the vote, Immediately
made a motion to adjourn; but the
Speaker had previously recognized Nr.
Bennett to debate the contested-elcction
,aSe. and did not recognize the motion
10 adjourn.
Mr.. Valentine. of Nebraska. however,
,alled the attention Of the Speaker to
The fact that the resolution of the COM
nittee had not been read. and demanded
hat il he so read.
The Speaker recognized the force of
his objection and directed the Clerk to
read the resolution. This having been
lone, the Speaker was beSieged with
motions to adjourn, and recognized Mr..
Adams to make that motion. The
motion was lost-yeas. IL : nays, 1913.
Then motions to take a recess to 8. .,
and 10 o'clock respectively were offered.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Randall,
who stated that the House would be
to sit late tonight, perhaps
until tomorrow morning, the first
named motion was agreed to. and at
SOS p. NJ. the House took recess till
o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Immediately on the assembling Of
The House, the conflict over the con-
tested-election case Of Frederick Us.
Wilson was resumed. and the large au-
iience in the galleries was treated to a
large number of dilatory motions to
take recess until s. Q. and 10 o'clock,