Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-03
BAKER IN THE DRY GRINS
AN ATTEMPT TO BE FUNNY RE-
BUKED BY THE HOUSE.

Democratic Members Resent an Attempt
to the Ipj of stump speech in
the Prooeedings-An Attempt to with
draw the Resolution Defeated and lis
Return to its Author Voted. eSa &Sss
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-In the House
to-day the Speaker proceeded to call the
States for the introduction of bills. Mr..
Baker, of New York. offered resolu-
ton ''ot recapitulation, self commenda-
tion, modest laudation and hearty con-
graduation by the responsible majority
of the House." The reading of this was
demanded by Dir. Bayne, of Pennsylvania,
and the document proved to be a stump"
paper containing a severe arraignment of
the Democratic majority in the House
and the Democratic President for sins of
omission and comm Ission.
Several times Mr.. Reagan interrupted
the reading and objected TO a stump
speech being injected into the proceed
ings of the House under false pretenses.
The Speaker ruled that as the document
was presented under call OF States and
was In the form of a resolution, 1t must
be received. He added, dryly, that the
resolution was not an attack upon the
House, but upon the Democratic party,
and he thought the Democratic party
could stand 1t.
RANDALL RETAIIATES.
The resolution, which was indorsed for
reference to the steering committee"
having been read, MIR. Randall said he did
not consider it either respectful or decent.
He therefore moved to return the resolu-
ton to the member who offered it.
Mr.. Baker asked consent to withdraw
it. but objection was made,
Mr.. Bayne could not see that the reso-
luton contained a word that was not
true. There was nothing disrespectful in
it, unless truth itself was disrespectful.
Mr.. Randall said that during his eX-
perience in the House he had never seen
such a proceeding as the present and he
thought it unworthy of an American
House of Representatives, and hence it
was that he made the motion he did.
BAKER sQUIRMING.
Mr.. Baker said that he had no purpose
or intention of saying anything that
would be disrespectful to the majority of
the House. lie thought it hardly
necessary for him to assure his
friends on the other side OF
his personal esteem and regard
1t had been his purpose to relieve some
member on the other side from the labor
of preparing resume of the excellent
work which had been performed this ses-
sion, but in view OF the fact that his
friend from Pennsylvania { Mr.. Randall
was grieved, he would ask unanimous
consent to withdraw the resolution.
But again consent was refused, and
Mr.. Randall remarked that he was not
grieved, and that ne thought the gentle
man felt worse about the matter.
REED TAKES A HAND.
Mr., Reed said that while the matter
had assumed the form of jest, the res0-
luton contained 80 many unpleasant
truths that the Indignation of the gentle
man from Pennsylvania { Mr.. Randall
could not be feigned. 1t was true tdat
this Democratic House had determined,
as stated in the resolution, to keep half a
million citizens of tue United States out
of the Union. 1t mad fiouted the demand
OF the great Territory OF Dakota to be-
come one of the sisterbood of States.
That was fact which could not be gain
said; It was fact which no jest could
obliterate.
THE ANTI-MORMON RESOLUTION.
Then, again. the House had deliber-
ately suppressed legislation in regard
to the Territory of Utah. The Senate had
passed strong legislation on the subject
and the House judiciary Committee had
reported still more stringent legislation,
and yet this House, with 40 Democratic
majority, had suppressed that legisla-
tion and MormOn1sm continued in pos
session of the Territory. IL pretended to
be more eager than the Senate on the
Mormon question. and yet it did nothing.
1t had pretended to be more
eagert than the Senate to secure
legislation in regard to Interstate com
merce, and yet it had failed to pass the
Senate bill and allow it to become law.
MAKING CAPITAL.
The gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Reagan had told him thIs morning that
he could make no capital out Of this kind
OF talk. Make capitalize did not come
to make capital. [Derisive CALCULATIONS
and incredulous laughter on the Demo
cratic side He came here to do what
the scorn with which that was
treated by the Democratic party.
[Laughter] All these proceedings were
going into history, and all these little
speeches about how much the appropria-
tion bills looted up would not make the
Democratic party-a party which had dis
credited every department. which had not
already discredited itself-a victorious
party, and yet this party got itself into a
state OF indignation over an affair like
this, and for the first time it came up
solid. Laughter.
REAGAN ON THE REBUKE.
Mr.. Reagan thought that no member
should be allowed, in violation of the
rules and ia contempt of his constituents,
to present a statement which was Il stump
speech and in which there was so little
truth. the Democratic party in the
House had passed bills declaring for
feiture OF lana grants-measures
winch had been long demanded
and which the gentleman from Maine
[ Mr. Reed mad opposed. II had passed
the Joint resolution proposing 10 pay out
the surplus in the Treasury. This the
gentleman had opposed. 1t passed the
bill to regulate Interstate commerce and
give relief to tue people against the op-
pressions under which they had grOaned
for years. This the gentleman had opposed.
1t had passed the bill to prevent the ab-
sorption OF public lands by aliens. This
the gentleman had opposed.
A GOOD RECORD.
When the number of bills passed this
session came TO be considered it would be
found that this Democratic House, which
the gentleman upOraided, had performed
more TABOR and passed more bills than
any House of Representatives since the
foundation Of the government. APP
plause on the Democratic side.
Mr.. Randall did not believe that any
one would suppose that he would shrink
from any legitimate political warfare.
But the gentleman from New York Mr..
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