The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-08
DEFIANCE AND APOLOGY
TAKE THEIR TURNS AT THE PER-
soNAl PRIVILEGE CRANK.

TAKE THEIR TURNS AT THE PER-
soNAl PRIVILEGE CRANK.
a Speech of Wheeler Likely to Bring on
r Congressional Sirocco-Another At
tack on Stanton-Crisp and Holman DO
the Amiable-Weaver After the Union
Pacific.
WASHINGTON City, June Sicily of Penn |
syls ania, rising to a question of privilege in |
the house Monday, cited the rule under |
which the house meets Friday nights fol
consideration of tension bills He found in
The Record of Sunday speech filling
twenty five column, delivered by Wheeler
of Alalama on Edwin NJ Stanton, when
avowetsiy there WAS no pension bu mess be-
fore the house The sessions which had
! been set apart for specific purposes, We're
| thus perverted to base ends--the SANDER of
| the illustrious dead, who died from devoted
services to their country.
| Herbert of Alabama said that Wheeler
was absent now, and Thought it would be
| proper for Kelley to wait until his colleague
| shoald be present
! Kelley expressed his consent and entered
| motion to expunge the speech from The
| Record, and said he would cali that motion
| up soon
Henderson of Iowa rose to question OF
| privilege and stated that in the report OF
| Wheeler's speech, remark make by
himself had been misplaced but he also
would wait
It.,s,, - al
privilege said that On Saturday, during de-
bate in the house he had been betrayed
into expressions regard y, Holman of In.
diana, for which he apologi2ed, expressing
his regret on the subject and his knowledge
of no other manly way TO do SO than toglve
public expression of bis regard for Holman
and of what his own feelings were on the
subject.
Holman also expressed regret that he
might have used any expressions which
could be considered unkind to Crisp I'M
sust to the house
The call of states was then proceeded
with
Among those introduced vera the follow
ing; to protect the rights of homestead
ana presumption settlers; to impose grad
uated income tax; to place the tax on sal
used in curing meats on the same basis a,
salt used in curing fish.
Weaver of Iowa introduced a resolution
reciting that it is currently reported ana
generally believed that certain directors o
the Union Pacific or Kansas Pacii
Railroad companies have been faith
lass to their trust in variou
ways, and particularly by buyini
stock of the Kansas iacitc at a nominal o
small sum and transferring it to the Unio
Pacific, and then selling the same at a grea
profit. by which, and other similar trans
actions the directors made great persona
gains and neglected. to account for tn
Union Pacific; and directing the ludiciar
committee to in Iulre into the transaction
oil tue directors of both companies sine
their incorporation Ii the committee find
-, that the directors have made gains whic
IN they should have accounted for to eithe
If corporation, it is directed to bring in a b
authorizing the department of justic
. to begin proceedings to compel an account
i. ing
,d Other bills were introduced amending tt
us act prohibiting the importation OF contrac
or labor; to prohibit the employees of col
r nc Wet or alien labor upon public works; fe
he the erection of a monument at Fort Green
Brooklyn to the victims OF prison ships.
. BY Mahoney of New York resolutic
n! expressing the sympathy of the House I
80 Representatives with the efforts of M
for Gladstone and his associates to secure FRI
IA parliament for Ireland Mahoney wantt
OF thu resolution 10 60 to the committee {
Labor, but the House by a vote
- to l&i re ected his motion, and Il
ec resolution went TO the committee on foreis
est affairs.
tai
yes buttons OF the Fourteenth Ward Republics
tlub of Philadelphia in favor of a high pr
ary tectiye tariff
- I he speaker pro tenn fCrlspl ruled 1t o
hS of order under this call
O Neill said the resolutions were in I
! Z nature OF Instructions to the Phlladelph
members to vote against the Morrison bi
because it was a bad bill
Morrison Now, I know it is good bi
\ / was in some doabt about it awhile ago.
Bingham of lennsy lvania, expressed
. disbelief in the existence of such a bill, a
Willis of kentucky said that there was
nece ssity to instruct Philadelphia membi
e, 10 vote against the bill
By vote OF =! to a in the senate Mo
day the oleomargarina bill passed by
house last week, was referred to the co
- mittee agriculture. The opposition
Z the measure concentrated in a movement
its reference to the committee on finance
- The consular and diplomatic appropr
tion bill was taken up and passed The 81
at. then went to the calendar. WI
platt resolution providing for open eE
utiye sessions, was reached, objection '
Ia made and the resolution went over
~ Soma debate arose on a bill reported
~ Brown from the committee on railroads
provide for the settlement of accounts W
railroad companies that had received pr
srty from the United States during 1865