Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-31
A REVEL OF NOISE.
The Warfare Of Words in the
House Continued.
LUNG POWER AT A BIG PREMIUM.

/ POSING bOult> WFtttAt All Dhy Oftf the
Approval OF the Journai--The Speak
er's Rulings and the Points Made on
Each side OF the House.
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. SL-The house
Yesterday during most of the session resem-
bled the wheat pit at Chicago when a corner
Is squeezing the shorts, and like the Chi
eago menagerie on such occasions, there were
cycwded galleries TO witness the show. For
half an hour at time the shouts, yells,
hisses and general turmoil were incessant
and ear-splittng "Order" was word that
was shouted all over the house, but did not
exist anywhere within the walls. During all
this the speaker sat calm and cool. apparent
y unmoved. and always persistent in his
purpose TO win the fight or "bust a fiue."
Resumption of the Row.
The fight opened as soon as the clerk had
finished reading the journal of Wednesday.
He omitted the detailed vote Of yeas and
nays, and also the names of those not voting,
which had been recorded by the speakers
order. Both of these were demanded by
Breckenridge of Kentucky, and the speaker
directed the reading Springer also demand
cd the reading OF the speakers statement,
which was also conceded, and then
Mckinley moved the approval of
the Journal and demanded the previous ques-
ton. Blanchard rose to question of per-
pnal privilege, but the speaker ignored him,
Ind Springer moved AN adjournment, and
demanded the yeas and nays, saying he
wanted the committe on rules TO have time
TO report. The roll was ordered called,
when Bland moved TO reconsider the vote
ordering the yeas and nays, but was quietly
ignored by the speaker This made Bland
furious. and he shouted: "You are the mean
est tyrant that ever presided over legisla-
tive body denouuce'-but shout of ap-
plause from the Democratic side drowned
the remainder.
Reed sticks to His Position.
The motion 10 adjourn was defeated--l6O
10 Leland the question REQUIRED on order
Ing the previous question on the motion to
approve the journal Don't vote was the
order passed around on the Democratic side,
and the vote stood: Yeas, 100; nays, l. The
speaker directed the clerk to record the names
of a dozen Democrats, who were present not
voting, TO show that quorum was in the
house, announced the vote and said: (Which,
In addition TO the gentlemen present, consti-
tutes a quorum" Applause from the Re
publican side Crisp wished TO appeal, but
Mckinley raised the point of order that an
appeal was already pending Springer pro-
posed TO take an appeal, but the speaker de-
clined TO entertain it.
Breckinridge I'm the Breach.
Then amid deafening cheers from the Dem
ocrats Breckenridge of Kentucky rose and
appealed from the last decision He declared
| that az tpla Inf H.
an appeal pending Wednesday, but this was
another appeal, aud this sort of gag-law was
| usurpatory, revolutionary and corrupt.
wild enthusiasm ON the Democratic side,
and Kisses from the Republicans The scene
was a perfect bedlam. The speaker could
not he heard stating the question, but the
| voting went ON. Finally on the appeal of
| Carlisle the speaker ordered the suspension
| or the roll-call, stating that the gentlemen
| who complained OF not knowing what the
question was were the ones who had created
the disorder, which sally was cheered by the
Republicans. He then re-stated the question
to be on the approval of the journal The
| roll-call proceeded In comparative order, and
| the vote was: Yeas 1872; nays, /. The
Journal was declared approved, the speaker
| noting the names of members present, and
not voting, TO make up a quorum.
Springer Dehes the Chair.
Springer appealed again, and for some
time confusion reigned as the speaker re-
fused 10 entertain the appeal During this
riot Springer defied the speaker outright by
refusing to take his seat when ordered, and
justifying his action by declaring that there
were no rules to force him 10 take his seat.
At last, on the appeal of McCreary. OF Ken
lucky, the chair admitted Springer's appeal,
and debate began ON the question, McKin-
ley getting the floor. He supported the
speakers ruling as TO quorum, and said
that all that was involved in the appeal was
simply question OF fact Was not the
speakers count correcti The constitution
did not declare that majority of the mem
bers who answered 10 their names should
constitute quorum. II was not decided
how the question of majority should be de-
termined. He thought 1t right that il 167
members sat silent in their places one mem
Der should have a right to pass bill 1t
was the duty Of the Others il they wished to
defeat it, to cast their votes against it.
Carlisle Antagoni1es Mckinley.
Carlisle inquired il one man could pass a
bill over the presidents veto.
Mckinley said that the constitution pro-
vided that a yea and nay vote should he
taken on q vetoed bill Applause
Carlisle responded that one-fifth Of the
members had right under tue constitution
70 call for the yeas aud nays on any other
proposition, and IL then became as impera-
tive as the other. lApplausel
Mckinley said that when Carlisle was
speaker he had signed many bills that had
been passed without the presence Of a quo
rum. He was willing to admit that he had
ilibustered in past years; but he could not
now recall that he had ever done it from a
high, or a noble, or a worthy purpose. lap
plause No minority had ever carried ON
ilibustering that had not been ashamed
Of itself afterward If the gentlemen
on the other side wanted rev.
olution let them go out OF tho
house. Applause Those gentlemen want
ed to perpetuato fiction that said that
man was absent from his seat constructive
ly when in fact he was present. The Re
publicans wanted the journal to declare the
truth. The tyranny of the minority was in
anitely more odious than the tyranny of "a
majority.
Crisp interrupted Mckinley to say that
Blaine had denied the right of any one to
say that a member was present.
Predicting Terrible Things.
Turner Of Georgia said in reply TO McKin-
ley that II the wild view presented here was
once grated on the practice of the house
It would ina,gurate reign Of anarchy and
prohigacy unprecedented in the annals Of the
country. We accused the Republicans of hav
ing changed their views ON this question to
suit a present emergency. Reed, in his speech
at Woodstock, had said that filibustering was
dishonest, unpatriotic practice. He denied
the right Of the speaker to note him as pres
,nt and not voting, thus holding him up to
the country as dishonest and unpatriotic
The speaker had no more control over the
minutes than he had He had no doubt of
the decision of the people when this question
'houln go to the country, but an Amer