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departure from the Rules by
Speaker Ir5y.

departure from the Rules by
Speaker Irby.
- % the News and Cuurier.7
A, S. G., December l7.-Mr
60 q up the supply bill, but
-Ar. EranS, who said he
on to make
present imagined the mo-
followed would precipitate
cest debates and one Of the
Eng scenes that have occurred
tse IN many years There has
aidera0ie restiveness to-day,
,act, for the past few DAYS,
members Of the House who
or nave charge Of what are
80 Administration measures.
me very clear to-day lhal it
impossible TO get through the
Legislative offspring Of Cover
IAN and his political family,
"lththe supply and appropria-
'~~ by the 24th inst. and the Ad-
ion party found itself strug-
tween the horns OF u most
ted dilemma. They must
n ave the bills to die on the
81 or come back after Christmas.
~ not dare 10 break the custom
nd the session beyond Christ
Hthey did not dare to &c home
= their constituents without
nything after al they have
l~>s1 about reform.
p E-vans therefore undertook to
1he problem by calling up the
E,stration bills and moving to
Especial orders Of them to the
L.Shn Of everything else on the
Esr. He 2r(Or3inrlS ur0fa ont
ESnes Of the bills on slip of paper
EtNded them to the Speaker, say
gahe same time that it was very
%';;Qt there We're number of bills
81, Calendar that could not be
Sd unless taken up out of their
~ 55SSssSs-ssev6e first bill he named was 199
Eisas the bill! TO abolish the depart
~&iculture, ETC.
80 'eSS>ell objected to calling up
-, bills out Of order to the
49, A-,I the rights Of the people
equally important measures
,alenGar. IN thirteen years of
'e experience he never saw
: folation Of parliamentary rules
= proposed. where a member
- !: up to the Speaker a slip of
n which was written the entire |
- tion which it was proposed should |
J shed through the exclusion of
i thing else.
E Speaker put the question to the |
Sc as to whether No 1919 should be |
ie a special order and declared the |
:, had it.
cr. Haskell called for the yeas and |
is, but the Chair decided that the |
nand came too late and proceeded |
put the question on the next bill on |!
n. Evans list, No 233, which is the |
ii to require railroad companies to
azs- <.rnlsh seperate accommodation for |
sssSShite and colored passengers.
Mr.. Haskell announced that it was |
absolutely impossible for the members !
toeknow what bills were being called |
uphwhen the numbers only were called |
and asked what the bill was.
Speaker Irby: "rhey are all Adminis-
tration bills"
Mr.Haskell: "What are Administra-
tion bills?n
Speaker Irby: "Bills recommended |
by the Governor
Mr.. Evans And upon which we |
are pledged on the stump during the
last campaign"
Mr.. Haskell demanded the yeas and
nays, which resalted-75t to 33-in favor |
Of calling up. the bid and making it a
special order.
Mr.. Haskell rose to point Of order.
He said never before in his thirteen |
years of legislative experience had he
seen such a course OF procedure at
tempted. It was I we'll established |
rule that no member could make more
than one motion at once, and if Mr..
Evans wanted to call up the bills his
70 hI-
one and make q motion on each. To /
hand up whole bath Of bills to the
Speaker on slip Of paper, and have
him humble out to the House and de-
clare that they had been made special
orders, when no man could know what
the bills were was contrary to rule and
subversive OF justice.
The Speaker ruled the point not we'll |
taken and proceeded to call out the |
bills by number.
Mr.. Haskell interrupted and ap-
pealed from the decision OF tie Chair
He said: Il feel impeled by sense
of duty to the people Of South Carolina
to call on this Eouse to reverse the
ruling Of the Speaker as violation of
the rights Of the people and violation
OF all parliamentary usage. If there
is one rule that is we'll known III
Parliamentary bodies it is that only
one motion can be made at Il
time and the mover must be rec
ogniZed by the Chair on making each
separate motion. Here is a list Of bills
sent to the Chair, and they are being
called out by number, while have J
asked half u dozen members around |
me what the bills are, and no one
knows, and We have 40 possible chance
>pS ;,,+o lt,ha hot
bills should have precedence over
Others
Speaker Irby "The gentleman from
Aiken, Mr.. Evans, moved to take up |
the bill for the sake OF facilitating the
business of this House and the Chair |
asked him to send up the numbers of
the hills he desired him to take up,
and the Chair presunles as each num-
Der IS called out that the gentleman
renews his motion that that bill shall |
be taken up
Abandoning the explanatory style Of
Speaker, Irby proceeded to make
speech to the House.
"As God IS my witneSs," he said II
want to be Just and fair in presiding
over this House. But these bills are OF
vital Importance to the Administration !
in power. This House has no time to
spare, and if they are uot taken up TO-
night and passed on they will be de-
feated; and wait j; thoroughly under
stood right here that the Speaker ;.n-
nounces BOW he will not stand by |
quietly az L crisis like this and allow
filibusterng moticnS to defeat the will !
of the people Of South Caruliua.1
Loud cheers trGalt tie floor.
Mr.. Haskell, iuterrupting: II take it
that the Chair does hot charge Tie with