The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-09-10
THE REPUBLICANS AGREE
That the Less Said about the Quay Matter
The Better.

WASHINGTON, September Much
indignation exists among Republican
Senators over Mr.. Kennedy's attack
yesterday on the Senate as whole and
Senator Quay in particular. Several
consultations have been held, but no
plan of action has been agreed upon.
\ prominent Senator, familiar with
parliamentary precedents and practices,
when asked what would be the proper
course to be pursued if it were decided
to do anything, said that if after a time
the House took no action, tie Senate
should pass resolution: courteous in
tone, calling the attention of the House
to the unparliamentary proceeding and
then leave it to deal with the question
as it saw fit. But this action would de-
pend on the manner in which the
knowledge of the delivery of the speech
reached the Senate. kennedy's re-
marks do not appear in to-day's Record,
the reporter noting that they ''are with
held for revision" Unless they come
before the Senate in the Record or some
other authoritative way it may be moth
ing will be done.
Senator Quay knew nothing of the
delivery of the speech till this morning
aid after his arrival at the Senate
chamber he conferred with several col
leagues, spending considerable time
with Senator ingalls,. He said to re-
porter that he had not determined
what course of action to pursue. He
had under consideration the making of
a statement under the rule governing
questions of personal privilege, but he
was not fully decided what to do.
The Pennsylvania Republican mem
berS of the House were very angry to-
day when they read kennedy's publish,
ed speech. 1t so happened that as the
hour was late and it was understood
that nothing but debate was to occupy
the time, no Pennsylvania Republican
member, and indeed very few other Re-
publican members, were present when
the speech was delivered yesterday, or,
they say, Kennedy would have been
called to order before he progressed far
in his attack.
When their attention was attracted
by the published speech to-day the
Pennsylvania Republicans put their
heads together, and the result was the
preparation of a resolution instructlng
the public printer to refrain from pub
fishing the speech in the Record, as it
constituted a breach of decorum of the
rules of the House
The resolution was entrusted to Mr..
Dalzel for presentation to the House,
but before that could be done Mr.. Bur
rows, who is Speaker pro tenn, was con-
suited BY his advice representations
were made to Mr.. Kennedy which in
duced him to withhold his speech from
the printer for a few days, and conse-
quently the resolution was likewise
withheld.
Mr.. Burrows, who was in the chair
when the speech was delivered, was the
subject of criticism at the hands OF
some members because of his failure to
check the speaker. But he justified him
self by the statement that it had been
the invariabIe custom of the presiding
officer to refrain from passing judgs
ment upon the utteranceS of a member
until some member calls his attention
to an alleged breach of the rule.
Nh. Kennedy said this afternoon he
did not believe that he had said any
thing actually constituting a violation
of the rules of propriety. He added
that he had not yet had an opportunity
to revise his speech, and until he had
had that opportunity it would be with
held from the Record, but no longer.
AIeanJ lille the impression on the floor
of the Hose is that the Objectionable
features of the speech, if there were any
in parliamentary sense, will be eli
minated before it is published, and that
the matter will end there.