The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-02-20


recent rulings of Speaker Reed
Mr.k Caruth NDem.,) of Kentucky, said
he had arisen to protest, and he found his
protest in the record as follows: "Mr.
Caruth: Mr.. Speaker laughter he had felt
like member of the society of Stanislaus
who smiled a sickly smile and curled upon
the floor, and subsequent proceedings
interested him not. Laughter. He had
thought there must be some defect in the
speakers vision which enabled him to
see a Democrat when he sat in a
chair. but which would not permit him to
see Democras when he was standing at
full height claiming recognition. He had
come to the conclusion that the speaker
should be dosed with Col. Mulberry Sellers
eye water internally, externally and eter-
nally. Laughter. He had seen the same
speaker recognize aIRepublican before had
risen from his chair or had raised his voice,
and he had been reminded of the lieutenant
governor of Western state who, calling to
the doorkeeper, said: go out and find
the capitol. Tell him he is recognized and
has >the floor" ILaughter.l The gen.
tleman from New York, Mr.. Cum
mings, had offered a resolution for the
printing of 200 copies of the general parlia-
mentary law. The gentleman had not pre-
scented it because he had discovered that all
he could put in it was picture of the
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speaker had not shown himself a
thing of beauty and a joy forever. Laugh
ter. He (Mr Caruth) had wanted the
committee on rules to come in with code
of rules. After cogitating, hesitating and
celebrating for many weeks the committee
had fetched them in and the Democrats
had found that they were jumping out OF
the frying pan into the fire. Laughter
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, said for the last
few weeks the country had witnessed scenes
unequaled in the history of the government.
! The speaker of the house, backed by every
Republican member on the floor, had been
making stand for the rights and liberties
of the people. That battle had brought on
scenes exceeding in monstrous proportions,
in all except brutality, any that ever oc-
Cured in the national capitol. Only one pic
ture stood out stronger IN history, and that
was when q Democratic club laid the
| immortal Sumner on the floor of the sem
ate. The wild howlings and rantings of a
mob had .. been presented to 100000 of
people. Epithets had been hurled broad
cast from the other side of the chamber
should have expelled its users had been ut
tered and flashed over the wires.
"Tyrant,"; "usurper," "corruptionist,"
backed by mob" were the speeches to
which the country had been treated.
| Gentlemen could not be called to account
for this language. To do so would
be to involve a trial lasting weeks and
weeks, and the Republicans were here for
business. [Applause.l The speaker rising
to the situation like granite mountain,
had met the occasion calmly, gravely; he
had done the duty of the house. APP
plause on the Republican side. After one
| of the stormy scenes he henderson, had
heard one gentleman on the Democratic
side say to another Did you hear
the rebel yell? ?" Let the gentlemen
understand here and now that the
Northern dough face was an animal of
the past. Applause. Let them under
stand that the country has passed through
a fiery furnace which had eliminated the
Northern dough- faces. Gentlemen on the
other side undertook to control this country
whether they were in the majority or in the
minority. They could not do it. Applause
oni the Republican side. The Republi-
cans meant business and it was to do that
business calmly, earnestly, bravely
and periodically they were here.
| Assault after assault from great and small
had been hurled against the speaker. Gen.
tlemen had been very chary on making
such assaults when the speaker had been
on the floor instead of being tied up as pre-
siding officer. Laughter on the Republi,
can side. No gentleman has dared
outside or inside of the chamber
to insult Mr.. Reed when he occupied
a seat on the floor. Was this
chivalrous, was it brave for men to stand
in front of his desk and hurl at the speaker
epithets they would not have dared to utter
had he been on the tloor2
Mr.. Walker, of Massachusetts,, followed
in the defense of the speakers course, and
then the house took recess until 8 o'clock
the evening session to be for debate on the
rules.