The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-13
REPUBLICAN RULE.
Reeds Tyranny Denounced in
Straight, Honest Words.
FORAKER ON THE WITNESS STAND
In the Famous Ballot Box Forgery Case-Tbe
Removal Of the Apaches- Morgan
Finally Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The House me
ct Ii o'clock this morning in continuatio
OF yesterdays session. The debate on th
Proposed code of rules was continued b
D6ckery, of Missouri Morse, of Massa
chusetts, and Allen, of Michigan, followe
Dockery, speaking in support of the rules
At the conclusion of their remarks tn
session of Tuesday ended and that O
wednesday begun. The journal was ap
proved, the speaker counting quorum.
McCreary, of Kentucky, then took tn
Hoor in opposition to the new rules.
McCreary criticised the recent decisions
OF the speaker, and said that officer hal
defied all precedents and had reversed tn,
parliamentary decisions of nearly all tn,
speakers who had presided over the House
McCreary lnveighed against the new
rules, asserting that their effect would
be to make the CONGRESS of the UNITED
States consist of the Senate of the United
States and Speaker Reed.
9tch con, of Michigan, supported the
proposed rules. declaring they would facil
ltate business instead of obstructing it,
Kerr, of Iowa, presented an argument in
support of the proposed code.
Caruth, of Kentucky, said he and his
Democratic colleagues had discovered that
general parliamentary law was an auto
crat, was tyrant, was god. The speaker
was omnlpotent, yet lacking in one of the
attributes of omnipotence-he was not the
same yesterday, to-day and forever. He
mad thought there must be some defect in
the speakers vision which enabled him to
see democrat when he sat down in his
chair but which would not permit HIM to
see democrat when he was standing at
full height claiming recognition. He had
come TO the conclusion that the speaker
should be dosed with Colonel Mulberry
o3lers eye water, externally, internally
a. "a eternally
Henderson, of Iowa, said that for the
last few weeks the country had witnessed
scenes unequalled in the history of the
government The speaker of the House.
packed by the Republican members. had
been making a stand for the rights and
liberties of the people That battle had
brought on scenes exceeding in monstrous
proportions. all excepting brutality. any
tnat mad ever occurred in the national
capitol. Epithets had been hurled broad.
cast from the other side of the chamber at
the presiding officer, and language which
should have expelled its users had been Mt
tered and flashed over the wires 'sTyrant. -
--usurper," ''corruptionist," ssbacked nv
the mob" were speeches to which the
country had been treated After one
stormy scene he Henderson, had heard one
gentleman on the Democratic side saw to
another: did you hear the rebel yell q,
Let the gentleman understand here and
now that the northern dough-face was an
animal of the past. Let them understand
that the country had passed through the
hery furnace which had eliminated the
northern dough-face. The gentleman on the
otner Side undertook to control his country
Wnetner by majority or minority He
could not do it. The Republicans meant |
business, and it was to do that business
calmly, earnestly, bravely and periodically |
that they were here. Assault after as |
saelt from great and small had been hurled |
against the speaker The gentleman had |
been very chary of making such assaults
Wnen the speaker had been on the floor /
OF being tied up as presiding officer
Aferrlng 20 the election cases, he said
II there were member on the floor en-
tltief to his seat the Republicans would
staqd up and defend his rights. But if
there was on the moor man who held his
seat by black hearted fraud or red handed
murder. they would unseat him if thew had
the power.
Buchanan and Walker followed in de-
tense OF the speakers course and then the
House took recess till the evening SEES
sion, before debating the rules.
Nearly l,5OOpersons were in the gal
erles this evening to listen to the argu-
ments upon the proposed code of rules.
Lane, Rogers, Springer, Shipley.
and Pierce denounced the rulings of
the speaker, while they were defended by
Moore, Donnell, Houck and ). d. TAYLOR.
If Ohio.
Adjourned.