The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-10
VIOLENCE IN THE HOUSE.
rNroE SEIZED BY THR ARM BY A
i--'- DOORKEEPER.


r.su,VeroS. Aug. 9.-There was an ex-
.,+;rg episode in the House to-day, IN which
ps-resentative Pre- Enloe of Tennessee, Speaker
- ord one of the doorkeepers figured.
~, Mr. Enloe rose to question of privi-
,aM- Cannon contended that resolution
20. odonted superseded the rule which
Ave precedence to questions OF personal
privilege. L. .. r,.o
70 a question of privilege.
The speaker said that the gentleman
could state IT, ,,.5i,o. calI
of the House he was present IN MS seat. ne
nod then started out of the House WlInout
b;s ;1 hat 10 attend to business in the capitol
HALTED BY A DooRKEEPER.
nossinp out of the west door the
donrsaener told him that he could not pass
ont He replied that he would pass out.
The doorkeeper said that ne could not do SO
- that he had orders from the speaker to
+hat effect. He (Mr. Enloel had said
,bst he would pass, aud the doorkeeper
tharannon caught him by the arm and
ottamnted to arrest him. He had been act
ing in his representative capacity, and ex,
ereising his constitutional right to go and
come whenever ne pledSeus
WANTED THE OFFENDER PUNISHED.
He had not been absent, but a subordi-
nate of the House had laid violent hands
upon him in order to prevent him from
nassng from one portion of the capitol to
another. and he offered a resolution to
bring the doorkeeper to the bar OF the
House for contempt of the House
and for a breach Of the privileges of men,
her. The resolution provides that George
a. Miner. assistant doorkeeper, be brought
10 the bar of the House to answer for
breach of the privileges of a member OF the
House in attempting to arrest Hon. b. A
Enloe without authority Of the law and in
violation of the constitution Of the United
Sta.es.
REED TAKEN TO TASK
After citing the constitution and rules OF
the House in support of his position, Mr..
Euloe contended that the speaker had no
authority to issue an order to subordi-
nate of the House to interfere with the per-
sonal rights and privileges which belonged
to a member of that body. He
did not wish to punish this sub
ordinate. The doorkeeper had been
acting under what he believed
to bo the highest authority, and assuredly it
was the highest authority, because it had
become greater than the House itself in
many INSTANCES. Tie OueTeu ILLS T0SOluIlOu
because he wished to call the attention of
the House and the country to the method in
which the House was being governed under
its code of rules and under the arbitrary
action Of the speaker, by which the rights of
members were interfered with.
REEDS SARCASM.
please oonfne himself to the question of
privilege.
Mr.. Enloe remarked that he was trying to
do so, and said that If he thought the speaker
would recognize him for question of per-
sonal privilege he would not bring in other
matters.
The Speaker-The gentleman ought not
to bring in other matters, and he under
stands that the House is listening to the
gentleman's statement, and when the gen.
tleman is through the chair will rule upon
the question.
A QUESTION THAT REED DODGED
Mr. Enloe asked whether the chair did
issue such an order.
The Speaker-Is the gentleman throuphs
Mr.. Enloe-I would like to ask cues
uon OF fact. | don't wish to punish sub
ordinate of this House.
Inc Whenever the gentleman IS
through the chair is ready to rule on the
question
-, Mr. Enloe-The gentleman is not through.
Inc issuance OF such an order is no more
than IL would be If the speaker should order
.u9 gentleman from Arkansas (Afr. Rogers)
to be executed under the recent Kemmler
process in New York.
thing. 10 s0ou
Mf Enloe said he would like to have the
QUESTION settled, SO that thefmembers might
~" 10 Wnat extent the power of the
9peaAer might be exercised. If such arbi-
uaIy methods were pursued the day would
r oue "hen the speaker could execute a
Welnoer OF the House.
AN OUTRAGE ON THE HOUSE.
he ne g!d not understand that the order had
Iun carnl} ulected against him, but that it was
general order. He had refused to obev it
81 oG"use IL was IN violation of his rights
anu Oh the dignity of the House. II the
speaker had issued such an order he had
,;or oneu os II IN violation of the law, in viola
~ VI 1ne constitution, in violation of the
rOarol raeS ana IN violation of the rights of the
MT Cannon inquired whether the pentla-
naa -l1au, Notwithstanding the doorkeeper. had
pa0seu out OF the House.
HE WENT OUT ANYWAY.
Mr. Enloe replied that he had done no
DLV ouly after violent hands had bean
lont cannon inquired whether those vio-
mar NauuS a. mad been placed upon the gentle
r.. " an extent which prevented him
N19l 99 leaving the House. A-'-A'
soroI Ehioe-He did not do me anv mar
deaft daIi violence. II he had 1 would have
tha ra WIN nlm as | would have dealt with
lsrobtaNu --tau VINO Issued the order. TDerisive
1''i ou 1he republican side.l
REEDS RULING.
ssid 1e y speaker, In ruling upon the question
rne1,Sl tlal the rights and privileges of ali
tbei- s oi the House in the DISCHARGE OF
Eorso'' 'uuCtions were sacred, and that the
the oo,Iod couid undertake no higher duty than
legess ssliiIsserVetlon of these rights and priv
u1der 'ddtdct, d.i, and even if question arose
for ~ uTuolous TIou circumstances it was proner
heed ~ Nouse TO pause and to give suitable
raisa5 any question which a member
1t was 81 regard to his rights and privileges.
wbat - Ior the House alone 10 determine
''e rights and privileges were.
BOTH COMPLAINT AND REMEDY
in bis is'S case the gentleman had embodied
the 4o resolution his Complaint and
thoupbt tensdy therefor. The chair
wbin91 that this was oueSt;o,,
Honsa oTTght TgPt to be passed upon hv tba
vis;a iouse' The rules Of the Honss road oy one
quorum T1e T obtaining and retention Of n
rules OF ~ oTqer "a to accomplish that the
ever "0 house required that when
doors sbo,,,.S Saii was ordered the
Of the doduid should be closed. such cIos;ne ne
vented sn1 ~ Ine opinion Of the chair, pre-,