Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-08-16
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farther than it did on Saturday when
one of the doorkeepers of the House,
claiming to be acting under instruc-
ton from the Speaker, attempted to
use force to prevent Representative
Enloe leaving the House for a few
minutes. Mr., Enloe, as any other
American citizen would have done,
insisted upon his right to go and
come as he pleased. Later, Mr.. En-
loe brought the matter before
the House as a question
Of personal privilege, and very mats
urally wanted to know if the Speaker
had issued such instructions, and if
so by what authority.
The Speaker denied having issued
such instructions; but at the same
time stated it as his opinion that the
door-keeper had done right. Saint
Joseph Cannon, who is second only
to Mr.. Reed in audacity, defended
the action of the insolentdoor-keeper.
Mr.. Enloe protested that if officers of
the House were to be given the au-
thOrity to keep members in the
House against their wills, they would
some day keep them out of the
House by the same authority. The
matter was finally referred to the
committee on the Judiciary, and a
majority of that committee being re-
publicans but little is to be expected
in the shape of justice.
Truly one might ask, under what
form of Government do we live {?
Oliver Cromwell found it necessary
to use a regiment of soldiers to dis
perse the English Parliament; but
the myrmidons of Speaker Reed,
without the strength of an armed
body, attempt to control the actions
of democratic members of the House
by sheer audacity. What spectacle
for a free country.
1t is now apparent that the infa-
nous Federal Election bill is to be
railroaded through the Senate by
force of the party whip Justify wield>
ed by that sanctimonious, but unscru-
pulous son of New England, Senator
George F. Hoar. 1t has been report
ed to the Senate and put on the cal
endar, and in order to A ilitate its
passage the resolution providing for
the adoption of gag rule, to cut of
debate, has been introduced and re-
, ferred to the committee on Rules.
, The talk about the bill having
been modified by the commit.
tee is bosh; it has been simplified tC
a certain extent, but it remains one
of the most obnoxious measures ever
attempted to be forced upon a de-
fenseless people. History will right
, ly characterize it as an attempt tC
Polanderize the South.
Senator Vance stirred up the re
publican Senatorial Menagerie OF
Saturday by showing how unjust TIT
tariff bill as it now stands is to tn,
: agricultural interests of the country
Mr.. Vance made an unsuccessful at
tempt to have certain clauses amend
ed and the the republicans, as if t,
/ make the bill still more unjust to tn
S South, adopted an amendent raisin
S the duty on cotton ties.
= Mr.. Blaine's reciprocity idea j
: ahead, and the indications are that
d will certainly be adopted by the Sen
1t ate, but in the House, where Speake
Is Reed, who is bitterly opposed to it,
IL sole Monarch, it may possibly b
o defeated. Messrs. Reed, McKinle,
y and other of the Chinese wall hig
& protection wing of the republica
" party, are trying to convince M
II Harrison that it will be ruinous
81 him and his party for him to send
" message to Congress favoring rec
&c procity, as he has promised to d,
s. Tie republicans Of the House, pa
IL ticularly Mr.. Reed and his coteri
W have persistently antagonized II
ID wOrkingmen of the country durin
10 this entire session of Congress, and
E. they do not hear from it at the con
III ing elections it will be strange indee'
II The employees of the Governmel
l' printing Office are threatening
le make trouble because an amendmel
u providing for the erection of a ne
'e building for that establishment w
W stricken out in the House. The nee
* of this new building is conceded /
III all, but it is refused in order to enab
So the republicans to pose as econ
p mists.
CT Senator Morrill,, who has go1
Ht away ill, is not in favor Of reciprocit
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