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bridge across the Tennessee river at Knox.
vile, Tenn.

bridge across the Tennessee river at Knox
vile, Tenn.
On motion Of Mr. Lester (Ga) bill was
passed authorizing the construction of a bridge
across the Altamaha river Ga.
On motion OF Mr.. Rockwell (Iass) Senate
oiii was passed constituting Springfield, Mass,
a port OF delivery
On motion Of Mr. Carter Niont) Senate
amendments were concurred in to the House
bill authorizing the Secretary OF the Interior
to submit proposal for the sale Of the western
part OF the Crow Indian reservation in Mon
tana.
THE ENLoE RESOLUTION.
The House then proceeded to the considcra-
ton Of the Enloe resolution relative to the
Kennedy speech. The resolution is as follows:
Resolved That the clerk of the House OF
representatives be, and heis hereby,
directed to communicate to the Senate
the fact that the House reprobates
and condemns the unparliamentary Ian
guago Of lion. Robert p. kennedy, Repre-
sentative from the state of Ohio. published in
the Congressional Record of September IA,
1890, purportng to be a speech delivered on
the floor of the House September s. 1898. in
which revised and amended speech he repeats
his impeachment Of the honesty of Senators
individually and of the Senators a body.
The pending question was on the point Of
order raised against the resolution by Mr..
Grosvenor Of Ohio.
THE BRooKs-sCMNER EPISODE REcALLED.
Mr.. Blount (Ga.), in arguing the point of
order, recalled the Brooks-Sumner episode and
cited the action of the House in that case. The
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kennedy had been
SO indignant Mt the action of a certain Senator
that he had proceeded to denounce him in Wig
orous language. The Senator had been de-
bounced as q felon and a traitor.
He had been charged with colleaguing with
another Senator to betray an obligation he
owed to the country. Whenever q member Of
| this body arraigned a Senator a felon and a
traitor by reason Of his conduct in regard
to legislation there could be no ques-
ton but that the character of the House
was assailed If there was any question about
it here the public interest manifested through
out the country showed the public conception
of the attitude of the gentleman from Ohio and
not here to vindicatc tho character
of the Senator from Pennsylvania.
He was not here to investigate
whether or not the charges made by the gen.
tleman from Ohio were true not These
were matters with which no member
had anything to do, but the question
of the character and dignity of the
House was one with which members
had something to do and for which the people
would hold them to a rigid responsibility.
Here was a case where a member of the other
body was deliberately. carefully and soemnly
denounced for his public conduct in the Senate
DEVICE TO ESCAPE RESPONSIBILITY
Would it be said that the gentleman had
spoken of the chairman of the republican
national committee? What had the chairman
| of the republican national committee to do with
the Senate chamber? The gentleman had re-
ferred to the Senator from Pennsylvania and
the designation of him as the chairman of the re-
publican national committee was merely de-
vice to escape responsibility. The Speaker. in
1ariv 1icioi hat tl,aro bo
no doubt that the legislative pro-
ceedings o. the two coordinate branches
of the legislature would be very much i'm
peded il improper reflections were allowed by
the members of the one BODY upon the mem
bers of the other. This 30 plain so we'll
established. that it seemed unnecessary to say
a word in regard to it. 1t founded
on that principle which caused members of
| the House to speak OF each other by a phrase
| rather than by name. 1t intended. as far
legislation, and the chair very
INglad, not only for tho advantage
OF the relations between the House and the
Senate, bu: for the advantage Of the relation
tion should be passed upon in such manner
as would make An impression upon all. The
chair therefore ovcrruled the point of order.
PROPOSING REFERENCE.
Mr.. Bayne Pa) offered a resolution re-
ferring the Enloe resolution, together with Mr..
kennedy's speech, to the committee on
judiciary with instructions to that committee
to examine the speech and the rules and
practice regulating debates and report its
findings to the House within three days.
Mr.. Enloe thought there was no occasion for
sending the resolution to any committee. The
facts we're before the House and there was no
judicial question involved.
Mr.. McMillin Tenn thought that the House
should purge its record Of such calumny as was
Ohio There was but one thing tor the House
to do.
1t could not censure the gentleman; it could
not expel him, and it could not afford to let
its Record be encumbered with vile calum-
nies. lie (Mr. McMillin) was not here 10
tackled. He was not here 10 say
whether the charges against the Senator were
true or false. The question was whether the
rules of the House should be observed. Re-
ferring to recent disorderly scenes on the
f1our OF the House he said that he spoke of
them with blushing and in shame. Language
had been used which he would not repeat here
or elsewhere. and the scenes had
eliminated in fist fight. Was this thing to
have no end? Was the House to be converted
into bear garden? Was the pugilist and not
the statesman to be in chief requisition?
For one. he thought that the House should
act and act now.
Mr. Dalzell (Pa) said that tho speech
''S 6Sh'o"oh hto" oiiio aau bSch
delivered while an election case
had been under consideration. The floor had
been accorded him on consideration that he
speak after the usual time for ad-
journment. This accounted for the
fact that there were Pennsylvania
members present. Upon reading the report of
the speech in the press dispatches. the Penn
sylvania delegation had drawn up a
resolution substantially similar to that
offered by the gentleman from Tennessee;
but il had arrived at the conclusion that such
resolution would not be in order
without citation Of the Ian
guage complained of. The delegation
had thereupon decided that the resolution
could not be offered until the speech was
printed in the Record
CAPITOL GLEANINGS.