Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-20
REED CALLED DOWN.
Continued from First Page.
Haven. Kelly. Kerr (Iowa), Lind, Morrow
and Townsend (Colorado).
DEMOCRATIC CHEERS. .

corrected by striking thereform this entry.
t tne democratic party would give the people
MUSINGS the people would ask the Republicans
why, when they we're sent here as the friends
OF silver, they voted to the death to prevent
th .he efonss,nmmation of the peoples wishes and
tne 1ulnllment of their promises.
~ reference to remark by Mr.. Butter
@orth that the Chair was always right, Mr..
LISP, dlsclaiming any discourtesy. drew a
slmlle between the remark and that of the
Hindoo who approached his hideous god, say
ing: i know that he is ugly, but feel that he
Is Is great" The Speaker Joined in the hearty
laughter that followed, and caused anotner
outburst by remarking dryly: The Char
hopes that personal matters will not be intro
duced in this discussion"
Mr. Burrows, of Michigan. addressed himself
to an analysis of rule "a. holding that under It,
1t was the plain duty of the Speaker to refer
any House bill with Senate amendments (car-
rying appropriatiors). to the appropriate com
mittee. Mr.. Mills, of Texas said that the
point that he had made was that under existing
rules the silver bill remained upon the
Speakers table TO be disposed of as the House,
and not the Speaker, should determine. His
resolution did not state that something had
been done enormously, and that therefore 1t
had not been done at all. 1t declared that the
Speaker had done what the House alone had
the power to do.
ILLEGAL AND VOID.
Mr.. Breckinridge, of Kentucky. argued that
II the Speaker went beyond the scope of his
authority in his reference of the bill, his action
was not erroneous but illegal and void. The
action of the Speaker had no validity unless
the House gave it validity. II the pending
the bill would be the act of the House, not of
the Speaker. He who voted to sustain the
reference would vote to give it validity.
Inc speaker, in rendering his decision. said
tnat he desired members of the House to divest
themselves of the idea that any unusual pro-
ceedure had taken place in connection with
TINS bill. The reference of bills of this kind
and In this way had been a daily occurrence
since the adoption of the present rules.
Ihe Chair desired also that the House should
know that this particular transaction did not
take place in corner. In the regular course
OF business the Journal Clerk had Informed the
Speaker that among the list of bills to be re-
ferred under the rules to appropriate commit
tees was the silver bill with Senate amend
ments. The Speaker had been asked whether
he had any particular direction to make in re-
gard to 1t. Knowing the bill to be one of grave
public Importance and anxious that he should
have all possible light on the subject the Chair
had consulted the Democratic members OF the
Committee On Rules, (Messrs. Blount and Nc
Millin), and the gentlemen from Missouri and
Illinois (Messrs. Bland and SpriDger). not for
the purpose OF throwing any responsibility
upon them, but in order that he might benefit
by any light they might be able to give.
REED GIVES THE REASONS.
After conversing with those gentlemen, IL had
seemed clear to the Chair that the rules of the
House covered the question. and that his duty
was to treat the bill as he would treat any other
measure. Accordingly the clerk was not di-
rected to make any change in regard to the
reference. The House must bear In mind that
this was not question of politics or currency.
1t was question of parliamentary law, and
on the decision of the House depended the
carrying out of the system of rules the House
had adopted. If not satisfied with the refer
ence directed by the Sneaker under the present
system of rules, the House could change the
reference. Did this bill contain provisions
which under the rules ought to be considered
in committee of the whole? There was a pro-
vision in the original House bill by which GER
tain bullion was to be purchased and certifi-
Gates issued there.
The Senate amendment was an amendment
for free coinage, and for this an appropriation
was made. II anything was clear in parlia-
mentary law, 1t was that this bill was one of
those which would be properly considered in
committee of the whole, and this being so, it
was the obvious duty of the Chair to refer ir in
the same manner in which hundreds and thou
sands OF bills had been referred curing the
present session.
THE SPEAKER EMBARRASSED.
The point of order raised by the gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. Cannon) put the Chair in an
position, because the proposed
action OF the House was declaration that an
error had been made in parliamentary law. 1t
was proposed to erase from the journal ques-
tion of fact. While the Chair might have some
doubt about the point of order. he felt that it
was question the House ought to determine.
He would, therefore, overrule the point of
order, and submit the question to the House.
Mr.. Cannon moved to table Mr.. Mills resolu-
tion. On standing vote this was carried-1Z0
to ITO. Mr.. Morrow California, Mr.. Bartine,
Nevada, and Mr.. Townsend, Colorado, voted
with the Democrats. They stood in a little
a
and were overlooked by the Speaker in his first
count, but Mr.. Morrow called attention to the
omission and it was rectified.
On vote by tellers the motion to table was
lost-yeas, lis; nays, 173. The question then
required on MIR. Mills resolution and it was
agreed to-yeas. III: nays III. At the con-
clusion of the roll call, the vote stood: Yeas,
119; nays, H. A change of one vote would be
to defeat the resolution by tie
vote, and that change was made by Mr.. Funs-
ton. of Kansas, amid the derisive ieers of the
Democrats.
TWO ADDITIONAL VOTES.
This left the vote: Yeas, lis; nays. lis But
the change proved unayailing. Mr.. Alb
bott, of Texas, and Mr.. Bullock, of Florida
(whose names were not recorded). stated that
they had voted in the affirmative. and the
Speaker accepted their statement; the vote
stood: Yeas, 12O: nays lis. Theu Mr.. McKin-
ley arose, and. amid Democratic laughter,
was finally announced: Yeas III; nays III.
Mr.. Mckinley was then recognized to move a
and also to move an adjourn
ment Mr.. Mills managed to sandwich in
motion to lay the motion to reconsider on the
table.
On the motion to lay the Mills resolution on
the table the following Republicans voted with
the Democrats in the negative: Messrs. Bar
tine, Carter, Dehaven, Ewart, Kelley, Morrow
and Townsend, of Colorado. On the resolution
itself Mr.. Ewart did not vote. The other gen.
tlemen mentioned voted with the Democrats in
the affirmative. Mr.. Mckinley also voted in
the affirmative but only for the purpose OF
moving a reconsideration.
ANOTHER CLOSE VOTE.
The motion to adjourn was lost: Yeas, 119;
nays, 10 The vote recurring on Mr.. Mills
motion to table the motion to reconsider 1t was
agreed to: Yeas III; nays, ia. Mr.. Mills then
moved the approval of the journal as
amended, asking to withdraw the preamble
which recites that the order Of reference made
by the Speaker referring the Silver bill to the
Committee on Coinage Weights and Measures
was incorrect under the rules of the House
md done without authority under said rules.
Mr. Mckinley objected and the question re-
,urred on the adoption of the preamble-yeas
IO9; nays, III. Republican applause.l Mr.
Springer moved the approval of the journal
amended, pending which, on motion of Mr.
Mckinley, the b ouse at o'clock adjourned,
GOODS ON INSTALLMENT.
An Important Philadelphia Decision Affect.
ing Purchaser md seller.