Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-24

signed appealed to his constituents
and was triumphantly reelected. Eight
months after the assault no died quito
suddenly of an acute inflammation OF
the throat.
Seven years passed before the house
had another very serious case to deal
with, and ii was again shown that there
was practically no mandatory law upon
the subject save the will of the majority
at the time. The case was that Of Hon.
Alexander Long, of Ohio, and Mr.. Harris,
of Maryland. The former boldly intro
duced a resolution pronouncing the war
for the Union failure and demanding
recall of the troops and recognition Of
the independence of the Confederate
states. The debate thus precipitated
was extremely bitter, and Mr. Long out
did all others in denouncing President
Lincoln and the Federal generals. The
debate on u resolution to expel Mr.. Long
extended over five days, but the reso-
luton lacked the two-thirds majority.
A vote of censure declaring him IAN un-
worthy member of the house" was
adopted by vote of 80 to 20. Mr.. Har-
ris was censured somewhat more mil dly
by vote of 02 to 1s.
Down to that date the expulsion Of u
member was scarcely thought Of, or, IL
thought of, il was only as revolution
ary or very extreme proceeding; but
events following the war made it seem
like an ordinary remedy. One member
was expelled for selling an appointment
to the naval academy, and another for
bigamy. The last named was sentenced
by the local court to term i'm the dis
trict pcnitentiary, but was pardoned by
President Grant, then returned to his
home and resumed his leadership Of his
party, apparently without loss Of pres
tige. The committee ON elections brought
In resolution to expel George Q. Cam
non, delegate from Utah, but he man
aged to retain his seat for some years
thereafter. He was, and still il, a high
official in the Mormon church, and tho
husband of four wives"
Inc 'e". congressman to be censured
was Hon Johh Young Brown, Of Ten
nessee; put 'ne ci.o oumstances were such
that the whole affair barely escaned bc.
ing farcical Gen. b r Bntler was do.
ing his best (and that Il ,,raa, daan % w. ~
nut the once noted force :,In .h,..,,o,, w.
the house, but was not partN III o.
vored by Speaker Blaine, and was mCso
thoroughly hated by the southern mem
bers. Mr.. Brown usrrated the horrible
atr9eitlsa ,Gf sa.%s., %%s.,S.o5 VINO a murdered e
men to sell thend in W 70 ile.lcai .h , COZ,
iege, and thus gave ffI!n 6fffI to the word word
"burking," as "a summary of all p3Esfs,f, ,
infamy, treachery and murder. In like
manner, he added, mankind will here
after sum up all that is cowardly in war,
cruel in peace and infamous in legisla.
ton and call it 'Butlerism." There was
fine uproar, Of course, and Mr.. Brown
was censured; but no man ever lost pres
tige in Tennessee by abusing Gen. But
Ter.
On the last night Of the Forty seventh
congress the Hon. John Van Voorhis, Of
New York state, was brought to the bar
for using this language: 1T is so out.
rageous, so damnable, that nobody but
gambler or a cutthroat would have
thought Of lacking such thing as that
to such bill AS this" He apologized
and avoided formal censure