St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-22
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terms After the Gar.

terms After the Gear.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-The house
spent greater part ofsthe day Debating
a decision of the speaker, which was
finally sustained. Yesterday Mr..
Bland, of Missouri, moved that the
house adjourn, and on a division the
speaker declared the motion lost MIR.
Bland therefore demanded tellerS. and.
according to the Record this morning,
the speaker replied: "There is no pro-
vision for tellers." No record of this
appearing in the journal this morning,
Mr.. Bland moved to have the Journal
amended accordingly. The speaker
stated that he was informed that such
details were not inserted in the Journals.
Mr.. Bland's motion to amend was sub
mitttd, and OH a division the motion
was declared lost by vote of SS to 95.
Mr.. Bland demanded tellprs. The
speaker Inquired of Mr.. Bland whether
he had discovered any ground why tell
erS should be appointed. Mr.. Bland
said his demand was made under the
general practice OF the house. The
speaker declined to entertain the de-
mand for tellers, and Mr.. Bland ap-
praled from the decision of the chair.
MIR. Mills, of Texas said that vote by
tellerS was as much a part of the parlia-
mentary law as motion to adjourn. 1t
was the only vote by which the house
COULD CORRECT A DECISION
of the speaker, and if the house did not
have right to this vote the sGeaker be-
came a cZar. MIR. Cannon said he knew
of no rule authorizing tellers. a de-
mand for yeas and nays was constitu-
i0nal right, but a demand for tellers
was not. Mr.. Hayne, of Pennsylvania,
upheld the decision of the chair. Mr..
Breckenridge. of Arkansas, said that
under the ruling the house would be at
the mercy of the speaker. MIR. Nc
Mlllln, OF Tennessee, said that the pres
sent occupant of the chair had himself
held that the right existed to have
tellers to determine whether the
speaker was accurate in his count.
On previous occasion Mr.. Bland had
demanded tellers, and the speaker had
appointed them. Why should the house
have one code of rules one day and an
other code another? Mr.. Bl0unt. of
Georgia, said he would uphold the
rights of the minority, and that those
who would trample on those rights must
take the responsibility. The debate
was continued by Messrs. Gear, of Iowa,
Crisp, of Georgia. Perkins. of Kansas,
Cutcheon, of Michigan, and Carlisle,
of Kentucky. Mr.. Carlisle held that
the parliamentary law must be con-
strued in relation to its notifications by
the rules of former congresses. 1t has
been held from time immemorial i'm
English speaking legislative assemblies
that no presiding officer could make an
absolute, final decision to bind the body
oyer which he presided. In submitting
the question, the speaker stated that he
could hot see how the rules of the last
house could govern the present
house indirectly. The fact that
they had been made as rules
showed clearly the necessity of special
enactment. The United States, he
said, is filled with people unusually de.
voted to public meetings. These meet
lngs were governed by principles which
had been acted upon until they had be-
come a well-defined parliamentary law,
That there was no arbitrary control of
the house by the chair was shown by
the fact that at the moment an appeal
from the decision Of the chair was
pending. The chair had no
OBJECTION TO ORDERING TELLERs,
but 1t was not a question of personal
preference; it was question of right.
AS to the possibility of the speaker
making false count, which the tie Hers
could rectify. rule of the last house
provided that one-fifth of Quorum
must demand tellers and the speaker
must count that one-fifth. Ultimately.
therefore, the speaker was the counting
officer. Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois. moved
to lav the appeal on the table. Mr.. Mills,
of Texas, raised the point of order that
parliamentary law recognized no such
motion. The point was oyerruled, and
MIR. Canuon's motion was agreed to.
Yeas, 149: nays, 1876. Mr.. BANDS mo-
ton to amend the journal was then lost.
Yeas, 130; nays, 40. The journal was
then approved. The worlds fair COM
mittee was granted permission to sit