The sun., 1890-09-19
KTLGORE OF TEXAS KICKS.
ONE BLOW or MS moor UHLOCKS
THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE
The DooFkeeper Refused 70 Opea it at
Hts Command and He kicked II Opcn.
the Door Striking Mr.. DinGley OF MaIne
In the Face. HnAiv HrnV-tn- IVIS Nose

The noorkeeper Refused TO open n at
Hts Command and He kicked II Open.
the Door Striking Mr.. DinGley OF MaIns
Tn the Face, Badly ISrnI-iHE lEIs Nose.
WASHINGTON. Sept ls.-The Democrats have
been in an ugly mood for several weeks and DO
not hesitate 10 show their contempt OF the par
tisan and outrageous conduct OF the majority.
The action Of Mr.. Kilgore OF Texas to-day In
kicking open the door In order to get into tho
lobby during the call OF the House shows the
contempt in which tho arbitrary course OF the
Speaker is held.
The Virginia election case was the unfinished
business, but the House itself was engaged In
the technical proceeding Of trying TO approve
yesterdays journal. The Democratic mem
bers were endeavoring in every way to pre-
vent the confederation OF the election case.
and. In pursuance of this policy, almost all OF
them left the hall to break q quorum on the
question of approving the journal. A call was
ordered which brought in q number of Demo-
Gratis. and a yea and nay vote was being taken
on q motion to dispense with further proceed
inRs under the call when the Democratic men,
bers again began to decamp.
Mr.. Burrows called the attention OF tho
Speaker TO the fact and asked II the members
present could not be Obliged to remain. The
Speaker replied that the rules were intended
to secure this end He added that he did not
sec why they were not observed. Accordingly.
the assistant doorkeepe tMr. Houk) directed all
OF the doors leading into the hall to be locked.
Hardly had this been done before Representa-
tive KilRore Of Texas presented himself at the
door at the Speakers left hand and sought to
20 out into the lobby. He found that the door
was locked. and the doorkeeper in charge
tMr. Hayes) refused to unlock 1t.
Unlock that door," demanded the stalwart
Texan.
The doorkeeper moved not. whereupon Mr..
Kilgore gave q sudden and vigorous kick, and
the frail baiZe structure flew open and Mr. Kill
gore strode out He was followed In about the
same fashion by Representatives Grain OF
Texas Cummings Of New York. and Coleman
Of Louisiana. who In turn forced the lock open
without opposition from the doorkeepers. At
the moment Mr., Kilgore drove the door flying
wide open. Representative DinGley Of Maine
was approaching from the other side. The
door struck him with full force in the face,
bruising his nose badly. For time it was
feared, and 80 generally reported, that the
bone had been broken; but this was found not
TO be the case.
There is no rule bearing directly upon the
offence which the Texas member committed.
but there is no doubt that he could be pun
ished under the general rules governing the
order and conduct OF the House II the Spe aker
or any member saw fit to make an example Of
him. 1t is not likely, however. that a eensure
will be pronounced upon Mr.. Kilgore. and the
only result OF his disorderly conduct is the
bruisinR Of the Roman nose OF Representative
DinGley. 1t is not known whether he will
swear out q warrant charging Mr.. Kilgore with
assault and battery or not
Representative Coleman OF Louisiana says
that he meant no disrespect to the House or to
Speaker Reed In forcing an exit from the hall
He felt CONF elled TO leave. but upon his first
refusal by the doorkeeper he returned to his
desk. Later he saw that Representative Grain
Of Texas had no difficulty in getting out, and
believing that he was being made the victim
Of unjust treatment. MIR. Coleman made q
second application that the door be opened for
him. and receiving q second refusal. forced it
open with his knee AS soon as he had
transacted the business which called him out
he returned and took his scat again.