The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-25
A VERY MILD CENSURE.
,5vnys sPEECH STRICKEN
FROM THE RECORD.

~. 0efands His Attack on Quay, and
C,ai,os that he is Indorsed by Re-
.,,bl,cans Throughout the Country
- House Adopts a Perfunctory
resolution of DisapprovaL
w.surSeroN. Sept. 2A-In the House
..;. n,orning the desk of Langston was
at,,solv decorated with flowers.
.GIler Of South Carolina, yesterday de-
-,arod elected as representative from the
Sarortb South Carolina district, appeared
- the bar of the House and took the oath
of office.
Mr. Hit OF Illinois, from the committee
or foreign affairs, reported the resolution
oollin0 ON the President for information
raIo+ive to the killing of Gen. Barrundia.
Mr McCreary of Kentucky strenuously
10 rcd the resolution. The killing of
- Rarrupdia by Guatemalan authorities
" +be limited States vessel Acapulco had at
ltd wide attention, both here and
ah-oad pnblic indignation had increased as
az fects Of the killing became known, and
nnb1ic sentiment demanded that there
should be a thorough investigation or the
killing OF a man on an American vessel and
,,ndeTt the flag of the United States. There
t-as u.ae, no law which permitted Minister Mig
nor N advise. or suggest to the captain of
tEa Acapulco that it was his place to give
M his passengers.
HAD VIOLATED PRECEDENT.
Wban the minister did that he had vio-
Io+ed nrecedent and law. The deck OF an
American vessel was the territory of the
11nited States. He (Mr. McCreary) had
, ofFered this resolution because he believed
thar the United States minister had not
done his duty, and that the officers of the
limited States war vessels had not done
their duty. Americans owed it to them
selves and to their flag to investigate the
matter. Where was our boasted vigorous
American policys Mr.. Hit, said he
behaved that every member of the House
wasin accord with regard to the propriety of
sdopting the resolution. He wished to
know ali the facts in reference to the mat
fer and he was advised that the state de-
rartment would send the information
promDtlv. He instanced the case of Gomez,
the poitical fugitive on the same line of
steamers. When the government of
Nicaragua attempted to arrest him, the
captain, by consular advice. had refused TO
deliver him up; Secretary Bsyard mad sent
dispatch stating that it had been the plain
duty of the captain to deliver Gomez to the
local authorities.
The resolution was adopted.
KENNEDY MILDLY CONDEMNED.
Mr.. Stewart of Vermont, from the COM
mittee on the judiciary reported the follow
Ing resolution:
The House, deeming it high duty that the
utmost courtesy and decorum demanded by
parliamentary law and precedent should mark
the mutual relations of the two Houses of con-
gress, does hereby express its disapproval Of
the supplementary language used by Hon.
Robert P Kennedy, representative from
the state of Ohio, in his
speech delivered on the floor of the House on
sept. 3, 1890 and published in the Congressional
Record Of Sept IA, 1890; and considering 1t i'm
practicable to separate the unparliamentary
portion Of said speech from such parts thereof
as may be parliamentary, therefore be it
further
Re,oIUed, That the public printer be directed
TO exclude from the permanent Congressional
Record the entire speech of Hon. r. p. Ken
nedy.
DEFENDING HIS SPEECH.
Mr. Kennedy requested to be heard in his
own behalf. At first there was disposition
shown to refuse him this request, but after
Mr. Oates of Alabama said that while he
concurred in the report, he thought the gen
tlsman should be heard, and after Mr..
Boutelle declared that it would be an out
rage TO deny him his request, MIR. Kennedy
was accorded the floor for twenty minutes.
Mr.. Kennedy said that he had asked the
committee on judiciary either to let his
speech appear in the Record entire or TO
SFlke 1t out entire. He was willing to stand
0IAa the people of America on that speech,
believing the people of this county, in their
ITS Judgment aud in their sober second
JulgEent would approve the words he had
uttered. referring to portions of tue speech
GGelVered in Philadelphia last nigh5 by
Speaker Reed, In which the speaker spoke
VI Ine house as being the representative
Dody OF the people, he said that he knew of
Ho parliamentary body in the land that
nGspTfsentei the people of the United
o@tes SO fully, SO completely,
ala 50 entirely as the body to which he be-
Iolsed. If the people Of the United States
SeFe not to be heard on this floor, on what
HOUr could they be hearda
DEMOCRATIC DysAPPRovAL
ne mad heard from the country. 1t had
oen charged by few persons that he had
given aid and comfort to the Democratic
Pai3' what were the Indications that he
t nau done 50? He held in his hand clippings
irom II IN newspapers throughout America, and
Sa,el A. oil tnat list there was not one single
SslocFatic paper which had approved his
Eoech But there were hundreds and hun
srG sreus l oI clippings from republican papers,
T- ~ WIN one or two exceptions they ap-
LIVED n.9 MS words. He also held in his hand
y.ysiS Wa;IS rom every section Of the land, from
orI. ,G.ne 70 California, and from the lakes to
6fi 81 tlnaorsing the words, letter and spirit
e.. ms speech. He was willing to
oon oSaiu before the people of the
TIFy and wait for their Endorsement.
NH ao party to which he belonged had pledged
raia. 'It III us platform and during the ca M
cors ca.sn 10 perform certain duties and fu It'll
SoiS IAN promises. One of these pledges, he
tbst' lhe ilrst and greatest pledge-was
tba stl tue republican party would put on
n-o,"~tGle o'atGle books of the land law for the
.ectloh nv vSoh OF every citizen, high or low, rich
n -" gooi' Wnlte or black, so that he could 60
Ecounted. ~ f'''' '-' 'o'0 ''A'1 nav
,. FAILED TO REDEEM IT'S PLEDGES.
nat was because his party had failed to do
Totor ouat he had stood upon this floor and
prorIl. paVn Oh broken pledges and broken
5lsdrrSeS' This House had performed its
ns 80, 81, ahd, as the speaker said in Maine
uror';.er G.uer day, it had redeemed every
inlt os 70 the people. It was not the
ban III VI Tue House that the pledges mad not
nis ieueemed, and he had right to say
IA bo ana elsewhere If for that he was
i1d5as Judged, then he was ready to be
by tb oy this assembly and
he hn1 a1e people Of the country.
bsd - ~" made speeches on this floor which
hto IInA tba into the record as raindrops sank
be bsd ie ocean, and were lost forever. But
that A. az least made one speech on this floor
night be hfs people had heard The House
# nv In on,C DioC 1t from the record, and keep it
the n4Ii,conce, but it could not blot it from