Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-05
May Cause Even Senator Quay to
Break bis Rule of Silence.
KENNEDY HAS KICKED UP A ROW
Which May Cause Him Much Trouble
Before it Subsidies.
DALzELL ANXIOUS FOR SOME ACTION
rrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENCE

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manuscript and read it word for word, and
the necessity for Withholding 1t for revision
is not apparent.
The fact that the speech did not make its
appearance this morning in the Record is
accepted as evidence that Kennedy knew he
had done cowardly and -unparliamentary
act, which would probably get him the GEN.
sure of the House, and was determined to
keep his speech out of the official news
paper, though he knew it would reach
every other newspaper, until the excitement
should be blown over. Not many members
| of Congress knew of the affair until this
| morning, and then among Republicans al
| most without exception, so far as their ex-
pressions could be heard, the speech was
denounced as unparalleled.
SENATOR QUAY COOL.
Senator Quay took the affsir very coolly.
He is used to it, and is never surprised to
wake up in the morning and find out that
some fellow has called him a scoundrel. He
| supposed Kennedy would be highly graft
fed By the notoriety he had gained by the
attack, but whether it should be dignifed
by attention or not was another question.
"This," said friend of Mr.. Quay's, "is
the way the Senator looks at the matter, but
he will not let this affair pass unnoticed,
can assure you of that"
The failure of the speech to appear in the
Record served to delay proceedings day.
ALI day long Republican members of the
Pennsylvania delegation gathered about the
desk of "Charlie" O'Neill, the father of the
House since the death of Judge Kelley.
They were consulting seriously and earn
estly as to what course to pursue. That q
motion would be made at some favorable
moment to e1punge the matter from the
Record seems to be foregone conclusion.
Constructively, the matter was in the
Record or would be, though it might be ire
vised" almost beyond recognition.
PROSPECT OF TROUBLE.
But how much farther to go was the point
for most serious deliberation. To expuuge
the matter from the Record would lead to q
virulent debate almost beyond doubt. It
is possible that further proceedings in the
matter may be allowed to rest for day or
two that Kennedy may have ample oppor-
tunity to print his speech.
In the Senate Chamber the feeling was
naturally even more intense than among
Senator Quay's friends in the House. It is
one of the unbending rules of the Senate
that no Senator shall make disparaging
allusion to a member of the House,
or to the House as body,
The moment q Senator shows a ten
dency to do this he is called to order BY the
presiding officer, and there is not case on
record in which Senator has been per-
mitted to proceed farther than few words
in that direction.
1t can easily be imagined therefore what
a shock Kenredy's speech gave to the Sena-
edly the most temperate and apparently the
most Indifferent in regard to the matter,
though others poured volumes of bitter alb
jurgations upon the members present while
Kennedy was speaking and upon Speaker
Pro Tenn Burrows for failing to call Ken-
nedy to order, and upon the low breeding of
the Republicans as a body who could endure
the blackguardism with scarcely protest
which has marked the deliberations of the
House at this session.
SENATORIAL ACTION.
That the Senate will take some action as
body in regard to the matter is decided
upon, but it will probably be delayed until
the speech appears in the Record as the
Senate could not we'll take cognizance of it
sooner. Just how Senator Quay will treat
the affair is not yet fully decided. He has
been consulting with his friends buslly, and
if he has reached conclusion it is locked in
his own breast.
AS for Kennedy, it can be truly said of
him that he has not gained in the estimation
of anybody by this characteristic outbreak. |
Even they who are in high glee over his at |
tack on Quay say ne is great donkey to |
have done it, and it is a general conviction |
that he was simply put forward to do piece |
of dirty work by Republicans who hate |
Quay, but who have not the courage to ex-
press their hatred openly.
The nearest approach to formal action in |
the House was made by Representative |
Dalzell. He being a member of the Com
mittee of Elections which had charge of the |
time devoted to debate, felt that he might |
be held to have understood the purpose of |
Kennedy and knowingly to have agreed |
that he should have time ior his speech.
DALzELL's POLICY.
Therefore, Mr.. DalzelI drew up resolu-
tion reciting the gross breach of courtesy
embodied in the speech in its abuse of the
Senate and Senators, and demanding that
tine speech be expunged from the Record.
This he showed to Kennedy, as is a custom
In such cases. and was told by that gentle
man that he would not be allowed to get the
floor to offer it, and if he did, it would not
be admissible unless the words of the speech
could be quoted.
Mr.. Dalzell said he would get the Ian
guage of the speech from the official steno-
grapQefS, DuL was dStOQlSQeQ TO ma tney |
did not have it. They had merely taken
the manuscript and sent it to the Govern
ment Printing Office, and had made no
notes. 1t is claimed that the only copy of
the speech outside the Government Print
ing Office is that made by reporter for the
press, who took verbatim stenographic
notes from the manuscript, but of course
they would not be accepted by Mr.. Ken
nedy or the House.
Mr.. Dalzell was, therefore, forced to de-
sist from offering his resolution, and none.
will be offered until the speech appears in
the Record, which may not be till doomsday.
SORRY HE WAS ABSENT.
Mr.. Dalzell declares that had he been On
the floor of the House when Kennedy at
tackled Quay he would have called him to
order, and explains his absence in this wav:
Lacey had charge of the
case; but consulted with him about the dis
posal of the time. Late in the afternoon
Lacey told him that both Kennedy and
Kelly wanted to speak, and he had given
the former an hour and the latter half an
hour. Mr.. Dalzell protested against this.
saying it would run the case over, they
would be antagoniEed by the River and
Harbor Committee and would not reach
vote.
Mr. Lacey then consulted with Kennedy
and Kelly, and agreed to give them an hour
between them if they would after 5 clock,
saving at the same time he would see there
was no adjournment. This plan was car
-ied out, and those who wanted an adjourn
nent at the usual time simply went home
md left Kennedy speaking to an empty
House, LIGHTNER.
The Deadlock Broken.