New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-25
KENNEDI'S SPEECH EXCLUDED.
NOT TO HAVE PLACE IN THE PERMANENT
RECORD OF CONGRESS

THE VOTE IN THE HOUSE $50 TO 3o-MR. KEN.
SEDY's ARGUMENT IN HIS OWN BEHALF.
Washington. Sent c4-In the House today Mr.
Stewart from the Committee judiciary, reported
the following resolution:
The House doemng it high duty that The utmost
law and prcrcdcnt should mark the mutual .ya:io,
Of the two houses Of Congress, doS nerDH rSP d hv
the Hon Robert r. Kennedy. Representative from from
the state OF Ohio in III speech Gc ,rs on . and
published in The Congressional Record OF september
is. 1900; and considering 1t impractcsSiI 70 ~par nc
the unparlamCntary portion Of said speech from sue
parts thereof may be parliamentary therefore, he "
Resolved Tha. the Public Printer be directed TO
exclude from the pernanent CHgcu''IH Snnedv IN
the first resolution mentioned
Mr. Kennedy asked to be heard in his own behalf Al
first there disposition shown to refuse him THIS re
quest. but finally tn, floor was accorded him ior twenty
minutes Mr.. Kennedy said that he had asked 'ho
Committee on the Judiciary either to let his speerh ap
pear full in The Record or to strike II out en-
tirely. He willing to stand before the people OF
America on that speech. believing that the people OF
this country in their first judgment and In their SOBER
second judgment, would approve the words he haa
uttered. lie had heard from the country II had
been charged by few persons that he had given ala
and comfort 10 the Democratic party. what were
the indications that he had done so' lie held in his
hand clippings from newspapers throughout all
America and in all that list there was not one single
Democratic paper which had approved his Apceci
But there hundreds aud hundreds oil 'hppi-S
from Republican papers. and. with one or Nv" eAccp
TONS they approved his words lie also held IN Ms
hand letters every part of the land ihdorshe 'o
word, letter and spirit Of hi speech
The party TO which he belonged had pledged ITSELF
in Its platform and dnring tie campaign TO perform
certain duties and fulhl certain promises one Oh
those pledges, he said the first and greatest pledge
was that tho Republican party would put on TIE sta's
books of the land a law for the protection OF every
citizen high low. rich or poor. White or ba'R' SD
that he could 81 - the ballot box deposit his v"'e
and have il comn;ci. because his party h'
failed 10 do that lie had stood upon ms II o.
aud spoken If broken pledges and br zen pio"''>
II was no; the fut of tie House thai the cd 'c> nan
not bccn r.orrncd ard re had riSht 10 sly This hero
and elsewhere IL fr ia: re WAS =" l." judg d. 'hch
he vas rrlGy 10 b" judged by !h- assembly ana d.
ic people # the coun;ry. lie had made >lc'ch" on
tb, foI. which had sunk I'M" Thc Ecc0Id a. Id'"
drops AM. the ocean. ana "e'e ">' iitN'i'
l,ut hc lad al lca>t made one ~pcth on I'M u "
ihs, ne l..op!c had head. TIE i"u,c m:hl bit II
frt, Tho RccD:1i~ and weep II FRI M c\iNt"h'"' p''
it coali 1T hot il from Il" Ir'h'Lcd g ''"l' -
rf,n,oDo,O ucopl' ( America. Otii"!> night 80
IT,. pauat> of ,hc powerful aud the great b"' d.
tof him Mr.. k"mn"dyi, liz w"uld b" content "
stand Iy tie 'lic 81 the riiih P'"Pi'
oho,n ,lr,haM Lincoln had o"cd. Others might
,oek the acclaim Of the highbOrn. the titled ana
81. :i.h tu; a. nr him. h would he content with the
.car, and tne crstt;d, and the blessing OF the poor
ne low IL aud ia" oppressed. (\pplaiN" on Tie IL vi
ard in the galleries.
NJ ,ll"n. pi M.,.S'pp ioT iilrlv suggested tha'
twenty rinntc> c granted Mr.. Kennedy T. AK Tor
tie >n,tc.
NJ. stewart aid that h was much en''an'ci D.
tjo cloou,nc, If the ccntcnan from Ohio. Ent the
eancmln hal not u:t-"'. one word touching 'he real
unc>tion. NOBODY .,iond t,r Gcntl'man'' fdchtv
t. the prime r ~ ibrrty. aud nobody challenged ''"
r corI h h .d made IN defence % 'ha piliniFc. INC
a.c>iioa WA whcthCr not the speech. wtfh was III
.pi.i; and substance a bitter and savage arrag'mcni
hi tic coori.n,t.. branch violation Of narli l.
nc tary law AID the privileges OF the House. Tia
wa the only question.
In :csponS" {, question BY Mr. Bonfeiie o: MANIC
Mr. stewart sid that II prop led 20 cXInnSe I'M
ea;r, speech; which called forth the ret II 'tinih Mr
ECu ell. that in eXpdn:inS The eAinc speech th
Gentleman eXpuneing part Of the Republican plat
form
Mr. stewart then demanded the previous question
dcsp.,e Mr. I;outcie> protest that the House COu
not afford 10 have gaS Law.
The previous question O;dcrcf-vcas. 141 NAYS
Co.
Mr.. Stribc. OF Iowa. endeavo:cd in vain 70 sc"nr
action on a substitute declaring thai the House r.
crcts and disapproves much of the speech OF IN
Hon. Robcrt l.. Kennedy. Representative from tn
state o! Ohio delivered in the Jlo.se september "
,aoO AND nr,n,ct in The Record, Of september ID
o"t u. ~ nnsr r"osc,. un,, t,,e scn.,n nt IN
United states member thereof in his o'iicia
capacity. The substitute was not read the previol
'"F""''
question having been ordered
The resolution then adopted-yeas 100, nays &c
The following is the vote in detail:
Ycas-Messrs Adams. Allen, Of Michigan: Allen. {
Mississippi; Anderson. of Mssisippi Andrew Athir
son. of Pennsylvania Banks. Bartinc, Barwig' bayn'
Beckwith Beiknap. Bergen. Bingham. Blount, Boatnc
brewer. BTooksh;rc, Brosus bullock. Caldwell Can'
ler OF Massachusetts; Cannon Carter. Caruh Caswel