St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-18
Caesar Reed and His Friends
Try to Annihilate Con-
gresham Bynum.
A Letter Attacking His Char
aeter Is Spread Upon
the Records.
For Denouneing This Out
pageous Proceeding Mr.
Bynum Is Censuped.
The Plueky Hoosier Accepts
Republican CenSure as a
Decoration Of Honor.

Decoration Of Honor.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE house
to-day ordered a conference on the SEN
ate antitrust bill. The conference re-
ports on tie Lynn, Mass, and Hudson,
n. Y. public building bills were agreed
to. The house then went into commit
tee of the whole on the tariff bill. Mr..
Mckinley asked that the amendments
offered by the committee on ways and
means be acted upon as promptly as
possible. Mr.. Allen, of Mississippi,
created a roar of laughter by stat
ing that he had some friends from
Mississippi who were in the gallery
and desired him to talk, and that if
there was any one mau in the United
States thoroughly posted on the tariff
he was that man. He had discussed
the subject on a canal boat from SYRIA
cuse to Albany with the result already
known. He came back from that trip
and had a conference with President
Cleveland, and they agreed that the
people Ill whose interest they had made
the fight had not appreciated it,
Complaint had been made that
there was too much said in the in
terest of the farmer. Members must
be excused for talking some to
the farmer, because talk was all the
farmer got. Mr.. Allen continued in his
humorous strain and concluded by re-
citing some verses descriptive OF the
woes of the farmer. Mr.. Bayne, OF
Pennsylvania, in speaking to verbal
amendment sent to the clerks desk and
!, lnf
of Plttsburg, Pa, denying the state
ments rejecting upon his character,
made a few days ago by Mr.. Bynum, of
Indiana, and Mr.. Wilson, of West Vir-
ginia. In his letter he strongly attacks
those gentlemen and
Uses Vigorous Language
in denuncation of them. An attempt
was made to have the letter stricken
from the record, but it was unSuccess-
full. Mr.. Bynum, of Indiana, rose to a
question of personal privilege to speak
to the Campbell letter, and when the
chair expressed belief that no ques
ton of privilege was involved there was
much uproar and confusion. After half
An hour had been wasted Mr.. Bynum
got the floor and explained the cOndi-
tions under which Ire had called Camp
bell a liar and a perjurer. He con-
Guided by Teiterating this charge by
saying: 81 have as great confidence in
the character of Mr.. Campbell as have
in the character of the gentleman who
makes this attack upon me-" excite
ment and uproar). On demand of Mr.
CutcheOn the words were taken down
and reported to the house, and Mr.
CutcheOn otfereda resolution to censure
Mr.. Bynum. DlatOry motions con-
p,Doo6 a crroot 6aal Of timn hnt tho nrp-
YiOus question was ordered finally on
the resolution. Mr.. Cutcheon contended
that the gentleman from Indiana
had violated ali parliamentary usage
by making direct and per
SOnal attack upon the gentleman from
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Herbert, of Ala
bama. said the letter had only been
ruled legitimate on the idea that the
gentleman from Pennsylvania fathered
the letter, and that he was making an
attack which justified everything that
had been said by the gentleman from
Indiana. The Dr0yocation came from
the other side, and the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, of the majority, was to
go scott free, and the gentleman of the
minority was to be censured for
doing lust what he was forced to do
by the circumstances of the case.
MIR. Springer said that the majority, 10
adopting that resolution, would set a
precedent which wonld not rebound to
its benefit. Mr.. Mills, of Texas, said
that the house seemed to be determined
to supply with speed what it lacked in
Impotence. Mr.. Cannon said that, in
the absence of a withdrawal of the
offensive words by Mr.. Bynum, the duty
of the house was plain. Mr.. Mckinley
regretted the occurrence deeply, but
the only thing left for the gentleman
from Indiana to do was to say to the
house that he had
Violated Its Rules,
and that he had violated the decorum
which belonged to this parliamentary
body. MI Springer demanded divis-
ion of the resolutions, and the first res
olution. declaring that Mr.. Bynum mer-
tied the censure of the house, was
adopted, yeas 126. nays 103. The sec
ond resolution, providing for the pres
ence of Mr.. Bynum before the bar of
the house, was also adopted, yeas
1876, nays 1913 (Mr. McKenna. of
California, voting i'll the negative).
Then Mr.. Bynum. leaning on
the arm of Mr.. Holman, appeared at the
bar, accompanied by all of his Demo-
cratic associates who could find room in
the limited space. and who were loud in
their applause. The speaker obtained
order. and requested the gentlemen to
take their seats. Mr.. Springer, acting
as spokesman for his party, declined to
do so. Sergeant-at-Arms Holmes then
said: "Mr Bynum, by resolution
of the house of representatives
you are required to appear be-
fore the bar of the house to receive
the censure of that body through its
speaker" The speaker again requested
the members to take their seats, and
the Democrats again refused to comply.
The speaker then said, calmly: The
house of representatives perceiYeS that
It is impossible for the chair to enforce
order on account of certain members.
The chair will therefore proceed to do
its duty under the present condition of
disorder. William d. Byum you are ar
raIgned at the bar of the house
for having transgressed its rules
by your remarks. For this Of
Tense the house desires that you
should be censured at its bar. In the
name of the house, therefore, pro-
nounce upon you its censure. The ser
geant-at-arms will now release you.
Mr.. Bynum-Under such circumstances
accept the censure of the house as a
decoration Of honor. Democratic APP
plause. There was some disposition
manifested by the Republicans to take
umbrage at this remark; but before it
was understood perfectly the house at
1920 adjourned. Thus ended one of
the most exciting incidents of the Ses-