Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-05
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THE FIFTY-FInsr CoNcnEss.

THE FIFTY-FIRsT CONGRESS. Vfndication Speeches on the Tapi
 and Take Up Much Time fin tn
 House-TariG Schedules the Orde
 or the Day in the Senate.
 WASHINGTON, D. O., Sept. An thu
 house MT. Cummings of New York, rising
 to a question of ofprivilege, protested agains his "blacklisting" by the famous Cannon
 resolution. The gentleman who had
 offered the resolution had made unjust
 imputations, and in making these imputa-
 tons he had falsified the Record and black
 listed himself. He then proceeded to
 make an attack upon Mr. Cannon, com
 parlng him to the noted Tinnville of the
 French revolution. In support of his res
 olutlon the gentleman from Illinois (Mr
 Cannon) had appealed to the Record
 The gentleman from Iowa (dr. Hen
 derson) had seconded the gentleman from
 Illinois and had used the word "sneak. D
 mere had been some sneaking done, as
 tne Record indicated. The Record showed
 that the speaker had refused to the
 house the list of names of the absentees.
 Fancy the great chairman of the great
 committee on appropriations-the suc- cessor of Samuel J. Randall-sneakinp to the clerks desk and obtaining surrepti- uousiy list of the members that had been refused to the house and upon this list paslng false accusation against fellow nemDers: Was not that an act worthy oI Ilnnvlile! He then proceeded to ar ralgn the speaker and the majority of the committee on rules. This majority com posed tr1umvirate almost as powerful as the one which sprang into life after the assassination of Julius Caesar When the house met in the morning Mark Antony recognized Lepidus or Octavius and no body else. All the legislative meat was cut and dried and distributed according to prearranged program.
 Mir. Cummings was frequentIy inter- rupted by Mr. Kerr of Iowa and Mir. Row ell of Illinois with the point of order that he was not confining himself to a question of personal privilege.
 MT. Cummings proceeded with his ar raignment of the speaker, but after ire quent interruptions asked unanimous consent to print the remainder of his remarks in the Record, but this consent was refused by Messrs. Kerr and Dunnell.
 MT. Cummings then proceeded with his | speech and at the end of an hour was | stopped by the gavel of the speaker pro | tenn. (Mr. Burrows).
 Mr. Bland of Missouri made the point of | order that in speaking to question of | privilege a gentleman was not governed by | the hour rule.
 The speaker pro tenn. overruled the point l and MT. Bland appealed
 MT. Cannon moved to lay the appeal on the table, and on this motion demanded | the previous question, but Mr. Bland pro- tod ftofh ho Id
 Amid applause on the democratic side | the speaker pro tenn. recognized Mir. Bland's right to the floor.
 MT. Bland yielded to MT. Cummings and notwithstanding @ protest from MT. Kerr the speaker pro tenn. recognized the speaker from New York, who proceeded with his speech.
 He was called to order by the speabc l pro tenn. as not speaking to the poi order. ..ed tenn
 MT. Cummings-I may be sry of the porarily, but all the maIy. 0 house cannot muzzle e1 held that it was
 MT. Bland of Msman (Mr. Cummings), not fair to the % frequently interrupted, who had beso one hour. ST 'o limit kery of Missouri regarded the 1,1
 Mr1n as one of great consequence ana - - Iygested that the ruling be withdrayn hl i'd the judgment of the house taken. b, MT. Blount of Georgia and MT. Breckin- to dge of Kentucky also took exception to e ruling, but at the conclusion of their g guments the appeal was withdrawn. b' Mir. Cannon said that so far as MT. co had referred to him he would a, y that it was the habit of some persons l that side to impute falsehoods 'o ainst members on his (Mr. W lnnon's) side. When he made a le atement of fact it was justified T., 7 the Record. Sometimes he thought at the censure of the gentleman from CT ew York was praise and his praise really pl insure. The Record of this house would gs } sufficient answer with the people to sr @ attacks that had been made, and he ap- ps ,aled to enlightened public sentiment. T
 ia apSsaaaSt tsPaa rxi!in the Ksseord He usted that the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. D ,cey) would now call up the election case cs Id that & quorum would vote. cl MT. Cummings replied that his record p ould compare favorably with that of the ol ,ntleman from Illinois. al Mir. Lacey then called up the Breckin- al dge election case. e! After some debate the case went over b nd the house at 5:30 p. m. adjourned. u
 SENATE. The presiding officer, MT. Ingalls,, an- " ounced that general debate on the tariff ? i'll had closed, with the exception of the n sservation of the day, when the final vote :, :, |, to be taken and when three hours time . , to be allowed to each side. The sugar z chedule was laid aside informally and \ schedule I, "cotton manufactures, was . aken up. i, The committee amendments were agreed All the paragraphs in schedule having cen disposed of, schedule J was taken up, elating to flax, hemp, jute and their man T fractures. . The finance committee had reported an '. to paragraph $40 reducing the 7 ate on flax not hackled or dressed from z l cents pound to SEQ ton. The com nittee's amendment was agreed to, yeas g, nays 14. Paragraph $50, relating to flax, gill-net- ing, nets, etc. was, on motion of Mir. Aid ich, amended by making the duty2 20 cents per pound and 40 per cent. ad valo- .em instead of 25 cents and B per cent
 The finance committee amendments to ,52 and subsequent paragraphs were agreed 70.
 The committee amendment to para graphs 355 and 356 were agreed to, also an offered by MT. Aldrich, from the committee, imposing on Hamburg edg- ings duty of 60 cents pound and b per cent. ad valorem.
 The next amendment was that of the finance committee to paragraph 34l. It was to reduce the duty on hackled flax from cents a pound to $40 ton. It was agreed to-yeas B, nays 16.
 On the next paragraph, 342, the finance committee reported an amendment to re- duce the duty on flax or hemp. tow from S25 to S1O a ton. The amendment was agreed to without the yeas and nays.
 The amendments reported by the finance committee to paragraph 346 as to hemp and jute carpets were agreed to.
 MT. Aldrich moved to strike out of para graph 347, relating to burlaps of flax, jute | or hemp, the words exceeding 60 inches in width, two cents per pound" Agreed to.
 The committee amendment to para graph 349, relating to bagging for cotton, reducing the duties of 1 6-1O cents and S-10 yard to 3-10 and 1 5-1O was agreed to.
 The committee amendment to paragraph 334 increasing the duty on yarn made of jute from 30 to 35 per cent. and striking out the words "sisal and manila" was read and Mir. Carlisle moved to reduce the