The Washington critic., 1890-05-19
BYNUM AND BAYNE.
A Partisan House Censures the Former
for Defending Himself.


for Defending Himself.
Representative William d. Bynum Of
Indiana was on last Saturday night, by
vote of 1876 to 1903, called to the bar OF
the House and then censured by the
Speaker. 1t was the closing scene OF
what had been a day of excitement.
1t grew out of the reading in the House
and the printing in the Record, by Mr..
Bayne of Pennsylvania, letter from
James Campbell, president of the Ma
tional Glass Blowers Alliance. The
trouble has been pending for some days.
The substance of the charge is that dur.
ing the pending of the Mills bill in the
last House, Mr.. Campbell had an inter
view with Messrs. Bynum and Wilson
CIV. Va.), in which, as Mr.. Campbell
subsequently charged, these gentlemen
had declared that $15 month was
enough for any glass blower. This
charge was promptly stigmatized as
false and Campbell as liar and per-
iurer. The Campbell letter, which Mr..
Bayne fathered by having 1t printed in
the Record, is coarsely abusive and nat
urally drew from Mr. Bynum a stinging
retort. The language, which was OBJ
jected to as unparliamentary and which
was taken down in Committee of the
Whole and reported TO the House, was
as follows:
Since the gentleman from Pennsylvania
constituted himself the sewer through
which this attack of Campbell made It's
way into the record
Here Mr.. Cheadle of Indiana made the
point of order that the language was out
Of order
The hair thought that the word ''sewer''
in this connection was hardly plrlia-
mentary.
| Mr.. Bynum-I withdraw it, then, and
| say "conduit pipe" Since the gentleman
from Pennsylvania is the medium through
which the statement of Campbell found its
way into the Record; since the Chair has
| said that the way citizen who may feel
aggrieved can get into the Record is by the
| Endorsement Of a member of the House,
have simply to say that did the other
day, knowing full well the meaning of the
words, and that / was responsible for them,
| denounce Mr.. Campbell as liar and per.
| jurer Iwant to say now that accept and
am willing to believe that / have as great
confidence in the character Of Mr.. Camp
bell as have in the character of the gen
tleman who makes this attack upon me.
| On motion of Mr.. Cutcheon these
works were reported to the House, ant
after long, confused and acrimonious
debate, the following resolutions wert
adopted:
ReSOlved, That the member from Indiana
Mr.. William d. Bynum, in the languag,
used by him in Committee of the Whole ant
taken down and reported to the House ant
read at the Clerks desk, has been guilty o
violation OF the rules and privileges o
the House and merits the censure of tn
House for the same:
Resolved, That the said William d
Bynum be now brought to the bar of tn
House by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and ther
the censure of the House be administers
by the Speaker.
Mr. Bynum, leaning on Mr.. Holman
arm, then appeared at the bar of tn
House, accompanied by all the Demo
Gratis who could find room about him
The Democratic members refused to b
seated. The Speaker then said
The House of Representatives perceive
that it is impossible for the chair to enforc
order, on account of the action of certai
members. The chair will therefore procee
to do Its duty under the present conditio
Of disorder.
Mr.. William ID. Bynum, you are arraigne
at the bar of the House Tor having tran
gressed its rules by your remarks. For tn
offense the House desires that you shoul
be censured at its bar. In the name of I'll
House, therefore, pronounce upon yo
, its censure. The Sergeant alarms wi
now release you.
] Mr. Bynum replied amid Democrat
applause:
+ Under such circumstances / accept u
censure of the House as a decoration
/ honor. democratic applause.]
| This remark was not thorough
understood at the time, or the contel
tion would probably have been pr,
] longed, AS it was, 1890 saw the en-
| of This exciting enisOde