The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
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Question. [Renewed laughter.1 I want
now to rescind the leaves of absence. !
want to telegraph to members who are
aPsent that their place is here, and that
their leaves of absence are rescindcd,
Applause on the Republican side.l
want more than this. 1 want by this
preamble to cali attention to the record.
to tell the exact facts, nothing more or
less. Because so far rs 1 can as a
member Of this House this bill must be
voted on If can get it voted upon" !"
Renewed applause.
Mr.. Wheeler, of Alabama, said that
When the Conger committee convened
be thought all members came here as
EQUALS, but he soon found that they had
loeen making rulers over themselves.
and to-day they found new rulers
sprlnglng up to usurp powers never be-
iore exercised In any parliamentary
BODY since the world began. laugh
teri He was one of the gentlemen
named in this resolution, and he was
proud of 1t. In the course he had pur-
sued riaz4ey be had obeyed themen:vho
obey fffiiaT ffiieaT}m nere n ag9 !. ts b. onld aiwuys
the gentleman from Illinois,
Mr.. Osborne, Republican, of Pennsyl-
vania, With great show Of indigna-
tion, said that he understood his name
was on the list. He would say to the
gentleman from Illinois that in putting
his name on the list ne had been very
much in error. He had been here since
III O'Clock and had answered at every
roll-call. He had been here when the
genial gentleman from Illinois had not
been. Laughter and applause on the
Democratic side He had been here
and looked for the gentleman from Illi-
nois and had not seen him, and why the
gentleman should select him (Osborne)
was more than he could understand.
If, he continued, your record is to be
verified by this sort of thing, if there is
less truth in it than is shown by your
resolution here, e,then pity you. Laugh
ter and applause.]
Mr.. Cannon explained that the list of
names had been furnished by the clerks
and the Speaker pro TEN. (Mr Payson
explained that Mr.. Osborne's answer to
his name had not been heard on ac-
count of the confusion.)
Mr.. Osborne insisted upon having the
record corrected.
This colloquy was carried on amid
much Democratic laughter.
Mr.. Smith, of Illinois: "Is my name
reported on the black list" Laughter.l
The Speaker pro tenn "The Chair is
hoU duNlSeu Ol any SllcIl llSG.
Then for a few moments there was
great confusion in the House. Fully a
dozen members were on their feet de-
manding recognition on question of
personal privilege and their efforts to
secure such recognition were noisily
seconded by their friends.
Finally Mr.. Grain, of Texas, was re-
cognized, and he made a vigorous pro-
test against the preamble.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, interrupted
Mr.. Grain with the point of order that
MIR. Grain was not talking to q Ques-
tion of personal privileges.
Mr.. Grain turned his attention to
Henderson and said The chairman
of the committee or, Appropriations
must ba-an q sad lpliE when he re-
quires the assistance OF the able and
merry gentleman from Iowa" Laugh
Mr.. Henderson II will do what l
please"
Mr.. Grain: you cannot bulldoze
me personally or through. the chairman
of the committee on appropriations
This is nothing but petty species of
bulldozing, the object being to threaten
us In order to compel us to vote. / am
responsible to my constituents alone. |
went out OF the chamber Intentionally
to AVOID being counted as present and
not voting. l even took my hat and
umbrella away, because have heard 1t
asserted that the clerks and pages were
sent to the cloak rooms to hunt up hats
and umbrellas in order that the Speaker
might count hats and umbrellas pres
ent and not voting. Laughter had
the right to do that. have the right
to do that whenever please. ask the
chairman of the committee on appro-
priations If he did not threaten me and
another member on this side if we con-
| tinued to do what we were doing he
would see that the chamber was locked
up and we were compelled to stay here
| as prisoners.
The charge was made" continued
| Mr.. Grain, that the Democrats of the
South were depriving the negro of the
| right to vote and refusing to count his
ballot when cast, but no man in the
South had ever done, or attempted to
do, what the Speaker, backed by the
majority, had done in this House, and
that was TO count the votes of men who
| actually had not voted. 1t was to
avoid this that the men who thought
that the lard bill ought not to pass had
gone out of the chamber"
Mr.. Henderson. of Indiana "You
SIoou ny Wnlle tne Lodge Dill passed
and did not secede until the farmers
day came and then you snsaked out OF
the hall" Republican applause.l
| Mr.. Grain: 81 represent as many
farmers as you do, but they are far.
mers who produce cotton seed oil, be-
tween which and pure lard there is nc
more comparison than between heaven
and he'll" Laughter"
Mr.. Henderson "rhen put 1T on the
market as such. Don't sneak; be q
man." Republican applause.l
| Then Mr.. Turner, of New York, was
given his turn to rise to a question OF
personal privilege. He found his name
in the honorable company of the gentle
men who were named in the preamble
Even suppose the gentleman withdrew
his preamble his purpose would have
been accomplished. He had been play
ing to the press gallery, and the names
of the gentlemen mentioned would bl
found in all the papers tomorrow
From time to time Republican mem
bers called for vote, but Mr.. Turner
refused to yield the floor, announcing
that he intended to talk for at least aI
hour if his voice held out. He con