Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-02-06
the roll can the speaker announced that a

| the roll call the speaker announced that a
| Quorum N was present, and declared the journal
adopted.
Mr.. Springer appealed from the decision,
, but the speaker refused TO recognize him, and
shortly afterwards told him to take his seat,
which request WIS refused, the gentleman
| from Illinois claiming that there were no rules
| to make him take his seat.
| Mr.. Mckinley continued his remarks and
claimed that the speaker was justified IN his
/ action.
MIR. Butterworth said that the speakers de-
| eision was departure from the practice
| which had been tolerated for half century.
He dissented from the proposition adva lced
| by some of the minority members that a Inem-
Der must answer to himself and cen 'tituents
alone whether he would vote and discharge
his duties here or not.
Finally motion to lay the appeal from the
| speakers decision on the table was carried,
house adjourned.
| observed in the hoIse yesterday on the day
| previous. A lively tilt took place between the
| speaker and Mr.. Springer, the latter claiming
that there were No rules in the house, while
| the former said that parliamentary rules gov
erned the casa motion to adjourn. Tie roll
call proceeded with and resulted in 100 yeas
and no nays. The speaker counted in suffi-
| voting, to make up quorum.
Mr.. Crisp entered protest and tried to ap-
peal from the decision of the chair, but the
| speaker refused to entertain the appeal. Mr..
Crisp denied the right of the chair to class his
| motion as a dilatory motion.
Mr.. Dalzell then took the floor and began to
present the views of the majority of tie cleo
| ton committee on the contested election case
| of Smith against jackson. The Democrats
showed disposition on the start to interrupt
| the speaker. but Mr.. Crisp rose, and address
| ing his Democratic colleagues, said that the
| election case had been taken up against their
protest, but it was up and they should give 1t a
quiet hearing so that they might pass upon it
| intelligently. This advice was acted upon and
| MIR. Dalzell continued his argument. When
he finished the house adjourned.
| WARRINGTON, Feb. 4.-In the senate yes
| terday. Immediately after the reading of the
| journal, Mr.. Cameron feelingly announced
| the recent Affections in the families of the
| secretary of state and the secretary of the
navy and moved an adjournment, which was
unanimously agreed to, and the senate at once
| adjourned.
In the house of representatives little busi-
ness was done, except to seat Smith by a vote
| of 166 to 0. He was sworn in and took his seat.
| Mr.. O'Ferroll of Alabama. Mr.. Greenhalge OF
Massachusetts. Mr.. Outwaite of Ohio and Mr..
| Wilson of West Virginia spoke in opposition to
| the seating of Smith. Mr.. Wilson spoke
with the utmost good nature and
ELECTED much applause. He said that when
| the speaker had entered the chair he had
hoped that he would make a great and honor
| able speaker and leave great name behind
| him. In his fatal blindness he had supposed
| that chastity was no more the virtue of a
woman than impartiality was the virtue of a
| speaker, and that whatever graces she pos
| sessed, whatever accomplishments she might
| be endowed with, lacking that she fell from
| the estimation of man.
He had also supposed that the rules built up
| by the experience of the past were almost the
sole bulwark to protect the treasury of the
United States, to stop the spoilation
| of the people and obstruct the schemes
| that came on by the cart load. But this
had been when he had sat in darkness and ig-
norance, and before he had learned the i'm
mense advantage of general parliamentary
| law. Uaughter.) He could now tell what
parliamentary law was. The essential was
| that each ruling of the speaker should be pla-
carded in advance as theatrical bills were, as
the First and only appearance" NaughterD
1t seemed that general parliamentary law had
| made II possible, not only for one-eyed man
| to be speaker, but for him to be at an advan-
| tage, especially If the blind eye happened to
| be towards the side of the house where the
| minority sat.