The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-30
DEMOCRATS DISSBN?
From the Ruling Of Speaker
Reed as to a Quorum. A
A PANDEMONlUM .RElGNS.
Quiet is Finally Restored from tho
Sheer Exhaustion ofihG Perform. 4
y crs-The ,Smith.Jaekson Case y.
tN tho Cause Of Turmoil.
Special Dl,poich % he Jnt.llfotnec.,,


| WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan. 29.-Not
since the war times have such proceed
ings been enacted in the House as were
witnessed today. AS a show II sur,
passed all expectations. Such actions
by ordinary citizens would constitute d
riot. In Congress they are simply
Democratic protests against what they
consider Objectionable rulings. Never
theless history was made there to-day,
and rs 1t has happened before West
Virginia furnished the motive. X 0
After tho transaction Of somo routine
business, Mr.. Dalzell, OF Pennsylvania,
called up the majority report in the
case Of Smith vs.. Jackson Mr.. Crisp,
OF Georgia, at once raised the question
OF consideration and u roll call was or
dered. One hundred and sixty-one
votes were recorded in the affirmative
and two in the negative, only three
Democrats voting, one by mistake in the
affirmative. The point Of no quorum
was raised, 1G6 being necessary, but the
Speaker had been noting the names OF
Democrats present and not voting, and
directed the clerk to enter them to the
extent Of thirty or more on the Journal
in that way, thus showing II quorum
present.
DEMOCRATS MAKE MONKEYS OF THEM
SELVES. ~"
Pandemonium broke loose on the Dem-
ocratic side with a vengeance. As one
man the Democrats rose to their feet,
then stood on their chairs and desks. and
the howl that followed fairly lifted the
roof. They yelled in concert, by COM
panies and by twos and threes. Pro-
tests, cheers, cat calls and the iaalous re.
bel yell were used indiscriminately, the
whole led by Breckinridge, oiKentucky,
who at the top Of voice, fired Off the one
word Revolutionary" with the force
and regularity Of minute gun.
The Republicans meanwhile were en-
joying the spectacle hugely. They
laughed and clapped their hands. The
coolest figure III the entire assembly was
Speaker Reed. Gayel iu hand he sa, in
his chair placidly surveying the howl
ing mob in front Of him, every now and
then leaning over to make some remark
TO those who came up to speak to him.
But it did not require II great while for
the Democrats lungs to exhaust them
selves. One by one the tired braves
sunk into their seats looking unutter-
able things still, but unable to give
further vent to their feelings.
AN APPEAL TAKEN. .,
An appeal was taken from the Speak
ers decision and Mr.. Crisp took the
floor in support Of it. He was followed
by Cannon, of Illinois, and he in turn
by Mr.. Carlisle. The other members
crowded around each speaker in turn.
The galleries were packed with specta.
tors. A silence that was all the more
impressive after the late uproar pre-
vailed. Constitutional terms and de6ni-
tons few back and forth across the
chamber as one speaker answered an-
other. Old records We're hunted up and
quoted from, and each speech was
punstuated by applause, and sometimes
by cheers from the respective sides.
When Carlisle concluded his speech
Mckinley rose, and after announcing
that he would have something to say
later, moved an adjournment to to-mor-
row. When the House convenes then
the appeal will be further debated and
the Speakers decision will be sustained.
The question will then he on Dalzell's
motion, aud finally on the resolution to
seat Smith.
SIMILAR SCENES MAY BE ENACTED.
Upon each question similar scenes
will be enacted and the Democrats will
probably resort TO absenting themselves
entirely. In that case the Sergeant-at-
Arms will be directed to arrest them
and bring them in by force. Republi-
cans lack eight OF their full member
ship, but it is expected that three or
four more will be able to appear in
couple OF days. Just how long it will
require to dispose OF the various roll
calls, divisions and speeches cannot now
be determined, but 1t is pretty safe to
predict that BY. Saturday night Smith
will BE- in his righlful place in the House
of Representatives, aud Jackson headed
for Parkersburg. 81
The Republicans arc a uuit in this
matter. There will be no weakening in
the line. They believe they are right,
and though the Democrats leave the
country this motion will 80 through,
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