The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05

dpSeuJ ,lllS thplr place Is here, ana that
their leaves of absence are reScindcd
lApplauSe on the Republican side.l |
want more than this. | want by this
preamble to call attention to the record,
To tell the exact facts. nothing more or
less. Because so far as | can as a
member of this House this bill must be
voted on If ! can get 1t voted upon"
Renewed applause
Mr.. Wheeler, of Alabama, said that
| when the Conger committee convened
he thought all members came here as
EQUALS, but he soon found that thev had
Decn making rulers over themselves,
land to-day they found new rulers
Ssprlnging up to usurp powers never be-
fore exercised in any parliamentary
body since the world began. Laugh
Ter lie was one Of the gentlemen
named in this resolution, and he was
proud of it. In the course he had pur-
sued =iaTasy- :, he had obeyed the mentwho
obey fkieenT, fkieT here,ard ne ht would always
the gentleman from Illinois.
Mr.. Osborne, Republican, of PennSyl-
vania, With Il 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 he had been very
much in error. He had been here since
III o'clock AMI had answered at every
r0Il-call. He had been here Whcn 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 Hill
nolS 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 he
<nr tn1 h.i 80 l.; ,f 20
less truth in it than is shown by your
resolution here, 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 tenn. (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 |
The Speaker pro TEN "The Chair is
not advised of any such list
Then for Il few moments there was
great confusion in the House. Fully Il
dozen members were on their feet de-
lnandlng recognition on Il 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.
MIR. Henderson, of Iowa, interrupted
Mr.. Grain with the point of order that
Mr.. Grain was not talking to Il qucs-
ton Of personal privileges.
1,
Henderson and said: The chairman
must be In a sad pliTht when he re-
qulres the assistance OF the able and
licry gentleman from Iowa" Laugh
ter.
MIR. Henderson : II will do what l
please"
Mr.. Grain !: You cannot bulldoZc
me personally or throurh.thc chairman
OF the committee on appropriations.
This is nothing but Il 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 aYoid being counted as present and
not voting. l even took my hat and
umbrella away. because | have heard it
| 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 dcpriving 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 ont of the chamber"
Mr.. Henderson. Of Indiana "You
stood by while the Lodge bill passed.
| and did not Scccdc until the farmers
day came and then you sn@aked out of
the hall. Repnblican applause.
Mr.. Grain: 81 represent as many
| nrrS who produce cotton seed oil, be-
tween which and pure lard there is no
more comparison than between heaven
and hell" Laughter
Mr.. Henderson "rhen put it on the
market rs such. Don't sneak; be !,
man" Republican applause.
| Then Mr.. Turner. of New York. was
given his turn to rise to Il 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 hC
found in all the papers tomorrow
From time to time Republican mem
berS called for "a vote, but Mr.. Turner
refused to yield the lloOr, announcing
that he intended to talk for at least al
hour If his voice held out. He con
tinucd to arralgn the chairman of the
committee on appropriations, who. ht
SAID, was but posing before the pres!
gallery. He would. he said, if 1T wcr,
in order, advert to the Star Chamhcl
proceedings by which this bill had beer
forced on tn" House. Altogether rur
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