The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-05-22

! added 10 the confusion by eXclaiming at the top
| of his voice that gentleman for whom he had
| the greatest respect had been charged with
forgery, and he was bound TO present this letter
in his defense, Mr.. Breckinridge (ky.) shouted
| TO the Chairman that il was not fair to silence
! a man who had been publicly attacked, and lot
! the man speak who had made himself sponsor
| for the SANDER and stood in the shoes OF the
! slanderor.
Amid intense excitement and laughter, Mr..
! Bayne was heard to declare that Campbell
was the equal in every respect of tho Momber
! from Kentucky, and Mr.. Breckenridge replied
| that he had no doubt that the Member from
Pennsylvania took Campbell rs his standard of
manhood.
After half an hour OF this confusion, Mr..
! Bynum secured the floor amid comparative
/ quiet, aud said that the Campbell affidavit was
/ TO the effect that Mr. Wilson and he had said
/ Si5 month was enough for any glass-blower.
In his district. the affidavit had not been cir
culated, but it had been circulated in MIR.
| Wilson's district. lie (Bynuml had telegraphod
to West Virginia papers denouncing Campbeil
as liar and periurer. Since the gentleman
| from Pennsylvania constituted himself the
sewer through which this attack on Campbell
/ made Its way into the Record
! Mr.. Cheadlo tInd.) here made the point of
! order that the language was out OF order, and
| the Chair thought that the word sewer" IN
| this connection, was hardly parliamentary.
Mr.. Bynum then withdrew the word sewer"
and substituted "Conduitpipe." He went on
TO say that since it was the gentleman from
! Pennsylvania through whom Campbell's state
ment found its way into the Record, he had
! simply TO say that he knew full well the mean
ing OF the words he had uttered that Campbell
was liar and perjurer, and wished to say
! now that he believed that he had as much con-
! iidence in the character of Mr. Campbell as IN
| the character of the gentleman from Pennsyl-
I VauIa who NOW made the attack up0n him,
At this point the excitement became so great
! that no one could be heard distinctly. In an in
! terval of quiet Mr.. Cutcheon (Mich.) demanded
that the words uttered by Mr. Bynum be taken
down, which was done aud they wore reported
! from the Clerks desk.
Mr.. Cutchcon moved that the Committee
/ rise and report the words to the House, which
was agreed TO. yeas l20. nays 30, aud when MIR.
BSyne rose TO vote FOR the motion he was
/ greeted with ieering cries Of Bayne! Bayne!
/ Bayne!" from the Democrats. Points of order
were made by several Members of the report OF
! the committee 10 show that there had been no
/ intervening business before tho utterance OF
| the words and the report TO tho House.
! While the roll was being called Dir. Cntcbeon
/ sent to the library for back numbers of the
Congressional Record, aud. with the assistance of
several Republicans, evolved the following rcSo-
/ lutions:
Rcsoired. That the Member from Indiana, Mr..
/ ia Committee OF tac Whole, and taken down and
reported 10 the House and read at the Clerks
/ desk, has been guilty of violation Of the rules
and privileges Of the House, aud merits tho cen
OF the House Tor the same.
Resolved, That the said William ID. Bynum be now
brought 10 the bar OF the House by the Sergeant
alarms, and there The censure OF tho House be
administered by the Speaker.
When the r0ll-call was concluded aud the
4 vote announced. Mr.. Cuicheon introduced the
resolutions aud demanded the previous ques-
! ton. At once there was howl Of gag law"
1 from the Democratic side.
Mr.. Grcenhalge tMass.) requested unaDi-
nous consent that Mr. Bynum be permitted TO
make an explanation, which was objected to.
\ Mr. Springer made the point Of order that the
1 language used was not parliamentary. which
/ the Speaker oyeTrulcd. Several other dilatory
motions were then made when Dir. Cntcheon
demanded the previous question, on which the
! yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr.. Cutcheon coutended that the gentleman
/ from Indiana bad violated all parliamentary
usage by making direct and personal attack
/ upon the gentleman from Pennsylvania. Tho
/ question was whether IL was parliamentary for
one Member substantially 10 den0unce another
az liar and peEjurer. He did not believe
/ that any Member could afford TO say that IL
! was not violation Of tho rules of the House.
/ The time had come, in view Of the language
used By the gentleman from indiana, that the
/ line should be drawn where parliamentary
/ proceedings ceased and a violation OF the rules
Of the House began.
The second resolution, providing for the
presence Of Mr. Bynum before the bar of
the House was also adopted; yeas 126, nays
I03, Mr. McKenna Cali voting in the mega
tive.
Then Mr. Bynum, leaning on the arm OF Mr..
! Holman (iBd.), appeared az the bar, accom-
| panied by all OF his Democratic associates who
I could hnd room in the limited space, and who
4 were loud in their applause.
! The Speaker obtained order and requested
J the gentlemen 10 take their seats. Dir. Springer,
! acting as spokesman for his party, declined 10
! do so.
/ Sergeantat-Arms Holmes then said: Mr.
Bynum, by resolutions Of the House Of Repre-
Eentatiyes you are required 70 appear before
/ the bar Of the House to receive the censure Of
/ that body through its Speaker"
/ The Speaker again requested Members TO
/ take their seats, and the Democrats again re-
! fused TO comply.
| The Speaker then said calmly: "The House
I Of Representatives perceiyes that it is
! impossible for the Chair 10 endorce order on
account Of the action Of certain Members. The
Chair will therefore proceed to do its duty under
] the present condition Of disorder.
Mr. VIM. -. Bynun you are arraigned at
the bar Of the House for having transgressed its
| rules by your remarks. For this oGense the
House desires that you should be censurcd at
I It's bar. ia the name Of the House, therefore,
/ / pronounce upon you itg censure. The Scr
geant-at-Ar wi! now release you"
Mr. Bynum replied that under such clrcum-
I stances he accepted the censuTc of the House
As decoration Of honor, amid applause from
( the Democratic side. There was considerable
disposition manifested by the Republicans 10
/ take nmbrage at this remark, but before IL was
perfectly understood the House, upon motion,
al 1870 o'clock adjourned.
10 ig claimed that Mf James Campbell, n
prominent labor man Of PiLtsbnrg, Pa, went
before Messrs. Wilson (W. Va.) and Bynum
(Ind.), who were members Of the Committee of
Ways and Means Of the House ia the 50th
| Congress, aud advocated certain measures
which he desired placed in the Mills tariff bill.
After his interview with the Congressman
above mentioned, he made an affidavit that
they had said that no workingman should re-
ceiye more SIS for d months wages.
This affidavit was circulated in the district
Of Dir. Wilson for the purpose Of securing HE
defeat for reelection. Both Mr.. Bynum and
MF. Wilson denied ever having made use OF
such language, aud denounced SIR. Campbell as
liar and pejurer. Mr. Campbell being a
friend Of Mr. Baync. the latter gentleman took
up his eight on the floor Of the House, which
caused the exciting scenes of Saturday,
EDITOR RATIosAL TRIBUEE.l
MosDAY. MAY 10.
In the Senate, Mr. Dawes Mass presented q
rcmonstrance Of citizens of Pittsdeld, Mass
against the passage Of the Mckinley tariff bill