The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-05
CUMMINGS CRACK
q At Speaker Reed and Congressman Cannon.
Light Weight.

q At Speaker Reed and Congressman Cannon.
AI.iHh, Weight.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Iu the House,
on motion Of Mr.. Strubble, OF Iowa, the
Senate bill was passed to establish port
Of delivery at Sioux City, Iowa.
Mr.. Cummings, of New York, rising
to q question Of privilege, protested
against his "blacklis.ing' by the famous
Cannon resolution. The gentleman,
when he had offered the resolution,
had made unjust imputations, and in
making these imputations he had falsl'
fled the record and blaCklisteu himself.
He then proceeded to make an attack
upon Mr.. Cannon, comparing him to
the noted Tinnville OF the French revo.
luton.
In support OF his resolution the gen.
tleman from Illinois (Mr. Cannon) had
appealed to the Record. The gentleman
from Iowa (Mr. Henderson, had second.
ed the gentleman from Illinois and used
.lic word "sneak." There had been
= some sueaking done, as the Record indi.
Gated. The Record showed that the
Speaker had refused to the House the
list Of names OF absentees. Fancy the
great chairman OF the great COMMITTEES
on Appropriatiou-the successor OF Sam.
ucl j. Randall-sneaking to the CLERKS
desk and obtaining, surreptitiously, a
list OF members that had been refused to
tho House, and upon this list baslng d
false accusation against his fellow mem.
bers. Was not that IN act worthy ot
Tinnville?
Dir. Cummings then proceeded to ar
raigu the Speaker and the majority o.
the Committee on Rules. This ma jor
lily, he said, composed triumyiate 81
most rs powerful aB tho one which
sprang into life after the assassination ol
Julius Cesar. When the House met in
the morning Mark Antony recognized
Lcpdus or Oc.ayius and nobody else
Al the legislative meat was cut aud
dried and distributed according to pre-
arranged programme. aa- -
Mr.. Cummings was frequently inter
rupted by Mr.. Kerr. Of Iowa, aud Mr.
Rowell, OF Illinois, with the point OF or
der that he was not contlniug himself ia
a question OF personal privilege.
Mr.. Cummings proceeded with his ar
raignment Of the Speaker, but after fire.
quent Interruptions asked unanimous
consent 10 print the remainder OF his re-
marks in tho Record, but this consent
was refused by Nessrs Kerr and Don
nell. .sH -
Mr.. Cannon remarked that tho gentle
man was printing speech under tht
false ptetense Of making a personal ex
plana,ion. 0Ia-lgsG, ~.
Mr.. CumminRs-That prctense Is no
sss false as the pretense by which yor
smuegled my name into that blacklist
Another interruption was made by Mr.
Kerr. This interruption was protested
against by Mr.. B!ount, Of Georgia. No
- hours ago, said he, gentleman on th'
other side was permitted to arraign 1
Senator OF the United States. &. = ia.
Mr.. Cannon call the gentleman tt
o,ser. [LauXhter. The gentleman
from Georgia cannot take the gentleman
from New York of the Aoor. q:
Mr.. Blount-Iesterday gentlenal
on ,ce other side was permitted, in vic
latioa ai the rules OF tho House, to NJ
4aiuu q Senator as a felon, and arraigl
Ills colleagues for associating with
ielon. ~ d it-i Il
Mr.. Cannon-Tilc gentleman has NJ
right to state q question OF persona
privilege during the time Of the gentle
man from New York. y E z.
Alr. Blount-I am not stating ques
,ion OF pcraoual privilege. But Their
has been a continued interruption Of tn
gentleman from New York, and an e1or
10 suppress him that | have never seel
attempted before, aud even In the ligh!
Of the transaction Of yesterday is exceed
ingly oppressive. i1 ,si4 I.
Mr.. Cummings then proceeded will
llisspecch, and at tho end Of m hou