, 1890-09-25
KENNEDYS SPEECH.
The House Votes to Exclude
1t From the Record.
A STOUT PLEA IN ELF-DEFENSE
The Senate Passes the Bill for
the Relief of the Su-
preine Court,

WAsHis0roS. Sept. 2i-Mr. Miller,
oi South Carolina, who was yesterday
declared elected from the Seventh South
Carolina district, appeared and took the
oath.
The committee on foreign affairs rs-
ported resolution calling on the pres
ident for information relative to the
killing OF General Barrundia,
Mr.. McCreary, Of Kentucky, siren
uously advocated the resolution.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Stewart. of Vermont, from the
committee on judiciary, reported the
following: The house, deeming 1t a
high duty that the utmost courtesy
and decorum deme nded by parliament
nry law and precedent should mark the
mutual relations Of the two houses OF
congress, hereby expresses its disapproval
OF the unparliamentary language used
by Hon. Robert p. Kennedy, represent
ati vc from the state of Ohio, In the
speech delivered on the floor of the
house on the third day of September,
1880, and published In the Congressi on al
Record September 4, 1890. and. consider
ing 1t impractlcable to separate the un.
parliamentary portions OF said speech
from such parts thereof as may be
parliamentary; therefore,
Resolved, That the public printer be
directed to exclude from tho permanent
Congressional Record the entire speech OF
Hon. Robert r., Kennedy in the first
resolution ment toned.
MIR. Kennedy made an eloquent speech
in his own defense, making however
no apology for his previous remarks.
Mr.. Kennedy, in his speech, referred
again to the pledges in the republican
platform, and to the fact that the cleo
tions bill had not yet been passed upon
by the senate. 1t was for this that he
spoke of broken pledges. 1t was not
the fault of the house, and he had n
right to say this here and elsewhere
He had but spoken in defense of the
rights of tho poor, down-trodden, and
oppressed, in behalf of liberty, justice,
free ballot, and fair count
Mr.. Stewart spoke briefly in reply, say
ing that the question simply was whether
the speech was in spirit and substance q
bitter and savage arraignment of a CO.
ordinate branch, which was certainly q
violation of parliamentary law and the
privileges of the house.
Mr.. Struble, of Iowa, endeavored in
vain to secure action on the substitute,
declaring thatothe house disapproves of
so much OF the speech as in any manner
reflects upon the senate or any member
thereof in his official capacity.
This was not read, and tho previous
question was ordered on the former re-
solution, II being adopted 150 to 36.
The noes were: Mcssrs. Anderson,
OF Kansas; Atkinson, of West Virginia;
Baker, Boutelle, Brewer, Clarke, of
Wisconsin, Cogswel,, Conger Cummings
Dickinson, Featherstone, Flick, Flood,
clifford, Greenhalge, Grosvenor, Hall,
Hansbrough. Kelly, Lodge, McAdoo,
Morrill,, Mudd. O'Donnell, O'Neill,
ofMassachuseIts;O of Osborne Pugsley, Saw
yer, Smith, of illinois; Smith, OF
West Virginia; Joseph ID. Taylor,
Townsend, Of Colorado; Vandover, Van
Shaick, Williams, of Ohio; and
Wilson, of fWashington-36
The house then went into com mittee
OF the whole on the senate amendments
TO the French spoliation claims bill.
The amend ments were non-concurred
In and n conference was ordered.
The senate bill granting pensions of
5000 each to the widows of Generals
Fremont, Mcclellan and Crook was
passed.
On motion of MIR. Boutelle, the senate
bill was passed providing that naval YES.
sells OF the first rate be named after the
states Of the Union, second rate after the
cities third rate after important events
or names connected with the naval his
tory of the United states, and fourth
rate after the lakes and rivers.
The house then ad iOurned