Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-09
HANDS OFF MR.. ENLoE.
tContin~ed from First Paesl
TIE GRANT STATUE.

The Journal was then read On motion Of
Mr. Mckinley Of Ohio (by unanimous consent)
Senate joint resolution was passed accepting
from the g. A. R. statue Of Gen. Grant
The Speaker then stated that the vote was
upon the resolution Of the committee on rules
providing that after two hours debate it shall
be In order to move . non-concurrencs In the
ton bill
Mr.. Enloe CTenp.) rose TO question Of privi-
lege, but the Speaker declined to recognize
him, stating that . vote was in progress.
Mr.. Rogers ARK made the point Of order
that no name had been called and that there
fore the vote was not in Progresa
MI. ROGERS ovKRRuIED.
The Speaker overruled the point Of order on
the ground that the vote had been taken yes
terday and had disclosed the absence Of
quorum.
Mr. Rogers desired to take an appeal. but the
Speaker declined to entertain it, and the rsso-
luton was adoptsd-ysas, 1903; nays, II.
MD. ESLoE's QUESTION OF PaIvILKoK.
Mr.. Enloe then rose TO . question Of personal
privilege.
Mr.. Cannon commended that the resolution
just adopted superseded the rule which gave
precedence to questions OF personal privilege.
Mr.: Enloe insisted upon his right to rise to
The Speaker said tina. the gentleman could
state 1t.
sToPPED BY 4 pooR KIKPER.
Mr.. Enlos then said that, pending the call
Of the House, he Wa present in his seat He
had then started out Of the House without his
hat to attend to business in the Capitol In
passing out OF the west door the door keeper
told him that he could not pass out
he replied that he would pass out. The
door keeper said that he could not do 20; that
he had orders from the Speaker to that effect.
and the door keeper thereupon caught
him by the arm and attempted
| to arrest him. He had been acting in bis rep
resentative capacity and exercising his consti-
pleased. He had not been absent A subordi-
nate Of the House had laid violent hands upon
him in order to prevent him from pass
ing from one portion Of the Capitol to
the other, and he offered resolution
to bring the door keeper to the bar OF the House
the privileges Of a member.
THE RESOLUTION.
The resolution provides that George A.
Miner, an assistant doorkeeper, be arrested and
brought to the bar Of the House to answer for
breach Of the privileges of q member of
the House in attempting to arrest Hon. B. A.
Enloe without authority Of law and in violation
Of the Constitution Of the United States.
After citing the Constitution and the rules Of
the House in support Of his position Mr. Enloe
contended that the Speaker had no authority
to issue an order to the subordinates Of
the House to interfere with the per-
sonal rights and privileges which be-
lOnged to member of that body. He
did not wish to punish this subordinate. The
doorkeeper had been acting under what he
believed to be the highest authority-and as
suredly it was the highest authority,
because 1t had become greater
than the House itself in many instances.
He offered this resolution because he wished
to call the attention Of the House and country
| to the method in which the House was being
governed under Its code Of rules and under the
arbitrary action Of the Speaker, by which the
rights Of members were interfered with.
The Speaker (dryly)-The gentleman will
please confne himself to the question Of privi-
lege.
Mr.. Enloe remarked that he WAS trying to do
SO, and said that il he thought the Speaker
would recognize him for question Of per-
! sonal privilege he would not bring on other
matters
:The speaker-The gentleman ought not to
bring In other matters and he understands that
The chair is listening to the gentleman's state
ments and when the gentleman il through the
chair will rule upon the question.
Mr.. Enloe-Whether the chair did issue such
an order?
The Speaker-Is the gentleman through?
Mr.. Enloe-I would like to know question
OF fact; do not wish to punish subordinate
Of this House.
The Speaker-wh Whenever the gentleman is
through the chair is ready to rule on the ques-
ton.
GOOD THING.
Mr. Enloe-The gentleman is not through.
The issuance of such an order is no more than
it would be if the Speaker should order the
gentleman from Arkansas Mr.. Rogers) to be
executed under the recent Kemmler process in
New york.
A republican-That would be good thing.
Mr., Enloe said he would like to have the
question settled 80 that members might know
to what extent the power of the Speaker
might be exercised. II such arbitrary methods
were pursued the day would come when the
speaker could execute q member Of the
House. He did not understand that the
order had been directed against him, but that
1t was general order. He had refused to obey
1t because it was in violation OF his
rights and of the dignity of the House.
II the Speaker had issued such an order he
had issued it in violation OF law in violation of
the Constitution, in violation OF the rules and
in violation OF the rights of members.
HE PASSED OUT.
Mr.. Cannon Of Illinois inquired whether the
gentleman, notwithstanding the doorkeeper,
had passed,,out Of the House.
Mr.. Enloe replied that he had done 80. but
only after violent hands been placed upon him.
Mr.. Cannon inquired whether those violent
hands had been placed upon the gentleman to
an cxtent which prevented him from leaving
the House.
IT WOULD HAVE GONE HARD WITH HIN.
Mr.. Enloe-He did not do ME any personal
violence. II he had would have dealt with
him as l would have dealt with the man who
issued the order. Derisive laughter ON the
republican side.)