Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-01-31
Another Day of Great Confusion
In the House.
NOTHING LIKE IT SINCE The war.
Bland Pays His Respects to the Dsspotic
Speaker.
SPRINGER DEMANDS HIS RIGHTS.
Speaker Reed Encounters Obstacles He Can
not Override Members Rise IN
Body and Demand Their Rights.
A Perfect Bedlam in the
Hall Of Legislation.
Special relesram % .he Resl.ter.

Special Telegram 10 the Register.
WASHINGTON, Jaunary 3O.-Tne second
day OF the fight in Congress, which really
involves the contested election cases. ended
in more Of q victory for the Democrats
than the Republicans. CT coars Speaker
Reed and his pariisans have determined 10
override all prIcsdents Of rigat and natice.
but they were forced 10 defer aclion beyond
the limit they had fixed.
Ii was their determined purpose to bri5g
the pending fgh. to an issue not later than
, O'Clock to-day. and Speaker Reed tudeay-
orei TO carry out
THIS ARRANGENfENr
by peTsisteuily iguoriug the Democrat.
bat be founl there was au obslle De
could not override. Reed set ont TO carry
things with high hand. lie simply De-.
fused to see Democrats Who appealed lcr
recognition.
After the Journal had been resd, Blarcl-
ard, Of louisiana was tue first to ssk 70.
recognition, il being his purpose 90
move q correction Of the journal ss Dc
was counted yesterday, though uo.
voting Reed ignored Baochard esd
recognized Mckinley. Teen Springer
auickly taking ia the situation, offered an
appeal. This excited the Democrats al-
most 10 rebellion, and there Vas q general
protest. The scene was almost indescrb
able. Breckenridge. Of Kentucky. De-
nOuncsd the action Of Red ~ revelation.
ary, usnrpstory snd clrupl
More Dan fifty Dsmocmis
WERE on THE FLOOR
eontending for their rights aud the re,uIl
Of their determined and courageous
struggle is apparent, a1d the not
thst Smith Is rot yet seated though
Reed declared last night thst he should ho
before The House ac j1ugned to-day. it will
seem clear tbst the Republicans intend 10
sustain Reed and real Smith without
quorum voting, bnt the Dsmocats viii
rot wait for the next eitclioa 20 ght he
wrong, They intend 10 apcesl 10 ibe
Courts for judicial Interpretation OF
these, provisions for the constitution DOW
questioned
Judge Jackson will De sdyiseI 20 per
sist in asserting MS rights as a member of
the House, and Upon being fore bly 'Iscied
the c6He
WILL TX cAgRIED
to the courts and TO the Supreme Court
The ables, constitutional lawyers OF tao
Democratic party in the Senate ana H,u-o
will night the case, and they believe they
will win it,,
To-day's proceedings were simply o rc-
petition of yesterday IN the n RI 90 tram
pie upoa the rights Of the minority bot 80
every step, in 20 fer es ergnmen and right
went, the Democrats bad tn btfl Of b.
McKinley's rpeech WIS very lame at
tempt. He confessed that fibu-ttrug
had been adopted for many years and that
he hsd always engaged 10 .. 90 the dic'n-
tioa Of bis psFiy, but he dtclar'd thni be
had always been ashamed Of ~ 'f,s.
ard you will DE ~ amfd a. this pff'i-
neDtly shouted Democrat
BeO. Butterwofth was ooeicd much
against bis Judgment, 20 make speech
supporting Reed Buiierworlh protested,
bu, when urged that unless the Repuuh-
cars sustained Reed thtre wss ab-olu,ely
90 hope for them. lie replied, "Weil. ]
an going out Of public life any how, nnd J
suppose can 6tlird 1t"
Representative Turner, Of Georgia, adj
ded 10 tho eff, rtive grguwtuia OF Cripp
and Carlisle. A. the iignt stard-, ihe he
publiclns bsVe the SPEAKER ard ihc Dem
ocrAts b6ys ilht. justice and precsdeli'.
Buuogs, Of MichIsan, Lslblck, oi New
Jersey, and other Republican members
frankly admit THAI Reed hss led their
party into q biuLder that will cot them
the conddenos OF the people.