The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-03-12
THE VALLEY VIfssGzINIAN
STAuNTON, VA.
In Good Company.

THE cLosG or CONGRESS- REEDs Dig
s5FIi1D FAREwELL.
rte action Of the Democratic mem
( Der OF Congress IN lie closing hours o
4 the session ca ti4e 4ih inst, il refusing
to vote fol- i resolution OF thanks te
/ Speaker Reed. was very small and con
I tenptibe cxhi ition Of baf1ied parts
wrath While We at first were not il
sympathy with file extraordinary meth
/ DDS adopted by the Speaker to facilitate
legislation, we can now see that no eff
fective work could have been accom-
/ p!ished without it The Democrats, al
the beginning Of Congress, through their
/ mouthpiece The blatant and shallow
Mills, OF Texas, announced that no leg.
isiation should be enacted during tie
4 5ist Congress, slnless it met tie approval
4 of tha Democratic members. Tfis meant
/ that they Intended to block the legisla-
4 tive wsleels--f0 defeat the will of the
! majority by obstructive tactics, and not
/ allow the verdict OF lie people, evil
/ the House. to be carried out. There
would have been no tariff bill; no tinan-
cial legislation, no reciprocity provision;
i no postal subsidy arrangement; and in
4 fact no laws passed in the interest OF
I American laborand American ndustries;
! for it is well known that the Democratic
/ party, as such, is opposed to all meas
ures which have as their object the pro
\ lection OF American interests as para
mount to foreign interests, In this view
! of it, we can readily see that Mr. Reed
/ and the Republicans in Congress under
/ stood the situation better that we did
/ and knew better how to meet it, The
4 result is that there has been more aa>
4 complishel for the Industrial indepen-
! denee of this country by the 51st Cons
4 gress than any OF its predecessors III our
1 day. The tangible evidences Of this are
being seen already ia the Industrial ac-
! tivity going on-the mines being opened
aud the new railroads projected and
progressing; the towns being built; the
increase in price of live stock and farm
4 prplacts. and the decrease in the price
/ u 1early everything the farmer pur-
/ c!sases
Probably the most shallow and con
telnptilGe Of ali the acts and devices to
reflect upon Speaker Reed was the
speech OF Hon. w. T. 6. Breckenridge, of
/ Kentucky, when il fasome terms he
complinented Mr.. Cannon, chairman Of
the committee Oh appropriations, for his
fairness and impartiaity, Immediately
| after Mr.. Reed had been denounced and
adverse Democratic votes recorded on
/ the resolution OF thanks offered by Mai
Mckinley. 1t has been but d few weeks
since that Mr. Cannon was denounced by
/ these same men rs q blaekguard, and
his association eschewea IS uufit for gen
tienls4n. Wheu it suited 70 vent their
impotent wrath upon Reed, aud they
4 could do SO over the shoulders Of Mr.. Can
non, Mr.. Breckenridge, from whom bet
ter things might have been expected
was chosen as the mouthpiece to do it,,
I 1t was no credit 10 M Hreci.enridge's
| nlanliness or his fairness, and it will not
| be an event in his political history to
which he Or his descendants eau in flu
ture years refer with pleasure.
But MFR. Reed is in good company, as
will be seen by the following reference
to the history of Congress;
/ Expecting that the Democrats would
| make objection to the resolutions tend
ering the thanks of the House TO Speak
er Reed, MIR. Mckinley had prepared the
/ following list OF cases ia which objection
4 was made to Il vote Of thanks to the pre-
| siding officer:
Fifth Congress John Dayton, Of New
/ Jersey, t'ederalist. Resolution of thanks
! carried by a vote Of 40 to g.
Sixth Congress -Theoaose Sedgwick
/ OF Massachusetts, FederaIist. Yeas and
nays ordered On resolution, which was
carried by a vote OF 40 to 81, 0pposi-
ton urged 'improprieties' in conduct of
/ chair
/ Tenth Congress Joseph Varnum, Of
Massachusetts, Democrat. easand nays
ordered on motion 10 pass resolution and
resolution was carried, IS to 8.
Thirteenth gress-Heury Clay of
Kentucky, Wing. Upon Clay's resigna-
ton as speaker division was taken on
/ resolution of thanks, which YVES carried.
/ ia to 9.
| Twentieth Congress Andrew Steven~
| son, Of Virginia, Democrat At enc OF
first session resolution of thanks bitter
ly resisted, aud PASSED only by i've votes
On motions obviously intended for dla-
tory purposes, Confusion in hall SO
great at one time that reporter could not
4 hear the speaker Resolution adopted
/ III to %. AT the end Of the second SEES
sion the resolution was carried-94 to AZ
after debate.
Twenty fifth Congress Jas. K. Polk,
of Tennessee, Democrat Bitter opposi
/ tion. Yeas and nays taken on previous
4 question, which was carried, 81 to 90
/ Yeas and nays then taken on adoption
of resolution, which was carried, "a to
81 Grounds Of opposition, alleged par
tiality and partizaltship OF speaker.
Twenty Congcessssno, White,
OF Kentucky, Whis Ghas Brown and
I,o,5els 'S so + g,
olntions carried, l41 to 7.
Ihiftie 81 lonsfess- ilooe IT Z. '" ~
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