The state herald., 1891-01-16

called to order at LIS o'clock, speaker
Hanna rose, with pleasant smile playing
on his features, and said: "In order 70
facilitate business, ! am now prepared TO
nominate the standing committees"
just then Mr.. James H. Brown spranR
70 his feet.
.Mr. Speaker, rise" -he began, wheh
Mr.. II. II! Eddy was up to.
~ rise TO point Of order" said Eddy.
ut Is wrong to interrupt the Speaker when
no 10 addressing the House on question
Of high privilege"
Mr.. Brown continued 10 interrupt the
| Speaker by trying to get o hearing for o
resolution which he wished to offer. The
Speaker ordered the sergeant-at-armst TO
arrest Mr.. Brown. This WINS not done,
however.
fhe wYangls continued and number Of
members participated. Mr. Eddy strongly
supported the Speaker Ind dselared that
no one had right to interrupt tho chair.
Mr.. Brown read rule ., section 10, and
rule :, "a 'sgraph =, Of the temporary rule,
70 show h,w the rules Of business should
be formst. Tho special committee, he
held, .tih0uld have been called to report to
tho H,use ,irst
MIR. Eddy differed with Mr.. brown, and
placed different construction on the
rules.
At length Che vote was taken. The
question was as TO whether the Speaker
was right. Following is tbs vote in de-
taili
For. Browns Appcal-Adams, AldcI,
He'll, bowman. Brown (Arapahoe), Brown
lJefierson,,. Chapman, DOLLS, Eaton,
Flitkingtr, Hendricks, Laahy, o Mahoney,
MitshSn, Mullin. Rowland, Richards,
SANFORD, Sseot; Shaw. Sullivan, Thorn.
ton, Van der Wctdsn' Voorhees,, White,
Wilmot and Wooten.-Aycs, "a.
Against the Appeal-Allen, Ammons,
Bromley, Campbell, Costello, Coofnas,
Eddy, Hamaway, Kennedy, OConnor,
Reynolds, Rittenhouse, Schwanbecl,, Top.
ping, Twombly, Tucker, Wallace, Warner
aud Zacharins. ~.
Mr.. Brown Immediately moved to re-
c6Hssdet the vots of yesterday by which
tho ruleS Of tho former Assembly had BEEN
adopted. Carried "a 10 81. A motion to
adjourn WINS defeated.
Mr.. Brown then presented his fssoiu-
ton, which he had fought for, and which
was that all committees, whether stand
ing, Joint or special, shall be selected by
the vote OF uil tho mcmbers.clect OF the
House.
MIR. Eddy made tho point Of order that
the resolution mustlay over one day, which
was supported by the Speaker.
MIR. Brown appealed from the decision
n the Speaker aud the House by - to ~
supports, tho appeal. Motions to table
tho resolution ana adjourn were defeated.
The parliamentary fight continued until
q iiiekSagc was received froM the Sennte
tia: y wss ready 10 meet with the HCus~
to canvass tfie rStaa. The resolution for
tho Joint session was agreed to by tic
vote with the aid Of the Speaker Then the
sFosbih commenced again.
Senate. Garperter had come in and
taken seat near Eddy. Mr.. Brown be.
ing defiant the Speaker ordeee.l the ser
geant- at arms to arrest him. He trie@ IN
lat nd
tor Carpenter, with good deal OF profan-
ity, urged the officer TO take Brown out
The Speaker gave the same order.
Mr.. Brown showed resistance TO being
removed and demanded 10 be heard. Just
then Senator Carpenter sprang up and
went to grapple with Brown, who had
been half turned about by tho sergeant
atsaepis: "Take him outm he cried.
With Z FISH that scattered members
right and left, Mi. UMahoBey came from
his place on the other side O. the House 10
tho assistance OF MIR. Brown. keep
back" he roared. "Don't you put a hai.i
on him. and he pressed his way 10
Bfo~h's side He dared anyone TO arrest
him, and III. .eresa"t-n,-arm was forced
away.
DEPUTY Sheriff James Lyn6l, sho was
among the auditors, then leaped over the
railing and came TO the assistance Of the
House Official.
The floor Of the House was q regular
bear garden. Members pressed forward,
trembling with excitement, aud ready to
hight at the drop Of the hat.
Throw him outr' shouted ono faction
from the advancing mob, which the as
sistant sergeant AT arms and doorkeepcra
could not hold back.
ING; you dent, cried another division.
A Whispered conversation followed 10
tween Messrs. Bro1n hu5 MI, % Mahonoy.
The sergeant-at-nrms slipped arid- for u
moment and MIR. Brown announced TINT
he wished to withdraw his appeal for the
present.
to tast Mr.. Blown sway 70 safe place.
Mr.. O'Ainhonty ana Brown then retired
for moment, and the later then wont to
the back Of the room with the onl.cri
The senators TO form the joint califass-
ing committee filed In the midst Of q
speech by MIR. Eddy, and he gave way on
condition that he be allowed to resume
when that business was over.
The lieutenant governor assumed the
chair.
The secretary then read the resolution
under which tho joint session was called.
Senator Barcla moved TO begin the can.
eass Of the votes for state oiliccrs. Car
ticd.
The officers then proceeded with tho
rupted by motions to adjourn These
came from the Eddy Carpenter party and
were uniformly voted down BY about 80
To 30. The dilatory tactics continued TN
III the close OF tho canvas. when II was
n 20 y. m.
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ment of the result OF The official count.
MIR. Wootton moved that the Joint convcn-
lion dissolve. The nation prr, a.lbJ'
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