The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1891-01-24
STORMY SESSION IN HOUSE.
Speaker Reed Once More Assumes
his Favorite Role Of
AutOcrat.
RISHT or DEBATE ARBITRARILY DENIED.
Representative Mills Rises to the
Height of the Occasion and
Speaks his Mind
Freely.
A Lively Cross Fire Of Words ana
Almost Personal Encounters
The Sergeant-at-
Arms Restores
Peace.
RIsHT or DEBATE ARBITRARILY DENIED.

WASHINGTON, JAN. 2O.--Ihe mouse q
representatives of the fifty first congress
mas been the arena of many a storm,
scene, but the incident which toda
threw the house into a turmoil
eclipses any other in interest, con
fusion and general Ill feeling. Tn
duration of the tempest was brief
not more than four minutes being con
sumed In its enactment. But those fou
minutes we're repiete with excitement.
While Mills was hurting his denuncia
tons at the speaker, a number OF thu
house massed themselves on their respec
tive sides of the center aisle, democrat!
giving cheer after cheer to their cham
pion and republicans greeting his re
marks with Kisses and other manifesto
tons of disgust. Words were banded tt
and fro, but above the turmoil Mills voice
was heard injabur alton Of the speaker
rulings and the action of the house in
sustaining them. The speaker remaineo
calm, while epithets more or less
polite in their character we're passed, but
the dignity Of the house required the
services Of the sergeant-at-arms to pre-
serve order, and after some time the
tumult was quelled, though the escape
from a general collision was a narrow
one.
Some of the republican members Of
the house are making an earnest effort to
effect a compromise among their col
leagues on the silver question, based on
the lines suggested by the senate amend
ment restricting free coinage to the
American product.
WAsHINaToN, Jan. 20.-ln the house
today the clerk having concluded the
reading Of the journal, Bland made the
point that the journal had not been read
in full, and demanded the description Of
various executive communications, seso-
.lu:ions, bills and petitions (Which are re-
ferred under rules and not in open house,
be read. The speaker directed the clerk
to read this portion of the journal, which
is ordinarily omitted. This was by far
the longest portion of the journal and its
reading was not completed until | O'Clock.
Then ensued one of the widest scenes of
confusion the house has seen during the
present congress. The speaker having
stated the question to be on the approval
of xl,o Jnx,-,o1 unA hncinr npt,nt,l nnH
stated the affirmative vote, Mills of Tex
as, rising to a parliamentary question,
asked whether the proper question was
lot on ordering the previous question.
This query was based upon the fact THAI
when the clerk had finished reading the
first part of the journal (portion usually
ready Mckinley of Ohio had demanded
the previous question. The speaker, in
response to the inquiry, stated this fact
but SAID the demand had not been re-
newed after the reading of the complete
journal. Mckinley co]rroborated thu
statement of the speaker.
Mills then expressed his wish to debate
the question OF approving the journal, blu
the speaker declined to recognize him
Then the storm cloud burst. With ex
cited guestures, Mills strobe down the
aisle and shaking his fist at the speaker
poured out a volume of denunciatlcn
accusing him of practicIng fraud on tb'
house. "You are perpetratlng fraud upol
the house." he Numbered, land you know
it, and his party colleagues burst int
| n~~l,,,,n nrl III N - q n md rnthncal rn,n
the champion.
The speaker was ~immovable, and annie
excitement, requested those opposed tt
the approving of the journal to rise
Phlegmaucally he counted lone, two
three" and announced the motion
carried. 81 to 8.
The yas and nays were demanded b,
the democrats and ordered, and as tn,
clerk proceeded to call the roll, Mill
poured out his den%unciations. Again h.
accused the speaker of perpetrating
fraud upon the house, and, referring t.
Mckinley, said "We did not expect tn
gentleman from Ohio to lend himself t.
such a proceeding. W. relied on tn
gentleman fir IN Ohio, for we believed
him an honorable gentleman, and W
knew he Indicating the speaker) wa
not" Perkins of Kansas (sarcasticaily-
And he Indicating Mills) IS a gentleman
Allen of Mississippi-That is NOR
than Gao be said Of some per5ons on IT,
other side.
Then, as the clerk went on monotor
ously calling the roll, Mills (gnorin
him) proceeded substantially as follow
"You do not dare to go before the ccuntr
with such a revolutionary measure us 20
are proposing to pass. We have a RICH
under the rules, to debate the questio
of approving the journal, and you (at
dressing the spsaker) are denying til
right" democratic cheers.1
Kerr OF Iowa-"Such proceedings
this are reasonable, and they are heade
by a man who helped treason BEFORE"
: Mills-"You are n traitor yourself
the constitution and the laws. You a
trying to surround the ballot box wi
bayopets and to deprive people OF the
right VI representation"
Thea followed enthusiastic democrat
applause, while the rel ubllcans crowd
TO the bar of the house and announc
their disapproyal by lusty Kisses. T
house was u regular Babel of voices, {
cited and loud. but unintelligible.
lCutcheon, of Michigan, stood In t
centre of the aisle and Ms Mills went c
repeated with indignation and smphai
! one word, "bosh."
=, Mills reply to this exclamation W,
bring In another resolution of censu
then"
By this time affairs had approached
near to a personal rupture between u
gentlemen on the opposing sides. ii
speaker was Obliged TO call upon the se
geant-atarms for assistance, and Ih
officer bearing d mace IN trout oil hlr
induced Mills TO take his seat, and Il
4: storm passed away for a time.
The journal was approved, yeas, ID
u rays, 103.
McComas, of Maryland, named th
aye house 60 into committee of the who
.Si the District of Columbia appropri
.tsSson bill,
McComas' motion was agreed to, We,
lSa; nays, LOT, and accordingly the hou
vent into committee Of The Whole (B,
rows, Of Michigan, In the chairl ON +
OIL indicated. When the commi,,
arose q quorum was missing and I
house adjourned. "nu