The morning call., 1891-01-21
THE HOUSE.
Rulings of the Speaker Denounced by Mill,
of Texas.

OF Texas.
WAsHIN GToN, Jan. 20.--In pursuance Of
the policy Of the Democrats ia tie House,
Bland of Missouri this morning demanded
tine reading OF the jour al OF yesterday q
eXtenso.
Morrow presented petitions and memo-
rails from the wage-workers Of the District
of Columbia, Pittsburg, Baliinore and other
places as far north as Maine, praying for
| the passage of the Morr0w-CluHie Chinese
Restriction Bill.
| The clerk having concluded the reading.
Bland made point that the Journal was
not read in full, and demaI led adescription
OF the various Exc utiye communications
resolutions. bills and petitions, which were
referred under the rules and not in omen
House, be read.
The Speaker ordered the clerk to read
this portion of the Journal, and its reading
was not completed until l o'clock. Then
enSued one of the widest scenes of con-
fusion the House has seen during the pres
ent Congress.
The Speaker, having stated the question
to he on the approval of the Journal. and
having counted and stated an affirmative
vote, Mills OF Texas, rising to a parlia-
mentary question, asked whether the proper
question was not on ordering the previous
question? This query was based uDon the
fact that when the clerk finished reading the
first part of tGe journal, the portion usually
read, Mckinley of Ohio had demanded the
previous question.
The Speaker, in response to the inquiry
stated this fact, but said the demand was
not renewed after reading the completed
Journal.
Mckinley corroboratei the statement of
the Speaker.
Mills then expressed his wish to debate
the question OF approving the journal. but
the Speaker declined to recognize him on
the ground that the House had decided.
Then tie sthrm-cloud burst. With excited
gestures Mills strobe down the aisle and.
shaking his fist at the Speaker, poured out
volume of denunciation, accusing him of
practiclng fraud on the House. you are
perpetratlng fraud upon the House, he
thundered, land you know it," and his party
colleagues burst into round of applause
ana cheers and gathered around their cham-
pion.
The Speaker was immovable, and. amid
the excitement, requested those opposed to
approving the journal to rise. Phiegmati-
cally he counted zone, two, three" aud an
nounced the motion carried-97 to 5.
Inc ayes and noes were demanded by the
Democrats and ordered, and as the Clerk
proceeded to call the roll Mills poured out
his denunciatiOns. Again he accused the
Speaker OF perpetrating a fraud upon the
House, and referring to Mckinley he said
I'VE did not expect the gentleman from
ONO to lend himself to such proceeding
We relied on the gentleman from Ohio, for
we believed him an honorable gentleman,
and we knew that he Indicating the Speaker
was not"
Perkins of Kansas, (sarcas.icaIly)--and he
Indicating Mills is gentleman.
Alien of Mlssssippi-That is more than
can be SAID Of some persons on the otner
side.
Then as the Clerk went on monotonously
calling the roll, Mills, ignoring the action.
proceeded substantially as follows: 'sYou
do not dare to so before the country with
such revolutionary measure as you are
proposing to pass. We have the right under
the rules TO debate the question of appruv-
ing the journal, and you addressing the
Speakerl, are denying that right Demo-
cratic cheers.
Kerr of 1owa-Such proceedings as this
are reasonable and they are headed by the
man who helped treason before.
MllS-You are traitor yourself TO the
Constitution and the laws. You are trying
to surround the ballot-boX with bayonets,
and tn deprive the people of their right to
representation.
Then followed enthusiastic Democratic
applause, while the Republicans crowded to
the bar of the House and announced their
disapproval by lusty Kisses
The House was regul Babel of voices,
excited and loud, but unintelligible.
Cutcheon OF Michigan stood in the center
aisle, and as Mills went on, repeated with
"Bosh"
Mills reply to this exclamation was.
Bring another resolution of censure,
then"
BY this time affairs approached so near to
a personal rupture between the gentlemen
on The opposing sides that the Speaker was
Obliged TO call upon the Sergeant at Arms
Tor assistance, and that officer, bearing the
mace In front of him, induced Mills to take
his seat. and the storm passed away for the
time.
The Journal was approyed-ayes 144, noes
103.
McComas of Maryland moved that the
House go into Committee oil the Whole on
the District of Columbia Appropriation Bill
The motion was agreed to-ayeS l39, noes
1O7-and accordingly the House went into
Committee of the Whole on the bill indi-
Gated.
Hemphill of South Carolina deelaimed
against the Elections Bill.
The negro question was brought up by
Richardson of Tennessee, who quot d news
paper extracts relative to the treatment of
Iegroes in the Northern States.
S.fter long discussion, during which no
'progress was made on the bill, the commit
tee rose. Adjourned.