The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-21
REPUBLICAN RASCALITY.
STEALING ASTATE, AND THE POOL IN
SILVER.

Two Political Iniquities that wero
Forced on the Attention of the House,
The Silver Steal and the New Hamp-
shire Theft.
WASHINGTON, D. c., January H.
In the House to-day Mr.. Blanchard of.
fered for reference the following resolu.
ton:
Whereas, it is alleged and believed that
certain evil disposed persons have within
the territory and jurisdiction of the State
of New Hampshire, by conspiracy and
show of force, recently set on foot and
carriedinto execution plans by which the
will Of the people as legally expressed at
the polls in the recent election has been
set aside, and the Government Of the
State subverted; and whereas, these
alleged unlawful and revolutionary
proceedings involve the title to the Office
Of Chief Magistrate of the State and Of
the United States Senatorship:
Resolved, that the committee on the
judiciary of this House is hereby direct
ed to investigate the present political
condition of the State OF New Hamp-
shire with the view Of determining
whether or not a republican form Of
overnmentex there within the mean
ne and intent Of the Constitution Of the
United States.
Mr.. Dockery, rising to a question Of
privilege, offered resolution recitlng
the fact of the reference Of his "siiver
pool'' resolution to the committee on
rules, and the fact that the committee
had refused to report the same, and
directing the committee On rules to re.
port the resolution to the House for its
confirmation.
Mr.. Dingley made the point that the
resolution did not involve question of
privilege.
Mr.. Dockery held that inasmuch as
the original resolution was question Of
privilege, it lost none of that privilege
by reason of its reference to the commit
tee. he changed TIE phraseology Of
the pending resolution so as to discharge
the committee on rules from the further
consideration Of the resolution, so as to
bring it now before the House.
In the discussion as to whether the
original resolution presented question
Of privilege Mr.. Crisp said that there
was no express rule authorizing the dis
charge of the committee, but this was
not an ordinary case. The original re-.
solution was unquestionably question
of the highest privilege. If the commit
tee refused to report the resolution,
motion to discharge was privileged.
TIE Speaker inquired whether the
gentleman believed the original resolu-
! ton was one Of privilege.
Mr. Crisp replied that he had assumed
that the Speaker had 80 held.
The Speaker stated that he had not,
On the contrary, in somewhat similar
case, he had ruled (and the House sus-
tanned the ruling) that the resolution did
not present a question Of privilege. The
Chair desired that in this case the mat
ter should be disposed Of by the House,
and he therefore submitted the question
as to whether or not the pending re-
solution was one Of privilege.
The House decided -}Ieeeas--l44SS cas- 49, nays, ay,
S0--tbat- tie question was one Of privi-
tiege.
Mr.. Rogers, of Arkansas, offered an
amendment to the Dockery resolution
providing for the appointment ofa spe-
cial committee Of five membes to inquire
into all the facts and circumstances con-
nected with silver pools in width SEN
ator and Representatives, are alleged to
be interested; also as to the alleged
passage ofthe Act of July IA, 1890, in-
cluding the names Of persens purchasing
or selling the same, and who are the
owners Of the 100000 ounces Of sill
yer bullion which the United States 10
asked to purchase.
Mr.. Rogers's amendment was agreed
to and the resolution as amended was
agreed to,