Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-28
ROCKWELL KEEPS HIS SEAT.
A Decisive Vote After a Red-hot
Discussion In the House.
o'Ferrall Makes Grand Plea for opp,

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sition to Fraud, Whether Committed
by Republicans or Democrats--No Polit-
Teal Significance in the Result.
| WASHINGTON. April 22.-Rockwell, Hills
man, as 1t is alleged, Is safe in his seat
IL took three votes in the House TO place
him there, but Noyes, the Republican
claimant from Elmira, has finally been
relegated to private life.
The contest opened as soon rs the House
convened, Mr.. Fellows conducting the case
for Rockwell. In OIL eloquent speech the
colonel commended that the 10 DOYLE ballots
were fraudulent and that the % marked
ballots were without faint
Mr.. Fellows was listened to with marked
attention, and he was loudly applauded.
lie occupied more than an hour, and his
time was, at the suggestion of Mr..
Wheeler of Alabama, extended half an
hour. He occupied, however but Is
minutes of the extension and then yielded
ms remaining time to Mr.. Cochran of New
| York
Then the discussion became exciting.
Mr. Cockran's Language was scathng, and
his oratory was impressive He minced
no words; and his phillippic addressed
against the majority report was very
powerful, and was received with tumultul-
Gus applause by his party colleagues.
MR.. o'FERRALL's REPLY.
Mr.. O'Ferrall rose to reply and to make
the closing argument in favor of Noyes.
| lie hoped that calm would succeed the
hurricane which had just passed over the
| House. The speech of the gentleman
from New York reminded him Of a little
song. A belated traveller was iourneying
over a country road in the midst of d
storm. His horse he guided by the flare
of the lightning. But, although the storm
was fierce one, the flashes were infre-
| quent, while the peals of thunder were in
IA F.
the invocation, tOh Lord | would like
to have little more light and not quite so
much noise. Long, continued laughter.
lie did not haYe to go aroundin his state
wearing OH the lapel of his coat label
with the words, 81 am Democrat" ZAP
| pluse, laughter, cheers and great confusion
lie had heard all sorts Of charges made
against himself in connection with the re-
port, but were il not for the remarks of
the gentleman from Mississippi he would
not refer to them on this floor.
II had been charged that he was warped
IN his judgment because he preferred
certain gentleman for the next Demo-
cratic nomination for President. He sup
posed that as an American citizen he had
the right to exercise the privilege of ex-
pressing his choice His choice was fixed
Everybody who knew his convictions
knew what his choice was.
POLITICAL ALLUsIoNs CAUSES A SENSATION
And yet he was to be assaled and criti-
cised because he preferred u certain dis
tinguished gentleman for the next Demo-
cratic nomination. 1t was true. He did
prefer u certain gentleman. He preferred
a,Sreat big man. Laughter and applause
lie preferred man who was a lion and
not fox. [Cheers and sensation. He
preferred man who stood out before the
country, head and shoulders above every
other living Democrat of this age--a man
who knew no north, no south, no east no
west-a man who knew one people, a man
whose home was the United States-the
magnificent and grand Grover Cleveland
OF the state of New York. [Great applause
The gentleman from Mississippi had
given utterance to the sentiment that, as in
the last Congress the Republicans had
stood together, the Democrats should stand
together now. Ii that was what the gentle
man meant, he (Mr. 0'Ferrall) thanked
heaven that he was not rocked in the same
cradle or raised in the same school of
Democracy.
ALLEN REToRTs.
Mr.. Allen said that in his remarks he
had especially disclaimed that the Demo-
Gratis should follow the tactics observed by
the Republicans. What he meant when he
said that the Democrats should stand
together was that the man who would hold
one good Democrat up as all owl and
another as q lion was creating dissenson
in the Democratic party.
Mr.. O'Ferrall regretted that he was
touching sore spot on the gentleman
from Mississippi. But he assured the gen
tleman that he intended no illusion to the
gentleman when he made the remark
about the lion. Laughter
MIR. Allen-And never will be q lion of
man who fights Democrats as you do.
[Laughter.]
Mr.. o'Ferrall-I fight fraud, thank
hn. tI.- 7 GrIt ia =.
can ranks or in the Democratic ranks.
Applause.
Al the conclusion of Mr.. O'Ferrall's
speech the previous question was ordered
without division. The question required
on the resolutions of the minority as a
substitute for the resolutions of the
majority. A seperate vote being de
manded, the first vote was taken on the
iirst resolution of the minority, which las
a substitute) declares that Noyes was not
elected. This was carried-yeas lao, nays
9Smanlid applause on the Democratic side.
Thirty-nine Democrats voted to sustain
the report OF the majority. There was no
break in the Republican ranks.
Then came the vote on the second sab |
stitute resolution, declaring Rockwell en-
titled to his seat. This was agreed to-
yeas, l2S; nays 1906.
Then Mr.. Bryan of Nebraska, came for |
ward with Il motion to recommit. with in |
structions to the committee to take further |
testimony bearing upon the 10 Doyle votes |
and the IS marked ballots. This was de- |
feated--yeas ITO, nays 125-and then the |
resolutions rs amended were agreed TO |
without further opposition. Thus Mr.. |
Rockwell was retained in his seat,
NO POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
There was little or no political signif- |
canoe in the vote on the case. 1t was SIM
Ply one in which there was room for
differences of opinion and Democrats diff ]
tered in their opinions. because Mr.. |
O'Ferrail is an eurnest supporter of Mr.. |
Cleveland for the Presidential nomination
and because Senator Hill interested HIM
self in behalf OF Mr.. Rockwell, perhaps to
an undue degree, there has been consider
able loose talk about the significance of
the vote, and it has been said the vote for
Mr. Noyes would be an indication of the
number of Cleveland men in the House.
An analysis of the vote will show, how
ever, that some OF the most outspoken ad-
Vocates OF the ex-Presidcnt in the House /
voted for Mr.. Rockwell
REED BREAKs a PLEDGE.
Just before the vote was taken ey-
Speaker Reed, who has been paired with
Chairman Springer of the ways and means
committee, ever since the latters illness
went TO Colonel Ike Hill, deputy sergeant.
alarms and informed him that In this ease
he proposed to vote for Noyes, the Rcpub-
llcan, pair or no pair, and that il Mr.,
Springer was TO be paired, Colonel Hill |
would have to lind someone else to pair
with him.
The report of Mr.. Reeds action spread
like wildiire over the Democratic side OF
the House, and completely disguised many
Democrats who might have voted for
Moves. The idea that in n case where the
Democrats. proposed to lay aside party
loyalty and disregard the precedents Of the