The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-21
and nays. no matter how many might rise

On the other side.
Mr.. Payne said he was glad to hear
thar there was another side. lie then
rroceeded in q pleasant manner TO ad-
Dress the House. but the House was not
I'm a mood 10 listen 70 him, and he was
ordered by the Speaker to resume MS
eeat.
'rhe vote on the molten 70 order the
preyious question resuiied-yeas l7i; Nays.
8. one less than a quorum, and MIR. fItcn
demanded q call Of the House and the
yeas and nays were ordered upon ~. but
thn Democrats, believing that their quo
fun had returned. voted against the mo-
ton. which was made by Mr.. Fitch In
order 10 give absenters an opportunity 10
return. and the motion was lost-yeas, 25;
nays, lsf
me vote then recurred on ordering me
urevious question. before the vote was
announced Mr.. Burrows arose arh asked
10 be recorded. The Speaker put the
stereotyped question as TO whether the
gentleman had cen present during the
roll call and mad failed TO hear his name.
Mr. burrows replied 81 the affirmative
Mr.. Richardson Dem Tenn.) showcd
some symptoms Of questioning the accu-
racv of this respcnse. but the Speaker
said that the gentleman from Nichlg,tn
understood the rules and he Cthe Speaker)
must accept his statement. ThereIpon
Mr.. Burrows votad H. the affirmative. and
as soon ~ the result was announced
yeas. $50; nays, 3-noYed a reconsidera-
ton.
Mr.. Fitch moved % lay the motion on
the table. This was carried-yeas. $50;
nays. land the previous question was
ordered.
Mr. Reed said that he could not equal
the fiery denunciatipns Of the gentleman
from Indiana (Bynum) against the rules
of the Tffty-hrst Congress, nor could he
equal the choice epithets used four years
ago by the gentleman from Kentucky
(Brecknridgo). He (Reed) was suffering
from the fact that he was not backed up
BIZ such q chorus as had made the air
vocal four years ago. The members on
the Republican side We're 700 well-edu-
Gated TO indulge IN mere noise. Uaughs
teri The Republican party in the FIFTY
first Congress had made certain rules
First impressions were the most power
ful The Republicans to-day occupied an
unusual position. They stood 20 win in
any event. 0aughter) The Democratic
party had either 10 resort 10 everything
they had denounced or 10 be beaten.
Gaughter) The Democrats had their
choice between humiliation and defeat,
and they had chosen humiliation. Q>augn-
teri
Mr. Catchings said that St was hardly
worth while TO say anything in vindica-
ton OF the parliamentary rulings made
by the Speaker to-day. II was cruel tsar-
castically) Of the gentleman from Maine
to advise the Democrats that they were
in state Of humiliation. lie tCatch-
inge) had not discovered It himself. He
thought that the Democrats were getting
along pretty well. 1auGhter) The trouble
with the gentleman from Maine was that
ne had discovered that there were other
metha,5N f1lan those invented by him and
his associates I'm the Fny-frst Congress
by which the House could DO business.
(Applause.) Besides, the methods nory
proposed were eminently fair. Applause)
The gentleman had had a little taste OF the
power OF the House, ana IL was natural
that he should chafe 10 find out that the
House could do business without resort
ing 20 the rules Of the fifty-frst Congress.
This House stood ready to do business
whenever Il chose without the consent Of
the gentleman on the other side. ZAP
plause)
ny. Henderson Gowa} said that the
resolution which It was proposed 10 adopt
under circumstances that were without
parcHei. was aimed tt the iaBOt-lOx
In the name Of the great commonwealth
which he represented which respected
the laws, which loved liberty, and which
honOred the baliOt-box he entered his
protest against a measure which would
destroy the only safety-valye OF the re-
public-the ballot-box. Republican ap-
plause)
Mr. Payne, Of New York said Congress
was asked 20 place New York along with
the Solid South. Let gentlemen have a
care. There was a time before the war
when Southern slavery was opposed by
philanthropic men in the North, hut the
feeling was not general. Then the slavery
advocates wanted to deprive Kansas Of
fits legal state government, and then the
Republican party arose. The Democrats
might deprive the negroes in the South
OF their votes, but when they attempted
10 deprive the white men Of the North
OF their rights the day OF Nemesis would
come. Appiause)
Mr.. Hatch sarcastically and vigorously
alluded 10 Reed as the man who I'm the
5ist Congress had ruled the House with
a hand Of iron, and now came in and
protested against n majority Of the re-
personalities Of American people con-
trolling its action. The action to-day was
not the action OF a despotic Speaker, II
was the action Of the House. (Applause)
1t was not the action OF a man who count
ed men I'm the cloak rooms. or men who
were thousand miles from Washington;
IL was the action OF a majority In de-
termlning that Il would come 10 vote
on a certain measure. Applause.) The gen
tleman from Maine had said (referring
to q remark az ReeIs) that beyond this
was the ballot; and he Hatch) thanked
God for H. Applause)
Referring so 81 remark made by Mr.
Henderson to the effect that II this bill
We're passed. IN the great cities the polls
would be surrounded by n rabbie. Mr..
Hatch declared vehementiy that to-day
the head and front OF the rabble was
John /. Davenport and this declaration
was loudly cheered by the Democrats.
Mr.. Fellows made q brief and humor-
GUS speech. I'm which he referred 70 the
calm Gnd suaye manner I'm which yes
terday and the day before Mr.. Burrows
had suggested 10 the Speaker that "ot
course, there fould be no objection
20 this or that. He contrasted that man
ner with the manner IN which the gen
tleman had addressed The House to-
day.
The report Of the Committee on Rules
was then agreed 10: Yeas, ll6' nays, -
and the Speaker proceeded 70 call the
committees for reports
Mr.. Tucker reported the Federal cleo
ton bill. and Il w9s placed on the House
calendar; and then the House. at 5:5,
adjourned.
DIR. JANIS u. MARIE DEAD.