The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-21


under the slow progress that was being
made did not want the chair to enter
tain the appeal, but Speaker Crisp an.
nounced that he inclined to the greatest
liberality in the matter Of appeals in
cases like this, where practice was not
we'll established, and accordingly he
submitted the appealto vote. On the
appeal the Republicans in obedience to
nod from ex.Speaker Reed refused to
answer TO their names.
The decision OF the chair was sustain
ed, l77-2.
The question then recurred on order.
ing the previous question on the report
from the committee on rules. Thep
motions came thick and fast. All were
brushed aside by the speaker.
Mr.. Payne, OF New York, raised the
question Of consideration against the
report.
Mr. Catchings made the point that he
was out OF order.
Mr.. Payne, who was being coached by
Mr. Reed, appealed from the decision;
'The vote just taken," announced the
chair, Sustained the decision OF the
chair, which held that no motion was in
order except one motion to adjourn.
The chair tn lore refuses to entertain
the appeal, further announces that
no further motions will be entertained
until the report Of the committee is
acted upon"
The whole Democratic side broke into
wild cheering when this announcement
was made, and q wave of applause swept
over the galleries.
A STUBBORN FIGHT.
Although realizing that they were
baffled the Republicans persisted in
their stubborn fight
Mr.. Burrows moved to lay the report
OF the committee on the table. The
speaker ruled the motion out OF order,
aud also declined to entertain an ap-
peal. Some confusion followed. A
dozen members were on their feet and
the speaker who was in hot alterca-
ton with Mr.. Payne, brought upon his
gavel and ordered all members to take.
their seats. Every member Instantly
seated himself except ex-speaker Reed
who loomed up detiantly in the midst OF
the minority.
"Gentlemen will resume their seats,
again shouted the speaker.
Mr.. Reed was pale with rage. For q
moment he stood cycling the speaker as
though hesitating whether to obey the
order, and then sank into his seat.
This evoked more Democratic applause.
and then the roll call began on order
ing the previous question. :
The previous question was ordered
-1S0 to 8.
Mr.. Burrows moved to reconsider.
and Mr.. Fitch moved to lay that motion
on the table. Mr.. Fitch's motion car
ried-161 to1.
REEDS Apology. (?)
Under the rule thirty minutes was
allowed them for debate, and an exoit-
ing time followed. Ex-Speaker Reed
first took the floor. II am obliged TO
apologize, said he, sat the outset for
the inadequacy Of the remarks 1 am
about to make. II is impossible to im-
itate on this occasion the majestic
tread of the gentleman from Indiana
tMr. Bynum); his fine figure, bristltng
with passion as he stalked down the
aisle shaking his fist, or to equal the
choice epithets used by the gentleman
from Kentucky (Mr. Breckenridge
when the Democratic chorus was mak-
ing the air vocal four years ago. Jap
"Besfdes we are restrained on this
side Of the chamber from making n
similar exhibition of ourselves because
we are too well bred. 1ronical ieers
from the Democratic side.l
"We have occupied a peculiar coign
OF vantage in this contest he contin-
ued. "You, on the other side, were be-
tween two fires. We stood to win
either way. You had to resort to every
thing you had denounced or be beaten,
and with characteristic determination
you chose humiliation; you settled
yourself deliberately in the traces
against which you stormed and howl
ed"
'1n doing so you not only violated the
precedence Of 100 years, but all tile
principles Of parliamentary law with
which you had ever come in contact.
HOT SHOT.
"What a spectacle you have made Of
yourselves to-day leave to your own
imaginations 70 decide. The object OF
this action has been unworthy tho
methods employed to accomplish it, aud
have been the destruction OF the power
OF the federal government in federal
elections, in order that fraud might
have free rein" Loud applause on
the Republican side.
"Itis unnecessary for me-" said Mr..
Catchings, on rising to reply to Mr..
Tona,l tlaftnr tho nlaoe aE knFyt an "a nj tha
speaker in his ruling, to 60 into de-
fanse OF the courts OF the majority to-
day. sit Is cruel, he confined, sarcas-
ticaliy, "for Mr.. Reed TO suggest that
we have humiltiated ourselyes. II we
have, had not discovered it. The
chagrin, / think, lies on the other side
OF the house. Tho ex.speaker has dis
covered that there are methods by
which the house can do business
methods Just as effective aad infinitely
more fair than his own.
"The rule adopted By the house TO.
day, by methods that have no parallel, /"
said General Henderson, Of Iowa, who
followed the Mississippian, sis aimed
at the ballot box. j give notice that
when this bill passes there will not be
another Republican elected TO Congress
from the south in ten years. lDsmo.
cratic cheers. Yes, cheer your intany
rlauntinglyl. Tho time is comine," he
continued inpetuously, "when youlwill
not be controlled by a minority elected
by force and fraud" !,
Afr. Payne, OF New York, followed
with an assault on Tammany Hall
'.Tanmanyis trying TO reach across the