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wa. right. and recognized Mr.. cstchinss to call

1 for a recess for two hours. and Mr.. Fitch mad
t e o Scns 81 ana
appealed. The spesser entertained som
appeal. but decided 10 do so. as the duestio
N Mr. Reed@fben. the Chair decides that tn
motion Is not dilatory1 lLauRhter.l
The SpeaEer-The Chair did not 80 decide
Mr. Fitch moved to lay the appeal on the ia
ble and this motion was adopted-yeas. III
n9M F. Gatchines demanded the previous cues
tion on the report OF tho Committee on Rules
Mr.. Payne raised the question OF consdera
The speakor-Tho Chair will not entertain
Mr.. Tayne-I appeal from this decision.
Tho Speaker Ana the Chair declines to en-
cratic side Tho House had decided thf,
question for itself.
When gueried Mr. Reed.
Congress renled the SMped Rsdd .,
an emphasis on the last"
The Speaker then rose from his chair. and
wit great earnestness and with ring In his
! voice which showed that he meant every word
lie said announced that he would entertain nc
| motion as against the report OF the Committee
from his decision on any motion which wa,
covered by the resolution presented by the
| the Speak err was the recipient OF n wave OF APP
| plause from his Democratic colleagues
S 'm" is nG sS s the
| report on tho table"
The Speaker Tho Chair declines to enter
II appeal from the decision" said Mr.. Bur-
And tho Chair declines to entertain the ap-
peal" replied the Speaker amid Democratic
The question was then put on the demand
| for the previous question. and on q division o
quorum voted. Mr.. Burrows called for iers.
| and Mr. Fitch demanded the yeas and nays.
| and tas II requires but one-iifth OF tho mem
bers voting to order, roll CALI the SPEAK sr.
The other her" side. demanded Mr.. Payne.
There is no other side" responded the
"0h" replied Mr.. Payne. II thought there
was"
remark in an offensive sense He merely
intended to say that there was a sufficient
matter how many might rise on the other err side.
Mr.. Payne was glad to hear that there was
another side, He then proceeded In q pleasant
was not in mood to listen to him. and he was
ordered BY the Speaker to resume his scat.
vious. question resulted yeas ia. nays some
less than nu9rum-an MI Fitch demanded
a of ns SST aud But The nd &.
LEV Ing that their. quorum had returned, voted
against the motion (which was made by Mr..
Fitch in order to give absentees an opportu-
nifty to RETURN, and the motion was lost--yeas.
%: nays. 1854.
The vote then REQUIRED on ordering the pre-
vious question. Before the vote was an
nounced Mr.. Burrows arose and asked to be
to wSae FL" s tns Rsd
been present during the roll call and had
Mr.. Richardson Dem. Tenn showed some
rymptoms OF questioning the accuracy OF this
man from Michigan undersi God the rules. and
he ithe speaker must accent his statement.
M Ss m
yeas. 100: nays. showed II reconsideration.
Mr. Fitch moved to lay the motion on the
and tn" previous question was ordered
Mr.. Reed said that he could not equal the
aery denunclations of the gentleman from In
Fifty first Congress. nor could he equal the
tsoise nS"d 9pr sgG by
tAlr Reed was suffering from the fact that he
was, not backed up by such a chorus as had
bers on the Republican side were too well edu-
Gated to Indulge in mere noise: lLaug hter.l
eress had made certain rules. FIRST impress In res
sons were the most powerful. The Republi-
cans to-day occupied an unusual position;
They stood to win in any event, Laughter!
The Democratic party had either to resort to
everything the. had rte Heno 5e or to be
. defeat. r and they had, had chosen hnmiia-
that they had affected to , despise; Now gen
otsd
presidents OF hundred years. but it had
added a new zest to the occasion by violating
legislation. it had destroyed the sacred right
tho chair had argued vigorously four Years
ago, The Renuinicans had offered the major
in SS0S4 the t by Thss
without acts Of violence Instead of that the
majority wanted violence in each particular
sentingl This Democratic majority was going
through the valley OF humiliation. IRepnbli-
Mr.. Catchings said that it was hardly worth
while TO cay ANYTHING In yindication OF the
rulings made by the Sneaser
teman from Maine to advise the Democrats
that they We're in state Of humiliation. lie
He thought that the Democrats were getting |
along pretty we'll II.nughter.l The trouble |
had discovered that there we're other methods ,
than these invented by him and his associates
methods now proposed were eminently fair |
IApplause.l The gentleman had little taste
that no should chafe to find out that the House |
could do business without resorting to the |
stood ready to do business Whenever it chose, |
without the consent Of the gentleman from
M Mr. He Hen S jlep. iowa. said that the
resolution which 1t was proposed to adopt.
under circumstances that we're without
which was to be reported was loaded with shot
and pointed against the only instrument by
which the people could express their power
The Legislation on our statute books on this
subject was already too weak. and still that
legislation was made the object OF assault by
he Democratic. party The danger to this re-
public lay In the large cities. and yet the
democrats proposed to tear down the protec-
ton OF tho ballot box In those populous CEN
res. There was little need for these laws in
he country: yet If this bill WAS passed ten
Years would not see Republican elected to
he House; except from eastern Tennessee;
r sndersonp appaud your y own niamy
You will" ilsepublcan applause.
Mr. Payne. on taking the floor. remarked
hat four years ago he had seen many exciting
'cenes in this chamber. There had been
empcr manifested. but that temper had not
,rome from the Chair, but from the members.
To-day the temper had not come from the
members. and 80 the situation was different.
Laughter The Democrats to day had carried
nto the House the same spirit that had been
,ite in the southern states which had blotted
tut the right OF a minority to vote. or to have
Is vote counted, Now Tammany Hall was
'eaching on, its hand over the. bloody chasm
methods that were used in the South might