The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-21
Exciting Scenes for the First
Time This Session.
REED WAS RED-EYED.
The Democrats Put an End TO the
Filibustering.
Catchings Scores the Ex-speal1er in Z
Very Few Words, and the Republic
cans Silently Watch the Demo-
Gratis Make Their Reports.

blocked legislation for weeks.
When the House met, the Democratic
benches were crowded.
The Committee on Rules had held
meeting at which, over the protest of the
Republican mem. ers, the committee was
instructed to report rules that would dis
arm the filibusterers.
AS soon as the journal was read, Lcnd,
OF California, asked unanimous consent
for the consideration of a resolution ask
ing the secretary of the treasury how
many ounces of silver were purchased In
July and August, the amount offered,
and If the government had not purchased
the amount required by law, under what
authority the secretary acted.
Fitch objected, and the struggle began.
Burrows moved a suspension OF the call
of committees for reports.
Catchings, from the committee on
rules, presented report providing that
no other business be In order until the
report OF committees had been received.
Burrows made the point OF order that
the report was not in order, as 1t had
originated with the committee.
After a sharp tilt with Burrows and
Reed on one side, and the speaker on the
other, the speaker overruled the point OF
rules would originate the order OF busl-
ness Just as the committee on appropria-
tions would originate appropriations.
Loud Democratic applause.
Burrows appealed against the decision
of the chair.
Fitch of New York moved to lay the ap-
peal on the table.
Burrows moved that the House take
recess for an hour.
Catchings made the point of order that
the report of the committee on rules was
the only thing in order.
The speaker instructed the clerk to
read the report of the committee.
Reed made a vehement fight against the
action of the speaker. and declared the
clerk had no right to read the report, de-
claring amid Democratic cheers, the
action of the speaker was the most surpris
ing in legislative history After some fur
Their structures on the chair, Reed con-
cluded: s'If Herod is to be out Heroded,
Herod intends to witness the transac-
tion.''
The speaker then went carefully over
the parliamentary status and concluded
by sustaining the point Of order made by
General Catchings against Burrows mo-
tion to take recess.
Payne attempted to appeal from the de-
cision.
1.-TWO appeals cannot be in order, -
shouted the speaker ''The clerk will
call the roll on the appeal of the gentle
man from Michigan"
By vote of 172 to 56 the House sus-
tanned the decision of the chair.
Hepburn OF Iowa, upon the announce
ment OF the vote. moved to take recess
for two hours.
This led to a triangular wrangle over
the parliamentary status between Hep
burn, Cultivate and Reed.
epeo lxar finally rui Hnrbr1rr, fc
motion for recess out Of order.
Hepburn appealed, and on the vote the
Republicans, in obedience to g nod from
Reed. refused to answer to their names.
The decision of the chair was sustained
III to 2.
The question then required on ordering
the previous question on the report from
the Committee on Rules.
Then motions came thick and fast.
All were brushed aside by the speaker,
who said the vote just taken sustained
the decision of the chair, which held no
motion was in order except the one mo-
ton TO adjourn
The whole Democratic side broke into
wild cheering when the announcement
was made and a wave OF applause swept
over the galleries.
Although realizing they were baffied,
the Republicans persisted in stubborn
tight.
Burrows moved to lay the report of the
committee on the table.
The speaker ruled the motion out of or
der and declined to entertain an appeal.
Some confusion followed.
q dozen members were on their feet and
the speaker ordered all to take their
seats.
Every member instantly seated himself
except ex-Speaker Reed, who, pale with
rage. for g moment stood cycling the
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There was more Democratic applause,
and roll call began on ordering the previ-
Gus question.
The Democrats failed to muster
quorum. Nothing was left then for the
Democrats but to order q call of the
House. This developed 1S7 Democrats.
On motion, the vote REQUIRED on or
dering the previous question on the re-
port OF the committee on rules.
The previous question was crde-ed-1S0
to 3.
Burrows moved to reconsider, and Fitch
moved to lay the motion on the table.
Fitch motion was carried-1S1 to l.
Under the rule 30 minutes were then
allowed for debate and an exciting time
followed
Ex-Speaker Reed first took the floor.
ssWe occupied peculiar coigne of vantage
in this contest, - he said. ssYou on the
other side are between two fires. We
stood to win either way. You had to re-
sort to everything you denounced or be
beaten. and with characteristic deter
mination, you chose humiliation; YOU
settled yourself deliberately in the traces
against which you storlned and howled.
In doing so, you not only violated the
precedents of iSS years ago, but all the
principles of parliamentary law with
which you ever came in contact You
refused the system of rules which we
offered You under which you could have
done business, and instead you chose to
accomplish the same ends by special acts
cf violence. The object of this action has
been unworthy of the methods employed
70 accomplish it, for it has been the
destruction of the power of the federal
govern ment in federal elections in order
that corruption and fraud might have
free rein. cloud applause on the Re-
publican side.)
at is unnecessary for me- said
Catchings, on rising to reply to Reed,
ssa.fter the clear statements Of the speaker
in mis- rulings, to go into defense OF the
course Of the majority today. 1t is
cruel, = he Continued, sarcastically for
Reed to suggest that we Inundated our
selves. II we have, have not discovered
it. The chagrin, I think, lies on the
other side f=ks House