St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-21

uIdWH' SelZed upon Dy the speaker nd
the house by main strength, in order TO
roo the minority of its rights. we want
| the country to understand what has
| been done. If you want to push this
through" ne added sneeringly, 1--WE
shall see what we shall see."
| =, zen. Catchings, in reply, called atteR-
tion to the fact that the
| LANGUAGE OF THE RULE
was the same as that relating to pro-
eeedings on suspension day. When the
committee on rules framed the cloture
IL mad purposely used the precise Ian
| guage because it had a fixed construc-
ton.
The speaker finally ruled Mr.. Hep
| burns motion for recess to be out of
| order.
Mr.. Hepburn appealed from the de-
| clSlon OF the chair. Some of the I'M
! patent Democratic members, chafing
under the slow progress that was being
| maze, did not want the chair to enter
tam the appeal, but Speaker Crisp an
nounced that he inclined to the greatest
lIoeralIty in the matter of appeals in
cases like this, where practice was not
well established. and accordingly he
submitted the appeal to vote. On the
appeal the Republicans, in obedience to
a nod from eX-Speaker Reed. refused to
! answer TO their names.
| Ihe decision of the chair was sus-
tanned, III to2
The question then required on order
ing the previous question On the report
from the committee OH rules. Then
motions came thick and fast. All were
brushed aside by the speaker. Mr..
| Payne, of New York, raised tho cues
tlon 1or consideration against the re-
port. Mr. Catcbings made the point
that he was ont 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.
Ihe chair therefore refuses to entertain
the appeal, and further announces
tnat no further motions will DE enter
tained until the report of the committee
is acted upon."
The whole Democratic side broke
into wild cheering when this announce
| ment was made. and wave of applause
swept over the galleries.
| Although realizing hat they were
baffied, the Republicans persisted in
their stubborn fight. Mr.. Burrows
moved to lay the report of the commit
tee on the table. The speaker ruled the
motion out of order. and also declined.
to entertain an appeal. Some confusion
| followed.
| A dozen members were on their feet,
| and the speaker, who was in a hot alter
| cation with MIR. Payne, brought down
| his gavel and ordered all members 10
| take their seats.
Every member instantly seated him
self except ex-Speaker Reed, who
loomed up defiantly in the midst of the
minority.
Gentlemen will resume their Seats"
again shouted the speaker.
Mr.. Reed was pale with rage. For a
| moment he stood eyeing the speaker, as
| though hesitating whether to obey the
order, and then
SANK INTO HIS SEAT.
This evoked more Democratic ap-
plause, and then the roll call began on
| ordering the previous question.
In spite of the vigorous efforts of the
whip. the Democrats failed to muster a
| quorum on this roll call.
Mr. MeRae, OF Arkansas, and Mr..
| Cooper, of Texas, who were absent when
their names were called, sought permis-
sion to vote, but the speaker declined to
allow them under the rule. The vote
stood 174-3. lacking two of a quorum.
Nothing was left then for the Demo-
Gratis but to order call of the house.
Mr.. Fitch accordingly made the motion.
Inc Democrats succeeded in avoiding
one roll call by voting against MIR.
Fitch's motion to proceed to call of
the house. They developed Democrats
on this motion.
The vote recurred on ordering the pre-
Vlous question on the report of the COM
mittee on rules.
The previous question was ordered,
$50 to 3.
Mr.. Burrows moved to reconsider, and
Mr.. Fitch moved TO lay that motion on
the table.
Mr.. Fitch's motion carried, 1s1 toI
Under the rule thirty minutes was
then allowed for debate, and an exciting
time followed.
Ex-Speaker Reed first took the floor.
Il am obliged to apologize" said he,
lat the outset for the inadequacy OF the
remarks am about to make. It is i'm
| possible TO Initiate on this occasion the
MAJESTIC TREAD
| or the gentleman from Indiana (By-
nuIn), his flne figure bristling with pas
| sion as he stalked down the aisle. shak-
Ing MS hSt, or 10 equal the choice epi-
thets used by the gentleman from Ken
lucky (Breckinridge) when the Demo-
cratic chorus was making the air vocal
four years ago. Applause.
besides, we are restrained on this
side Of the chamber from making a sim.
liar exhibition of ourselves because we
are too well bred. [Ironical jeers from
| the Democratic side.
I'VE have occupied a peculiar coign
| OF vantage IN this contest" he con-
| tinued. You on the other side were
between two fires. We stood to win
either way. Yon mad to resort to ev-
| erything you had denounced or be
beaten, and, with characteristic deter
| minatlon, you chose humiliation: Won
| settled yourself deliberately in the
| traces against which you stormed and
| howled.
I'm doing so, you not only violated
the precedentS of los years. but all the
principles OF parliamentary law with
which you had ever come in contact.
! You decided that the speaker can WITH
| ate motion because It is dilatory with
out his mouth pronouncing the odious
| word, and you sanctioned the violation
of the sacred right of appeal for which
| the present occupant of the chair con-
tented SO lmpetuously four years ago.
1hat is the situation. You refused the
| system OF rules which we offered YOU.
| under which you could have done busf-
ness, and instead you chose to accom-
| pllSh the same ends by special
ACTS OF VIOLENCE
us that sort of thing worthy of great
party? What spectacle you have
made of yourselves today / leave 10
your own imaginations to decide. The
| object of this action has been unworthy
the methods employed to accomplish if.
for it has been the destruction of the
| power of the federal government in fed
eral elections in order that corruption
and fraud might have free reign. Loud
applause on the Republican side.
at is unnecessary for me,'' said Mr..
| Catchings on rising to reply to Mr..
| Reed, after the clear statements of the
! speaker in his rulings. to go into a de-
tense of the course of the majority TO-
| day. 1t is cruel" he continued. sar-
castically, ''for Mr.. Reed to suggest that
we have Inundated ourselves. Ii we
have. had not discovered it. The cha
grin [ think lies On the othnr SO of