Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-21
sM REED OPENS THE oRAToRY.
He Attacks Democratic House Methods
Catehings' Reply.

Cstehings' Reply.
Then the talk began. Reed said he could
not equal the fiery denunciations of the
gentleman from Indiana Bynum) against
the rules of the Fitty-frst congress, nor
could he. equal the choice epithets used
four years ago by the gentleman from
Kentucky (Breckinridge). He (Reed) was
suffering from the fact that he was not
backed up by such a chorus as had made
the air vocal four years ago. The mem
bers on the Republican side were too we'll
educated to indulge in mere noise
[Laughter.l The Republican party in
the Fifty-first congress had made certain.
rules. First impressions were the most
powerful. The Republicans today occu-
pied an unusual position. They stood to
win in any event. [Laughter.l
The Democratic party had either to re-
sort to everything they had denounced or
to be beaten. lLaughter.] The Demo
Gratis had their choice between humilia-
ton and defeat, and they had chosen hu-
initiation. tLaughter.] They had delib-
erately settled themselves into the traces
that they had affected to despise. Not only
had the house violated all the precedents
of 100 years, but it had added new zest to
the occasion by violating all principles of
parliamentary law. 1t had announced
that committees could originate legisla-
ton. 1t had destroyed the sacred right
of appeal, for which the present occupant
of the chair had argued vigorously four
years.
Catchings said it was hardly worth
while TO say anything in vindication of
the parliamentary rulings made by the
Epr fnIa = of
tleman from Maine to advise the Demo
Gratis that they were in state of humilia-
ton. He (Catchings) had not discovered
it himself. He thought that the Demo
Gratis were getting along pretty well.
Laughter The trouble with the gem
tleman from Maine was that he had dis
covered that there were other methods
than those invented by him and his asso-
ciates in the Fifty-first congress by which
the house could do business. [Applause. I
Besides, the methods now proposed were
eminently fair. tApplause.l The gentle
man had had little taste of the power of
the house.
Henderson of Iowa said that the bill that
it was proposed to get before the house by
methods without a parallel was for the
destruction of the only national laws
against ballot-box corruption. If the bill
were passed IN ten years there would not
be Republican elected to the house from
the south except from eastern Tennessee.
Democratic applausel.
"Oh," exclaimed Henderson, applaud
your own infamy il you will"
Hatch alluded to Reed as the man who
in the Fifty-frst congress had run the
house with a hand of iron, and who now
came in and protested against majority
of the representatives of the American
people controlling its action. Most of his
speech was denunciation of John l. Daven-
port.
Fellows referred to the suavity of man
ner which had characterized Burrows
motions TO dispense" on former days and
contrasted it with his vigor now, when he
had all tue ferocity of the billiards that
originated in his state Then the gen
tleman from the pine trees had come for
ward, and although he might be "suaviter
in modo" he was "tortiter in Reed ~
[Laughter.] He referred to Tammany as
thorn in the Republicans side laugh
teri, and said that with 1000 "rufIians"