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being ee,or. tn. HOUSE. the motion for re-

There was loud applause on the Dem ocratlc
side Tom Reed doomed up among the Repub-
iicans. apparently laboring under n strong
| emotion.
On what ground" he shouted. rs the mo-
ton Tor recess not In order2 Does the Chair
rule that 1t Is dllatory motion2"
AT the same time Soreno L Payne shouted.
want to Snter an appeal from this decision "
In response to Mr.. Payne the Speaker said.
Two appeals cannot be pending at the same
time"
MIR. Reed again asked whether the Chair re-
FUSED to entertain the motion for recess on
the ground that 1t was dilatory. The Speaker
declared that the rule upon which his ruling
was based was Identical in terms with the
RUE concerning the suspension OF the rules
which had stood for many years. 1t provided
that pending motion to suspend the rules
the speaker may entertain one motion to ad-
)ourn. but after that shall have been voted
down he shall not entertain any other dilatory
motion till the report shall have been fully
disposed OF. Under that rule. identical with
this rule, 1t has been held time and again that
motion for a recess was not in order.
Amid shower Of protests from the Republi-
cans. the vote was taken upon Mr.. Fitch's mo-
ton to table the appeal 1t was carried. 173
TO 90. IL the Republicans had reirained from
voting no quorum would have been disclosed.
Ihey were evidently caught mapping. After
the vote was taken the Record discloses tho
following:
NJ Mr.; CatchipRss,Mr. Speaker, / call up the
report from the Committee on Rules and move
the previous question upon 1t.
=, MI; Hepburn-Mr. Speaker I now move that
The ss1 13E w1 4nm
Rules and demands the. previous quest ion.
recess.
The rule under which this ruling was made
10 printed above
Mr.. Reed oontended that till motion to ad-
journ was made tho Speaker had NO right to
rule out dilatory motions. The Chair held that
the report from the Committee on Rules Ia Of
equal privilege with the motion to take re-
cess. to adjourn. or to fix day to which the
House shall adjourn. and that where motion
to take up q report from tho Committee on
Rules Is made before q motion for q recess
the report from the Committee on Rules must
be voted on FIRST
Mr.. Hepburn appealed from the decision.
The Speaker entertained the appeal. and Mr..
Hepburn then moved that the House adjourn
till day after tomorrow. The Speaker refused
to entertain this motion. The appeal was ia
hled 17S to 2. one more than quorum voting.
The Speaker then announced: Tho question
is upon the demand for the previous question
on the adoption Of the report from the Com
mittee on Rules"
Mr.. Payne raised the question Of considera-
ton. and the Speaker refused to entertain it
He said that 1t had been decided by the House.
on the yea and nay vote on the appeal. that the
question OF consideration could not be raised
on the report Of the Committee on the Rules.
MIR. Payne then appealed from the decision Of
the Chair. The Speaker declined to entertain
the appeal. because tho House had passed
upon that question specifically He said that
the vote just taken was on the appeal from the
decision Of the Chair. which decided that as
against q report from the Conn on Rules
no motion was in order except one motion. to
adjourn. He would entertain no motion ex-
cept one to adjourn. Thereupon Mr. Burrows
moved to lay the report upon tho table. The
Speaker declined to entertain the motion. MIR.
Burrows then appealed from the decision Of
the Chair and the Speaker declined to enter
tain the appeal
This was rather hard on the Republicans.
But tho Speaker was acting in strict obedience
to an imperative rule Of the House. and the
House sustained him. With one or two excep-
tions the Republicans bore themselves with
becoming dignity. They were evidently get
ting what they did not anticipate. Tho action
OF tho Speaker compares moro than favorably
with the action OF Speaker Reed in the Fifty first
Congress. Under general parliamentary law
and before any rules whatever were adopted
for the government OF the House. Col Brock
inridge Of Kentucky raised the question OF
consideration. on o motion by Mr.. McComas Of
Maryland. that the House go into Committee
OF the Whole on the State OF the Union, for the
consideration OF the District OF Colu m bia APP
Precipitation bill. under tho rules OF the then
last House. Speaker Reed ruled 1t out Of or
der. An appeal was sustained by a vote OF 142
to 20.
On Jan. 20. 1890. before any rules had been
adopted. Mr.. Dalzell called up q resolution re-
ported from the Committee on Elections Civ
ing the seat OF James n. Jackson. Democrat.
to Charles B. Smith. a Republican. When the
yeas and nays were ordered there were fewer
than a quorum. Thereupon the Speaker
counted enough Democrats to make a quo
rum; and decided that quorum was prsssep.
peal The Speaker Arbitrarily took him from
p0 to sy the appea tie taSe he
Record shows what followed:
Mr.. Crisp-I claim the right to be heard.
from illinois is one which he had right to
Nj. Crisp;-Not while am on the floor:
iG5 shs sbst Z unfair unjust.
present our case. This was after the Speaker
had m ade his argument as to his right under
general parliamentary law to count quorum
as present and not voting
Il appeal to your fairness as men" Mr..
publican side OF the HouseL appeal to. your
side Of the House to give us an opportpnity
Speaker has seen At to make. Are you afraid
to hear the rulings that have been made In
this HOUSE for hundred years ?,
Ben Butterworth appealed to Mr.. Payson to
Withdraw his motion. Tho Speaker would not
give way. but Judge Payson. with commend
able manliness. did finally withdraw his mo-
ton.
point OF order. The Chair ruled against him.
The Record shows what followed:
Mr. Springer-I respectfully appeal
The Speaker-There can be no appeal on the
question Of recognition.
Mr.. Springer-This Is not q question Of REQ
ognition. II IL the question OF q ruling. Does
the Chair decline to entertain my appeal?
The Speaker-He does.
After long debate Major Mckinley moved
to table the appeal. The appeal was laid on