Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-03-02
KISSED Mr.. BLAND.
Members of the House Dislike the Mis-
sourian's Utter Words.

oil the mousse unuer arrest were uudiiy
discharged from custody Friday by
dispensing with further proceedings
under the call. 1t required four hours
TO accomplish this and although the
scenes of disorderly turbulence which
characterized Thursdays proceedings
were not repeated Friday the proceed
ings were fully as interesting.
After the ARE sted members had been
discharged Mr.. Bland returned to the
silver bill. but his motion failed again
for lack OF quorum. He lacked only
two votes, however, and this is the high
water mayk.
After some preliminary skirmishing
the speaker pro tenn, declared the pend
ing question TO be the motion to dis
charge Mr.. Adams from the custody of
the sergeant-at-arms.
Mr. Reed called attention TO the fact
that the question had not been proper
ly stated. 1t was to discharge Mr..
Adams because the warrant under
which he was arrested was unauthor-
lied. Mr.. Springer attempted to inter
pose an amendment, which had for its
purpose the discharge of all members
under arrest, as the most expeditions
way out of the tangle, but Mr. Reed
demanded the previous question and he
was cut Off
The previous question was voted
DOWNS to 159. Mr.. Bland then Of
fered as substitute for Mr.. Reeds mo-
ton a motion to discharge all members
arrested 10y authority of the resolution
passed by the house on the 10th inst
Mr. Reed made the point of order that
Mr. BANDS amendment was not ger
name, and the point was argued at
some length.
Mr. Bland decided to withdraw his
substitute and confne it TO the dis
charge from custody of Mr.. Adams.
On this modification of his motion he
demanded TO be heard He got the
floor and delivered a scathing arraign-
ment of his side of the house.
Mr. BANDS speech was sensational
in its criticism of the disorder which
reigned in the house on Thursday. He
declared that the men who are OBJ
structing legislation and defying the
house were anarchists and revolution
lists. They were worse than the crimi-
nal who would throw dynamite bombs
from the galleries. There were Kisses
at this statement which grew louder
and eliminated in the cries Of shame"
Mr.. Bland proceeded in his inn
passioned utterance. He said moboc-
racy had taken possession of the
house. The mobi5m of anarchy
was being given an object lesson.
The anarchist was being invited TO pa
rade the streets and commit his deeds
of violence. Mr. Bland proceeded with
frequent characterization of those
members who had obstructed legisla-
ton as anarchists" and revolution
lists"
Mr. Bland said that since the dead
lock the suggestion that the speaker
should count a quorum had been ad-
vanced on the democratic side of the
house. Quorum counting, he maintained,
was an invitation 20 absenteeism. 1t
was an invitation TO members to go fish
ing and wandering up and down the
earth. He insisted that il was the duty
OF the house 10 keep members in their
seats. The democratic party had ma
jority of eighty in the house and ought
TO do business.
81 don't think it is the duty of the
gentleman from Missouri" INTERCEPTED
Mr. Dunn dem, n. j. ito lecture the
democratic party"
IF that is lecture" retorted Mr..
Bland, 1.-THE people will read it to the
gentleman and every other man who is
now obstructing business 10 his hearts
content. Democratic applause. While
the opposition has a perfect right to
break the quorum, what a spectacle
we present TO the country, with eighty
majority, rising in our congressional
dignity and defying the authority of
the house! We should proceed to do
business or acknowledge our incom-
potency. If we don't the people will
read the riot act to us"
Mr.. Band then drifted into discus
sion of the merits of the silver seignior-
, age bill, which was being opposed by u
portion o the democratic ajority, in
the course of which he was three times
called to order by Mr.. Coombs dem,
n. ".
al thought the gentlemen on this
side" said Mr.. Bland, would realize
that they could not afford to be revolu-
tionists and anarchists. say we
should either do business or surrender"
Republican applause and shouts of:
Give it 10 them"
at will be no outrage for the people
TO rise up in mob and cast us down,
for we are exercising mobocracy here.
! If this is a bal bill vote it down. If
you want more debate we will give it
to you, but to stay here and not vote is
! simply political suicide"
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