The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-21
MIR. wHEELEn,s LONG SPEECH.
After a Gseat Deal OF ralk 1t was Allowed
to Remain in the Record.


WASHINGTON. April 2o.--At the open
ing of the session of the House to-day
Mr. Burrows Rep., Mich) called atten-
ton again to the expanding in the Re
cord of a speech delivered the other day
by Mr. Wheeler (Ala), upon the quorum
counting rule, suggesting that the gentle
man was la his seat and might be able
to make such an explanation OF II as
would make further action unnecessary
Mr.. Wheeler said he thought it In very
bad taste for a gentleman VINO had been
Leading a revolutionary movement IN the
House. and. II might be said whose
hands were red with the blood OF parlia-
mentary proceedings, who had been en-
gagged i'm assassinating parliamentary
dove TO raise the objection that had
hem made He admitted that he shouid
have first received the consent OF the
House for the insertion OF ms extended
remarks: but, IN cxtenuauon' as u We're
called attention TO the general extent TO
,,,hich The rule had been ignored IN the
mast. lie had never uttered MOrd III
-. e,tire course of his career that was
- dic,atad by the Kindlicst feeling, and
always with a desire 10 DO ms duty To
his country, 10 his constituents ana 10
the House He asked, IN 'on' 'u9io"
unanimous consent that hls rehiarhs as
,.,fntad he permitted 10 remain as IL de-
livered at that ume' ,uo4
NJ Rurrows said lee had directed the at
Ian of the House TO this matter be
60 T., seemed 10 be a fragrant viola
,ion ~ the rules. Consent had Deen
oelsaa that gentlemen be permitted TO eN-
,cpd their remarks, ana il had been
distinctlv refused In face of that the
gentlemen from Alabama had ineorDo-
rated four and a half columns Of the
Record into az allowance OF one minutes
time. and then made the Speaker say at
the close: The time OF the gentleman
has eNpired." (This caused the Speaker
TO smile broadly. and the members gen
erauv 10 laugh) The laughter vas re-
ncwe9 when Mr.. Johnson Qsep., Ihd), the
fastest talker in the House, expressed
the hope that Mr.. Burrows would net
consider rapidity Of utterance good ground
for criticism.
What the gentleman did say. continued
Mr. Burrows. was contained on one page
OF manuscript. and he had read al the
clerks desk. lie said the matter was
an important one. and If this instance
were permitted TO stand. it would con-
stitute a precedent under which any
member. even in the face of objection |
by the House, might print anything ~ |
pleased In this connection Mr.. Bur- |
rows said ne had hoped that Mr.. Wheeler !
would also explain how ii was that un-
Ter a previous leave 20 print remarks |
lpon the posi-ofiice appropriation bl'l |
.hould be Inserted twelve columns Of
he Canadian tariff
Mr. Dockery moved that the matter
,e referred 10 the Committee on Print
ng with a right 10 report az any time
Mr. Wheeler said he wanted the whole
natter blOtted out. Whereupon Mr. Bur-
ows and other Republicans objected.
From this "a parliamentary tangle en-
ued the result of which was that MIR.
)ockery withdrew his motion 10 refer the
natter to the Committee on Printing.
Mr. McRae Dem, Ark, offered mo-
ion to permit the gentlemen from Ala !
anna TO withdraw from the Record the |
emarks in controversy.
MIR Reed moved TO amend by adding ,
that the speech delivered be inserted
n their places" This being agreeable to
ir. Wheeler. II was adopted, and then |
unanimous consent was given that the
entleman might print I'm the record the
peech which had Just been ordered to |
e Withdrawn. This result was received |
nth general laughter and applause. and
Ir. Wheeler was congratulated upon the |
uccessful and happy conclusion OF the
iatter.
The House then went into the commit
'e Of the whole, with Mr.. Hatch in the
lair, for the consideration OF bills on
Ie private calendar. Nearly the whole
'ternoon was spent In discussing the ]