The herald., 1894-02-24

De
he laws Of ii Va country. We were sent
mere to do our duty; at time when the
stiles are throl exed with mobs of people
Who cannot 90 TO bed in peace and COM
Tort ia not I'd . time when mob law
should obtain hs ,re.'
AT this point B ynum called Bland to
order. and after being admonished by
kbe chair to COL uine himself to the
question at issue, he proceeded to say
that since the deaC uock, the suggestion
that the speaker sho uld count quorum
had been advanced ,0n the Democratic
side Of the house. Quorum counting,
be maintained, was an invitation to
absenteeism. 1t was an invitation
to members to 90 fishing and
wandering up and down thei earth. He
insisted it was the duty of the house to
keep members in their seats The Dem
ocratic party had majority OF eight In
the house and ought to do business.
81 don't think it is the dnty OF the
gentleman from Missouri" iuterJected
Dunn (Dem.) OF New jersey ito lecture
the Democratic party"
''If that is = lecture" retorted Bland,
.'the people will read it to the gentle
man and every other man obstructlng
business to his hearts content. lDemo-
cratic applsuse.] We should proceed to
do bueiness or acknowledge our lncom-
potency. Ii We don't, the people Will
read the riot act to u.s."
s'They will they will, " came IN chorus
from the Republican side.
Bland then drifted into discussion
of the merits of the silver selgniorage
bill which was being opposed by por-
ton Of the Democratic majority, in the
course OF which he was three times
called to order by Coombs (Dem.l
OF New York. THE difficulty is,
finally blurted out Bland, Il am too
much in order. l am telling too many
plain truths that the country ought to
know" democratic applause.
"Thsrs fact shouted benson
(Dem.) OF Alabama. ''Give it to the
Democrats for revenue only"
II thought the gentlemen on thi d
side.n said Bland. would realize thu it
they could not afford to be revolution a.
lists and anarchists. l say We should
either do business or surrender. [Ia0-
publican applause and shouts of
Give it to themp 1t will be
no outrage for the people to
rise up in mob and cast us down, for we
are exercising mobocracy here. II this 10
a bad BILL vote it down. II you wisnt
more debate, we will give it to you; but
to stay here and not vote is simply po-
litical suicide"
As he proceeded there were alterr ate
scenes of extreme confusion and al lent
astonishmsnt. The speaker was ire
quently called to order and he was 6nal-
ly compelled to take mis- seat, and then
proceeded in order. He Was freqr iently
appla1ded in his milder criticism IS, but
tgilence followed his more violent utter
A1ces. The aisles of the house. were
choked with members while he was
spe aking and the galleries were 9 rowded.
REEDS RAsPING REMARKS.
Reid contended that the warrant
should contain the name OF the party to
be arrested. The whole difficulty here
grew OUT, of the fact that the house de-
MED the Night of members CO nstituting
q quorum by their presence. II trust, !"
he concluded. that the house will
take warning and proceed in accord
ance with the constitution of the
United States. OF courss. after your
yociferation, it will be diffitmlt. but you
should be patriotic enough to sacrifice
private feeling for the public good.
Come back into the true path - said he.
smiling, land live happily ever after
wsrd.'
Turner of Georgia, who replied to
Reed, directsd his attention to the val
idity Of the warrant under which the
members had been arrested.
Dunn asked whether Turner believed
members could be arrested when inside
the bar of the house.
81 believe" replied Turner, ''the
house has the right to arrest delin-
quents wherever found, even in the
White House." [Applause-l
Dunn tDem.) of New Jersey, one OF
the members arrested, denounced his
arrest ae breach of his constitutional
rights. He offered y resolution to the
effect that the warrant was void and
that the names should be stricken from
it.
At this point Bland unexpectedly
Withdrew his amendment and moved to
suspend all further proceedings under
the call of the house under which the
arrests were made. The purpose of this
was to drop the much confused question
instead of attempting to strsighten it
out.
Reed made the point OF order that
Bland could not dispense with call
partially executed and on which mem
bers were now under arrest.
Springer insisted that the vacating of
the order of the house of February 18th
would release the members under ar
reet.
Reed said every respectable man must
be so sick and tired OF this thing that
even the solution offered by Bland might
be blessing. This closed the opposi-
ton.
The acting speaker overfuled the
point OF order and then put the question
on the Bland resolution for vecating the
call OF February 10Th and releasing the
members under arrest. This was car
ried by loud viva vuce vote, with very
few dissenting votes. Thus the tangle
suddenly terminated and the arrested
mem berE were again free.
Johnson (Rep.) of Indiana offered a
resolution calling on the eergeant-at-
arms to Investigate whether Johnson q
arrest was with proper authority, and TO
correct the writ if an error was disc0v-
ersd. The resolution was agreed to.
FILIBUsTERIEa RESUMED.
Then the call of committees, usually
coming ct She opening of the days SEES
sion, was begun. Bland moved that the
house 60 into committee of the whole to
consider the silver bill, and that all
debate close at 8 p. m. tomor.
row. On this the previous, uues-