St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-23
THE HOUSE tn ATUMULT.
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ihE HUUSe IN A. lUMUll.
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J. B. Reilly. w. Rush. d. E. Sickles.
q. w. Hulick. A. G. Mcdowell, A. n.
johnson, E. NJ. Woomer.
1t is but just to say that these honor
able members, when notified by wire OF
otherwise, voluntarily came TO the
house and responded to their names on
roll call, but the positive order of the
house warrant to me directed to arrest
| them wherever they may be found"
left no alternative but to execute the
order.
The following have not been found:
r. H. Clarke. John 0. Houck. L. l..
johnson, c. A. Russell. w. j. White. j..
ID. Hicks, j. c. Hutchinson. Ali of
which is respectfully subjected.
Ii. w. SNOW. Sergeant alarms.
House of Representatives.
II demand a separate trial." said MIR.
Sickles, after the reading of the report
was concluded. A dozen members were
CLAMORING FOR RECOGNITION.
others were pushing and crcWdfng in
the aisle, paying not the slightest heed
to the continuous gavel pounding of the
speaker pro TEN.
This is the house of representatives."
finally shouted Mr.. Dockery, mot a beer
garden" daughter and %applause.l
The gentleman will have q separate
trial if he desires it, but the rules must
be observed. The gentleman will take
his seat"
II always obey ORDERS" said MI.
Sickles as he sat down.
When order was restored, Mr.. John
son, of Indiana, attempted to interject a
question of privilege. He said he wanted
to state when and where and by whom
he was arrested, but the chair held that
he would have ample opportunity to do
this when he appeared before the bar of
the house. 1t was tnen decided TO call
the prisoners in their order. Mr.. Adams,
of. Pennsylvania, the successor of Mir.
O'Neill, was the first called. He ap-
peared very indignant. He was asked
to give his Xcu for being absent with
out leave.
II vas in the state of Pennsylvania"
he stated, 'eXeeutlng the highest duty
of citlZenship-yoting for a member of
this house. Partly through my efforts,
we were able TO roll up 1000 majority
for Galusha A. Grow. The moment l
geant-at-arms l Immediately returned"
move the gentleman be dis
charged" said Mr.. Reed, land that his
name be stricken from the warrant"
NO" interrupted Mr.. Sickles, loud
ly, "hiS name should not be
STRICKEN FROM TIE WARRANT.
The warrant is null and void. There
are no names i'll the warrant"
This statement created a sensation.
Mr.. Dockery ordered the warrant to be
read when it was proved that it was the
warrant to the sergeant.at-arms, after
recltlng the house resolution directing
the arrest of absent members, proceeded
as follows: Now, therefore. [, Charles
+. Crisp, speaker of the house Of repre-
SentatlyeS, 10y virtue of the power vested
in me by: the house, hereby command
you to execute the said order Of the
house; hereof fail not and make due re-
turn of what ann you execute the
same. In witness whereof l have here
unto set my hand and the seal Of the
house OF representatives. this the 10Th
day Of February. 1891.
CHARLES f. CRISP, Speaker.
The excitement grew apace. Mem
bers crowded about Gen. Sickles and
~debuuched from the aisles into the area
in front OF the speakers chair. The
noise and confusion was deafening.
"There ought to be some way of
s%quelching him." shouted Mr.. Mere
dith, but Mr.. Sickles stood firm and
Unfiinching in the face OF the storm.
lie wanted to know II he was under ar
rest; whether he had a right to vote?
HAS ne any rights at all" asked Mr..
Wilson (Wash.).
The chair directed the rule to be read,
following which Mr.. Slckles appeale d
to the house TO be allowed to make a
statement, and Mr.. Post (Rep.. Ill.,
moved that he be allowed to explain.
Mr.. Springer insisted that MIR. Sickles
should take his seat. Don't do that"
shouted Mr.. Wilson (Wash.(, don't you
see
HE IS A CRIPPLE.
"DOn't make him sit down and get up.
You can bob up at any time" a moment
later, while the chair was attempting to
quell the impending riot, Mr. Cummings
rose i'll his place, and. with uplifted
arm and ringing voice. called out: You
did not call him to order at Gettysburg.''
During all this time Mr.. Dockery had
been counting the house, and at this
point he announced that the demand
for the previous question had been car
ried. go.
When the point of no quorum was
made MIR. Bland withdrew the demand
for the previous question and also the
motion at the same time renewing his
motion to close debate on the %seignior-
age bill. The complications raised by
the alleged discovery of the faulty char
acter of the warrant were such that Mr..
Cultivate, in order to obtain a breath
ing space, moved an adjournment. MIR.
Adams tried to make a statement, but
the chair declined to recognize hiu,
pending the motion to adjourn. The
motion was lost, So to 125. AS soon as
the announcement of the vote was made
Mr.. Sickles declared that he objected to
further proceedings under this warrant.
lit does not contain a single name"
he said, and is absolutely void. The
Sergeant-at-armS is liable To an action by
each member who has been arrested
under it,"
Mr.. Springer insisted that the war;
rant was authorized by the house. Mr..
Reed hen attempted to change the
form of his motion so as to excuse MIR.
was not authorized.
1.-THE gentleman from Maine cannot
insert an argument in his notion re-
turned the chair. But he has done
So replied Mr.. Reed, with The utmost
sang froid. Again a dozen members
tried to make points of order. The
tangle and confusion seemed hopeless,
and. in the midst Of the din, Mr.. Bland
moved 10 adjourn.
Are you going to adjourn and leave
me in chains?" asked Mr.. Sickles in a
mock %piteously appealing fashion.
The motion to adjourn was then put;
as MIR. Bland, the recognized leader of
the fight, had made 1t, his supporters
voted with him, one of them, MI.
Pendleton, of Texas, standing on top
of his desk in the rear of the hall. 1t
was carried, 1872 TO 101, and at sos the
house closed me of the most exciting
and disorderly sessions of this
by adjournment until tomorrow at IL