Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-03-03
THEY BEHAVED THEMSEL YES
Congressman Disappoint the Crowd
in The Galleries.
Good Order rPrevailed-Spealer Crisp sicb
and Richardson OF Tennessee Pre-
sided - Arrested Members
Get Separate Trials.

WASHINGTON Feb. 3.--The galleries of
the house were crowded this morning in
anticipation of disorderly scenes like
those of yestt rday. There was an absence
OF any indications OF excitement on the
floor.
Adams. rep, Pennsylvania, whose case
was pending when the house adjourned
yesterday occupied chair in front of the
clerks desk, in order to appear before the
bar of the house.
The house was called to order by Clerk
Kerr in the absence of Speaker Crisp,
who Is confined to his room by illness. He
read letter from the speaker appointing
Richardson. dem, Tennessee, speaker pro
TEN, and Richardson took the chair.
There was a tendency TO renew the scenes
of yesterday, but the chair repressed IL
by ordering the aisles cleared before
proceeding to business. The question
upon the discha &c OF Adams, rep, Penn
sylyania, on the ground that his arrest
was unauthorized was stated On division
the vote was announced as 81 to III. Reed
asked for tellers and Bland called for the
yeas and nays, which were ordered-yeas
~, nays 10. 30 the previous question
was not ordered
Bland offered the following substitute
for Reeds molten: Resolved That all
intiUDtTs "uO nave bcNU dETCSlth W
authority of the house adopted on the
18th instant are hereby discharged from
custody"
To this Reed raised the point of order
that his motion related TO single individ-
pals while the substitute cc yGred all OF
the class which was clearly irsdriissable.
The chair ruled that Reeds point of or.
der was well taken, that every gentleman
under arrest was entitled to n separate
hearing because the circumstances in the
several cases may be different.
Bland spoke upon motion 10 discharge
Adams with great intensity and bitter
ness, asserting that yesterdays proceed
ings constituted anarchy and revolution.
He asked how members who openly de-
clared tina they would not obey the orders
and rules of the house could expect the
people of the country, suffering from want
OF food and shelter, to observe the laws
OF the land with greater respect Kisses
Proceeding in this strain, Bland was called
to order by Dunn, dem, New Jersey,
who said the gentleman from Missouri
had not been constituted lecturer of the
democratic party.
Mr.. Bland-The trouble with the gen.
tleman Is that am telling too many plain
truths that the country ought to know.
Continuing, Bland said the democrats
ought either 10 discharge their duties in
the house or yield their powers ap-
plause Bland moved the previous
question and declined 20 with
draw 1t to enable other gentlemen
TO speak In their own right, but offered 10
yield To anyone who wanted to speak.
Reed and Bynum, who were called on by
their associates, declined TO accept Bland's
offer. After further debate Bland
stated he would withdraw pending
a motion and move that all further pro-
ceedings under the call Of the house, un-
der which the order Of arrest was made,
be dispensed with. This would end all
proceedings and vacate the arrests made.
Reed and Bynum made the points OF or
der against the motion that it was too
late to entertain IL.
After debate by Springer, Dockery and
others, the chair oyerruled the point of
order, and then. at 3:05 rut and declared
carried the motion of Bland. and an
nounced that all members under arrest
were discharged.
On BANDS motion to take up the seign-
forage bill and close the debate at
o'clock tomorrow, the house voted on di-
vision li7 to 9 The point of no quorum
was made and the call OF the yeas And
uays was ordered