The Portland daily press., 1894-02-23
MEMBERS MAD.
Pandemonium in the House Over the
Arrest Proceedings.
AFTER THE STORM IT WAS SHOWN
THAT THEY WERE ILLEGAL.

| General Siclxles Pointed Out Defect In
Sergeant-at-Arms Was Liable In Suits
For Damages : The Bland Bill Still
Hung Up-I.s Defeat Said to Be Prob
able.
Washington, February %. soon as
the House met today, Mr.. Cummings
Democrat of New York, rose to a
lege. He said that this mornlng,
while on the floor of the House, he had
been approached by ID deputy sergeant
alarms, who told him that he was un-
der arrest. He refused, he said, to recog-
nize service, and warned the official or
his bosses to touch him at his peril. The
record would show that he had been in
attendance day after day ever since Con-
gress met last summer. He denounced
the arrest as an outrage. He further
stated that it was a disgrace, in his
opinion, ITO hold a session of the House
on Washington's birthday. In honor of
the memory of that patriot, he moved
that the House adjourn.
Mr.. Bland, Democrat of Missouri,
claimed the floor as against the motion
to adjourn.
Mr.. Cummings asked 9 the Speaker,
Mr.. Dockery, Democrat of Missouri, be-
ing in the chair, if his motion to adjourn
was out of order.
Mr.. Dockery explained that Mr.. Bland
had risen before Mr.. Cummings, but up
on hearing the latter's assertion that he
rose to a question of highest personal
;x,;i not his ADVANTAGE
Mr.. Cummings thereupon withrew his
motion to adjourn. Mr.. Reed endeavored
to renew it, but the Chair was inclined
to recognize Mr.. Bland. Mr.. Reed in
sisted that he was entitled to prior
recognition for motion to adjourn, it
being privileged motion and always in
order. Mr.. land got the floor however.
He said he wanted to make statement.
This was objected to by the Repu bilcans,
who demanded the regular order. Being
reminded by the Chair that he could do
no more than make motion at this
iuncture Mr.. Bland said he would with
draw the motion to go into committee of
the whole on the coinage bill and limit
ing the debate thereon to ten minutes.
The Chair-"The gentleman from
Missouri has submitted no motion"
Mr.. Bland-"I have Il right to with
draw motion ma1e by me yesterday"
The Chair" That motion fell with ad-
journmenJ.
MI. Bland then moved that the House
90 into committee of the whole upon this
bill and that debate. close at three Satur-
day. That would give the Republicans,
he said, time to debate the bill.
Pending this, Mr.. Cummings renewed
his motion that in honor of Washington
the House adjourn. On division OF the
House, the vote was announced as lO2 TO
1924. which was greeted with applause
g.. ha tio eide The and
nays were ordered, the vote resulting
yeas, III: nays, l40 The Democrats who
voted to adjourn were Messrs. Baldwin of
Minnesota; Bartlett of New York;
Beltzhoover of Pennsylvania; Black of
Illinois; Cadmus of New Jersy; Causey
of Delaware; Clancy of New York
Cochran of New York; Coombs of
New York; Covert of New York; Cum
mings of New York; Deforrest of Con-
necticut; Durborrow of Illinois; English
of New Jersey: Erdman OF pennsylvania;
| Everett of.,Massachusetts; Field OF. New
| Jersey; Geissenhainer of New Jersey;
Goldzies of Illinois; Griffin of Minnesota;
| Hall Of minnesota, Harlow OF Ohio
| Hayes of Iowa; Kribbs of Pennsylvania;
Linch of Wisconsin; Mallory of Florida;
| Never of Louisiana Mutchler of Pennsyl-
| yania; O'NeilI of Massachusetts,; Reilly
| of Pennsylvania, Ryan of New York,
| Sickles OF New York; Sperry Of Connec-
ticut: Tracey of New York; Warner OF
! New York: Woiverton of Pennsylvania.
The Republicans who voted against ad- ,i
| journment were: Messrs. Bowers OF Cali
| fornia and Hartmansof Montana. The
| Populists voted against adjournment.
| Mr.. Reed called for a supplemental re-
| port from the sergean t-at-arms as to his
execution OF the order of arrest made
Monday Pending that Mr.. Hulick,
Republican of Ohio, stated that he had
/ 1aau nf
| While engaged in the trial of a case in
/! the court house at home, telegram
| reached him announcing that his leave
| was revoked, and he was under arrest.
He protested against this act of,an officer
| of the House, claiming that he was not
| subject to arrest while absent on leave
| granted by the House. His name was
| hers to be arrested and he asked that it
| be erased.
| Mr.. Bland moved that the gentleman
| be excused from arrest.
| Mr.. Hulick protested that he did not
want to be excused from arrest. he had
| been guilty of no contempt of the House.
| He wanted the warrant of the sergeant
alarms corrected.
| Mr.. Heard, Democrat Of Missouri,
| stated that the contention of the gentle
! man from Ohio was, in effect, that II
| the House permitted a warrant to issue
| for member absent under leave Wltn-
out first notifying HIM of the revocation
| of that leave and giving him an oppor-
| tunity to report and thus avoid the
| humility of arrest, when not in contempt
of the House, that practice should be
revoked. C'That's right" on the Repub-
! lican side II think it should be also,"
| said Mr.. Heard.
| After some further discussion of the
| matter as to the method of relievingiM Mr..
| Hulick, Mr.. Bland moved the previous
| question on the motion to excuse.
! Pending this, Mr.. Sickles, Democrat of
New York, moved that the House adj
| journ.
The Chair, (Mr. Dockery) stated that
| no business having intervened since a
| motion to adjourn had been voted down,
| it could not be repeated at this time.
| Thisruling raised a storm of protests from
| both sides of the chamber. to which the
| Chair explained that his view of "busi-
| nessn included q vote upon a subject un-
| der discussion or some other disposal of
| it.
Mr.. Burrows, Republican of Michigan,
| read from che digest to show that the in
| teryention of a vote was not necessary.
| The Chair, stating that he was still of
| the opinion that the motion was not in
order. said he would submit it to the
/ House for action. Without taking Il
1 tba nd Il