Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-03-31
MORE DIsORDERLY SCENES.

The House Again in a State of Ex.
citement-Mr. Reed Ordered to HIS
Seat by tho speaker.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-When Speaker
Crisp appeared at his desk he was greeted
with applause from all sides without re-
gard to party, the galleries Joining in until
the speaker raped for order.
After the reading of the journal Mr..
Reed, rep, of Maine, suggested an amend
ment to chow that the speaker had over
ruled for no reason stated the point of
order made by Mr.. Payne that one of the
votes taken yesterday had been reported by
but one teller when the rules required two.
Mr.. Springer, DEM, of Illinois, moved
the previous question on the amendment.
The previous question was ordered-yeas
179, nays 1. The vots on Mr.. Reeds
amendment was-yeas l, nays 179, so 1t
was not agreed to.
The question REQUIRED on approval Of
the journal, on which . number of dila-
| tory votes were taken, lasting several
| hours. Pending motion by Mr.. Reed to
reconsider the vote by which the journal
had been proved, and another motion by
Mr.. Springer to lay that motion on the ia
BILE, Mr.. Reed moved to adjourn.
| Mr.. Lynch, dem, of Minnesota, raised q
point of order against this motion. The
point was debated by Mr.. Reed and Speak
| or Crisp. The speaker sustained the point.
Mr.. Payne appealed.
The speaker-Ths chair declines to en-
terrain the appeal
Mr.. Reed-Upon what grounds, Mr..
Speaker, would like to ask.
The speaker-The chair declines to state
| the grounds for his action except in his
own terms. Applause on the democratic
| side.)
| Continuing, the speaker said that no
member of the house had the right after
the chair announced q decision to demand
reasons, any more than an attorney had
the right to demand of judge the grounds
| upon which he rendered decision adverse
| to him.
Mr.. Reed said that the chair having
stated that he Reed) had not the right to
ask for reasons why any decision of the
chair was made and having declined to en-
terrain an appeal from Mr.. Psyne,it looked
to him like an exhibition of tyranny. (Re-
publican laughter.)
The speaker responded that the house
would Judge of events as they occurred and
not from the Characterization of them by
any member.
Nr, Reeds motion to reconsider the vote
by which the journal was approved WAS
tabled.
The speaker was proceeding to lay before
the house the presidents message vetoing
the Bland seigniorsge bill, received yester
day, when Mr.. Boutelle, rep of Maine,
made the point that nothing could be sub
mitted to the house save what was con-
tanned in the special order under which the
house was operating. He did not object
to the exploiting of the message, but he
felt It to be his duty to call attention to
what he deemed an inconsistency. In
| support thereof Mr.. Boutelle REQUIRED to
the proceedings in January when the
| speaker declined to submit to the houee
his (Boutelle's) privileged resolution re-
gsrding the Hawaiian matter, because
under q special order then In existence
such business as was provided for in the
order. Clearly, said Nj. Boutelle, by the
term. of that decision the message could
not be received aud read. The speake,
| said the cases were in no respect parallel
and directed the clerk to proceed with the
reading.
decision everything his point, but TIT
speaker declined to entertain this appeal
And At 4:25. twenty.ssven and half hour
after 1t had been delivered, the reading oil
= the message was begun. When the read
ing had been concluded Mr.. Bland, dem.
, of Missouri, announced that on Tuesday
next he would ask to have the bill tsker
up and placed on passage, the objections
of the executive to the contrary notwith
standing.
Mr.. Boutelle (under the authority of tn,
oonstitution) moved to take up the bill a
The speaker, however, announced tn
pending question to be on laying on tn
q table the motion of Mr.. Burrows to recon
sfder the vote by which the house decideS