Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-14

possession Of both houses Mt the
same time. neither could either house
act except on papers before II. The
papers could moi be IN possession of
both houses at the same time. II was
3 parliamentary rs wei as physical
fact that the papers could oulv be IN
one place at time. Otherwise both
the senate and house could recode at
the same time What biil would then
be law II would certainly puHzin
those who were NOT Ia the habit Of
outune gordian knots AZ the present
time he said. getting down 10 the OK
iSttng situation. the senate was pro-
posing action. the house was proposing
action az the same time. The house
had now reported on the. bill Mr.. Reed
said, and thr senate had rcpcnted "
rs bill Both were ashamed uf fhcit
offspring Ulcpuhllcan anplauscl, vet
the house was now proposing 10 grab
the senate hin before IL could hr re-
nuuinted by TINT body aud swallow
Us nn0scous meal. Such spectacle
hnd mover before been Witnessed. Air
Reed sarcf stlcnilv referred to Mr. Bum
tnemocrat. y. ~. who attempted to
interrupt HIN. az q man who had been
late In geiiing on the roll of honor.
s ~, was now in a hurry 20 get on tho
much nfRument 10 hive amy efleet.n
said Mr. Reed IN conclusion. address,
ms the Democrat aide, "but YOU arc
like the hoathcns who have listened Is
~ .Nrlstion tnlvsionaries. You have
no chance OF redemption"
The speaker then announced that
he was ready 10 rule. After a careful
statement OF the situation ana the doe
lnration that BY special order chang
ing or suspcnding the rules OF the
house temporarily, the accepted doc.
trines ot Jcffersan's manuni were car.
rie1 out. and after citing precedent
IN one OF Speaker Carlisle's rulings,
the speaker overruitd the point OF or
der The previous question was then
ordered without division This rave
hfteen minutes on side for discuss
sion. Mr. Catchings did not desire &c
debate the rule ana Mr.. Reed took
the floor and made very sarcastic
speech.
'You are going TO give the country
tree sugar" said he In his most iron
lcal vein. amid shouts OF Republican
laughter I'm your minds" he added.
amid renewed shouts of derlsion; land
free coal and free iron ore. You are
going to be bold and manly, as You
have been In this bacltdnwn. without
a reference TO the committee that
stands between you and the noble pur-
pose that thrills you" applause and
| lauHhtorD
Representative Turner or Georgia
replied 10 Mr. Reed and was greeted
with applause by the Democrats. He
said the gentleman from Maine had
built up parliamentary system which
| now reacted against him There was
no right or Justice IN the assumption
that the action Of the senate IN send
ing the bill back 10 the house was err
roneous. He asked Mr., Reed what
right he had to make his assump-
ton
Mr., Reed snid he did not make any
claim, he had been informed that the
| irregulnrity occurred, but he had not
present information.
Mr., Turner proceeded To show that
| the present action OF the house wae
strictly regular
The question then being put on agree
ing to the resolution. Mr. Reed do
mandcd a division. The entire Demo
| cratic side arose on mnsse, but when
| the negative vote was called for the
| Republicans calmly sat In their seats,
| hoping 10 break n quorum. When tho
speaker announced the vote. lS1 to o,
| twelve more than a quorum, the Re
| publicnns were somewhat dlacom1tiod.
| Upon the announcement OF the vote
| MIR. Reed made the poin, OF order that
tho biz was not before the house.
The speaker answered that the bill
was then on the spuaketa' table. Mr..
Reed said us he did not see how that
could be. but 1t appeared that tho
house conferoos hnd placed the bill
In the speakers hands as soon as the
| resolution was adopted. MI, Reed.
| however, quickly demanded the yeas
and nays. Before the clerk began call
| ing the roll MI. Wilson, Rep. % Wash
| ington. brought down rounds of Re
! publican applause by innocrntly anlSing
| the speaker II Il would be In order be-
fore the roll was called 10 have the
| prcsldeuta letter again read. The
| speaker raped him to order with HIS
| gavel and the roll call proceeded. The
| house order was Rdopted-iiG TO "; not
voting. II. Among the Democrats yot-
| Ing In the negative were: DaVey. Rob
| crtsou OF Louisiana Colbert, Price. Cor
man, Warner Kilgore answered pres
emit" but did not vote. In other re-
| spects the vote was strictly on party
| lines Those answering present and
not voting were; Baker Of lSnn9aH. Boil
| OF COLORADO. Black OF Illinois, Been,
| Davis Harris, Hudson, Hutchinson,
kilgore. Mcdowell and Pence.
Upon the announcement OF the vote
| Chairman Wilson Immediately sub
mitted In writing the motion provided
for In the order adopted. MIR, Reed
again made the point OF order that the
| bill was not before the house, where
| upon the speaker pointed 10 &C. Mr..
i AN'fN sat flNMfA AiNiViANNitAANfF bNA
| Wilson took the floor. lie spoke calm
| ly. but eioqnently, the Democrats
orowdinR about him and listening In
| tently 20 his every word, MIR Speak
err" he said. II have made the motion
which have sent 10 the clerks desk,
| not on my own responsibility. or from
my own voliuon. but as the onipial
organ or the caucus Of my aaspcihtes
on this side OF the house and by thDir
direction. shall cay very little myself
on this occasion IN advocacy OF the
motion and shall be sincere and frank
In what ! shall submit 10 this house,
1 don't pretend tNat l am gratinr1 NJ
the outcome OF this prolonged coutro-
vcrsy, ! don't pretend that up TO the
very last moment ! had not cherished
the hope md the faith that we should
reach another and a better ans more
satisfactory conclusion on this conflict
between the two houses OF the Amert-
can congress
lad noped and believed until there
| seemed sround scarcely for nOpe or
belief. that in such a contest this
| house. hacked by the american people
and enthusiastically suttained by The
| Democratic party would be able To
| achieve gomc honorable compromise
we could have accepted, not from a
81 npe OF duty. but with a sense Of rht-
iafaction and q feeling thn; we had
| resronfed 10 the mandates ~ the