The National tribune., 1894-04-05

| to a great corporation the property OF an hum
BILE citizen of the United States.
An amendment offered by Mr.. George, declar-
ing that the Government should not be held
accountable for any land or mineral substances,
| was agreed to. The bill was then passed with
out division. 1t refers the claim of VIM. Nc
| Garrahan to the Rancho Panoche Grande to
the Court of Private Land Claims, which shall
report its findings to the Secretary of the In
| terror, who shall issue patent to McGarrahan
| if the decision shall be in his favor.
In the House scene that recalled some of
! those during Gear" Reeds term as Speaker
was enacted when the consideration of the
! O'Neill-Joy election case came up. The deter
mined efforts of the Democrats to seat Mr..
! O'Neill, and the equally resoute endeavors of
the Republicans to protect Mr.. Joy, led to the
| demonstration.
After several hours in attempts to get a
quorum (the Republicans not voting resolu-
! ton was offered revoking all leaves and direct
! ing arrest of absentees. This precipitated de-
! bate Mr.. Reed ridiculed the Democrats for
! proposing to go to the ends of the United States
! for absent members when there was no power
! to make them vote after they reached here
! Then he commended the Democrats who, by
their silence, had refused to give the quorum
by which the House proposed to "perpetrate
an outrage"
Speaker Crisp had surrendered his gavel to
Mr.. Stone (Ky.). He began to reply. He re-
ferred, first of all, to the frequency with which
the Republicans had denounced the Democrats
for sitting silent and refusing to vote.
"Oh, no! / counted you!" interrupted Mr..
Reed. amid Republican laughter.
Yes" instantly answered Mr.. Crisp, when
the gentleman from Maine had, by his course of
conduct in the chair, put his party in position
where they either had to vindicate his action
or denounce him, they sustained his action in
counting a quorum" This reply led to ap-
plause from the Democrats.
Mr.. Crisp, turning to his own side, made an
imprisoned appeal to the Democrats to vote.
The responsibility for the conduct of the House
rested with the majority, not with the gentle
men on the other side who failed to discharge
their duty. The real question was beyond the
merits of the election case which was pending.
Mr.. Reed attempted to reply, but he was in
formed that his time had expired, and when
he asked for unanimous consent to say word,
there was howl of :" Sit down" from the
Democratic side, and Mr.. ONeil (Mass.) and
Mr.. Neill (Kan.) shouted their objections in
the most vehement tones. This added to the
confusion in the chamber.
A motion to divide the Patterson resolution
into four parts, an appeal from the decision of
the Chair that such division was not in order,
a motion to lay the appeal on the table, and
motion to adjourn, were piled up on top OF
each other. The House refused to adjourn,
on the table. Then the fun began. Mr.. Lacey
Qowa) changed his vote, and moved TO recon-
slider the vote by which the appeal had been
tabled. Mr.. Payne IN. " moved to adjourn,
which was lost. The Speaker thereupon de-
clared Mr. Lacey's motion to reconsider out of
ORDER and Mr.. Lacey appealed from this de-
cision. The Speaker peremptorily declined to
entertain the appeal, and Mr.. Payne moved to
adjourn. The Speaker positively declined to
recognize the motion.
The members swarmed to the center of the
hall, many of them shouting for recognition.
The Speakers gavel pounded vigorously. No
body would he recognize for points or order,
motions TO adjourn, or anything else. Mr..
Patterson called for the yeas and nays on his
resolution. The demand was seconded By 1873
members The Speaker appointed first Mr..
Payne, then Mr.. Reed as teller with Mr.. Pat
terson. Both refused, and the Speaker ordered
Mr.. Patterson to count alone.
When the last of the line had gone by Mr..
Patterson reported that 1913 members had second
ed the demand for the yeas and nays Where
upon Messrs. Reed and Payne both made the
point of order that but one teller had reported,
and that the rules of the House required two.
But the Speaker would not be bulldozed and
refused to recognize the point of order. He
did not desire appointments thrown back in his
teeth.
Messrs Reed and Payne still protested, while
"slt DOWN." Regular order!" aud the like,
and bedIam reigned.
In the meanwhile Messrs. Payne and Outh-
waite got into heated colloquy, in the midst
of which the Speaker " named them and Mr..
Reed in his efforts to secure something like
order. Finally he said: If a motion is made
respecting the gentleman from New York who
has been named by the Chair it will be enter
tanned"
Mr. Wise (Va.) moved that Mr.. Payne be
brought before the House to answer to a charge
of contumacous conduct. He was asked by
the Chair to reduce his motion to writing.
Mr.. Springer suggested that the roll CALL
which had in the meantime been begun, should
be completed before considering the motion of
the gentleman from Virginia.
The Speaker replied there must certainly be
some way in which the House could assert its
power and authority and compel members who
persistently defed the requests of the Chair to
observe the rules and take their seats
Mr. Boutelle declared that the Speaker while
calling members 20 order was himself violating
the rules of the House by receiving the report
Of one teller upon vote of the House, when
the rules explicitly required two. Thereupon
Mr.. Cultivate demanded that Mr.. Boutelle
also be brought before the bar Of the House for
contumacy.
The vote on agreeing to the resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Patterson for the arrest of men,
bers absent without leave of absence and re.
vOking leaves of absence was agreed to-yeas
164, nays 3. Mr.. Hainer (Neb., R. moved to
reconsider the vote Just taken, aud this intro
duced another hours ilibusterng during
which the House twice refused to adjourn.
While this was going on, however, the leaders
of the two sides got together and effected an
amcable arrangement by which Mr.. Hsiner
withdrew his motion to reconsider, and then, at
o'clock, Mr.. Patterson moved to adjourn until
noon to-day, which was agreed to.