Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-02-23
AN OUTRAGE.
Members Of House Illegally
Put Under Arrest.
Perfect Bedlam as Democrats Twisted
and Squirmed.
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A Fair Sample Ct Their Ability 10 Rule Z Great
Nation.

House met, today Cummings, DemOcfat OF
New York, r,se to a question of the high
est personal privilege. lie said that at IL
this morning, while on the floor of the
House, he had been approached by deputy
sergeant-at-arms who told him he was un-
der arrest. He refused, be said, to recog-
nize the service and warned the official or
his bosses to touch him at his peril. The
record would sho s that he had been in at
enhance day after day, ever since Con-
gress met last summer, and he denounced
the arrest as an outrage. He further
stated that it was a disgrace, in his opinion,
to hold session of the House on Washing
tons birthday; and in honor of the memory
of that patriot he moved that the House
adjourn.
Bland claimed the floor as against the
motion to adjourn. Cummings asked
if the Speaker (Dockery in the chair held
his motion to adjourn out Of order. Dock
cry explained that Bland had risen before
Cummings, but upon hearing the latters as
sertion that he rose to a question of the
highest personal privilege he did not press
the advantage.
Cummings thereupon withdrew the mo-
ton to ad journ and Reed attempted to re-
new it. The Chair was inclined to recog-
nize Bland but Reed insisted that he was
entitled to prior recognition for the motion
to adjourn, it being privileged motion
and always in order.
Bland got the floor, however. and said he
wanted TO make statement. This was OBJ
jected to by the Republicans, who demanded
the regular order. Being reminded by the
Chair that he could do no more than make
the motion at this juncture, Bland said he
would withdraw the motion to 90 into the
committee of the hole on the coinage bill,
limiting debate to 10 minutes.
Chair-The gentleman from Missouri has
submitted no motion.
Bland have the right to withdraw the
motion made by me yesterday.
Chair-That motion fell with adjourn
ment.
Bland then moved that the House go into
a committee of the whole upon his bill and
that debate close at 5, Saturday. That
would give the Republicans, he said time
to debate the bill, and pending this Cum
nngs renewed his motion in honor of
Washington that the House adjourn. On
division of the House the vote was an
nounced, l02 to 1874, which was greeted
with applause from the Democratic side.
Yeas and nays were ordered, the vote re-
sulting Yeas. / II nays, 40.
The Democrats who voted to adjourn
were Messrs. Baldwin, Bartlett, Bel'z-
hoover, Black, Cadmus, Causey,
Clancy, Cobb, Cochran, Coombs,
Covert, Cummings. Deforest, Dur
borrow, Euglish, Erdmsn, Everett,
Fielder, Geissenhainer, Goldzies, Critic.
Hall, Harter, Hayes, Kribbs. Lynch, Nal
lory, Meyer, Mutchler, O'Neh, Reilly,
Ryan, Sickles. Sperry, Tracey, Warner,
Woiverton. The Republicans who voted
against adjournment were Powers and
Hartmen. The Populists voted against ad-
journment.
Reed called for the supplemental report
from the sergeant as 70 his execu-
ton of the order of arrest, made Monday.
Pending that, Hulick stated that he had
been absent under leave of the House, and
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 a leave granted by the
House. His name was improperly included
in the list of members to be ARE sted, and
he asked to have it erased.
Bland moved that the gentleman be ex-
cused from arrest. Hulick protested that
he did no. want to be excused from arrest.
lie had been guilty of no contempt of the
House. He wanted the warrant of the SER
geant-at arms corrected.
Heard stated that the contention of the
gentleman from Ohio was, in effect, if the
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TO issue for member absent under leave
without first notifying him of the revoca-
ton of that leave and giving him an oppor-
tunity to report and thus avoid the humilia-
ion of arrest, when not in contempt of the
House, that practice should be revoked
("That's right" on the Republican side),
and think it should be also, said Heard.
After some further discussion Of the
matter as to the method of relieving Hulick,
Bland moved the previous question on the
motion to excuse.
Pending this, Sickles, Dem of New
York, moved that the House adjourn. The
Chair (Dockery) stated that no business
having interviewed since the motion to ad-
journ had been voted down, it could no, be
repeated at this time. This ruling raised q
storm of protests from both sides of the
chamber, to which the Chair explained thst
his view of "Business' included vote up
on the subject under discussion, or some
other disposal of it.
Burrows read from the digest to show
that the Intervention of vote was not
necessary. The Chair, stating that he was
still of the opinion that the motion was not
in order, sail he would submit it to the
House for action. Without txking diyi-
sion, the yeas and nays were ordered, re-
sulting yeas, l01; nays, 1873. So the mo-
ton 10 adjourn was lost. The Chsit an
nouncei that the question required on
B!and's motion to excuse Hulick.
While be was endeavoripg to state this,
Sickles Dem of New York, taking
position in the center of the hall, in stem
torian tones, asked recognition for hear
ing upon q question Of privilege. Dockery
proceeded with the call for vote. Be-
tween the yeas and nays he needed Sickles'
demand, stating that he could not interrup.
division Of the House.
Burrows called attention to the fact that
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