The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-24


rules aud commands OF this heuse. saw
gentlemen rise and boast that they had de-
BED sar power of the hous-. IL that ia no,
anarchy and revolution. VIVA. Is its Dem
ocratsc app.aase.l We in the house are
the fountain. the so1rce of order. the law
MAKING body. Shall se resolve ourselves
into body OF anarchlsfss II some one
were TO throw bsinh from wonder gallery
re would be no iuore an ansrchist than lie
who on this door defies the poxer af the
house. ltries of shame, shame" and
Kisses
While the people Of this country are in
tae throes of hunger and starvation. con-
unued bland. angesed st the demcnsfra.
ton against him. when they expect US 10
DO something. 10 become fiaibasterers and
obsiraesioaists is TO become anarchists.
Tor It's purpose is defiance of the laws Of
the country. We were sent here TO do our
duty. AT time when the ciiie. are
throngei With mo6s and people can't 20
to bed in peace and comfort. it Is not
time when mob law should obtain here"
At this point Bynum called Rand to
order, and. after being aamoaishei by the
chair TO contine him self 10 the question at
issue, Bland proceeded to say that since the
desdlock the suggestion that the speaker
on the Democratic side of the house.
Qnorum-countiny, he maintained. Was an
invitation TO absenteeism. 1t was an in
vitation to members to go fishing and wan
dering up aud down the earth. He insisted
that it was the duty of the house To keep
the members in their seats. The Demo-
cratic party had . majority of eighty in
the house and ought TO do business.
II do not think it is the duty OF the gen
tleman from Missouri" interjected Dunn,
Dem. of New Jersey, ITO lecture the
Democratic party"
"If that is lecture" resortei Bland,
'the people will read ii to the gentleman
and every other man now obstrueting
business, to his hearts content" Demo
cratic applause. We should proceed to
do business or acknowledge onr ineom-
potency. If We don't the people will read
the riot act to US. ;"
They will" came in chorus from the
Republican side
Bland then drifted into discussion of
the silver seigniorage bill, which was
being opposed by portion of the Demo
cratic majority, IN the course of which he
was three times called TO order by Mr..
Coombs, Dem, of New York.
THE difficulty is" finally blur;ed out
Bland, Il am too much in order arm
telling too many plain truths that the
country ought to know" democratic ap-
plausel
That is fact" shouted benson. Dem,
of Alabama. ''Give it 10 the Democrats
for revenue only"
Il thought the gentlemen on this side, !"
said Bland. would realize that they could
not afford 10 be revoiutionists and anar.
chists. i say We should either do busi-
ness or surrender" Republican applause
and shouts of "Give it to themn'l 1t will
be no outrage for the people 20 rise up in
q mob and cast Us down, for we are exer-
cising mobocracy here. IL this is bad
bill vote it down; if you want more de-
bate, We will give it 10 you, but to stay
here and NOT vote is simply political sui
eide"
Bland was frequently applauded in
his milder criticism, bnt silence followed
his more violent utterances. The aisles of
the house were choked with members
while he was speaking and the galleries
were crowded.
Reed contended that the warrant should
contain the name of tho person to be ar
rested. The whole difficulty grew out of
the fact that the house denied the right of
members constituting quorum by their
presence. II trust" he concluded. that
the house will take warning and proceed
in accordance with the. constitution OF the
United States. OF course, after your
yociferation it will be difficult, but YOU
should be patriotic enough 10 sacrifice
private feeling for the public good. Come
l. l. ~ 4. -
.'and live happily ever afterward.'
Turner of Georgia. who replied to Reed,
directed attention to the validity of the
warrant under which the members had
been arrested.
Dunn asked whether Turner believed
members could be arrested when inside the
bar of the house.
II believe" replied Turner. that the
house has the right TO arrest deiinquents
wherever found, even If IN the White
House" [AppIause.l
Dunn, Dem, OF New Jersey, one of the
mem bers arrested, denounced the arrest as
breach of constitutional rights. He
offered q resolution TO the effect that the
warrant was void and the names should
be stricken from ii.
At this point Bland unexpectedly with
drew his amendment. and moved TO sns-
pend all further proceedings under the
cali of the house under which the arrests
were made. The purpose of this was to
drop the much confused question instead
OF attempting to s.ralghten il out.
Reed made the point OF order that Bland
could not dispense with call partially
executed aud on which members were not
under arrest.
Springer insisted that yAcatiDg the order
of the house of February 10 would release
the members under arrest
Reed said every respectable man must
be so sick and tired of this thing that even
the solution offered by Bland nigh, be a
blessing TINS closed the opposition.
The actlag speaker oyerruled the point
OF order and then pat the question on
Blaud's resolution FOR yacatlng the cali OF
February 10 and releasing members under
arrest THIS Was carried by loud viva
voce vote. wish very ieg dissenting votes.
Thus the taBgie vas suddenly terminated.
and the arrested members we're again free.
Johnson, Rep. Of Indiana offered a
resolution calling Of the sergeant-at-arns
to investigate whether JohHson's arrest
was with proper authority. aud TO correct
the writ II error vas discovered. The
resolution was agreed 10. Ihsn the call
OF committees usually coming as The open =
ing of the days session sas Degan.
Bland moved that the house 90 into
committee 10 consider the silver bill, and
that all DEBATE close at > p. m tomorrow.
On this the previous question was de-
mAndei.
Flhsustering gas at once begun again.
"a Tracey. Dem. of Sew YORK demanded
a division on the vots for the previous
question. The division shoged no quorum.
Hand moved a cali Of the house and
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