The Portland daily press., 1894-02-23

| While he was endeavoring to state this,
| Mr.. Sickles, Democrat of New York,
| taking position in the centre OF the
| hall, in stentorian tones asked recog-
milton for a hearing upon question of
privilege, but Mr.. Dockery proceeded
with the call for the vote
/ Between the yeas and nays, he needed
| Mr.. Sickles's demand. stating that he
could not interrupt a division of the
| House.
| Mr. Burrows called attention to the
fact that Mr. Sickles had addressed the
Chair before the question was put.
The Chair" The Chair did not hear
| the gentleman"
Mr.. Sickles-" Everybody else in the
House heard"
= The confusion on the floor here be-
came so great that it was impossible from
the clerks desk to distinguish the order
ly from the disorderly proceedings. The
Chair appealed to Mr.. Sickles to take his
| seat,s telling him that he was out of or
der Mr.. Sickles remained standing en-
deavoring to complete his statement of
privilege. In the meanwhile Mr.. Bland
withdrew his motion to excuse Mr
Hulick, and asked that the House go in
to committee of the whole on his bill.
Mr.. Slckles finally succeeded in getting
his question of privilege stated. He
under arrest He wanted to know ii 1T
was true, by what authority it had been
| done, and what was the charge against
| him.
Chair-"The sergeant-at-arms will
make report Of his proceedings under the
| order of arrest"
Mr.. Reed interposed an objection to
| this. He said a question of privilege had
been raised by Mr.. Hulick, and that the
case was still pending, and that Mr..
Hopkins. of Iilionis, who had been vain
ly trying to present motion regarding
it, was entitled to be heard.
By dint of the use of the gavel, and
refusing to heed various members
clamoring for recognition, the Chair sue
ceeded in securing an opportunity for
CO.. Snow to present his report. Col. Snow
said that of the list of absentees re-
turned to him by the clerk, the follow
ing were reported as sick: Messrs.
Boutelle, Grain, Dalzell, Hendrix and
Scranton. The following were excused
by the House: Messrs: Gillett Of Massa-
chusetts, Harris, Hines. Lockwood,
Wright of Pennsylvania, Brosius and
Northway. The following reported
arrested were present i'll the House:
Messrs. Adams, Beltzhoover. Cadmus,
Clancy, Coffeen, Cooper of Florida,
Cummings, Dunn, Erdman, Harter'
Krbbs Maeoni boi1; MeAiser eln Mnlray' sinl;ss
MubCulCf, nelly, huSh, A1lCklOSs
Hulick, Mcdowell, johnson of Indiana,
Woomer. The following were not found !:
Messrs. Clarke of Alabama, Houk of
Tennessee, johnson of Ohio. Russell Of
Connecticut, Whine. Hicks, Hutcheson
and Stevens of Masssc usetts.
AS the reading Of the report proceeded,
there was rush OF mem bers to the
front of the clerks desk, and at the
closing of the reading. the disorder bad
grown into great uproar. The Speaker
pro tenn directed the gentlemen. named
as under arrest to present themselves at
the bar of the House.
Gen. ,Sickles loudly demanded a
separate trial. The Speaker pro tenn
pounded the desk with the gravel, ap-
the House of Representatives, not beer
garden" (Applause in the galleries.) To
Mr.. Sickles's insistenr demand that he
be accorded separate trial, the Chair
stated: "The gentleman from New Y ork
shall have separate trial. but he must
observe the rules
Mr.. Sick les obey the rules always.
have insisted upon A separate trial be-
cause can show that the warrant is not
worth wlsp of straw and the proceed
ings in my case would dispose of all
others
Mr.. johnson, Republican of Indiana.
whose name was included in the list Of
personal privilege. He said he had been
on the floor of the House all the time,
and had not been arrested.
Without action on Mr.. Johnson's pro-
oest, the Chair directed the members
named as under arrest to present them
selves at the bar in the order i'll which
their names appeared IN the return.
vania presented himself. He said he had
been in Pennsylvania voting for a MEM
her of this House. I am proud to say"
Mr.. Adams added, that we rolled up a
majority of over III, 900 in his favor"
(Cheers from the Republican side.)
Mr.. Reed-"I move the gentleman's s
name be stricken from the warrant, and
| was unauthorized"
| = Mr.. Sickles-" Not stricken out, because
| there are no names in the warrant"
Theleupon the clerk was directed to
read the warrant and the reading dis
closed that no names were mentioned In
| it.
Mr.. Cultivate, Democrat of Ohio,
moved that the House adjourn. (Cries Of
"oh, no" from the Republican side The
| motion was lost-SS to 125
| Mr.. Sickles-" My object in demanding
! a separate trial was to show that the
warrant is void The sergeant-at-arms is
| liable to action in damages to every
member brought in under it"
Mr.. Reed again moved that Nh, Adams
be discharged for the reason that his
arrest was unauthorized.
| The Chair proceeded to put Mr.. Reeds
| motion, but before the vote was taken
Mr.. Bland moved that the House adj
| iourn. On division the vote was an :
| nounce as 1872 to 101. This was emphasized
by the yeas and nays, which resulted,
| yeas 155: nays, 110. The House adj
| journeG.
BLAND's CHANGE OF BASE