The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-01
PAYNE TRIES TO EXPLAIN.
BE Didn't Address His Objectionable
Remark TO Crisp.

His Statement That he Would Take
His Seat when He Got Ready In
tended For Members on the Floor
Who Were ExpostuiatinR With Him.
Cultivate Gives His Version of the
shrnent For Barratry.
Washington, March 3l.-The House
this morning made recognition Of
Speaker Crisp's sacrifice in its behalf by
a round of applause as he assembled the
steps to his desk.
Mr.. Payne, rep, Of New York, rising to
aquestion of personal privilege referred
TO the scene Of Thursday afternoon, in
the course of which the speaker asserted
that the gentlemen from New York had
responded to a demand from the chair TO
be seated that he would
take his seat when he got ready.
Payne said, in reply to a demand that he
be seated, coming from members on the
floor while he was in conversation with
the gentleman from Ohio, Mr.. Outh
waite, he had not heard the speakers re-
quest until after the unjust reflection had
been made upon him by the chair. He
had wondered, Mr.. Payne said, why some
of the wrath that descended on him from
the speakers chair had not been visited
upon the mem Der from Ohio, or upon
others who sat upon that side of the aisle
and why he was not permitted, as rep
resentative on the floor of the house, to
assert his rights the same as others.
CULTIVATE EXPLAINS.
III ~
tween himself and Mr.. Payne had oc-
Cured as stated by the latter, and might
have been so vOciferous as to prevent the
gentleman from New York hearing what
the chair had said For himself, he did
not know that he had been obstructing
the orderly progress of business, and was
not aware until he saw in the record that
he had been named by the chair.
Mr.. Wise, dem, of Virginia, said that
IL the gentleman from New York. MIR.
Payne, had seen himself as others saw
him on that occasion, he would probably
not be so indignant as he seemed to be.
MIR Wise said he himself had heard the
gentleman from New York use ex-
pressions that should never be heard on
the floor of the House, and If he would
read the papers from his own state, aid
MIR Wise, he would know what was
thought of the proceedings there.
CANNON RAIsBs A LAUGH.
MIR. Cannon, rep, of Illinois, raised a
laugh by interfering the remark that
t.all of US cannot be as calm and judici-
ally minded as the gentleman from Vir-
ginia-"
In response to Mr.. Wise, Mr. Payne
said it was because he had been refused
the opportunity at the time of explaining
the facts in the case that the remarks in
the press, referred to by the gentleman
from Virginia, had been made and it was
this injustice that he complained of.
The speaker said the remark of the gen
tleman from New York had been heard
by the chair while he was endeavoring to
secure order, and naturally he supposed
1t had been made in response to demand
from the chair. And with that belief
the chair had made the suggestion he did.
THE ELECTION CONTEST.
The chair was proceeding to lay before
the House certain executive cOmmunica-
tions, when MIR. Boutell made the point
that under the terms of the special order
no business could be considered except
such as was specifically set forth in the
order.
The chair holding this. to be equivalent
to an objection, said the business before
the House was the contested election
case of O'Neill vs.. JOY.
Mr.. Cultivate stated that there was a
special order for l o'clock for eulogies upon
the late Representative O'Neill, Of Penn
sylvania, and as he understood there was
a general desire that these obsequies
proceed at that time, he asked unanimous
consent that the half hour remaining IN
til that hour, be devoted TO the consider
alton Of business by unanimous consent.
There was no objection, and it was so or
dered.
Mr.. Patterson, dem, of Tennessee, gave
notice that on Monday the contested
election case would be called up and
pressed to a final conclusion.
A number of measures received from
the Senate were laid before the House and
temporarily disposed. Among these was
the famous McGarrahan claim.
PUNISHMENT FOR BARRATRY.
A House bill unanimously reported by
the committee on judiciary to amend the
laws relating to barratry was called up
by MIR. Everett, dem, of Massachusetts,
and passed. 1t changes the penalty for
the crime of barratry from death to i'm
prisonment for life, or term of years
He stated that because the penalty was
fixed at death juries persistently declined
to convict, and the marine underwriters
desired the condition to be made.
Mr. Catch1ngs reported the river and
haroor appropriation bill and il was
placed on the calendar.
The hour of l O'Clock having arrived.
Tue speaker ldlu before the House the res
olutlons expressive of the regret of the
House at the death Of the late Repre-
sentative Charles O'Neill. of Pennsyl-
vania The speakers were: Messrs Wise
dem, of Virginia. Storer, rep, of Ohio
Morse, rep, of Massachusetts; English
dem, of New Jersey; Hicks, rep, of
Pennsylvania Spring dem. of Illinois;
Robinson, of Pennsylvania Reilly, uem.
Of Pennsylvania; Wright, rep of Penn
sylvania, and Adams, rep, of Pennsyl-
vania, the latter being Mr.. O'Neill's sue
ceSsor
The resolutions were adopted and at
2:47 o'clock, as a further mark of respect,
the House adjourned until IL o'clock Mon
day