Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-30
SENATOR STEWART Is cEssuRKp.
Close of the Episode In Which the Ser |
geant-at-Arms Figured So Conspicnonsly.

SENATOR STEWART Is CE3sURED.
Close of the Episode In Which the Ser
geant-at-Arms Figured SO Conspicuousiy.
LINCOLN, March 9.-(Special)-The
scene in the senate this morning when the
resolution censuring Senator Stewart Of
Dawes county for his conduct upon the floor
of the senate yesterday afternoon in dis
obeying the order Of the presiding officer
and resisting the authority Of the sergeant
alarms was called UP was one of
the most solemn and impressive that
has been witnessed for many ses-
sons. The gallery and the lobby were
packed with visitors, who evidently antci-
pated scene A large number Of the mem
bers OF the house were also present within
the railing. Soon after the senate had been
called to order Senator Watson called up the
following resolution, which had been read
last evening:
Whereas On the afternoon of March 2S,
While the senate in committee OF the whole
was considering senate file No. 222, Senator
Stewart Cf Dawes having the floor and dis
cusslng. said file, Senator Noyes rose to
point of order and Senator Stewart refused
to obey the rules of this senate when so
ordered by Senator Tcfft who was in the
chair, and persisted in speaking on. thus
defying the authority of this body, so that
the sergeant-at-arm was necessarily called
to enforce the orders of the chair; and
Whereas, Senator Stewart declined to rec
ognize the SerEeant-at-arms, and resisted
the enforcement of his authority by display
of physical force, thus bringing un-
necessary and undignitled quarrel on the
floor of this senate, and disgrace upon this
body; therefore, he IL
Resolved, That this senate deplores the
fact that any of it's members should reveal
such tendencies to lawlessness as were here
brought to light
Resolved, That this senate hereby ex-
presses its disapproval of the conduct of
Senator Stewart and Judges him deserving
of censure, which 1t hereby passes, unless
the senator apologize for his misconduct in
open senate ,.
Resolved, That the conduct of Sergeant
alarms Stewart be hereby commended as
prompt and efficient In an emergency which
might have resulted in serious difficulty.
SENATOR STEWARDS APOLOGY.
In the midst of the most oppressive silence
the senator from Otoe moved the adoption of
the resolution as read. Senator Dale asked
| for the yeas and nays. and for moment
| it looked IL Senator Stewart did not in
| tend to offer the apology demanded. Before
the roll call was commenced, however, he
| sent TO the secretary's desk and had read
| the following: u
Mr.. President: If it is to be held in this
case that strict and minute observance
when working in committee of the whole,
| and in so far as l failed to comply with
those those rules, or committed an infraction
| thereof by not ceasing to speak at the rap
of the chairman's gavel, to that extent a
most humble apology is hereby, offered;
|
sault made upon me by the sergeant-at-
arms OF the senate, who has no business
committee of the whole until the president
has resumed the gavel and cannot then
order this assault being wholly Tn
with which l would have nothing to- do
only as 1t was forced upon me. therefore
jority of this senate desire to go on record
as endorsing such brutal disregard Of the
| rights of a member | certainly shall not
De the one 10 Try 10 pfHaveeG! Il. g. 'sfni sTnwART.
The reading of the foregoing brought out
| the following statement from Senator Tefft,
| who presided yesterday when the incident
| occurred:
If the senator from Dawes had paused
in his communication at the proper place
there would be no necessity for the discus
drawn by the 9 senator from Dawes in the
known that my relations to the Senator
are perfectly friendly; but when he. pre-
chairman of the committee of the whole
| to preserve order in the committee l can
not submit The latter part Of his personal
of the committee of the whole has not the
right. to enforce order then the senate
the whole for the transaction of business,
for 1t Will be at the mercy Of every, sen
against order. l wish the senator from
Dawes, as well as every other senator In
| tnlS DOuy, TO understand tnat whenever
am called to the chair, order will be pre-
served whether the offending senator has
large lungs or small, whether he is weak
or ferocous.
Senator Stewart said that the remarks OF
the senator from Cass were undoubtedly in
tended to look smooth in print, but he de-
sired to ask where the senator found his
authority for the affront imposed upon him
by the officer of the senate. The senate. he
said, well aware Of the fact that tbs
rules of the senate when In committee oi
the whole had never been complied with
Only last Friday, he asserted, he had de-
manded recognition from the senator from
Gage while the latter was in the chair
At the time the senator from Cass and
brother senator were engaged in a squabble
and the chairman made no effort to preserve
order.
Senator TeTt replied that while he hat
no recollection OF the case the statement
of the senator from Dawes might be per
fectly correct. At the same time there
was no parallel between the two Incidents
because the senator refused to come to order
after being repeatedly requested to do so.
Senator Watson cited Cushing's Manual al
authority for the action Of Chairman Tefft
He suggested that the senator from Dawes
take the rules and retire to some secluded
spot until he had mastered them.
Senator Dale called up an incident II
which he claimed that he had failed to secure
recognition from Watson while the lattel
was in the chair. He suggested that the
senator from Otoe retire to some secluded
spot for about ten DAYS and undertake t
get his mind in condition to appreciate
point of order when 1t was made.
The roll call was then taken and twenty
five senator's voted for the resolution anC
five against Senator Sprecher was tn,
only populist voting for the resolution
Senator Tefft and Senator Stewart declined
to vote at all
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