The morning times., 1895-12-01

Springer was temporarily squelched, out
bided his time. The roll call showed i6:
| ayes. upon the approval of the journal, L
/ no and l65 uut voting.
1t may be stated here that the venerable
Charles Z. Buckaiew OF Pennsyiyania was
the one Democrat of that session who at
all times refused to join in filibustering,
and when in attendance always voted on
4 the one side or the other.
As before, the Speaker counted members
present and refusing to vote, to suIfl-
cient number to make quorum.
springer made the point of order that no
| quorum had voted, but the Speaker recog-
| nized Mckinley to call up the question under
| discussion the previous day, whether the
Judgment az the Speaker should stand as
| the Judgment of the House.
Springer persisted in the most insulting
manner. demanding To be heard, shouting
down Mckinley, who was attempting To
speak, and making "A jackanapes OF him
self, as he often does in every way. He
| utterly refused To surrender the fin"r. 10
which he had no right, and finally the
/ Speaker said stcrniy:
SPRINGER WAS DEFIANT.
1.-The gentleman from Illinois Will take
1 his seat"
"The gentleman from Illinois" shouted
| Springer. .will take his seat or not. as he
] chooses. There are DO rules under which
can be called to take my seat, and can
was great aud encouraging applause on the
Democratic side. -
Springer persisted and finally got in his
| point OF order. and the chair decided IL was
4 point that had already been made and de-
| cided- Then Springer made another point
| and WAS allowed TO further waste the time
| OF the House, a I'd when the Spea ker decided
| against him, he appealed. but the Spea ker
! decided that il was now a mere question of
recoSnition, whether Mckinley or Springer
had the floor, and he. of course, awarded
| 1t TO Mckinley. Then followed another sea-
| sou or Insulting and hadgering, the Demo-
| Gratis themseives growing ashamed OF
| Springer. Finally. Mckinley declined to trv
TO proceed uutil he could he protected from
| the gentleman from Illinois, and Springer
sarcastlcaliy rejoined: The gentleman
| from Ohio can have my leave to proceed"
| at which there WIS laughter aud "A partial
restoration OF good hunor.
No one not witnessing IL can imagine the
Intensely exciting character of these scenes.
A dozen times the lesist demonstration of
force on the part OF anyone or il the Speaker
mad even exercised his power and directed
tue SefSea p' at a rms 10 take his gelaen
mace OF authority and clear the aisles and
seat the members, a most Gisgraceful and
bloody riot would surely hay,. beaI, I,rr-
voked.
A long discussion followed, in which
''set speeches" were made by Nick inley
Judge Turner OF Georgia, and Ben ;amin
nn.terworth ,,.i,t and others. There were many
WITTY and brilliant sallcs. and often much
excitement and confusion. but for a time
.ne uanger or riot was passed. At late
hour mckinley moved 10 lay on the table
Inc appeal OF Judge Crisp made the previous
DAY Springer made motion TO adjourn,
which was rejected. The appeal was laid
on the table by vote of IG2 yeas. not
fusing to- vote. 81. Among those named by
The Speaker to be recorded by The clerk was
Flower of New York. now governor.
am much Obliged TO the Speaker for
recognizlng me as present" said Mr.. Flower
The Cb.nr is very glad" said Speaker
Reed. TO be able 10 recognize the gentle
man from New York as prese mt vocally.'
Al this there was laughter. and the great
episode OF the establishment of the right uf
the Speaker to count" a quorum was
ended and compa ratively good feeling re-
strained" A little later the House ad-
iourned for the day.
When the House met on the 3Ist there
occurred repetition, in "a minor key, of
the scenes OF the previous day in connection
with The approval OF the Journal. TIE
Speaker was repeatedly insuIted, but after
several roll calls upon adjournment, etc,
the journal was approved. RrHum. OF In
lian'i. WIS the person now put forward
20 do the row raising act. Upon the an
nouncement of the vote 10y the Speaker Mr..
Bynum apIicaied from the decision Of the
Chair IN announcing the vote.
That is a statement of ct which can
not be Appealed from. said Spea k-r Reed.
aud this brought nut laughter aGd applause
from the Republicans. After u nlouieDt
the Speaker said. ''On this vote the :. yes
lGl and The nays are none.
BYNUM TALKS TO REED.
No quorum" shouted Byuum.
And ac,or1ingly the Journal j. ..p-
proved. ADDED the SPA R-r-
After a. little fencing The sspca kcr 81 ia.
The gcuticn,aH from indisBa VIII he
in order
The gentleman is III order: " cried gynum.
Il propose 10 stand her, ia behalf nf the
rights of the r,,;isiitacpsy l represent"
etc. and n little further along, Il ani
standing here as Their representative 10 sus-
tain their rights against tiic arbitrary.
damnahle rulings of the Chair aud su FAR
as an! responsible the people | represent
Shaii not he si.cnced ~ gagged o1 this flcor.
EgRed on b. Dcnr,rati,. applause, h- CON
tinuad {" You. sir have violated more
tiian any man on This fl,,or parliamentary
rules and parliamentary rra"iiUe. You may
consGmmatc what you have Undertaken 10
mob mo '' "''' '' Tue 'o"s' '''' N''' up '' "
At this there was great applause from The
Democrats and dcr'siTc ianphter frnn the
Republicans. which rcrc r~b.ikcJi hy qniel
remark from The SresFeF- " t:rEtle:ncn WI
refrain from expressions OF opinion Dhitii
caused laugh all around. Bynuui wcnt un:
They may well refrain. MT. Spcsi kpF.
The people of this country are witnessing
this proceeding They have spoken thrrgsn
the press OF this country. and they have
spoken in condemnation of ttest, pTO4.pe;i-
ings which Will bury you beyond rtS,irrc--
tion. You may Consumnaie IEcSc I,rtCCcd-
ings. as you did similar ones before. when
at the hour or midnight Federal judge made
a ruling 10 pcrpet uate The Republican party
in power. and lis name was dropped ont Of
history. And. more than hal, IL l. In keep
ing with the practices OF your party when
you Ntoit tfIs.t'si ~ 'lt.ld
who was not elected ana much more io
the same effect.
The irrepFessible Boutelle sucgcS; csi that.
''as the member ha denounced every depart
ment OF the government. executive. leciS-
lativc. and judicial, he had better sit down
or secede."
You had better pui me down" said BY
nun. menacingly-
THE House will be in order said the
Speaker. THE gentleman from Indiana
has risen to question of privilege and is
now stating II. at which there was laughter
everywhere. for Bynum's remarks had not
touched at all on question of privilege"
The gentleman from Indiana closed his
dcnunciation as follows:
BYNUM ENDS HIS TRADE.
You have usurped power, youhave multi
ated the records OF the House to accomplish
your purpose, deliberately because you went
forward day and night to vImp up some
public show tn sustain your rulings. No
tyrant ever assembled the throne but who
attempted to vanip up some public show of
title to amuse the public while he gained
possession of the kingdom. You have at
tempted to vanp up some public show to
sustain your outrageous rulings, to amuse
the galleries and the people while you con-
summate your purpose, but, in the language
of the immortal Emmett, We propose TO dis
pute every nch of ground, burn every blade
of grass, and the last intrenchment OF liberty
shall be our graves"
How ludicrnus was such rhodomontade
can only be understood i'm the light of SUBJ
sequent events, when the House almost
ceased filbustering, except on rare ncca-
sions: accepted quietly the decisions OF the
chair, including the counting of a quorum,
and TO receive at an early day a dPcision
of the Supreme Court of the United States,
in which the Democratic members of that
Speaker Reed entirely constitutional. and
putting the approving seal of the court on
every scrap of legislation executed under
those rulings.