Arizona republican., 1895-03-22

Then the food OF elcQuence was
turned loose and general regret wss
expressed that the appropriation mat
ter had not been taken in out of the
wet.
The only way out OF the mpendins
situation seemed to be an extra ssion
which could De called only bv permission
from Washington. To the clerks, type
writer's, doorkeepers, pages, sergeant
at al ms, lanitort, various other persons
and the territorial government lis-if,
the prospect grew more dismal as ME.
Crosby's speech heightened out.
"The Gentleman Prom Apache."
During the evening recess word went
around that a call ofihe house had
been ordered for come inex xplicable par-
| pose and it has not yet been satisfas-
torily explained.
When the assembly Teconvened Mr..
Crosby renewed HE remarks on county
division. He talked and talked and
continued to talk to The edisgnst par
| ticularly of Messrs Martin, Barnes aud
| Hinton, who were not just then in
clined to loqnacity. At last the speaker
seemed to digress and Mr.. Martin ~sB
instantly on his feet. He said he had
got up to a point Of order and being
asked to state it said the gentlemsM
| from Apache was not taking to thu
question. The chair decided the point
not well taken. Mr.. Martin was dis
posed to argue the matter,
| Here is an excerpt from a somewhat
discursive and instructive dialogue
which was continued intermi:ten ntiy
during the next two hours:
Mr.. Martin-Mr. Speaker, rise to
point OF orders. 81
MIR; speaker.5The gentleman from
| Apache has the floor. ~ y
Mr.. Martin-But Mr.. Speaker, he fs
not talking to the queetion.,
Mr.. Speaker-The gentleman from
! Apache has the floor. :..sss,sa
Mr.. Martin-T appeal from the de-
cision OF the chair.
Mr.. Speaker-9hs gentleman from
Apache has The foorl IS
Mr.. Hinton-Mr. Speaker
| Mr.. Speakef-FHE GENTLEMAN FROM
APACHE HAS THE FbGoR!l
| Mr.. Barnes-Wlll one man rule this
house, or will the majority2.
Mr.. Speaker-THE GENTLEMAN
FROM APACHE HASTRE FLOORtM
Mr.. Martin in the meanflaie wac
assisting in the occupation Of the floor
| and the speaker was pounding his desk
| furiously.
"Sit down !' he cried.
"Mr Speaker" replied Mr.. Mart1a
II rise"-
Sergeant at arms,n cried the speak
er, make those gentlemen sit down."
II move to dispense with the ser
geant at arms" said Mr.. Baker from
his seat.
"Sergesnt-at arms," repeated the
| speaker, make those gentlemtn sit
down. l do not mean that you should
use physical force, but tell them to SIT
down. Tell them in moderate tome
OF voice to sit down."
| Sergesnt-at-arms, Mr.. Prothero, sp-
preached Mr. Martin and said, "Ss
down." Mr.. Martin stood little more
erect.
| The wrangle went on and at last NJ
Hinton put the question, "shall ffpe
chair be sustained ~ and Mr.. Martin
poled the vote. The result was in
decisive for the opponents of ti1e
Navajo county bill ignored the que stion-
THE gentleman from Apache" was
| finally permitted to resume. At length
he relinqnished the floor in favor Of
Mr.. Skinner, who wss prepared to
make another "explanatlon." Mr..
| SINNERS explanation WAS catalogue
of the streams OF Apache county. He
followed them all from one end 10
another, described the towns, settle
ments and ranches along their courses
and illuminated his description by &
map oil the county. He patheiically
spoke of the poverty of the people and
soil of that region but he religonsiy
kept within the county boundaries.
His speech was subject to frequent in
terruption. among which was an in
quiry by Mr.. Herrick concerning the
condition of the markets.
At length he "relinquished" the floor
to "the gentleman from Apache" That
was Mr.. Martins opportunity. He
sprang to his feet with a CLEAN Of
triumph on his face snd Cushing's
Manual in his hard. He presented
another point of order, backed by =
motion for the previous question. He
was prepared to prove that Messra-
Crosby and Skinner we're using the
"foor" for shuttleeoek without recog-
nized Authority. The point was sus-
tanned but the previous qeestion failed
of two-tbirds vote; ayes Is. nays7.
Mr.. Finley, who had vainIy attempt
ed to discuss the previousquestion, was
now on his feet to talk on the main
question. After that the debate weak.
ened. Mr.. Moore spoke against the
bill amid many interruptions and
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