Smyrna times., 1896-01-15
WILLIS GIVES WAY TO OUIGG.
But Finally Succeeds in His Maiden sDeect

ODeeCn.
Ihe Washington correspondent of tba
Every Evening Monday says: Mr.. Willis
IL ii'lo Iiie''o ms Halden speech in the House of
representatives. He has made several Of
torts 10 secure recognition from the Sneal,o,
/ DuU some one always interpOsed obiect1on
Even MS resolution to recOpnizp CuLa,,
| Delhgerency was objected to. and 90 ,,,aa
! not printed in the Record On Sat11rda1.
however ne tnumphed over opposition. and
ms remarks are printed in the Record But
II was not without an effort, as he came
! very near being shut off twice. At last
through the curtesy of Mr.. Henderson of
Iowa, was allowed to display his speech
making ability, and succeeded in winnino
applause from his listeners.
The House had under consideration an
amendments to the rules, which disnenspd
with the time hOnOred custom of HOLDING
memorial services Ill the House over y
| deceased member; and PRINTING lon~
eulogles IN the Congressional Record The
| Irlends OF the amendment argued that the
services were useless waste of time. and
| were not appreciated or looked uDon in a
sincere and reverential spirit by tHp Nom
| Ders.: They cOntended that the Record
! should only contain an account Ofthe actual
tranSactlons of the House, and sbouId NOT
| be hlied with long eulOgies, which were not
meant "''' i''
During the debate Mr.. Willis was an ~
! Dul ItLltlEtti quietly his
seat and made no effort to air his 0pinion
until at last Mr.. Henderson, who. rs a mon
| Der OF the committee on rules was i'm charge
OF the measure, because impatient and de-
clded that too much time was hein0 con
sumed IN the discussion and moved tbe
previous question, leaving half a dozen
members on their feet Then Mr. Willie
played his trump card, and startled the
| House by calling upon Mr.. Henderson to
! WlInuraW ms motion for the previous
question, as, he said, 1T was not right -
Mr.. Henderson looked surprised. hut after
a moments hesitation politely bowed to
Mr. Willis and said he would Weld to the
gentleman from Delaware. Mr.. Willis rose
to his feet, but Mr.. Quigg Of New York was
also on the floor, and both men began to
address the House at the same time. This
proved an awkward predicament, and as
Mr.. Quigg did not yield, Mr.. Willis had to
! so he gracefully bowed and resumed his
seat, provoking an audible laugh from the
! spectators
After the representative from New York
had finished his remarks, Speaker Reed
| recognized ''the gentleman from Delaware :;
! who hastily arose and turning his back to
the chair, said that he hoped the amend
ment would not prevail. His principal rea-
son for opposing the measure, he said. wa.
| that we consume 50 much time in SAVING
| unpleasant things about each other that n
could not help being beneficial to dovota
some little time to saying sometime GOOD
This brought forth applause. which rvi-
IDENTIFY pleased the gentleman from Dela-
ware, as he continued in the same strain
| pointing out that while they We're CONGRESS-,
men and representatives of the peopln. that
they should not forget that they werr men
The often conflicting qualities Of tbeirnatrr.
and political prediction making it too fire.
quently an occurrence for the finding ont of
the faults of their neighbors and never the
virtues. He contended that the memorial
services had much good III them. and that
the time devoted to such services could moi
be spent III more profitable manner. than
IN listening to the good qualities, possessed
Dy deceased member Of that august bod,.
In closing he urged the members of the
House to entertain this sentiment of broth
erly love, and said he hoped the amendment
would be voted down.
The Every Evening of yesterday saws
Congressman Willis got another opportunitv
70 speak IN the House of Representatives
Monday, and this time he delivered himself
on the subject of pensions. The pending
question was an amendment to the Pension
bill making a pension a vested right. which
was was opposed by Mr.. Bartlett of New York
The latter gentleman was sharply called
down by the Delaware Congressman. who
informed him that the country belonged
10 the men who saved it,"