New-York tribune., 1896-05-13
crN WHEELER REBUKED.
or HIS UNsPoKEN SPEECHES EN-
wv ,crD FROM THE RECORD"
TIVE MINUTES TINE AND THEN
- PROCEEDED TO 'TNfNDLN FOX ''''
COUNTRY" TO THE EXTENT
OF FOUR PAGES.
.ov.pu TO THE TRIBUNE.1

rcpkPH TO THE INibCNi@'I
,o, May l2.-The repriInahd au","is'e' 80 ~
"as", "oro, Wheeler OF 1A'@o'i"'' ~ o. Wv, a, mo.
70 to..entativ $ to-day wac ne oi :, saarned hard
Rspresei'@. me results and yet II seemeu ha'u
duee who's ' representative should have been
nat so gei'a' rebuke. General Wheeler now
TIE sup)ee - the most frequent ana conspicuous
ever. hau =, the rule which prohibits the ihsei-
ransgres. pacord' by members or the HOUSE eA
ton u ,ys Of speeches ana otner ma''ei' NV
spt oy saoa BY them in debate some years ago
spoken OF rse Record" Of the day appeared sew
n.esks after the expiration oi - 80 ond
Gl "sN Wheeler had been member anu
shlch Gehe'" issus was almost filed with the
1at pos nsnoken speeches which purported 10
sports u aa,ivered by the doughty General OF
ave ,.,s,ts which had occupied the at'eh''on
various 80 of Representatives at the last session
@ the lions Congress. One OF these posthu'ious
u 'ne Ph,cb related TO the Fi'z Johh Fol'ei 'a'e'
sio,''. i,v nages and was accompanied ov nunD'
flea H'" "a diagrams, the engraving ana prlh''"s
o s'.s must nave cost the uo'eFni'e''' ''''''
dreds Of dollars ,,.,,hor y, wears ago. and tho
Bl' u u"' prohably unknown to or forgotten pF
iAc'e ,,a Representatives who to-day 'o'eu u
mos ', from the permanent; Record ABOUT ioui
@p~' natter which General Wheeler hao tame"
pas~ 10 append to five-mnu'e speeoh "e VIC.
the hp'" r,aav on the resolution to allow to every
a
~. debate on the mo'io" ~
NATTER vas inteFes'He' .,o, ., tho Commit
MI n-,n,,,e called attention to what he con-
". 80 "a ha a gross violation OF the prNheses W
su '." an the part Of Mr.. Wheeler Last rliua!'
p "the House was considering reSoiuuo'
".d q" from the Committee on Accounts anu MI
49,, IN charge OF it. yielded hve minutes " '"e
A'.,'"' ..n from Alabama. On that occasion ne
"ens -, ,opr pages of The Record for that day
'e"'', ., He would say nothing further. having
us -. attention Of the House TO the matter Inc
,,on conss, = largely Of full-page tables snow
p.o,r,a,,ors ,ade by Congress for many Con-
.s.ss mast and tie expenditures OF the Government
son ns foundation 10 the present time
NJ W. wheeler went A, some length into an explana-
.,,r NJ the subject saying that in his remarks II
:. remembered correctly. he said that he wouid
-. ~ ,hn ,ahes and that gave to him the right to
,r, tbem in the body OF his speech. He criticised
,ha action OF Mr. Perkins as schoolboy perform
.nne and felicitated himself that he had never
IN his career in Congress referred to fellow MEM
her by name unless TO compliment him. lie spoke
:, tho fact that on several occasions when ne hao
inserted speeches in The Record which met the
spproysl Of his party at least. there hau peen
those on the other side ready to rise up ana
hr fori Mr.. Wheeler mentioned the further fact
.h., once when the present Speaker (Mr. Reed
uss making a speech on the silver question ne
Wheeler) had interjected remark whlch ine sei.'
man from Maine cut out OF ms revised repo,n pT ~
.be speech for THE Record" With that example
before him. he asserted that he was Justiiled III io'
lowing II as he had done. . ... ,.os
Mr. Perkins responded that the contention was
wholly unfounded. The gentleman had trequenl!!
before been a violator Of the privilege OF eaVe ~
print and in order that the question might De ue
iermned whether or not MI Wheeier nau .he aisr ~
he asserted. he moved that the suPernuoTs s
inserted by the gentleman be stricken from the
permanent record.
MT Crisp dem. Ga) suggested that the motion
re- refsrred 10 the Committee on Rules, that an
examination might be made Of the question whether
or no, there had been violation OF the PriVileees
or rules Of the House, 50 that members might 'o'o
nteligently on the subject. ,,., ,,..
his NJ. Payne ReP N ~ obj o65ected sserm,he uhe
Il som The gentleman had been an OLD oHenaer.
previously pleading ignorance as an excuse now
he did not even ask be excused or apologize, put
boldly proclaimed his right TO use the co!uihhls VI
The Record" as he saw fit. The House ought 10
settle the question.
On Mr. Crsp's motion to commit the motion to the
Committee on Rules, the House divided-yeas, R
nays. l22 Mr.. Crisp demanded the yeas and nays.
and they were ordered. The vote resulted Yeas.
q. nays, 14. So the motion was lost and the mo,
ton to strike the superfuous matter was agreed
The remainder of the day spent in discussing
the contested election case Of Rinaker agalnst u
majority of Elections Committee No. recon-
mended the unseating of Downing lDem2 The
(Rep, Mass) who has Joined the minority in sus-
alning Downng's right to the seat. at least until
a recount Of all the votes. ordered by the House,
shall demonstrate that he is not entitled 10 It, The
discussion will be resumed tomorrow, the special
order making private pension bills the business OF
that session having been postponed until Thurs
day. The House adjourned at OILS o'clock.
Before the debate Mr.. Evans Rep:, Ky) gave
notice that when the case was disposed OF he would
Committee on Ways and Means to repeal what is
known as the free alcohol law.