The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-08
MAINE'S YEAR.
Another Son Of Maine Is Highly
HOnOred.
THE OLD "REBEL SPIRIT, CRIES
OUT in THE HOUSE.

Mr.. Reeds Glass Has a Wild Day-Frye is
Unanimously Chosen President of
senate-All in All Yesterday was a No
table Day at the Capital.
Washington, February 7.-Senator
William P. Frye of Maine was today
elected president pro tenn of
the Senate.
The oath of office was administered by
the Secretary to Senator Frye in tax.
ing the chairasald: Senators; l am pro-
foundly grateful fori his exceedingly gen
erous expression of your confidence.
can try to justify it by bringing to the
discharge OF the duties of this Office to
which you have elected me, fidelity and
strict impartiality.
Mr.. Allen, Populist of Nebraska, ad-
dressed the Senate on the Monroe doc
trine. He argued that the United States
must be the.exoiusiye judge of when the
doctrine is to be applied and could not
permit Great Britain to be.
MI Hale introduced d bill making Feb
ruary 10 President Lincoln's birthday
anniversary, national holiday.
The joint resolution requiring the Sec
retary of Agriculture to carry out the
law Tor the purchase and
DISTRIBUTION OH' SEEDS
was taken up after some discussion. The
resolution went over without action.
A.resolution was offered by Mr.. Dubois,
Republican Of Idaho, for the amendment
of the rules, providing for the distribu-
tion of the appropriation bills, as laid
before the Senate. After various mo-
tions the matter was disposed of and..ths
resolution referred to the committee ON
rules with instructions to report it back
with or without amendment on the first
Monday of December.
On motion of Mr.. Hale, Republican
of Maine, the secretary of the Senate was
directed to inform the President that the
Senate had elected William z. + rye, pres
ident of the Senate pro tempore, and the
Senate then adjourned until Monday.
In THE ROUSE
Washington, February 7.-As soon as
the House reassembled in todays session
at noon, Mr.. Talbert, Democrat of South
Carolina, rising to question of privilege,
said he had been, no doubt unintention.
ally, misrepresented by the press of the
country in regard to statements made at
Wednesday nights session. He reviewed
the colloquy between himself and Mr..
Pearson, Republican of North Carolina,
and repeated his declaration that he be-
lieved secession to have been right, and
under the same conditions he would do
the same thing again.
TO CENSURE TALBERT.
Mr.. Barrett Republican of Massachu-
setts, called Mr.. Talbert to order, and de-
manded that his words be taken down.
Mr.. Talbert responded in defiant man
ner, that he was perfectly willing that his
words should be taken down, and that he
proposed to stand by them.
Mr.. Talbert, at the suggestion of men,
hers about him, tooa his seat. MIR. Bar
rett said he had made the point of order
because he believed the words to be o
violation Of the gentleman's oath of
office which he took at the opening of the
Congress and he,would offer resolution
Of oensure.
Mr.. Crisp, Democrat Of Georgia, moved
that the gentleman from South Carolina
be permitted to explain, motion which
he said was the only proper motion un-
der the rules. 1t WAS agreed to without
dissenting vote and Mr.. Talbert again
took the floor.
He had no idea or intention, he said,
of violating the 18th amendment. That
question was settled by the arbitrament
Of arms, and settled forever. He stood
here to say, that he was willing to ex-
tend the right hand of fellowship to those
who wore the blue, and to say that the
war of thirty years ago was over forever
He objected, he said, to be held up as q
bore and ignorant person, advocating se-
cession at this period of the country 8
history.
AS to the attitude of the southern men
at the time of the war, he desired to say
that he belieyed they were right. and had
no apology to make for the part they took
in the war. Democratic appla use. That
was all he had to say.
Mr.. Barrett's resolution was then read.
It reoited the words taken down, declared
them to be seditious and treasoDable, and
in violation of the gentleman's oath, and
asked that they be stricken from the
record.
By this time the House was in a great
uproar and proceedings were conducted
amid great excitement and 1t was diff
cult to hear what was going on. Mr.. Bar
rett was on his feet to begin his remarks
on the resolution, and before getting
started, Mr.. Dingley asked to make a sua
gestion, which was, that inasmuch as the
House did not have before it the explana-
tion of the gentleman from South Caro-
lima, and the Importance of the subject,
that the matter might be referred to the
committee on Judiciary bsfore the House
entsred upon any debate.
This aroused cries of "no, no." from
both sides of the chamber and some one
on the Republican side shouted,
CHE OUGHT TO BE EXPELLED.'
The suggestion of Mr.. Dingley was re-
fused and Mr.. Barrett said he wanted to
ask the gentleman from South Carolina
a categorical question: whether or no, he
was willing to rise in his place and de-
tinitely and distinctly reject any implied
suggestion in his remarks, that he would
at any time or under any conditions, en-
ter upon, or favor movement of secession
against the United States. (Derisive
laughter and ori es of ooh! Ohp' ON the
Democratic side.) II he would not, Mr..
Barrett continued, he would state to the
gentlemen on the other side who were
made the spokesmen of the gentleman
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