The Red Cloud chief., 1896-02-14
UPROAR INTHE HOUSE
EXCITED WRhNCLE OVER A
DEFENSE OF SECESSION
vr. Narrcti introduce 49, 1, RESOLUTION to Cen
,rrc Nr. T,lhoit rr south snrui,na for
Remarks I~rr,snm,bi- Ia thar,-trr-Ihr
Motion Referred.

wASui<ornx. Feb. :. The debate
ON the senate free silver substitute
for the lInu>r bond bill proceeded
steadily III the House to-day The
I HOUSE me ut 1880 o'clock with less
than thirty members present and u
few ~Stra~ylrrs in the galleries. Mr..
Ncwland~ of Nevada, awOkc the empty
echoes at the big hall with u vigorous
argument IN favor Of the free and in
dependent coinage of silver. lie AS
serted hat not one debtor nation IN
the world had maintained the gold
standard except the United States and
we had done 50 IT the price of contin.
ucd bond issues.
Mr.. Hartman of Montana, aud Mr..
Ken of Nebraska, ropuliSt, followed
in favor of concurrence and Nr.
Tucker of Virginia. in favor Of non.
concurrence
Mr.. Talbot Of South carolina rose to
u question Of personal privilege to
correct what he said was an unintcn.
tional Misrepresentation Of himself IN
the public prints. This led to II stir.
ring incident. lie said that MIR Pear.
son OF North Carolina had made an
uuwarrnntcd attack on the loyalty Of
his ate, which he declared was ~
loyal aS any state IN the union. Mr..
Pearson had said that North Carolina
had followed south Carolina ont Of
the union. and had got whipped along
with the Palmetto state.
In Il iocular way, MIR. speaker. -
continued Mr. Talbot, ~ declared that
we were not whipped Tut had worn
n,r.n1y,s .nnt - ,xy -, .yIt,, Ia, az l,,r
fellows. In the heat Of the moment"
he continued, 'and ia pulsivcly, |
said that South Carolina was not
ashamed of the part she ooh in it.
that she was proud of it, and hat |
for one Endorsed secession then. |
Thought we were right, ! think 81 yet,
and that undcr the same cirCum-
stances. surrounded by the same con
ditionS, that ! would do the same
thing again. Now. Mr.. Speaker | re-
peat it
lie has said that h" has repeated
the statement that under certain cir.
cumstance> he believed in secession.
| u now to offer u resolution oi
ccnsurc," put in Mr.. barrett of Ma>sa,
chuscttS.
BY this time thr excitement ON tn,
floor VAS intense.
Mr.. Crisp said that he had ncver
known an instance when a mcmbcl
was called Ia order aud Il motion wa,
made that he be allowed 10 cxplain hi
uttcranccs that such Il motion was NO
considered. To this MIR Barrett re-
piled that he had no objection to til,
gentleman from South Carolina cN
l., planning NJ the proper time his state
mcnt. that the gentleman, havin,
taken an oath to sustain the conStitu
ton of the United states said b.
It would. under certain circumstances, al
IT tempt to overthrow and humiliate III
government.
" There was more parliamentary spar
y ring between Mr.. Crisp and Mr.. Har
rctt, during which the cxcitcmen
: gradually rose. The Speaker final
~ cut the matter short by saying that /
il the House was not satisfied with Nj
% lalbot's explanation the resolution
"a might be- offered. The Speaker de
II cidcd that Mr.. Crisp's motion vas IL
m order.
n IL take il for granted" said Mr.
Dinglcy. rising. that the House doe
g. not intend t. vote On n resolution u
censura without according the gentle
ii man from South Carolina nh opporuu
st ity to explain.
rp lbtSt N'bTlS Nbn sUt dIlbIilNt q
the Democratic side.
s. Mr.. Talbot awaited himself of tn
opportunity and explained that h
had risen To correct - miSrrprcsentu
ton. liz had no idea hat the pres
10 intended to miSrcprcs"nt him inter
nc tiOnally. South tarolina. he prt
nc ccedcd, was u loyal and a. true to tn
II. Union us any State in the Union. Tn
rs circumstances under which she st
coded could not exist again and h
=" was GLAD Of it, democratic applause
Mr.. Barrett OF Massachusetts jurnpc
mp at these words and asked that tn
- words be taken down.
Several members appealed 70 hi
nd not To do 81 and the speaker askc
rs NJ. Barrett il he insisted upon I'll
demand,
n MIR. Barrett seemed To hesitate whc
Mr.. Talbot again got on his feet Ill
declared in a loud voice that he Va
willing "a have his words taken dow
II will stand by thcm,'' said he.
These words seemed to clinch NJ
rs Barrett, resolve, and Mr., Barrett r
RS piled &c the speaker with feeling
%. ''Nes. | insist. | want 10 see IL
he member can violate his oath in tn
M fashion.
Nv man y p'''' N''' Wv -
,lv tlemau from South Carolina was on
repeating what he had said on Il IA
zee mer OCCASION" SAID Speaker Reed.
of Mr.. barrett replied that in that ca
of he had "A point of order to submit, NJ
Nv Crisp, the Democratic leader, ho'
ct, ever, at this point crowded into Il
ms arena and moved that Mr.. Talbot
as permitted to explain. The wor
lie we're then read at the clerks desk al
he Mr.. Barrett then formally made L
pt. point of order that when a statcme
ny made by Il member had been called
INV question and he deliberately reltc
III. atcd il, IL constituted a new stat
III ment and u new oifense.
ri. After q wrangle and some explain
cs, tons. Mr.. Dalzcll of Pcnnsvlvar
os, moved to refer the Harriet rcsoluti
to the committee on judiciary. III
IDS was carried By "a vote OF i5+ 10