The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-04

Speaker recognized Judge Payson OF IL
iinois. VINO moved to lay the appeal on
the table. Mr.. Crisp shouted: II claim
the right to be heard" The Speaker re-
Piled: The motion Of the gentleman
from Illinois Is one which he had right
to make" Not while Fam on the floor''
6roke IN Mr. Crisp. Thereupon the
Speaker said: THE chair did not re-
oEhize the gentleman from Georgia for
1nak purpose: Il submit" shouted MT.
S.lsp, that It Is unfair, unjust and un
manly to refuse us an opportunity to
present our case Mr.. Bland shouted ::
me Speaker argued his side os the ca se
ana we are refused the same privilege"
aPpea! to your fairness as a man"
SPOKE Mt Crisp. Gentlemen" address
ing the majority Of the House. II ap-
peal 70 your fairness as men to give
US simply an opportunity to reply to
the argument which the Speaker has
seen proper to make. Are you afraid to
10 near the rulings that have .heen
MADE IN this house for q hundred
years?" ~
Speaker Reed sat like man of iron.
Ills ace was stern. He was about to
PUT TO the House Judge Payson's mo-
tion 10 lay the appeal on the table. when
Ben Butterworth. now commissioner Of
patents appealed to Judge Payson to
Withdraw his motion. Julius Caesar
burrows showed that he sympathlzed
with General Butterworth 1t was an
parent that revolt In the ranks of the
majority was brewing. Judge Payson
reluctantly withdrew his motion ana
Mr.. Crisp began his reply to the Sneak.
ers defense OF his action in counting a
quorum. He had not been speaking five
minutes before he was Interrupted bv
MT. towel. a member Of the majority
from illinois. who asked him a oues-
tion: MT. Crisp began to answer the
question, when the Speaker abruptly
told him to, confine himself to the pend.
Ing question. Mr. Crisp protested that
ne had right to answer the question of
ms friend, but the Speaker ruled diff
IereHtly. Thereupon Mr. Crisp asked
unanimous consent to reply TO the cues
ton and the Speaker refused to nut his
request to the House. This aroused Mir,
:" hin.ey, who said: ut occurs to me
ma the gentleman from Georgia should
be Permitted to answer the Question nro-
n"urded to him by the gentleman from
limos: AIR. McKinley's suggestion In
uHatcd that revolt was inevitable I'M
!Sss c.tner the Speaker or Mr. ,Rowell
aye way. The Illinois member PROMPT
~ withdrew his question. and this re-
Aeved5 the Speaker from his dilemma.
At the end OF the day the Speaker
announced that he had been mistaken
Il! proncuncing Mr.. Cultivate as pres
cnt and not voting
" hen the journal was read on the FOL
lowing day the names Of those voting
on MIR. Crisp's question Of deratio
we're read, but the names Of the mem
bers who were counted by the Speaker
10 make up q quorum were not read
Mr.. breckenridge demanded the names
OF the members not voting The
Speaker replied: THAT Is not n mart NJ
the Journal" He afterwards qualified
the remark by saying that the list had
been placed In the journal. There is no
requirement that it should be put
there, he continued, but the fact is
that 1t Is there, and the gentleman Is
entitled to have the whole journal read"
After long debate Major Mckinley
moved to table the appeal of Mr.. Crisp
on the assumption OF the chair to count
absent members to make Quorum
me appeal was laid on the table-yeas
1da; nays none, the majority refusing to
vote. The Speaker himself voted with
the 162 to sustain his own decision He
still! lacked three votes of a quorum
Thereupon he counted twenty seven
non-voting members of the minority,
ana declared quorum present. Ma
Jor Mckinley then moved that the
House adjourn. The Speaker put the
question Mr. Springer. Mr.. Holman
and others Of the minority demanded
the yeas and nays. The Speaker disre-
~ ana the House stands adjourned I'M
I'll IL O'Clock Tomorrow" He laid down
his gaVel and left his desk, and had do.
scendeo three steps,, when Mr.. Spring
or rushed toward him and brusouely de-
named the yeas and nays as a Con-
atituttonal right. The whole House was
IN an uproar. the minority excited and
lila,shaht' ana clamorous for the yeas
ana nays. The Speaker stood five sec
onds, as though undecided, again as
cended the dais, seized his gnye,
brought the House to order, recognized
Mr.. Springer, and yeas and NAYS yyere
ordered Not long afterwards here is
What occurred:
Mr.. Springer-"I move TINT tbe HOUSE
do now adjourn
The Speaker-'The chair rules Yha :
motion to be not in ORDER
Mr.. Springer-"Upon that ruling do
sire to be heard. I again appeaI FROM
the decision of the chair" .D'''
The Speaker-"The chair Will make !,
statement to the House..
Mr.. Springer-"I insist upon nv r,eh+
TO be heard" 80 's''N
At this time Major Mckinley moved
to table the appeal. The sneaker
promptly put the motion TO tha House
utterly ignoring Mr.. springer's demand
The appeal was tabled. the Sneaker
again counting non-voting members az
the minority to make g quorum. NJ
Springer renewed his motion that the
House adjourn. and the Speaker still
Ignored him. Finally, the following col
loquy occurred:
Mr.. Springer-"Does the Speaker de-
cline to entertain my motion?''
The Speaker-"Thc motion OF the gen
tleman from Illinois Is not entertained y
81 Mr. Springer--"When will It he in or
der for some one to move to adjourn ?"
The Speaker--"It will be in order at
the proper time -
Not long afterwards colloquy with