The age-herald., 1898-03-26
ONCE MORE THE
 MINORITY REBELS Car Reeds Ruling InCitOd Violent
 UpFOar in the House. HARTMAN WAS THR0TTlED In an Attempt to Make a Political
 Speech,
 e9 AND MINORITY CAME TO HIS RESCUE In Round About Way It Was Tinted That Dishonest Man Who Sought to Sup press the Will of the Assembly
 Occupied the Chair.
AND MINORITY CAME TO HIS RESCUE

I
 scenes of the F1fty-first congress, wher
 members of the minority were charging
 down the aisles protesting against the rul
 ings of Speaker Reed, were recalled to
 day in the turbulent protests made by tan
 minority against the ruling of the chai
 during the consideration of the naval ap | propriation bill.
 The ruling in effect compelled memberi | to confne their remarks under the five | minute rule to the subject before the house | and was made against MT. Hartman (silvel | rep) of Montana, who attempted to make l political speech. The ruling was de.
 nounced as a usurpation, and appeal after l appeal was taken. When all else failed | every expedient was reSorted to to block 1 progress with the bill. As a result but l four paragraphs were disposed of. Before 1 the bill was taken up for amendment MT 1 Foss (rep) of Illinois, member of the ! naval committee, made a general speech 1 in advocacy of the policy of building uI a strong and powerful navy. The eyes of the American people, he said, were fixed upon the American navy. the defender of the living and the guardian of the honor of the dead. If an emergency was upon us the American navy was ready to meet it. With glowing words he paid
 
 ments of our navy in the revolutionary war, the war 1872 and the war of the re- bellion, eulogizfng the deeds of John Paul Jones, Decatur, Perry, Porter Farragut and Dupont. He then described the decay of the navy after the war and the rebuild ing of the new navy, which began under
 Secretaries Chandler and Whitney. Foreign Born Citizens Menace
 MT Bartholdt (rep, of Mo.) said that some European papers and their echoes in this country say>that the foreign born citi- cens of this country would be a menace to the United States in case of war with a foreign country. He resented this in the strongest possible manner. The flag of the United States was the flag of its adopted citizens.
 MT. Hartman created the diversion which caused the block of business during the rest of the day by delivering a five min ute speech satirizing the republican party and when under a cover of a second pro forma amendment he attempted to proceed, Mir Boutelle called him to order. He made the point that MT. Hartman's remarks were not pertinent to the amendment. A lively parliamentary wrangle followed when the chair sustained the point of order.
 Party Feeling Ran Hign
 After the debate on the appeal had been run for an hour MT. Boutelle moved to close debate on the appeal. Instantly a point of order was made against MT. Bou- teles motion which was overruled. Party feeling ran high. The vote was taken on MT. Boutelle's motion to close debate on the appeal and carried-111 to 95.
 The vote then came up on the appeal from the decision of the chair and the chair was sustained-120 to g.
 MT. Hartman, after this two hours wrangle again got the floor and was pro- ceeding with the speech which had been interrupted when Mir. Boutelle again broke in on 8 point of order It was again sus- tained and when MT. Bailey appealed the point was made that the appeal was di.a- tory, but the chair declined to entertain the appeal.
 MT. Hartman then changed his tactics and rose to question of personal privilege. MT. Dingley made the point that no ques- tion of privilege could be raised in commit tee of the whole.
 Would Not Be Bulldozed Pending a decision upon MT. Dingley's point of order, MT. Hartman was allowed to proceed, but MT. Payne objected. where upon, with flushed face, MT. Hartman shouted out that he would refuse to be bulldozed by the gentleman from Maine Thereupon MT. Payne called him to order | and the chair ordered him to take his seat 1 MT. Bailey moved that he be allowed tc l proceed in order. The motion was defeated l -n to 110.
 l The minority then inaugurated a flibus 1 ter, demanding a vote by tellers on ths l pro forma amendment to which MT. Hart l man had been. speaking.
 1 MT. Payne made the point that the de 1 mand was dilatory, and was sustained l The chair also sustained a similar poin 1 against an appeal A moment later wher l another demand was made for tel1ers ant l it was denied, Mr. Bailey denounced th' l ruling.
 l The Last Safeguard ''If you do not permit us to verify the l count" he declared, you destroy the las' safeguard of the minority. A dishones man in the chaar, and there have been dis honest men in the chair, could defeat tht will of this house. I am frank to say tha | my purpose in inaugurating this filibuste1 1 was to consume twice as much time as vol l denied the gentleman from Montana ant | intend to do it every time you deny { l reasonable demand" Democratic ap 1 piause).
 l Denunciatory speeches were made b! 1 Messrs McMiilin (dem.) of Tennessee ant l Bland (dem.) of Missouri, and the scenes ] of excitement and confusion were remin 1 iscent of the sensational days of the Fifty | first congress.
 l The chair finally announced that he dit l not desire to deprive any member of 1 right honestly demanded. If the gentle 1 man from Texas would state that tn, l demand for tellers was made in good faitl l he would entertain the demand. 1 Repened It As an Insult 1 'I repel as am insult" retortad CMr l Bailey, ''that demand from the occupan | of the chair. The chair has no right tt l ask me to disclose my motive and you ans l adl the power behind cannot compel me t l say what my motives are." Democrat. | applause)
 l Thereupon the chair insisted upon hi | ruling. and the reading of the bill pro l ceef,ed At the end of the first paragraph 1 MT. Hartman again offered a pro form | amendment and after some predatory re
 marks in denunciation of what he char
 acterized as an attempt to throttle fire l speech" was proceeding with the speec
 he began hours before when he was aga
 called to order.
 MT. Hartman was obliged to take hi