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A QUESTION OF vERACITY.
r1ILET OF TEXAS FIRST RAISED IT
SPEAKER REED

the House Sustained Him-Yenterdny MF.
BslIey rut tho BInnc ON Chairman Ritt.
whom Ho HAD BXonernicd ON ThurndRy.
wAsurNGToN, Jan. 22.-Mr. Bailey Of Texas,
leader of tho Democratic forces attic House Of
representatives appears to he possessed Of q
abort memory. which must DO held %responsi.
hle. as DR.. Everett would say, for Injecting
him into a cavity" In the course of the pro-
ceedings on Thursday last when the House came
to vote on tho Diplomatic and Consular bill,
Mr.. Bailey made q motion TO recommit tho bill,
with instructions to insert the Senate rosolu.
tlon recognizing tho belllgercncy of Cuba. Tho
motion was antagonizod by Mr.. Hit tRcp.
MI in charge Of the bill, on the ground that 1t
vas out OF order, and tho objection was sus-
tanned by the Chair. Then Mr.. Bailey charged
had faith and violation Of an agreement, which
he claimed had been made between himself
and Speaker Reed, to permit this motion to be
voted on. This led to an issue Of veracity be-
tween tn. two gentlemen, tho Speaker deny
ing that any such agreement had been made,
and the House sustained him. Mr.. Bailey ad-
n,ttcd on that occasion that no had no under
standing with Mr.. Hit, in charge Of the bill,
and the point Of order made by the latter was
sustained.
To-day, rising to q question Of personal privi-
lego, Mr.. Bailey invoked the'torms Of an agree-
ment which no now asserted had been made
with him by Mr.. Hit. Mr.. Bailey recited the
making Of tho motion on Thursday, and con-
timed:
ITO my motion the gentleman from Illinois.
Mr.. Hit, made tho point of order. l protested
that 4, ought not to be made, and asserted that
there had been an agreement with the House
to: take a vote upon the direct proposition to
rocommit tho bill with instructions. The gen.
tleman from Illinois controverted my state
mont. Then tho matter was left. would not
now revive 1t for the purpose Of getting outside
the record, or for the purpose Of confirming
nv own statement or contradicting his. but I
6nd o statement now q part Of tho Congress
sional Record, so distinct and explicit that I
feel It due to myself that I should call 1t to tho
attention of the House and of the country"
Mr.. Bailey read from the record the colloquy
between Mr.. Hit and Mr.. Quigg and several
Democratic members regarding the close Of the
debate and the proposal to vote on the motion
TO ecommit the bill. closing with this state
meut by Mr.. Hit: "And Il Is understood, Mr..
Chairman, that there will be but one yea and
nay vote, that on O motion to recommit."
Continuing. Mr.. Bailey said he had no desire
to insinuate falsehood or unfair dealing against
any man, but there had been either q misun.
Outstanding or q misstatement.
Mr.. Henderson (Rep., Ia.-As o lawyer.
familiar with the rule. what would be the Ren.
tleman's construction of that statement Of the
gentleman from ninoisi
Mr.. Bailey-I am FREQ to say that I under
stood both then, and prior. that the Republican
party was ready to take its stand along with the
President, who said in his message that this
resolution ought not to be adopted; and along
with the gentleman from Illinois who de-
clared in his speech that the matter ought to be
left to the President to settle; that 1t was ready
to take a direct vote upon the proposition and
TO vote the resolution down, because that was
an end of the controversy.
MI. Dalzell lRop., Pa.l-Docs the gentleman
make any distinction between O motion to re-
commit and o motion to recommit with in.
structionsl.
Mi: Williams tDemr M%isslIThere was no
doubt at all in the % MIND thfa OF either TN NJ th luigi: MT:
leaves no doubt that the motion contemplated
was to recommit with Instructions. That was
whether Mti rg Mr. BAILEY ytf Believed Mr.. Hits state
tRsa t 1%p melton Referred to Would be : motion
under the rules land not subject to a point Of
Mr.. Bailey-why. certainly, because, we did
not need any agreement for that, which. under
the rules was a matter Of r right: ldAippla y tho
part of the gentleman from Texas or any one
else could have cut Off the right of myself or
any memer of the House to make any point Of
order upon any Instructions which might not
be proper under the rules,
cause enough Republicans, had professed a
willingness to vote for the ADOPTION Of that reso.
,Is sss n t and hands it %s: :o t. these seys 3 IGs fishss rem Fepu SH,
cans or to save them from Embarrassment at
home that It the agreement On ., was vi th a It Is
to contract for rights that under the rules can
not BIO denied us.
WAS not made simply to enable members to go
Mr.. B~siiey-Then you admit that there was a
Mi: Lacey-only to enable members to at;
tend the funeral of Major B~utterworth. You did
not ask that there should DO any waiver of the
rules Of the House or that the point should be
withdrawn that had been contested for a day.
stands that any motion consistent With the
Constitution Is in order and can be entertained
E}d ho p of tbe q H oTasF a IS made fSa against q moi Il; II ~ both 9TH
commit with instructions might be made. 1t
being plainly In the minds of both sides what
the instructions would be, such a proposition
80 assented to is tantamount to an agreement
that the point Of order should be waived.
could have been made without the consent OF
the House that Its rules should be waived in any
Mr.. Bailey-If that is true, I am willing to
rest the matter, for what / rise to-day for was
70 establish what was my understanding of the
The sgeaker-The question had meyer been
bubmittedsto the House as a mattersof fact:
House, and there was no objection. It has been
held. / presume. a hundred times that when
an understanding is made In tho presence of
the House and no. objection made. 1t is tanta-
mount to IN agreement.
self.
Mr.. B~ailey-The Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, In accordance with tho
Agreement which is known on both sides OF
the House, and which Mr.. Lacey says he took
advantage: of by going to Major Butterworth's
funeral, promised that we should have a yea
end nay vote on the motion to recommit. Now
ask II We have had such a votei. II not. I
Say, that the agreement has been violated. and
with that I.leavo the matter with right-minded
men on this floor and tho people of this coun-
try. (Applause.l
Mr.. Hit explained. at some length that his
purpose in agreeing with Mr.. Williams was to
tx a time when the vote should be taken. 1t
had no relation to a, waving of any rule Of the
House. A member in charge of a great appro.
priation bill, he said, would be recrcant to the
trust reDosed In him in the management of
such a measure IL he did not insist upon a strict
e~1forcement of the rules.
Hr. W. a. stone (tcp., Pa.l-Mr. Speaker, I
wish 10 ask, so that we may know for use here
after, whether a dialogue between any two
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