The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-14

ing to pacify MT. Brumm was felled by blow on the jaw. At last by the efforts of dozen muscular members the belligerents were separated, the angry legislators retired to their seats and a semblance of order was restor- ed It was one of the most disgrace ful scenes witnessed in the house in many years.
 This effort to get the resolutions be- fore the house having failed, the com mittee on rules retired and formulated a special order which was brought in few minutes later and which General Henderson presented. It provided for the immediate consideration of the res olutions by the foreign affairs commit tee. The house was still laboring un- der a great stress of suppressed ex- citement. Partisan feeling was still rampant. MT. Henderson explained that the rule did not propose to close the debate.
 At S:45 MT. Henderson brought in the special rule agreed to by the commit tee. No time is fixed for the closing of debate in the rule agreed upon. MT. Henderson presented the rule to the house. It provided that upon the adop- tion of the rule it should be in order to consider the report of the committee on foreign affairs. MT. Henderson said that the house would have the power to close debate. His side of the house, he said, was almost unanimous in fav- or of action, not words, a sentiment | that met with a tremendous outburst of applase The question had been dis cussed everywhere, he said. The coun- try understood the issue and the time had come to take the last step. MT. Bailey in reply said that the mi nority was perfectly willing to proceed | to the consideration of the report His object when the question was first put in reserving an objection was to see if a reasonable understanding could not | be made for debate. He referred to 1 the scene in the house a few months previous as more nearly a disgrace to the American congress than any other 1 he had ever witnessed (The republi- cans jeered and groaned during his ex- | planation.)
 MT. Bailey said he would not disgrace | himself by noticing such behavior Proceeding then to discuss the question l at issue he frequently won the ap- plause of his colleagues. He expressed his qualification that something was at last to be done. He denounced the re- publicans for desiring to rush the res
 olution through without debate when l they knew that the resolutions would not become operative until the senate acted and the senate would not act
 without full and complete deliberation.
 In conclusion he declared that the democrats were ready to take their responsibility. Call the roil' he cried,
 amid tumultuous applause from his
 side and crief of "Vote" from the re-
 publican side.
 MT. Johnson, rep, of Indiana, de- manded right to be heard, and ap- | pealed to MT. Henderson not to demand | the previous question until he had an | opportunity to speak.
 MT. McMillin, democratic member of
 the committee on rules characterized | this as the most momentous question 1 that had confronted the people of the country since the close of the civil war. He sympathized with the movement for | early action, but he thought the mat
 ter ought to be fully presented to the 1 American people. There was wide diff
 ference between the resolutions. If the
 house had in the last session recog-
 nized and not fled from the proposition of recognition of independence Cuba
 would to-day be free and the Maine crew would be alive.
 MT. McMillin said the democrats were
 not only in favor of free Cuba, but they
 did not intend that even president of
 the United States should stand in the
 way of that consummation.
 MT. Henderson said Mir Bailey was
 presenting a singular spectacle in
 pleading for time and then asking that
 the roll be called now He regretted
 any effort to gain partisan advantage.
 This statement was greeted with jeers
 from the democratic side When MT.
 Bailey attacked the president he was
 unjust and the facts would not sustain
 him. The republicans were ready for
 the roll call.
 MT. Henderson's statement that the republicans were ready for roll call caused MT. Johnson to rise with a vio-
 lent protest and challenge and out of
 this grew another exciting scene which
 was only quieted by the sargeant-at-
 arms with the mace. During the row 1 between MT Johnson and MT. Hender-
 son the galleries hissed, members rush.
 ed down the aisles as MT. Johnson
 yelled out his ''remonstrance against an unnecessary war"
 The speaker ordered the sergeant-at.
 arms to compell MT. Johnson to take l his seat and that officer was obliged 1 to use his mace to force him into his seat. MT. Grout demanded that MT.
 Johnson's words be taken down, but | withdrew the demand. "We are ready
 here and now" shouted Mr. Tender
 son, "to answer the roll call of our
 country's honor here or on the plains | of Cuba" Cheer upon cheer greeted this statement.
 MT. Henderson then demanded the previous question on the adoption of
 the order. The house rose en masse and the demand was carried, 290 to 0. | The rule was then adopted without di- vision and the resolutions of the com
 mittee on foreign affairs were present. | ed by MT. Adams. The ub-resolutions
 offered by the minority were also read. 1 MT. Adams immediately demanded the
 previous question. The speaker ex- l nlained in answer to a question from | MT. William, dem. of Mississippi, a member of the foreign affairs commit i tee. that if the substitute was voted | down no opportunity would be allowed