The National tribune., 1900-04-19

not believe him on his oath under any con
dghonS whatever when he uses such Ian
guage as that here on the floor of this Houst
} IN a parliamentary debate upon question:
of debate! fsI
: Mr.. Fordney. i say when you say yol
are friend of theo old soldier.
Mr.: Talbert. | accept the gentleman;
quallt1caton OF his language; and want Il
say that II the gentleman meant TO Imputt
untruthfulness to me.-I hurl it back dowT
his rotten throaty and / say that heSstateS
something that is unworthy of a gentleman
upon the floor of this House. repeat thai
when the gentleman says he would no
believe me on oath, if he means TO imputt
TO me untruthfulneSS, he is a man himself
that Will not tell the truth and has not got
a spark of truth about him, and cram il
down his rotten throat if he meant TO i'm
pute TO me any such thing as that.
MIR: Fordney. Iwant to say to the gentle
man that am a firm believer i'll the Bible
| The Bible says that man must be born
again. When it comes time for the gentle
man from South Carolina to be born again
| hope to God he will be stillborn. Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Talbert. I want to say that there is
no danger of the gentleman's being born
again, because the devil has got him-has
got bill of sale of him now. Laughter
The Chairman. The committee will be
in order.
Mr.. Gaines. Mr. Chairman, a parlia-
mentary inquiry. Has the Chair ruled
that no member has right to have these
reports read?
The Chairman. The Chair has not
ruled that.
Mr.. Gaines. Is that the rule of the
House?
The Chairman. The report is now in
process of being read in the time of the
gentleman from South Carolina.
MIR Gaines I do NOT care tp hear IL. hlt
suppose call for the reading of a report.
Have not that right, under the rule of the
House?
The Chairman. Not if objection is
made. No member can call for the reading
of 4 report if objection is made unless the
House votes TO hear the report read.
Mr.. Gaines. What on Gods earth are
the reports printed for, if not to enlighten
the House?
Mr.. Morris. They are printed for the
members to read.
Mr.. Gaines. Let me ask, how far back
docs that ruling go?
Mr. Grosyenor. 1t only gees back to
Jefferson's Manual; that is all A part of
the rules of the House absolutely prohibits
the reading of n report against the objec-
ton OF member. unless the House votes
that it may be read.
Mr.. Gaines | do not understand that
we are in the House now; we are in the
Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. Grosvenor Well, I speak of the
House in the proper sense.
The Chairman. For the information
Of the committee the Chair will ask the
Clerk to read the rule.
The Clerk read as follows:
When the reading of paper other than
one upon which the House is called to give
final vote is demanded, and the same is
objected to by any member, it shall be
determined without debate by a vote of the
House"
Mr.. Gaines. Is this report to be consid-
cred paper. newspaper? 1t is an official
document of this House.
Mr.. Grosvenor. The bill is the thing
III 1t the House has 10 vote upon and not
the report. T'hisTue goes back to .Jeffer
sons Manual, and has never been disputed
by anybody who knew anything about
parliamentary procedure. Laughter
The bill was ordered to be laid aside with
favorable recommendation, and the dis
cuSSiOn after this was upon the merits of
particular bills. The House acted favor
ably upon 53 bills, among which were two
Senate bills. to increase the pensions of the
widows of Capt Allyn Capron and Capt.
Allyn X. CaIr5n, father and son, who
fell during the Spanish war in Cuba. The
Senate fixed the rate of each of these widows
at $40. The House reduced the amount
TO S25 in the case of the former and $50 in
the case of the latter.
for pension or increase 10 Celia A. JefferS, |
Mary A. Russell. lien Buckner Frederick
David Hunter, Elender Herring, |
John B. RitZman, Casper Miller, jr.. Il. F.
Bourne, Rhoda A Foster, Annie b. Good
rich, Franklin G. Plantz, Robert Black, |
Patrick Layhee, Ellen G. Abbott, Cornelia |
De p. Black, Josephine |. Ofiley, Oliver J.
Lyon, Henrietta Cummins, Amos ii.
ioodnow, Maria A. Thompson; and blouse
biils) Cora |. Cromwell, Elijah Biddle. Mrs. |
Burns, Simon Price, W. +. BOya-
kin. jeremiah B. Moore Flora y. Kinds, |
j. j. Angel, Festus Dickinson, Z. H. Nc
Bride. Catherine Brown, Geo. H. French, |
and (Senate bills) VIM. Padgett, Hattie f. |
Eudora S. Kelly, Herman Piel, |
E. J. March, Oscar Taylor, Sarah X. Bur |
-ell, Mrs. Arethusa Wright, j. NJ. Simerai, |
Lizzie II. Hyndman, Henry Frank. Thos. |
Jordan, Mary f. Law, Jerusha w. Sturgis, |
Henry Atkinson, Jas. A. Southland, Annie |
Gibson, Julia III. Edie and Joseph w.
Skelton. .s