The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-27
REPORT IS FILED
in GLOVER CASE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

House shall thereupon proceed to take
order In the matter"
The report continues:
LAS a result of the analysis Of the
judicial precedent it seems clear that
It has been established by the highest
court of the land that either branch
of Congress has the implied power and
authority to punish those guilty of a
contempt of the authority of either
house by a breach of its privileges,
whether the breach is committed with
In or without its chamber.
In view of the expressed desire at
the time the resolution under which
this committee is acting was passed.
somewhat extended examination of
the matter of the privileges of the
House has been made.
I'm addition to the privileges ex-
pressly stated in the Constitution,
there is warrant for the claim that
the House of Representatives possesses
such additional and inherent privileges
as are necessary for the preservation
of its own integrity and the due per-
Torrance of it's legislative function.
Such are for instance, the right to
protect itself from the offer of brides.
to punish contumacious witnesses. and
to put down tumult or riot within
W
turb it's deliberations. but for obvious
reasons it has always been deemed
unwise to attempt a catalogue Of these
inherent privileges and powers. and
so long ago as 1897 the House of
Representatives expressly refused TO
proceed with bill defining the offense
of contempt of the House and provid-
ing punishment therefor"
Glover VIII Appear.
Mr. Glover refused to discuss his plans
yesterday. His friends declare. how
ever, that he will not resist any at
tempt on the part of the House to ad-
minister a reproof. and that 1t will not
be necessary for the House to order his
sidered likely that Mr.. Glover will APP
pear before the House when summoned,
receive the reprimand, and consider the
incident closed.
As predicted in these columns Thurs
day morning, neither the report nor the
resolution which accompanies it sug-
gests the form which the punishment
TO he melted out by the House should
take. After the passage of the COM
mittee's resolution declaring Glover to
be in contempt of the House, a member
of the committee probably will intro
duce a resolution calling for the rep
rimanding of the banker. but this will
not be committee measure.
The four principal findings contained
in the committees report were substan-
TALLY those forecast by The Herald
Thursday.
Revolution Is Filed.
The resolution offered by the COM
- follows
That the Speaker do issue his war
rant directed to the sergeant-at-arms
commanding him to take in custody
wherever to be found the body of
Charles c. Glover of the city of Wash
ington. in the District of Columbia. and
the same in custody keep, and that the
said Charles c. Glover be brought to
the bar Of the House of Representatives
on a day to be fixed in said warrant
to answer the charge that he on Fri
day. April IS 1918. in the city of Wash
ington. District of Columbia, commit
ted an assault upon the person of Rep
resentative Thetus w. Sims, a Repre-
sentative in the SiXty-third Congress
from the State of Tennessee, because
of words spoken by the said Repre-
sentative Sims in debate on the floor
of the House while the House was in
regular session during the Sixty-second
Congress, and that in committing said
assault Charles c. Glover has been
guilty of breach of the privileges and
contempt Of the House of Represen-
tatives; and that the said Charles c.
Glover be furnished a copy of this
resolution and copy of the report OF
the select committee of the House ap-
pointed to investigate the charge made
against him in the House of Repre-
sentatives.