Year: 1879

to keep the Southern States as sti-
pendiaries of the Republican
party; that it had been intended for
the South, but it was now applied
to the North. The gentleman from
Maine { Mr.. Frye assumed to speak
for his party when he said that he
would resist by every means in his
power the repeal of those laws.
He (Mr. Wood could not speak for
his party, but he could speak for
one man when he said that he did
not care what become of the appIo-
priation bills. He believed that it
was a higher question than that of
appropriating money. He could
stay in the House as long as any
gentleman. The Democratic party
could resist as long as the Republi-
can party, and he would not consent
to vote for dollar until this amend
ment should be engrafted in the
bill.


Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, s slid he had
not spoken on the points of order,
because he did not regard the ques-
tion as one that was being consider
ed deliberately. Ordinarily this
was Hall of dellberation, but now
they were called upon merely. to
register the edict of party caucus
under the rule of person who was
under orders to decide that the
amendment came in under the rule.
This remark caused an immediate
explosion of anger on the Demo
cratic side and there were calls to
order and demand that the obEox-
ious sentence be reduced to writing,
and read at the Clerks desk, but
the Chairman blackburn, of Ken
tucky,) expressed wish that no
point of order should be made, but
that he blackburn should be per-
mitted to respond, and that wish
was acceded to.


Mr.. Garfield proceeded with his
speech, exhibiting in its delivery
much feeling and determination.
He said: The Chair will perfectly
understand that I meant no refec-
ton ON him personally (derisive
laughter on the Democratic slde).
What [ mean to say is that where a
party caucus resolves against the
will of its own minority that it's
whole party must act as one man
here without regard to it's opponents
within its own party; then it csases
to be free deliberation, and it be-
comes dictation from outside and
not the deliberatiOn Of statesmen.


Mr.. Blackburn having left the
chair came on the floor and reading
the Objectionable extract from Mr..
Garfeld's speech asked the latter if
he still stood by that. Mr.. Gar
field replied that the extract did not
show his iull meaning, that all he
said or meant to say was that the
Democratic side of the House (n-
Guiding the chairman) was acting
under the morol duresse of caucus
dictation, and that in saying so he
meant nothing personal. Mr., Black
burn then said that he accepted the
explanation freely and ungrudg-
ingly. He denied, however,
that he was acting under
any instructions from the
caucus, and stated that he had never
seen or read the amendments until
they were presented in the commit
tee, and that no member was bound
by the action of the caucus. There
was a good deal of excitement
throughout the discussion, and Mr..
Blackburn was frequently applauded
on the Democratic side, as Gar
field had been on the Republican
side.


Before the actual opening of the
filibustering proceedings (Which APP
pear now be inevitably, the COM
mittee arose, without action on the
amendment, and the House ad-
;a,1rnad