Show FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS LAST SESSION SENATE Washington 22 Edmunds objected ob-jected that there was no quorum but Morgans resolution was taken up declaring the President ol the Senate not constitutionally authorized to count the electoral vote so as to determine de-termine what votes shall be received and counted and what rejected Morgan made a long speech The electoral count resolution was cot acted upon Booth from the committee on public pub-lic lands reported favorably on the House bill for the relief of settlers on restored railroad lands and it passed Booth introduced a bill to incorporate incor-porate the Maritime Canal Company 01 Nicaragua Referred to the committee com-mittee on commerce Alter executive session a number ber of private bills passed Adjourned until January 5th HOUSE Washington 22After prayer by the chaplain the Speaker as is usual n b teJ the clerk to read the journal 1 iesterday whereupon Bowman roast to a question of privilege relative to tha disgraceful proceedings which oad occurred in the House yesterday The Speaker said the chi would prefer the gentleman ehUd wait till the journal should hive nea read Bowman republican said it was to rule A rule ol the House stated that members should not be held to a isrter nor be subject to the censure of the House for anythipc said in debate de-bate if lurilitr deW e or business bad intervenid Ho desired to know whether tun reiJiag of the journal cou d be c us rued as euch inteiven I iog buaiead uj would shut nfl further I proceedings by the House for the gross violation of its dignity The Speaker said the reading of the journal would take from the douse none of its privileges Immediately alter the reading ol the journal McLane as a question affecting the dignity of the House called attention to the scene of disorder disor-der which took place on the flcor yesterday and which he characterized and discreditable ized as offensive derogatory creditable to the House as a parliamentary parlia-mentary body He called upon both the offending members before any other business was entered to relieve themselves of that oflense by ample anoloev No response having been made by either member immediately concerned con-cerned Bowman rose to present what he called a substitute proposition lie spoke ot the scene of yesterday asa as-a crime and as an insult offered to the House to Congress and to the country There was not he fftid a man present who did not yesterday bang his head in shame and did not regard that scene as a personal per-sonal disgrace and all over the country coun-try and the world men were reading this morning of the pot house brawl the gambling house quarrel and fight with fists only prevented by force that tcok place yesterday Harris of Virginia suggested that perhaps both the oQendiag members were now willing to make an apology and if so they ought to have an opportunity op-portunity at once Haskell suggested that other members mem-bers had been guilty of conduct equally worthy of censure McLane insisted on bis quest on of privilege and oflered a reolution requiring re-quiring the two oSending members to apologize to tho House In the course ot McLanes rematk tie recognized re-cognized that most of the members present yesterday were partly responsible re-sponsible for the scene of yesterday To that remark Wood ot New York took exception and Raid he had interferred in the dtcuou of yesterday and endeavorad to confine it to the funding bill He also characterized char-acterized tbo scene a < the most I shameful tzhibuinu that ever hud taken place on the fhor McLine w thout oonclidiu > him remarks said he woul yield to the gentleman from IoVIi Weaver if he were now willing ta make an apology apol-ogy ogyHitkell ol Kansas objected to the piojeeJicg and declared that in his opinion the House should rather make an apology to the country for having Eutiertd an adjournment to to take place yesterday without action and tbuj try to cast on its own shoulders the disgrace that belonged there and to siegle out mctnbe as scape goats for iUoan sin Bowman again took the floor and quoted a remark of F Wood as to the charac erof yesterdays incident adding if the two offending members had been two boys fighting on the sidewalk they would have sport the night in the tcmbs and he brought before the police court in the morning morn-ing p < He should now take action that would be a warning J He would there li1 II rr tn fore ofler a resolution for expulsion punishment which would only te commensurate with the ofieace After further discussion in the came vein and after reading an extract from tbe Congruiional Record covering the question of offense Bowmans resolution was read declaring de-claring that for a gross breach of the privileges rules and decency of the House the two members be expelled Brown moved as a substitute that a special committee of three be appointed ap-pointed to report without delay what proceeding should be taken by the House Began and Convers indicated that there was some Blight error in tbe report of the Congressional Record The resolution by McLanes consent con-sent was modified accordingly Harris of Virginia made a point of order and argued bat the precise words for which members are held to answer must be set out before they could be censured or expelled It wonld nut do to refer generally to the printed record Bowman said the point wes point less aa tbe oflense was actions not words The Speaker overruled the point Browns substitute referring to a select committee was agreed to90 to 43 An opportunity was given to Sparks and Weaver on motion of Oonger to make any statement they desired Mr Weaver tOok the floor and said Of course there can be no two opinions I opin-ions as to the necessity and propriety of an apology for what took place yesterday in the House No ona regrets re-grets toe occurrence more deeply than I do myself I know that it is very rare that I ever lose my temper at all either in public debate or private pri-vate life I did not intend to do so yesterday and I can only say to the House what is understood by every member and the country that the L language used by me yesterday was wholly unjustifiable under the rules of the House and under the propriety pro-priety of debate and that it was entirely out of order I am not only willing but anxious to say to the house I am sorry I used euch language in the presence of the House and I make my apology humbly to the Home Such conduct id wholy unjustifiable I feel that as deeply as anybody else crriainy I wish to say further that I bad borne myself through the long running debate aa I thought with good humor Regarding the ofleusive language which was used just before the close of my last remarks re-marks in reply to the gentleman from Missouri Bland it was wholly unexpected by me at the time I thought the whole difficulty was ottled I do not wish to raise the question aa to who was to blame net at all I eay that whether I was to blame or not or he was to blame we were both to blame Toe conduct WAS unjustifiable and I apalogizi for my part of it to the Home I ask to be excused Sparks then took the floor and said During the great confusion which existed ex-isted in the committee of the whole yesterday I used language that I well know to be in conflict with the rules of the House I do not on this occasion feel disposed to speak of the part taken in this confusion by other gentlemen of the House I know that my language was in conflict with the rules and unparliamentary to this House I feel that I owe an apology and I hereby tender it 6indplaot JJintvJ Mftnot Conger demanded the Yla3 and nays saying the country would be better satisfied ti have the matter investigated in-vestigated than dropped entirely The yeas and nay resulted yells 101 nays 44 so the subject is i bid on the table Oa motion of F Wood it w IS ordered or-dered that when tha funding bill is next taken up all general debate upon it shall be limited to one day Clymer from tbo appropriations committee reported the army appro nriation bill It appropriates 26 190800 against 26425 800 appropriated appro-priated for 1889 Ordered printed |