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Show MILLS' DEilCflllT. ExGihng Scenes in Gopgpess, Speaker Reed Has tlio Riot Act Bead to Him. The Sergeartt-at-Arms Called Upon to Assist In Quelling Quel-ling the Row. Mills Dubs Kerr a Traitor to tha Constitution of the United States. Washington, Jan. 20. In pursuance pursu-ance of the policy of the Democrats of the House, Bland this morning demanded de-manded the reading of tho journal of yesterday tn exlenso. The Clerk having concluded tha reading. Bland mad the point that the journal was not read in full, and demanded that a description of tl e various executive communications, resolutions, bills and petitions which were referred under the rules and net ia open Hons be rei'.d. The Speaker ordered the Clerk to read this portion of the journal. Its reading was not completed until 1 o'clock. Then ensued one of the wildest scenes of confusion the House has seen during the present Congress. The Speaker baring stated the question to be the approval of the journal, and having counted and stated the affirmative affirm-ative vote. Mills (Texas), rising to a parliamentary question, asked whether the proper question was not on ordering order-ing the previous question. This query was based uprn tie fact that whwn tna V rtik had finished reading the first part of the journ vl (the portion usiallf read), McKinley (Unio) had demanded the previous question. The Speaker, in response to the inquiry, in-quiry, stated this was a fact, but said the demand was withdrawn after th reading of the complete journal. McKinley Mc-Kinley corroborated the statement to-r ibaSSuat the 'SKo&d bu with wciuS gestures, Mills strode down, md shaking his list at the Speaker, Sared out volume of denunciation accusing him of practicing fraud on the House. x , , "You araperpetrauug , the House!" he thundered, and you ( know it," and his party colleagues , burst into a round of applause and cheers and gathered around their . champion, but the Speaker was immovable im-movable and amid the excitement requested re-quested those opposed to approving the journal to rise! PhleSmatical'y he counted one, two, three and announced announc-ed the motion as carried 9 to o. The years and nays were demanded by the Democrats and ordered and as the clerk proceeded to call the roll Mills poured out his denunciations. Aiiam he accused the Speaker of perpetrating per-petrating a fraud upon the House, and referring to McKinley, said: N e did not expect the gentleman from Ohio to lend himself to such proceedings. proceed-ings. We relied on the gentleman from ! Ohio for we believed him an honorable honora-ble gentleman, aad we knew he (indicating (in-dicating the Speaker) was not. Perkins (8arcasticlly)-And he (indicating (in-dicating Mills) is a gentleman Allen (Miss. ) That ia more than can be said of some persons on the other side. . . , , Then, sthe clerx weni on mouoto.i-i.uslT mouoto.i-i.uslT calling the roll, Mills (ignoring him) pio;eedcd substantially as follows- -You do not daye to go before the country with such a revolutionary measure as you are proposing to pass. We have a right, und&r the rules, to dbate the question of approving tha , journal, and you (addrassing the Speaker) are denying that right ( Democratic cheers.) Kerr (Iowa) Such proceedings as thes are treasonable; they are headed head-ed by a man who has helped treason Viefnrp. . . Mills You are a traitor yourself to the Constitution and laws. ou are trying to surround the ballot-box witti bavonets and deprive the people of their rights of representation. Then followed enthusiastic Democratic Demo-cratic applause, while tho Bepublicans ' crowded to the bar of the House and announced their disapproval by hisses. The House was a regular babel of ited and loud, but unintelli- Cutf.heoii (Mich.) stood in the center of the aisle, and, as Mills went on, re-1 re-1 peated with indignation and empnasis the one word "bosh." Mills' reply to this exclamation was. "Bring in another resolution of censure, thBythis timo affairs had approached ( so near to a personal rupture between tho gentlemen on the opposing sides that the Speaker was obliged to call upon the sergoant-at-arms for assistance, assist-ance, and that officer, bearing th? mac in front of him, induced Mills to take his seat, and t he storm passed away for the time. , .... Tho journal was approved yeas, 144, nays, 103. |