Show threw the house in an uproar republicans unseat two democrats speaker pro tom payne do a thing to the minority in his rulings martin vs lockhart and vs downing contests finally settled how it was done washington june 5 the record made by the republicans in the coneless Con eress was equalled equal led today in one regard and in another speaker pro tern payne bep X Y established an entirely new one As on the famous occasion in that congress alien two demo brats tenable and elliott seated at one session so today two democrats were voted out of their seats and their places filled by their opponents at the congressional election in 1894 As on that occasion also the democrats sought to prevent action abandoning their places on the floor eo as to break a quorum this afas in the case 0 martin pop vs lockhart dem from the sixth district of north carolina which was discussed yesterday upon a tate the democrats after voting left their seats only balfa halfa dozen remaining subsequently ly when mr bailey dom tex who was in charge of the minority interests te rests made a point of no quorum pointing to the vacant seats as evidence of the fact S pro tern payne overruled the point holding that on the last recorded vote more than a quorum had answered to their names and declined to entertain an appeal from his decision he declared that the resolution of the committee that martin was entitled to his seat had been adopted by a vote of ayes to 5 noes and mr martin was sworn in this was followed by tho consideration of the report of elections committee ko 1 upon the contest of vs downing from the sixteenth illinois district which had been sent back tj the committee tor a recount of the ballots this recount wai completed yesterday and today mr moody rep mass in charge 0 the case reported a resolution declaring entitled to the seat by a plurality of five upon the face of the returns downing had a plurality of forty and received the certificate of election mr moody stated that in his opinion downing was entitled to retail his seat but his view oe the law was not accepted by the other republican mem lers of the committee and ho frankly to messed that he did not expect the house to adopt his opinion mr mcmillin dam tenn un avail angly endeavored to secure a postponement but failed ho did succeed however in consequence of a colloquy between himself and gen grosvenor rep 0 in bringing about the most violent and disorderly scene of this con eress being declared out of order and compelled to take he seat by tho speaker and certain remarks which could not be understood at the desk in the confusion being ordered stricken from the record gen Rin akers right to the seat was affirmed by a vote of to 51 this wiped out the democratic membership in the illinois dyle cation and reduced the democratic strength in the house to 95 the day began with a two hours tt over the adoption of a resolution introduced by general grosvenor calling upon the heads of the several departments ance march 4 the democrats endeavored to lave the scope of the resolution enlarged BO as to include the changes made under the II arrigon administration but failed mr grosvenor rep 0 called up the resolution reported from the committee oa civil service directing the heads of the several executive departments to report to congress the number and personnel of the changes in the clerical force since march much amusement was created by a colloquy ti between grosvenor and dockery over the effort of the latter to have the resolution amended BO as to extend the scope of the resolution over the harri eoa administration in its present shape said mr dockery the resolution of the gentle nis open to the of being artisan in its nature it was said that la the barrison administration the civil vice law was suspended in order to 1700 employed emp loyes of the mail nce this 13 the suggestion made by e wid cd democrat from tennessee I 1 millin end an opportunity be offered to vindicate the harri 1 from that asper B or agreed that mr il y designated mr aa a wicked democrat but in S av amr erye amendment v be itself it has IB d mr grosvenor but thattie pristine purity of my won be not disturbed the passage of the on and secured a vote by yeas and nays it resulted yeas nays 53 mr dockery then sought to secure his desired end by moving to recommit the resolution with instructions to make it cover the removals and changes in the harrison administration lost the resolution was then agreed to yeas nays 48 mr strode rep neb demanded the previous question the resolution declaring martin pop entitled to the seat occupied by lockhart dem from the sixth north carolina district which was considered yesterday it was ordered and mr bailey dem tes moved to substitute the resolution of the minority of the elections committee no 2 declaring lockhart entitled to his seat it was defeated aa 0 o mr bailey moved to recommit the case to the elections committee on this the house divided yeas 39 noes 70 no quorum said mr bailey speaker grotem protem mr payne the chair overrules the point members having just voted mr bailey I 1 appeal from the decision of the chair fhe speaker pro tern the chair declines to entertain the appeal he publican applause amidst considerable contusion the speaker pro tern was proceeding to put the question to the house on the adoption of the resolution of the majority of abo committee to scat martin again mr bailey vigorously protested he demanded the yeas and nays on the question of re committing the case to which the speaker pro tern replied that he thought the demand came too late 1 I was on my feet hotly retorted mr bailey to demand the yeas and nays when I 1 was interrupted by this republican applause of a republican speaker tor his refusal to respect the constitutional rights of member democratic applause the yeas and nas were ordered on the question of re committing the casa resulting yeas 51 nays while this vote was in progress the democratic members vacated their seats for the purpose of breaking a quorum leaving mr bailey in charge of the case for the minority and two or three associates on guard the question was then put on the resolution declaring martin entitled to the seat and the vote was ayes nays 5 no quorum blandly beugge ted mr bailey the chair overrules tee point promptly responded speaker davne but mr speaker said mi bailey nonplussed nonplus sed by this attitude and ruling the vacant seats on this side testify to the fact that there is no quorum present I 1 appeal from alie decision of the chair the speaker pro tern ho chair declines to entertain the appeal mr strode rep neb moved to reconsider alo last vote and to lay that motion on the table but in case it might lead to a division and therefore a formal and official ascertainment of the fact that a quorum was not present withdrew it 1 I renew the motion mr speaker said mr baily this would have developed the absence of a quorum if permitted to take the usual courna but be fore a division could bs asked on the question mr grow rep pa demanded the yeas and nays but under republican suggestion withdrew the demand 1 I renew it hastily eaid mr bailey and ho had lost his chance for he could not muster strength enough to second his demand and the motion to reconsider and to lay that on the table was agreed to mr martin appeared and was sworn in by speaker pro tom payne at the request of mr mercer rep neb the bill appropriating to the omaha exposition when the citizens shall have raised was read and it was a long bill and unanimous consent asked for its consideration members were not surprised to see mr kern pop neb rise in his place aad with evident feeling remarked the gentleman from nebraska mr kem objects mr moody rep mass presented the report of elections committee no 1 upon the count of ballots cast in the sixteenth district of illinois ordered by the house in the contested case of john I 1 rep vs finnice Fin nisE downing dem mr mcmillin dem tenn endeavored deavo red to secure delay of action upon tho report for a reasonable time eay until tomorrow an inquiry by mr grosvenor at this juncture precipitated the most violent and disorderly scene of the session in view of abat we have seen here today can the gentleman from tennessee assure us of the presence of a quorum at this time mr mcmillin rushed furiously down the aisle and shouted whenever there is any dirty work to do in a contested election case the from ohio can be depended on to furnish a quorum mr moody here interposed and impressively raising his band eald As one who stood by the con lestee in this case throughout and expects to vote for him to retain his seat I 1 must earnestly deplore that remark by the gentleman from tennessee applause I 1 ask for the previous question mr mcmillin started to make some response but his voice was almost drowned by cries of regular order by and the pounding of the gavel partial quiet being restored mr grosvenor started the racket afresh the gentleman from tennessee be said has been pointing his me and something I 1 could not understand what if I 1 am entitled to know what it is from the reporters notes I 1 should like to bo informed so that I 1 may answer it if not I 1 ask that the reporters be requested to omit his remarks mr mcmillin bounded down the aisle at this accompanied by shouts and cries from the republicans who thereby endeavored to acquaint grosvenor with their opinion that he ought not to pay any attention to mr Mc Millins outburst and by vigorous pounding on the dacek by the speaker pro feua the latter mr payne stated that the remarks by mcmillin were out of order and would not be preserved in the record against this mcmillin vehemently protested unless mr Grosve nors question which he denounced as a reflection upon himself was also expunged quiet having been azain restored the previous question was ordered by a vote of to 5 mr mcmillin moved to re consider the report and resolution lost on the adoption ot the resolution seating general cr the vote was yeas naya 51 and general was sworn in adjourned who was the first tobacco smoker from the Gent lemans magazine the learned speaks of lane as the original english smoker it is remarkable that so much doubt should have existed among writers evea in eliza jacobean times both as to the data when tobacco was first received in this country and the person by whom it was first introduced the painstaking annalist stow says that tobacco came into england about the year of queen elizabeth but aubrey speaking of sir walter raleigh says that he was the first that brought tobacco into england and into fashion 1586 in our part of north wilts for example malmsbury hundred it came first into fashion by sir walter long they bad first silver pipes the ordinary sort made use of a walnut shell and a straw I 1 have heard my grandfather lyle say that one pipe was handed from man to man round the table sir walter raleigh standing in a stand at sir ro parke at alton took a pipe of tobacco which made the ladies buitte it till he had dunne the author of a gossipy tour in wales pennant in 1810 speaking about the great houses and their associations ciati ons says that capt arico of plas with caits and koet on their return from the azores in 1591 wera the first who hal smoked or as they called it drank tobacco publicly in london and that the londoners Lon doners flocked from all parts to see them pipes were not then invented so they used the twisted leaves or cigars the invention s usually ascribed to sir walter raleigh it may be so but he was too good a courtier to smoke in public especially in the reign of james again in the 1659 translation of dr everards panacea antwerp 1587 is it remarked that capt richard grenfield and sir francis drake were the first planters of it here england and not sir walter raleigh which is the common error so difficult is it to fix popular discoveries these few selections show us bow easily origins are lost sight of A L wooster cr a prominent citizen 0 osseo after suffering ex crucia tingly from piles for twenty years was clied in a short time by using dewitts witch hazel salve an absolute cure for all skin diseases more of this preparation is used than all others combined jesse J driver druggist |