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Ibirtfrntb Congrefs....2d 5pffion.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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ment oil the sea fencibles, authorised
by former ac;} FOR five years or during
the war--committed to a committee OF
the whole house.
The ransom bill was read third time
and passed-ayes 80, noes ST.
THURSDAY, JAN. 81.
Rules and Privileges Of the House.
On motion of MIR Roberts OF Pa.
RESOLVED, That a committee be ap.
pointed 10 revise the standing rules and
orders Of proceedings. and report such
alterations and amendments as they
may think proper and necessary, IL in
their opinion any be required.
Mr.. King of Mass. said he had init
mared few days ago am intention of
submitting motion to add to the rules
OF the House-he now rose to execute
that intention. His object was twofoid.
The first member of his motion refer
red to original motions and resolutions
to be offered by members of the House,
and the second TO the manner i'm which
they shall be disposed of. He was de.
slrous To give every member of the
House fair opportunity to offer pro.
positions to the House, and to prevent
unpleasant compeii ion for the floor
His second obJect, relating TO the subse.
quent disposition OF such motions, was
more important in its nature He had
been induced to move it at this time
from review of what took place in re
,ation to certain iesolu ions which he
had thought il MS duty 20 offer respect
ing the coasiing trade. He had looked
TO the constitution, the law and to tie
rules OF the house, to see by what su.
tbority ma jority in this house could
say they would or would not consider
any motion offered by any member
He never could conceive that il could
depend on the will or pleasure of ma.
lority OF tais house, or of any other
Legislative Body, whether the Repres.
entalises ofthe People should be heard
or not. TIE right was too impor,an,
TO be held a, the will OF any majority /,
and with that power and The power OF
stopping debate by the previous ques.
lion. justice and right were excluded
from the House. Yet this was the
house which some affected 10 consider
the Temple OF Liberty. Mr., X made
an allusion 10 the emblems oil Liberty
still preserved in the house, whilst the
substance would, as he said, be banished
from It's walls, il this principle was
sanctioned, sc. Mr. X concluded his
few observations by ofIel ing the follow.
ing resolutions to the house -
l. Resolved. That the X. presentstives OF
the People. IN Congress assembled, cannot
consistently with the provisions of the con-
stliulion and tie nature Of cur government,
refuse 10 Consider sny resolution offered by
any one Ct he Representatives. Therefore,
Resolred.. That The refusal by the mr. iori,y
in ihls House to consider The resolution of.
fered by one OF The Representatives of the
People OF Massachusetts, on Friday the
l4lh Of Jan. 1914, asserting the right of the
respective states to a free state coasting
Il sde. nierdicted BY an ACT of Congress, was
an Infringement OF the RICH, OF TIE Repte
sentative, aud Of the privilege of . m. mber
OF his House, TO be heard ON ,h,s floor IA
beha,fot his fellow citizens, aud an injury
10 tic people. And therefore,
J. Reso.sea. That the decision of The ma
lorl'y o. THIS House, not IT, consider the res
olm,"ns before named, oflsr, d by me mber
on Fsidsy the l4'hInst IN the subject of the
SAFE coaslIng trade be and The same is here.
by recinded.
And 10 provide sgsinst such abuse IN future,
4 Red0freG, That lie following be added
20 he rules md orders Of tias House, viz,
That every o'iginal motion OF resolution, M
Whiting offered by any member che ma.
ture, re.son and obJec, OF 1t being hrst ss-
ted by hlu, II he sees h) shall be- i'm
mt 5ia'ely received by the clerk and read,
and lard before q House for consider.
alton, To be dlspo sed 81 ms The House may
Judge right. And such resolutions and
motions shall be in order. and DE called for
by The Spesker, Immediately sfer repor,s
hon select committees and If any quest on
OF priority Grise, ~ sh,ll be decided W The
order OF states, AS IN The case OF pelitos
A question having been raised wheth.
or these resolves did not come under
the rule which requires propositions to
amend the rules OF the House to lie on
the table one day before taken up.
The Speaker decided, th., the three
trst resolutions were not OF that char
acter.
After several motions on this subject,
the House refused to consider either oil
the three resolutions the other lies on
the table for ohe day accot,iing TO the
rule of the House
he house, IN committee of the whole,
proceeded on the bill To raise three reg.
lments of rlfl-mcn, and siIer warm
debste, The House adjourned without a