The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-15


mot ns Committee Of WAol, &c. WELL sir, let US
see how this subterfnge will avail the gentleman The
history OF this rule given in Manual is as follows
n 1874 Committee Of the Whole struck out the first and
speaker chsve refused 70 receive the report on the ground
that was tanauoant to rejection Of the b which the
says "After this that the merit Of questions might be
tested in Committee Of the Whole, rule lla adopted.
This history clearly shows that IL expressly adopted
FOR ne CoiaRhtee Of The Whole de- Ii ,e
have produced this additional authority to show that
there eiotaon Of NE rule The occasion alluded 10
that the COMMITTEES of the Whole the Kansas bill did
just exactly what the rule intended that they might do
and fully empowered them TO do. But gentlemen say IL
this rule intended to be applied the COMMITTEES of
he Whoe why has il never been put in practice beforeH
That was the argument of the gentleman from Maine.
Well Mr. Speaker my reply TO him Is that IL has been
put in practice before Ii adopted in 1922 Ten days
after its adoption the I'd Of March, 1892 first session Of
Seventeenth Congress find the journal Of the House
! ord thus: y. .s.,s . . .
The House took up and proceeded to the DIN lot
the relief Of Benjamin Ereelsud and John NJ Jenkins
The amount reported thereto from the Committee Of the
mole House. ON the lAth instant, being read follows:
striking ont he enactiag clause Of said bM,'
W1os su. va Il. with the Committee
/ "And passed in the Affirmative" @#f8 2.
Here the committee did the very thing ten days
aner the rule was adopted that done the Kanas
| bill What did the House do Did they say that the
Committee Of the Whole had acted improperly No. sir
The journal says the question was taken upon concur
riag with the Committee q tho Whole said amend
find in the first session of the Eighteenth Congress on
the 22d OF May this record 81. .-
:" The question then taken to with the Com
ittee OF the Whole House on striking out the enaoting
words Of the bill from the Senate entitled An act relative
thereof. "
!" And passed in the Affirmative
Again. sir in the first session of the Twenty-frst Con-
gross, lind on the Journal this record 81 8 .s a.g
The House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole
House on the bill NO l27) for the relief of Walter Lvngs
aQda
resumed the chair, and Mr. Storrs of New York. report
ed the same, with the eaaotiHg clause STRICKEN ou" n
" The question then put that the House do concur
with the Committee Of the Whole House striking out the
enacting words Of said bill, y. -t -
|" And passed in the adirmative-yeas 81, nays So"
find in the same Congress, in the action Of the
House on the bill for the relief Of John Robinson, that
The question then put with the Committee
Of the Whole House in striking out The uOtng ~ords Of
OM (No lI6) for the reiefof John Robinson, .sss .
"And passed In the Affirmative.
9 So the land bill was rejected" ..
Sir, shall not go on with this record. Its sufficient
Tor me to state to those gentlemen who complain of my
motion under this rule that their knowing that such
motion had ever been made before does to me
10 be argument of much merit or force. | show
you Mr.. Speaker the House, and tho country, the
rule. No man can question that / show you,
Also its history; and from that that it was made for
Just such purpose the one | applied it to- No
man now can gainsay that go further and show you
The practice of the House under it No any longer
question that Then sir how gentlemen rise up here
and that the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska
accomplished by overriding the rules Of the House
may have been surprised and astonshed at the
parliamentary tactics prctised under the nle they may
never have dreamed OF how the friends Of measure In
committee could vote 10 strike out the enacng words
thus apparently defeating itand then when 1t
ported 10 the House reverse their position disagree to the
report OF the committee striking out the enacng words
and then pass it. They may have understood the pro-
by which bill nigh he temporarily apparently killed
by It's friends in Committee Of the Whole for the purpose
OF getting IL out and then revived again in the House. by
dsagreeng to the report of the committee but this the
whole Of IL This Is the ground Of all this camor about
the violation othe rules of the House in the passage Of the
Kansas bill, for 1t is nothing but clamor.
The charge OF violation OF rules has not the semblance
OF TACT to rest upon. And let hereafter say that
scudng bill to the Committee Of the Whole equivalent
70 It's defeat Our rules requiring this committee and d
recting how business shall be disposed Of in II wise
and proper. And the rules, when properly administered
work harmonousy for the perfection and despatch of egs
laon II Is only those who do not understand them who
see confusion aud mystery in them Where then the
wrong or the fraud pepetraed the rules in the passage
of the Kansas bill IL exists only in the fancy Of gentle
men who declam so violently on the subject said sir
fiuiended TO yindcae the action both OF the committee
and the House that occasion, and put the matter be-
yond all future cayil doubt This think have done
Now, sir intend also with the confidence vim
dcae the principles Of that bill against the equally
founded assaults which have been made upon them What
| sir, are those assaults1
The gentleman from Ohio MIR CAPBrLLl said the other
day. and again syS that the passage Of tho Nebraska bill
the origin Of all the troubles in the country Sir
what troubles docs he allude tor What troubles have We
upon usH Standing 10 my place in the hall Of the repre-
seutatves Of the United States ask to-day what troubles
the country laboring under Were any people OF the
world more prosperous than the people OF the United
States are2 We at peace with all other nations
bear OF complaint about federal high tariff
hear Of darrangement Of the currency Of the
finances Of the couniry bear Of clamor against
banks tables not loaded down with petitions or
remonstances against grievances Of any sort thrift and
plenty seem 70 be smiling the land from extent TO
the other Our commerce never more aourshipg agri
culture yielded bountifu supply from the
bosom Of the earth 10 the ers Of her soil than IL
does nor was the average value OF products ever high
Industry in every department Of business whether
upon the the land never had more Inducements
70 ply s energies not only for competency aud comforts
but for the accumulation OF riches and wealth. Never did
labor in all les branches receive readily than now
does fhir and ustycompensating wages Our internal
and foreign trade In hourishing condi-
ton What are tue troubles then Of which the gentleman
speAks7 Why II ooad his eye this wide
rcpubic Rt this time and see the thrh and prosperity In
every department OF industry arising from benign in
situations he would almost be compelled 10 exolam that
all the troubles OF which we hear grow out Of moth
ing but that exuBerance Of liberty and multitude Of
blessings hch be driving to oentiousnoes
Ths In the mobs Cincinnati Louisville, New Or
been set aside force has been rsortcd to- arms have
been used and have been slain But the absorbing
theme is the Hyl war; as il is called, in Kansas
This is the made in a neiehbornR city,
The commercial metropolis Of this Union the other night
according report Of their proceedings which fad w
newspaper 70 large crowd Of people there assembled
ID proclaimed that civil raging In Kansas
and that that assembly gave shouts Of applause a the
nouncement These are tho troubles suppose Of which
the gentleman speakstroubes produced not by this Kan
BILL but by the mischevous designs and reckless pur
poses OF those Who In their efforts defeat the quiet and
peaceful operation Of the sound purposes Of that bill have
Tor come time been engaged in their unoly work of
a H.