The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-03
WHEELING WEST WEDNESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 1876

nets alone, and yetthis rule offers 10 give
half Of the remaining time Of this House
to tillihuSteripg. a.E 4
Mr.. Butler beAought the majority not
to allow any fllibuStering under any
form OF rules, and said-We are now
asked to give up over half OF all the time
that IL left uS to save the country, out Of
courtesy 70 . minority which shows Us
nothing but its teeth. Laughter and eI-
element. ID. il. II .liLs
Mr.. Tremaine-Is Il not necessary, in
order 70 leglSlate upon any Southern
question, that the amendment offered by
the gentleman from PennSylVanla (CesS-
nal shall be paSSed2 .,l ~
Mr.. Butler-Clearly so and therefore
/ was going to ask the House to consider
that amendment, 90 that the House can
pass q bill by which the President can he
armed with the power 70 preserve the
peace Of tha country so long as he re-
Mr.. Tremaine-And does not this
whole contest lose its Significance II We
do not adopt the amendment
Mr.. Butlsr-ClsaEly 1t does, for We
have no way of getting these before the
House, 1pFay you, good and true men,
who stand for the country, 70 stand to-
getheT and release our hands, which have
been tied up so that we could not do any.
thing for the benefit Of the country, and
that we adopt rule which shall not be
smaSculAted rs the ono reported 10.
Mr., Trsmaine-Is there any way to do
that unless by voting down the previous
question? i
Nh. Butler-There IL no other way,
Let us vote It down, then each one Of the
amendments Offered will come round and
be voted on, 4 majority Of the House
can do what II ought to do, that u pass
such rule as will enable rs 70 carry
forward thapublic business WithouthEy.
Ing one half Of our time consumed at the
will OF the minority,
Mr.. Cox said the gentleman from
Massachusetts referred 10 our tilibustering
TO prevent certain business intended to
affect the South, can shaw him that
when President Grant sent to Congress q
message about Louisiana In February
two years ago, 1t was referred to the
Judiciary Committee and that committee
never took action upon 1t. Since your
own PreAident charges you with direlic-
ton Of duty In that regard, l stated OF
that time that the non.action OF the
committee would prompt usurpation and
1t has done 90. II 10 not tot tho gen.
tleman from Massachusetts, to complain
that the minority obstructs the reStora-
| 1ton ~ cedar nnd tronnuilifv In tho
South. The gentleman says, perhaps for
dramatic effect" that "the rul6s," and !
suppose the Constitution itself, were
made by the slave power. They were ad-
ministered, at least In Charleston, by the
slave power, with the help of Caleb CuSh-
Ing and another respectable Massaohu-
sets gentleman, Laughter. The Par.
liamentary rules were adopted o. guard
against the encroachmens OF the Grown
and the cotrouptions Of power; and now,
dropping into little minority In Con-
greSs, you are unwiSe enough, for the
sake of temporary advantage In this
Civil Rights bill, to take down all
these safeguards which would prevent
quackerieg and extrRtagancies belonging
10 legislation. These rules are old. They
are venerable. They have the paternity
Of the father Of Democracy himself In the
interests Of liberty, and not In the interest
OF royalty. I may not know how TO
amend them or 10 assist In amending
them, and may not bo entitled TO the ele-
giant compliment Of the Speaker, but one
Thing iS certain, that during all the time
have been In Congress during the war
when the temptations to change the rules
we're great, ] have fought steadily against
all innovations or rules, / regret that
the day Of innovation has come, but the
Democratic Jubilee has also come, and
you, Mr.. Speaker, would not be here next
Congress- II you had not been elected ear.
ly In the spring. rLaughter,l said
that "for dramatic effect" Laughter.
After further debate, The House pro.
ceeded TO vote on the rule and amend.
ments.
Mr.. KaSSon'S amendment was rejected
without the yeas and nays, and Mr.. Hale's
Amendment requiring the previous queS.
ton to be seconded by two.thlrds and not
thtee.foutthS was adopted-yeaI l6S,
nays 95.
mitted.
The rule as amended was adopted;
yeas III, nays So; seven still yotingin Tie
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