The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-02-04
THURSDAY. FEB. 1, 1875.
Die Dix aSsIon In the House of Rep
rcsentarIvcs on n New Rules.

oil the rules by a tWO-lhlruS NOleI MT.
Garfield, Of the cop1mittee on rules,
reported she folIoFing new rule:
Whenever aSquestion is pending
before the House the Speaker shall
not entertain motions of n dilatory
character, except one motion TO adj
bIurn and n motion to fix the day
to which the House shall adjourn.
But the previous question on the en-
grossment and third reading Of any
bill or joint resolution shall not be
ordered during the first day of its
consideration, unless two-thirdS of
the members present shall second the
demand. Provided, that this rule
shall not apply TO House resolutions,
and provided further, that IL shall
not apply to any proposition to APP
propriate money, credit, or other
property of the United States, except
the regular annual appropriation
bills"
Cox made n point Of order Naet the
committee on rules had had no meet
ing since it was ordered to report.
The Speaker overrulcd the point,
aud Randall asked to have a rule
read which he regarded as bearing
on the point and the Speaker not
asserting, Randall said he would
now resign any further connection
with the committee on rules. The
Speaker said that was not now in or
der. Cox rose to n point Of order,
and begun by saying that he had had
the honor to serve on the committee
on rules for many years, and during
this time very few innovations had
been allowed, when the Speaker in
terrupted him and asked him to state
his point of order, Cor replied that
the point vas that he now resigned
his position on the committee on
rules. The Speaker said the gentle
man might do this for dramatic effect
but he knew II was not in order.
Cox-"I gave notice yesterday. The
Speaker, severely-"Nothing more
irrelevant can possibly be. obtruded."
Lamar asked the Speaker how he
knew that Cox did it for dramatic
effect. The Speaker replied, because
he Cox knew that 1t was absolutely
out of order. (Great excitement on
the Democratic side and calls for the
regular order on the Republican,
Lamar asserted hat the Chair had
M right to assume any such thing.
The Speaker said, possibly not; but
when the Chair was accused of deci-
ding unjustly, and t%rampling on the
rights of the minority, he might be
pardoned for commenting with some
freedom. He proceeded to say hat
the Chair could not believe that two
gentlemen so thoroughly c%onversant
with the rules as Randall and Cox,
could possibly suppose that while the
House was acting undera suspension
of tho rules, a proposition to put in
their designations could be in order.
Randall-"I say, sir, that you have
no right, in any particular, to ques-
ton my motives or to reflect upon
them, l stand here in every respect
as your peer"
Garfield explained the new rule,
and said that under it no jobs or
claims could pass without the nee
esSary consideration of the question.
Kasson moved an amendment, pro-
viding hat the rule shall not be en-
forced on the first day of the consid-
Grafton of any question, and shall
not apply to any proposition to refer
any claim to the Court Of Claims.
Cessna offered an amendment by
giving the Judiciary committee
power to report on bills of a public
character on Thursday. Beck de-
Tended the action OF the minority
during the deadlock, and said an
effort was now being made to break
down all rules in order to throw into
the House the frehrand of civil
rights bill, which has been rejected
by the people at the polls last Novem-
Der. Butler, of Massachusetts, adj
dressed the House, denouncing the
rules of the House as relics Of the old
slave power, made to protect that
power and enable it to prevent any
discussion on slavery or abolition.
He referred to the state of the coun-
try as being almost breaking into
civil war, and declared that 4 vas
necessary that Cessna's amendment
should be adopted, 81 that the House
CDHfiHUed on FIRST P0g".