, 1875-02-03
WASHINGTON
4 Days Contention in the Lower
House Of Congress.
Hnle's Rule to Prevent Fill
clustering Adopted.
Speaker Blaine OH tIle Floor
--.d'Dx and Randall
EjssrngcA.
The Civil-Rights Bill to Be
Taken UP To-Day.
The Tea and Coffee Tax Unfavor-
ably Considered,
i Dill for the General Reduction Of Sal
aries Reported in The Senate.
The Civil-Rights Bill to Be
Taken Up To-Day.
The Tea and Coffee Tax Unfavor-
ably Considered,
The Scheme for a Mint in Chicago 0f:
foially Approved.

foially Approved.
THE NEW HOUSE RULE.
SECURED III THE HrsE AFTE WEEKS Fill
EUsTEaiSJ.
Special Dtspdtch to Yhr Chirdc1 7ritunf.
WAsntsa7os, D. e., Fco. .~-rl4o sieso Of
physical endurance aud parlia mensary Sail. III
tho House, Which begau last Wedn cs1as 'norn-
ng ended this aitern9on at o'clo:k in tho
paaBa1e oi now ra1e the triumph Of ;hs Repu!s-
cans anl the overthrow Of caucus rule and Gen.
Butter. THE parliamentary contest laR been the
most remarkable in tho history Of Congress-
Tho following the text Of tho rule adopted aud
tie pr,uciplo ut,on which this contest VIII
turned:
IsuIE-Wkenever 1ue<tton IA penfins before the
HOUSE. The Speaker shall not entertain any mutton oI
tiilhtozy character except one motion To- 3oar a.i
Que notipn to hr the day which the House shall nd
9 p 1sa5a ii s a{ s 81 o rasoiute sh o
b. ordered during the Ills day of tts consideration
1uless two,hirds of hp @ nenfs It Ssecn1 r .ha ssga e.
Houss resolutions offered in the 'nnEuttg hours If
Monday and, trorided fu'ta"r at 4 shall nat apty
credit or other property Ut tie Uuir Etatea except
| In the regular annual appropriation Hills.
Tie operation OF tue rule takes away from the
minority the right to tilibustel as illustrated
during the Iaat week, limiting dilatorT suotions
to the sinSle motions to a1ioutn, aud to adjourn
| to day certain. This makes the rules Of thu
uouHn conform with tho rules which obtain in
nearly every State Legislature. Tia rule ii Of
MUCH REAL IMPORTANCE TO THE M1EouTr.
| It Ia understood TO have been drawn by the
| Speaker. It provides al opportunity for deba1c,
never heretofore the right Of the Mi
| nosi.y, tu thls, that tue rtesiols 9uez-
| ,lon cannot ho called on lilo firn.
day When bill IL presented. Oh 1T ;ircscilt. ly
mere majority. hut requires Muj:7ity OF two-
thirds Of thoso rregon. to eifarec the previous
question. This siyes at least ane taY for debate.
q provision Which it ie expected will bc OF gscat
Importance to tue satnnzlsv III tue next House.
Gen. Dutler claims that tho operation OF this
delay would 10 to enforce dhy delay on eresy
measure. and thus to practically defeat legtsla-
tiou. It WAS answered IN tlis TINT. under the
present rules, which carry all bills approp1-
atns r.. e1Sa rsoort 10 th, n ian
committee can ever be considered IL Coss1nstte Q
Of tho Whole. Con. Dat!.r al.o made tue point
that tho operation OF this clause of tho iuso
would be especially objectionable at th,s rsase
OF the session. becsuse q days debate inter
veuing upon any report upon Southern affairs
might proYout its paa 4ase. Tho answer to taia
was that 1t vas clea: TINT no measure will bc r..
condition Of the South that Will uot oc.
cuoY at leaat, opo daY'a debate' 80 this
ubIactiou found no substantial place. The rn'o
Diners very greatly from that eulnacel IN tho
|
1iouBe by Mr. Ccseua. and which failed Of pas.
sage on account Of tle yotes Of eighteen nepub-
c3ns, nlio separated from tho u1ojorits Of teir
party although tho contrary WAS stoutlF denied
. | clFcful examination OF tito Cessna rule Ellow-
cd that whatever might have basa tHo intentions
Q OF ita nuthar It Tas 30 framed TINT it
|. | RENDERED THE PASSAGE oy sons MORE EAST.
The resolution with which certain ncna-
ored to force tho passage Of TUG
0 Cessna 1t1o aa al amendment fully convinced
tho Republican minority ur the poaalbly dsnker-
G ous edoot Of tho proposed Cessna iule. The
II | important. II excludes from the operation oi
The rule "all propositions appropratinc money,
credit, or other property OF tho Uuitea States,
, | except rsEuiar annual appropriation bilis. I!c
tint CeHeua introduced Ills resolution, atld VIII
9 sllon went away disappointed at ita failure
met to-day with q moro decisive de
teat, There IL nothi"g in tLs n nex .n,, raj y.
It lie!dly excludes all tile dangerous propox1iou'
embraced iu tue CESSNA rule mud grcatiy taci'i
tatea tia transaction Of public business i *a
It noticeable that every man Of tho Republican,
a voted for tue rule to-day, and 30 voted "ilngl
= because tho essential points claimed by them t.
= be necessary to mako tho rule wise ono xef'
= embraced In tho seport of tho Comnitta
. House. 1t was equally noticeable that Con
| Butler, who lad led tho crusade for til
= CAUCUS proposition from the start, aud VIII
, avowcdly forced tue tedious siego which con-.
mencol last Wednesday and only epted to-uay
T. for the purpose OF whipping into line thus
- eighteen recusant Repubi!cans, found himself
/ uAFFLED, MORTIFIED, AND DEFEATED
e At e1exy point, AID that wA.lo thu eighteen WIZ
~ were Opposed to tho Cossnh r11e voted for tht
| new rule to-day, Gen. Dutlef aloue alnonG lh
NepublscauR yotca Milh tie Democrats sgaitls
tile now rMle. There was general exhibition o
relief aud good feeling when tho rule was PMS
n4 Hf no nH
u ,nitted in conversation that ''!o ,uia VA
~ lad not by Tho long stt!xgl.
been ao'iliy united against 1ny p1opon'on t9
l. Democrats would aavo voted fur II. As it was
u Holman, enc Of tue purcst mon OIL either side,
!. voted to auatain tho lletu1llfau majority. il
their call f'r Tug prsyons sosm1n aos so r ss
ID motion to seconl tho nrayious question was t!la
J. toas vote upon tho Datlrr .pEosision. Datlo:''
=. polnt MAS to lefeat tho mosnn for pssy'.iu
. aas"'iulis sSe rule would baya been tlen opsn +
10 amendment, ANU tue Coesna rule might poshltl
Aayc been carried: hut Butler ~AA unsuccessful
10 defeating the lon1and for ths previous ques
tion, aud obtained only ? corporals guard. III
Ito more thsn thirty, ayaiost it. II was III Val!
i, that ha shouted aud sought to rally tho ltepub
~ licau side. They
L. Tho effect Of spsskcr Hlano's sioech unol
the noor IN opposltioM to Gen. Hntets n1nend
meut whic,. proposed to strike ont the por
tiou giving days aebnte. MAS marked ,un'
Mr. Blaine on every rolnt, and lieu. Hut!us joun
D himself amoug the tepublcal1, 10 far as tn
= record shows. alone in opposisaan to tho tule
s. Indeed tbs final yoto, or tho passa9o Of IT,
Ut rulo, was tho strongest that las boelt given a
- any one stage Of tho proceedings, for while
81 majority yote would haSo secured its adoption
n It wxs carried by moro tina: t~o-tbrd4, IT.
eighteen rscusant Ropub1Icans pro quite e!ate
riai In 1,v p1crn tta
% two-thirtla majority against the caucuR resolu
10 tiou aud tue Lem ocrsts.
THE TREASURY.