Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-14
ABOUT THE 22yD RULE.

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certified froi. the various States. TIN
House might, under this rule, rejcc
any vote. Some days ago the Seuat
decided by vote Of so TO that thes,
joint rules iavcr having been adopted
by the 4ilh tpresent) Congress, they
are not nov in force. Now in tht
House discussion has been had upo,
the validity Of the 2!st Joint Rule
That ,uie r,eSc-ihes certain course
OF action renting to the unfinished
business OF previous session of the
then sitting Congress. II this 2IsI
Rule be recognized IS binding, then
1.-THE end Rule also, must 10 SO recog.
nized. on Tuesday a debate was had
npon the question iii the House; and
we extract as fellows from the press
reports of thu same:
Garfield sad tho join. rula referred
to was not =, lated rs a rule CT the pres
ent Compress. The joint rules were
headed: joint rules and orders Of
the two Houses, as they existed At the
close uf the torty-tEird Congress"
The Speaker said that Was put in
| there without authority.
| Garfield further discussed the end
joint rule and alluded 20 the vote in
the Senare of 50 to 4, by which the
! rules were declared not in force.
| McCrary had read an extract from
| he House proceedings Of last session
showing that Speaker Kerr ruled thst
! the Constitution gave either House
! the right Ia adopt its own rules. and
| that that right could not be super
! seeded
The Speaker remarked that the dis
| cussion confirmed his own judgment,
since In that debate the word Joint"
| Uas not once used. The whole discus
sion referred only to the House rules,
implying tina: joint rules were to be
reached in some other way than by
the simple action Of the House.
Garfield held that no rulos can bind
the House except by its consent, and
that tho joint rule of the former Goa.
gross was un;enable. If not absurd.
The Speaker asked if Garfield had
not frequently moved TO suspend Ger
tain joint rules when they had not
been formally adopted:
Garfield assented, but said It was be-
abolish them and had tacitiy adopted
them. The Speaker to-day, however,
assumed that the House could bind
the Senate TO DO governed by rules
against its will and vice versa, and
thus the Forty-fourth Congress could |
bind a.! later Congresses forever, uu- |
less one body chose to release the |
other from the old obligation, thus Alb |
solutelv multiplying the constitutional |
prerogatives Of both Houses. Garfield |
concluded by asserting that these joint |
rules wsre never adopted by the Forty
fourth Congress and that there were
no joint rules governing the present
Congress. He did not wish to bring
the House TO vote hastily without con-
as everybody could see a
great public question will turn upon
the twentv-second Joint rule. and it
was better that the issue should be de-
cidsd after full debate, and he there
fore withdrew the appeal.
The Speaker said that, though not
desiring TO anticipate action, he would
state as matter OF fact that this very
House at the close Of last session rec
,gnized the existence Of joint rules by
,dop;ing unanimously q resolution to
suspend Join. rules Noa. Is ana II.
Springer sad these rulss rover had
yeen readopte,, since the foundation Of
ne Government. The presidential !
;ote OF 1869 ard lS13; was counted uu-
Ter them. Il
Hoar asked il such rule OF action
vas not necessarily abrogated by
message from one House to the other ,
hat It considered them no longer IN
orca.
Springer said the power to abolish
y either House wonid obviate the ..
acessity Of any rules.
Tie Speaker said history showed,
;hen one House proposed 10 amend
ny join; rule. if that proposition failed .
4 the other House tine rules cOntin- i
ed to be recognized as in full force. t
Kasson-That only shows that the q
louise proposing the amendment cop .
derad that the rules go on without
After further discussion, uaskin
sked, supposing the Senate refuse
recognize the joint rules, how could 4
re House enforce ihem?"
Springer said it could not. Tho Sem
% was a law unto itself, but we can
II our part abide by those rules and
e chose to do it. (Applause).
McCrary asserted that Speaker Kerr
adj made q decision covering the
hole ground last session.
Further discussion resulted in a
luare issue between the two parties
the Democrats claiming that the =
int rules held both Houses until
9TH agreed tc abrogate them, and the
epublicans ridic,ling that position.
he Speaker here ruled that the House
'Ouid proceed; to unfinished business n
the last morning hour of the last
ssion-beiEs the Bland Silver bill. n
The Rule will not be enforced the J
uniting Of the Presidential votes will pc
taken in the Senate Chamber on u!
0 l4th Of February; Vice President
,rry Will announce the same; in W
ch announcement he will declare
ltherford d. Hayes The Chief Execu- a. a.
Q of the United States: and on the 4,
/ day of March next, the said Hayes RI
II be inaugurated President and for
} four next succeeding years he will !
Commander-in- Chief OF tho Army OF
I Navy; and little Sammy Tilden
a find it difficult to say what he is
ing TO do to prevent it.