Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-23
RULES Of the HOUSE.
Changes Made By the Committee On
Rovlsion.

Warrington, Dec. 19.-The principal
changes made BY the committee on revision
Of the rules of the present house are a
follows
The committee abolish the present system
Of the call of committees, which gives to
such committee NO morning hours in
which to dispose Of ito business, and in
lieu thereof proposes that oil reports Of
committees submitted in the morning hour
be referred to the calender without action.
Precedence u given to bills in committee
OF the whole house on the state Of the union
and for raising the revenue and general APP
preparation bills. Then other busineas on
the calander ia disposed of in order, subject
to the decision of the house. Anew calen-
der is created, called house calender, to
which are referred all public bills not
appropriating money. No change is made
in regard to the private calender, except
that the objection" and consideration"
days are wiped out, all bills being consider.
ed in their regular order. The right to
report At any time conferred upon the com
mittees on banking and currency and
coinage, weights and measures at the last
session is revoked, and they are called AZ
other committees. o. ly the commluees On
elections, appropriations, printing accounts
and enrolled bills possesses the right to re.
port at any time. The only important
change made with respect to the powers
and duties Of committees is to take from the
committee on commerce the river and har-
Dor bill after it is matured ana refer it to
the committee on appropriations for revis-
ion as to the amount TO be appropriated for
specific purposes. The commerce committee
for some years past, without authority
or rule, has reported annually the
river and harbor bill to the house,
although it is not one Of the general
appropriation bills. This codificatiop, il
adopted, will make it hereafter q of the
general appropriation bills. The power Of
the minority to fillibuster is o restricted
in the least, but on the coBtrary is enlarged
by the addition Of y motion to take q recess,
which motion is made in order at any time.
The rule relating to the previous question
has been changed SO 40 to permit it to be
ordered on q section of . bill. an amend
ment or an amendment I q bill. The rule
requiring . member TO vote remains sub
stantia!ly intact. the committee being unable
to agree upon any proposition compelling
members to vote. Change is made 10 the
effect of the motion to reconsider by taking
1t out of the power of Q member to proven,
final action on q measure by entering a mo-
ton to reconsider during the last hours Of
the session. The rule relating to the calls
Of the roll has been changed SO as to provide
tor the second call Of absentees, after which
90 member will be allowed to vote. Anoth
er new feature has been ADDED requiring al
propositions submitted to the house to BIZ
referred 10 a standing or select committee
The order of the call of the committee is al.
50 changed, preference being given to the
committee having exclusively public bust
ness 10 report. The call Of states on Mon
day for bills for reference has also been
changed. At present 1t commences with
Maine. while in the revision it is made al
phabetically, commencing With Alabama.
Numerous changes Of detail have also
been made which possess little general in
terest, relating as they do to the running
machinery If the house. There are now
166 rules, and this number has been reduced
in the revision to forty-6ve. About thirty
have been dropped entirely as obsolete or
unnece.s ary and the remainder are grouped
and consolidated under their proper heads.
1t is the purpose of the committee to
press the consideration of this report upon
the Resembling Of congress after the holi-
days, and to urge immediate sction upon it.