The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-04-10
WASHINGTON.
House Proceedings.
HOUSE.
The Select Committees.


Washington, April 9. = Stephens,
from the committee on rules, reported
resolution for the reappointment of
the following select committees: Cen
sus, reform of civil service, law re-
specting ascertainment and declaration
OF presidential election, prevention of
epidemic disease, ventilation of hall,
causes of depression of labor. Also to
increase committee membership as fol-
lows: Enrolled bills, to Z; coinage to
IL; ways and means, to 13; agriculture,
Judiciary, elections, commerce, and ap-
preparations, to 10 each. Also for "a
new rule providing that motion to
suspend the rules and pass the general
appropriation bill shall require three
fourths majority instead of las now)
two-thirds. The report was then dis
cussed.
Opening the Doors for General Legisla-
ton.
The house by vote o. LAT against
81 repealed the proposition to require a
three-fourths vote to suspend the rules,
and substituted for this proposition a
provision authorizing the committee
of commerce to report the river and
harbor bill at any time, the same way
as other annual appropriation bills are
reported for the committee on appro-
priations.
By vote of 130 against 100 propo-
sition was adopted to allow financial
measures to be reported from the bank
ing and currency, ways and means, and
coinage committees, at any time, and
be assigned for continuous considera-
tion by majority vote.
Kenna opposed the proposed rule,
which he characterized as an attempt
to kill the river and harbor bill, by the
rules of the house, and he submitted
an amendment providing that the rule
should apply only to the bills reported
by the committee on appropriations.
Blackburn opposed the amendment.
He was heartily in favor of the pro-
posed rule. 1t was not intended to
kill the river and harbor bill, but it
meant to say that if the committee on
commerce endeavored to gag the house
and pass the bill without discussion OF
amendment, it would have to obtain a
three-quarter vote.
zE Gengers opposed the. report. 1t
seemed plain to him that the object OF
the new rule was not aimed at the
river and harbor bill. 1t might be
that the house might be called upon
to provide appropriations forthe next fs-
cal year by the passage of joint reso-
luton under suspension of the rules.
When the time cane there would be
one-quarter of the members of the
house that would oppose it. but there
would not be one-third. The real mo-
tive that had prompted the report OF
this rule was to prevent two-thirds OF
the sober men willing to prevent a
revolution, from passing the appropria.
tion bill without political clauses,
where had the republican members, as
members of the committee, been, when
they had assented to such PROPOSE.
tion.
The first proposition recommended
by the report for the reappointment OF
certain select committees was then
agreed to without amendment.
The second proposition, increasing
the membership of certain committees
was agreed to without amendment.
The third proposition, in regard to
the new rule, having been reached,
Kenna withdrew his amendment.
Reagan moved to strike out the pro.
posed rule and insert the following:
THAT hereafter the committee or
commerce shall iave the same privi
lege to report bills making an appro
priation for improvements of rivers
and harbors that is accorded the com
mittee on appropriations in reporting
general appropriation bills.
Agreed to, yeas, 147; nays, o..
Forts amendment, providing thai
the morning hour shall not be dispensed
with on any day for any purpose OK.