The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-01-19

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Ihe chairman Of the latter commit
tee being absent, the matter went
over without action.
Stephen, from the coinage COM
mlttee, made report on the subject
OF metric coinage, which was re-
committed. The report is in favor
CT Gill to authorize metric coin for
International use to be known as the
stella, and Of bill to authorize the
coinage of a golOid metric dollar,
two dollars, and fractions of a dol
lar; also for the coinage of metric
double eagle, eagle and half eagle,
all of standard value.
Willis offered a resolution calling
on the President for information as
to the execution of section 1853 of
the Revised Statutes for the promo
ton of efficiency in the civil service,
and whether the $4,000 appropri-
ated IS sufficient for the purpose,
Referred.
Neal offered a resolution for
printing 5000 copies of the rept RI Of
the Guiteau trial for the use of the
House, Referred.
Burrows asked leave to introduce
for immediate consideration a bill
defining the qualifications of terri
tor!al delegates, making any person
guilty Of bigamy or pOlygamy in
eligible. Objection being made
the bill was withdrawn.
The House resumed consideration
of the report of the committee on
rules, proposing to increase in mem
berShip certain committees. Pend
ing the question, being on the Ortiz
substitute for the appointment of a
board of select committees, Robson
made point of order that the sub
stitute was not germane to the ORR
ginal proposition, because the sub
stitute applied to the next House
and not this, and because it en-
braced matter not in the original
proposition. The discussion of the
point of order having proceeded for
about an hour, 1t being participated
in by Robson, Orth, Springer and
Holman, was interrupted by ques-
ton of order, raised by Bedford Of
Colorado, that by rule IA no member
is permitted to speak more
than once on the same question
until every member choosing to
speak shall have spoken. He said
Robson and Haskell had spoken
half a dozen times on this subject
daughter and applause On the demo-
cratic S;de), and he wanted to know
whether the privileges of the House
were concentrated in the hands of
two or three members, or whether
other gentlemen had a right to be
heard on questions affecting the or
ganization of the House.
Speaker-The gentleman, himself,
has not been seeking the floor to be
heard on the point of order.
BelfOrd-I have been seeking the
floor for two days, and have failed
because l don't belong to the sacred
circle which assumes the domina-
ton of debates. fRenewed laugh
ter and applause ON the democratic
side. [ am uttering but a common
complaint, when l say that young
members of the House appear to.
have no rights in it. l desire to dis
cuss the whole question.
Speaker-The pending question is
the point of order on the substitute.
BelfOrd-That is what l want
speak about. | desire to discuss it
as it was discussed yesterday, by
Kelley, and to-day by Robson, that
is by embracing the entire question
about the amendment of the rules.
Speaker-The chair thinks the
point of order had better be dis
posed of.
Discussion of the point of order
was resumed and twas further par
ticipated in by Calkings, Hooker,
Bayne, Sparks. Burrows (Mich.),
Mills, Scales, Hammond (Ga.) and
Page. At last the discussion was
brought to close, and the Speaker
proceeded to state his opinion of
the point of order on the substitute
He said the proposed amendment
Co the report made by the c0m'uit-
tee on rules was in fact Il PROPOSE
ton to change the rule. and was not
in any respect kindred to enlarging
committees, still, on account of the
peculiar relations of the chair to
the proposed amendment. he would
avail himself of his right to submit.
Sparks, order the question 10 the
House for its decision. The ques-
ton was submitted to the House
and the point OF order taken against
the substitute was sustained yeas
1853, nays "a. So the substitute was
ruled out of order.
King moved an amendment to
give the Mississippi River commit
tee the same right to report an APP
that the committee on
had. This called out
some discussion, and Hoar made a
biting speech, setting out that OTth
had not discovered the one-man ty-
ranny until he got black eye, and
that he had been here thirteen years;
that the House, with important
business crowding on it, had frit-
tered away one-fifth of its time in
technical questions and fixing COM
mittees. Let the House drop debate
on who should sit on this or that
committee, and do something Of
practical value. (Applause.) The
matter went over. Robson will
call the previous question to-mor-
row. Adjourned.
1t is said that Folger will succeed
Hunt on the supreme bench and
will go into the cabinet as