Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-24
A REVISION OF HE RULES.
The Question that viii Occupy the Con-
EresSsonai Mind.

The Question that VIII Occupy the Con-
gresssonaI Mind
WASHINGTON, November 23-H the
HOUSE Of Representatives enters in earnest
upon q revision Of the xules, IS expected,
at the beginning Of tie coming session the
subject Of q code Of joint rules for govern
msnt Of transactions between the houses Of
Congress will likely be the element Of dis
eussioa. The Senate, By vote Of fifty to
four, declared several years sgo there
we're no joint rules in effect and
formally notified the House Of lis action.
notwithstanding which, however, the
House, under the old rufng Of Its Speaker,
hiss held to the theory that the old code OF
Joint rules would remain IN force Urtil al
royafed by the action o. both Houses.
Since then matters have been By tscit con-
eurrsnce arranged in accordance
with traditional usage or by
specific agreement 10 meet special
necessities. The necessity for 6 code Of
Joint rules in the opinions Of Senators BE-
came graver with each succeeding session.
Five years sso, after reversing Its Own
code Of rules. the Senate took up the reso
lution reported from its Committee on
Rules, which embodied q carefully d.
ges,ed code of Joint rules, and after
fall discussion agreed to the resolution snd
send it TO the House for concurrence. The
latter body caused the resolution 10 be
printed in the usual way and referred il 10
It's Committee on Rules, but no further SC
ton was taken upon the subject owing to
the habit OF the House Of put
ting irrsvelAut legislation upon So
preparation bills practice against shich
the Senate in its own rules has sturdily set
set its face. Several cf the appropriation
bills LAST session became Issues between
the tEo Houses the discussion and settle
uent Of which consumed much time and
gave rise 10 nc email amount ot
vexs,ion and III feeling. In
every ins'auce bat oGe tie Senate
nailtaiDed its ground to the end sid only
relented il one ins;s,ca bscaGss Of r5Pre-
se1tatves Of its own members. Ihe
legislative rider II question embodied
legislation, q passage Of which was sorel7
needed snd could be secured in no other
Esy. The uez code Q! joint rules proposed
5y ,be Senate contains sn emphatic pro
hiotory clause 5irec&d sglirs'
General or iErsvsltnT lsgisla-
tion apon prohibition bills AID
the temper repeatedly manifested by the
Senate during last session indicates tie
probability Of the DAYS Of legislative riders
upon appropriation bills past. Il is m
dsrstood the proposed code Of jaint rules
viii De reinstated in the Sens.e oy a mem
Der Of It's Committee on R2'es and
again rendered TO the House. The
stritude Of the Senate Upon this
question is one Of the strongest Influences.
which require the present movement 10
secure 3 revision Of the Rales Of the
House, the latter body hayiog ainos: 70
other method under its p.yssnt rules, OF
reaching sction upon uaDy Of the Import
Ant matters which press upon
its st,ention toward the close OF the ses-
sion than TO agix them TO appropriation
bills which necessarily have preceded. :
revision Of the rules becomes almost in
ps-ativeiu view Of the prospective loss Of
this privilege.