The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-31
REED CROWNED AS CAR.
THE REPUBLICANS PERMANENTLY
SEAT THE UsURPER.

NA-1 LII " OF
No Need for Rules Now that the Chair
Has Been Made Throne Tor an Au-
tocrat-The Democrats Fight Gal
lantly 20 the Last, But in Vain.-Ro
Chance of Justice.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9O.-Spaaker Reed
has perfect control of the House. He is its
absolute master. None of his predecessors.
not even Speaker Blaine or Speaker Keifer
had any such power over it. He is the uu-
rivaled autocrat Of the speakers chair.
He is speaker. He is also leader of his
party. He has whipped in all its mem bers.
and they are following him in q flock.
Even the most conservative have reliu-
auIshed their own desire and are now trot-
ting quie ly after him. Messrs. Burrows
and Butterworth, Mckinley and Lodge, are
as obedient as Messrs. Boutelle or Houk.
NO NEED FOR RULES.
His will is now the law of the House. and
there is therefore no need of rules. Il may
be that there will be no rules. If there are
any they will be just what Speaker Reed
wants them to be- B precipitating the
fight over his assumption that he has the
right to count members present who are
coustructively absent he has done Just what
he expected to do in solidifying his party.
He has committed it to t 9 extension of his
prerogative, and can now count on it for
any support he needs. The people should
understand at once what the trusts. railways
and subsidy seekers will be quick to see,
tnat whatever Speaker Reed wants
done by this House, will be done. Nothing
can be done unless Speaker Reed approves,
and nothing can be done if Speaker Reed
disapproves. Carried away by partisan
feeling the republicans have put their
necks in iron collars from which they will
vainly endeavor to extrlcate themselves. D..
GALLANT FIGHT OF THE DEMOCRATS.
1t took all day TO consummate Speaker
Reeds purpose, because the democrats
fought so gallantly to thwart, or at least
delay it. Six hours and half from noon
the crowded galleries looked down through
he w atmosphere on a crowded and ex-
cited House. Compared with the great
protest of yesterday, the scenes of to-day
were mild, but they were neverth eless ex-
citing enough to have made any ordinary
day eventful As editor of the journal of
the House, Speaker Reed had made it say
that a quorum was present when the vote
on considering the election case was taken
yesterday, although the record showed tnat
no quorum VOUeQ.
THE SIGNAL FOR THE FIGHT
OF course the democrats did not want
that to stand in the only permanent record
of the house, and they m de their first fig It
on this. They might have been making it
yet, had it not been for another arbitrary
use of the prerogative by which the speak r
refused to entertain the point of order, that
no quorum had voted to entertain any
appeal from his decision. Having begun a
course Of tyranny, there was, of course, no
reason why he should not 60 right on, but
the democrats were, nevertheless, aston
lshed at each separate act of usurpation
and denounced it just as vigorously as
though it had been the first.
w. c. P. Breckenridge and Mr.. Crisp
were the leaders in this as on yesterday.
THE SPEAKER KISSED.
To-day the democrats varied their pro-
tests by vigorously Kissing Speaker Reed.
By his arbitrary rulings, Speaker Reed
procured the approval of the journal as he
had framed it and prevented any attempt
to amend it. Then Mr.. Mckinley took the
floor to defend the speaker Mr. Turner of
Georgia was allowed to make powerful
speech in reply, and then Mr.. Butterwor
closed the debate, Speaker Reed refusing to
recognize any democrat to reply TO Mr.
Butterworth, or even to ask the question
which Mr.. ButJerworth had promised to
answer when he got through. AS on yes
terday, the weight of the argument was
with the democratic side.
PRECEDENTS IGNORED.
Neither Mr.. Mckinley nor Mr.. Butter
worth attempted to answer the citations
from the u broken precedents of 100 years;
in fact, they admitted that the republica IS
proposed to ignore Speakers Blaine and
Garfield, and even the former Reed, and
lean absolutely upon the Reed Of to-day.
1--WE have the power, aud we are going to
use it for our own purposes, and what are
you going to do about ita" was the sum of
their arguments.
THE CLOSING CLINCH.
The democrats could only delay the re-
publicals for two roll calls at the end, while
the republicans tabled Mr.. Crsp's appeal
from Speaker Reeds decision. But t ev
had made their record for the country
and did not fret. Speaker Reed is radiant
over his success. He dearly loves power
and he realizes that he now has more power,
than any of his predecessors In fact, he
can say with truth, II am the House of
Representatives" The democrats can only
criticise, protest and wait till next Novem-
ber