Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-13
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-
The House Puts in a Big
Day.
DISCUSSION OF THE NEW RULES.
The People of Brazil Congratulated.
MOrgan'S Nomination
Confirmed.
ISCUSSION OF THE NEW RULES.


Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON, February 12-The
House met at IL o'clok this morning in
continuation of yesterdays session. The
debate on the proposed code of rules was
continued by Dockery, of Missouri
Morse, of Massachusetts, and Allen, of
Michigan, followed Dockery, speaking in
support of the rules. At the conclusion
of their remarks the session of Tuesday
ended and that of Wednesday began.
The journal was approved, the Speaker
counting quorum.
McCreary, of Kentucky, then took the
floor in opposition to the new rules.
He criticised the recent decisions
of the Speaker, and declared that that
officer had defed all precedents, and had
reversed the parliamentary decisions of
nearly all the speakers who had presided
over the House. McCreary inveighed
against the new rules, asserting that
their effect would be to make the Con.
gress of the United States consist of the
Senate of the United States and Speaker
Reed.
Cutcheon, of Michigan, supported the
proposed rules, declaring that they
tended to facilitate business, instead Of
obstructing it.
Kerr, OF Iowa, presented argument in
support of the proposed code.
Caruth, Of Kentucky, said he and his
Democratic colleagues had discovered
that general parliamentary law was and
autocrat, was tyrant, was god. The
speaker was omnipotent, yet lacking one
OF the attributes of omnipotence. He was
not the same yesterday, today and for
ever. He thought there must be some
defect in the Speakers vision which en-
| abled him to see Democrat when he eat
in the chair, but which would not permit
him to see a Democrat when he wss
standing at full height claiming recogni.
ton. He had come to the conclusion
that the Speaker should be dosed with
Colonel Mulberry Sellers eye-water ex-
ternaily, internally and eternally.
Henderson, of Iowa, said for the last
few weeks the country had witnessed
scenes unequalled in the history of the
Government. The Speaker of the
House, backed by the Republican mem
bers, had been making q stand for the
rights and liberties OF the people. That
battle had brought on scenes exceeding
in monstrous proportions (in all excepting
brutality that had ever occurred in the
national capital. Epithets had been
hurled broadcast from the other side of
the Chamber at the presiding officer. |
Language which should have expelled its |
users had been uttered and flashed over
the wires. ''Tyrant," "usurper." !"
'corruptionist," "backed by a mob"
were speeches to which the country had |
been treated. After one stormy scene.
he Henderson, had heard one gentle.
man on the Democratic side |
say to another: "Did YOU hear
the rebel yell?" Let the gentlemen
understand here and now that the
Northern "doughface" was an animal of
the past. Let them understand that the
country has passed through a fiery fur
mace which had eliminated the Northern
'doughface." The gentlemen on the
other side undertook to control this
country, whether they were in the ma
ority or minority. They could not do it.
The Republicans meant business, and it
was to do business calmly, earnestly,
bravely and patriotically that they were
here. Assault after assault had
been hurled against the Speaker i
the gentlemen had been very chary Of
making such assaults when the Speaker
bad been on the floor instead of being
tied up as presiding officer. Referring
to the election cases, he said if there was
a member on the floor entitled to his
seat the Republicans would stsnd up
and defend his rights, but if there was
on the floor man who held his seat by
black hearted fraud or red-handed muir
der, they would unsest him if they had
the power.
Buchanan and Walker followed in de.
tense OF the Speakers course, and then
the House took recess, the evening
session to be for debate on the rules.
Nearly fifteen hundred persons were in
the galleries this evening to listen to the
arguments upon the proposed code of
rules. Mansur, Lane, Rogers, Springer,
Shlvely, Wike, Brookshire and Pierce
denounced the rulings of the Speaker,
while they were defended by Moore.
Dunnell, Houck, and J. D. Taylor, of
Ohio.