The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-08
d THE DAY.lN CONGRESS. !.
AtPnrtisnn Fight on il, Question, Of Rule. /,

A Partisan Fight on ii: Question OF Rulex in
fi2.SSS the Housc-Actionn In the Senate.
!. WASHINGTON, Jan. There was an
unusuelly8 small number OF members
present when the House was called to or. Of.
der at noon, and the prayer OF the Chap
lain for divine protection Of sick Repre-.
sentatiyes was listened to with un- i'm:
wonted interest. .Sf! s. jfs -; 7-l4 - ~
Tbs Speaker stated to, the House that
in accordance with the authority vested
in him yesterday lle: had administered
the oath OF Office to Samuel j.. Randall.
Of Pennsylvania. ~ Il Il 2 81.
Mr.. McComas, Of Maryland, offered a
resolution that the House resolve itself
into Committee OF the Whole for5 the
consideration Of the District Of Column
bia appropriation, bill, the committee to
be governed by therules OF the last Con.
gress. ~ Mr.. Brt ckenridee raised the,
question Of consideration against the
resolution The Speaker ruled that the
question of consideration could not be
raised against the resolution, because
the resolution was in the nature of a
motion regulating the business Of the
House. Mr.. Breckenridge called atten-
ton to the fact that the resolution went
further than that, and provided for, the
adoption .of a code sof 4 rules, but the
Speaker maintained his position. g Mr..
n breckenridge appealed from. the decision
! and yielded the; aoor; tos Mr.s arlisle,Sof
3 SSklentuckyf who zig 57ousl lS attacked the
action. He: agreed 81 that Emo
question Iof considerationco could be raised
against a motion: to 10 Into the Commit.
q tee Of the w hole but the pending resO.
luton Went fair. ESy You'd that s and /. pro-
vided, temporarilyitw was true, for, a code
OF rules. LIE thought the b time had
come when the House, If it was to be
governediby; rules, should 4 have those
rules. Applause S;onSt the \ Democratic
side.] All gentlemen on both sides OF
the House had the right to h know pre-
cisely what their rights were Z here s as
representatives OF their constituents. (j5 u
: 1t was now the It'll day of January.
The House has been in session, except
for the recess, since the first Monday In
y December and yet all that had been
done towards the adoption Of the rules
! was to agree from time to time that the
House would be governed ]; by ! u part
of the rules OF the, last House. M He had
no special objection to the consideration
Of the appropriation bill at this time,
but II the House, established this sprece.
dent the minority had no assurance that
the! House was not to 10 oniwithout any
rules .7stMr.$ Bland, Of Missouri, was op.
posed to adopting the rules in the last
House piece.meal, but Mr. Rogers, Of
Arkansas, and Mr.. Hooker of Missis.
sippi, argued against the position taken
by the speaker. Il. rs ftGs ~;
Mr.. Mckinley, Of Ohio, SAID; that the
1 Committee on Rules would report a code
OF rules within a reasonable time. The
country was infinitely more concerned
in what the, House. did than in the rules
under which it did ait:33s Applause on
the Republican side. y. III
I'M Mr.. g Mcmillan, e Of 1, Tennessee, con
tended that question yof consideration
could be raised, eyenSif5 there was not
another measure pending in the House,
He urged the Importance Of the speedy y
adoption Of a. code Sof rules. FL II E
Mr. Henderson, Of Iowa, said that as
he understood the matter, gentlemen on
the other side were opposed to .doinl
anything without grules, and wanted
rules adopted under which nothing
i could be done.S Laughter and applause
, on the Republican side. sSS5$$ i a
VA. MIR. Butterworth, OF Ohio, commended
that the, decision Sof the chair was sus
tanned by a vote Of yeas, la5; nays, s't 124T7 ;
q party vote, y ~
7 Mr.. McComas then i demanded tht
K previous question Con the adoption o
his resolution and It was ordered:--yeas
Isl; nays, l222 sissi