St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-02-20
A DEBATE ON THE RULES.

A DEBATE ON THE RULES.
Speaker Reeds new code of rules
has been under consideration the
past week in the House and both
sides have taken an active part in the
debate, Our readers are herewith
presented with two bright speeches
made on Feb. II:
Mr.. Caruth of Kentucky said that
he land his democratic colleagues)
had discovered that general parlia-
mentary law" was an autocrat, was
a tyrant, was a god. The speaker
was omnipotence-he was not the
same yesterday today and forever.
(Laughter.) When he had found
that the general who occupied the
speakers chair with such mighty
powers, he had begun to grumble
Not only had the speaker voted him
against his will, but he had absolute
ly mispronounced his name. Laugh
teri He had arisen to protest and he
found his protest in the Record as
follows: "Mr. Caruth-Mr. Speak
err" (Laughter) He had felt like
the member of the society of the
Stanislaus who Smiled sickly smile
and curled up on the floor and the
subsequent proceeding interested him
no more" (Laughter.) He had
thought that there must be some de-
feet in the speakers vision, which en-
abled him to see a democrat when he
sat in his chair but which would not
permit him to see a democrat when
he was standing at full hight, claim
lican before he had riser from his
chair or had raised his voice; and he
had been reminded of the lieutenant
governor of a western state, who,
calling to the dOor-keeper, said: 60
out and find Senator GunsOn. He
is somewhere about the capitol.
Tell him he is recognized and has the
floor" (Laughter) He (Caruth)
had become anxious that the arbl-
trarv general should be superseded.
| The gentleman from New York Cum
mings) had offered a resolution for
the printing of 1000 copies of gen
eral parliamentary law" The gen
tleman had not pressed it because he
had discovered that all he could put
in it was a picture of the speaker,
| (laughter,) and to democrats the
speaker had not shown himself to be
thing of beauty and a JOY forever. J"
| (Laughter.) He (Caruth) had want
ed the committee on rules to come in
with a code of rules. After cogltat-
ing, hesitating and celebrating for
many weeks the committee had fetch
ed them in; and the democrats had
found that they were jumping ''out
of the frying pan into the fire. "
(Laughter.)
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa said that
for the last few weeks the country
had witnessed scenes unequalled i'll
the history of the government. The
speaker of the House, backed by ev-
cry republican member on the floor,
had been making a stand for the
rights and liberties of the people.
That battle had brought on scenes
exceeding i'll monstrous proportions
Tin all excepting brutality any that
had ever occurred in the national
capital. Only one picture stood out
stronger in history and that was
when a democratic club laid the i'm
mortal Sumner on the floor of the
Senate. Wit, ridicule and the rant
ings of a mob had besp aisessntesl te
65,OOO,OOO peopl 1zI> fthSIs Dad
been hurled r.
side of the chamier3zf tlsei s1sis 6
officer. Langpaee 1ps5}t
have expelled its users bad stsfh sft
tered and flashed over the wires
''Tyrant," "Usurper,' corruption
ist,' Backed by a mob" were the
speeches to which the country haC
been treated. Gentlemen could moi
be called to account for this Ian
guage To do SO would be to in
volve a trial lasting weeks anc
weeks; and the republicans were her,
for business. (Applause.) The speak
er, rising to the situation like gran
ite mountain, had met the occa sion
and calmly, grandly, done the duty
of the hour. applause on republi
can side.) After one of the storm,
scenes he Henderson, had heard on
, gentleman on the democratic side sa,
to another, Did you hear that rebe
yell ?" Let gentlemen understand
here and now that the northern
} dOugh-face was an animal OF th
, past. (Applause.) Let them under
stand that the country had passeC
through fiery furnace which hat
eliminated the northern dough-tace
: Gentlemen on the other side under
f took to control this country whethe
they were in the majority or i'll tn
minority. They could not do it
The republicans meant business AM
it was to do that business calmly
, earnestly, bravely and patrioticall.
that they were here Assault afte
assault, from great and small, ha'
been hurled against the speaker
Gentlemen had been very chary G
2 making such assaults when the speak
I er had been on the floor instead c
tied up as presiding officer. (Laugh
-, ter on republican side.) No gentle
man had dared, outside or inside c
S the chamber, to insult Mr.. Reed whe
: he occupied a seat on the floor
f Was this chivalrOus, was it bravery
for men to stand in front of the DIES
and hurl at the speaker epithets the
would not have dared to utter ha
. he been on the floor? Referring t
e the election cases, he said that
/ there was a member on the floor Ell
t titled to his seat, the republican