Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-13
N CREARY'S EMPHATIC CON.
SAYS Reed Has Even 0verrulsd His Own
Utterances.
STRONG DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENTS.
Caruth ApdY Defines General Parliamentary
Law---He Makes a Few Classical
Comparisons That Brought
Down the House.


The House met at II o'clock this morning.
The debate on the proposed code OF ruts
was continued by Mr.. Dockery, Of Mis-
souri,, in the vein of earnest criticism. The
proposed rules. he said, would relieve
Congress Of the necessity Of repeating tax
alton, at least as far ~ the surplus was
concerned. He predicted that at the end
Of the session the surplus would have dis
appeared by reason Of the prOdiga.iiy
which the rules invited.
MI Morse, Of Massachusetts,, defended
the proposed code, and then said II has
been repeatedly stated on the other side
during this debate, that the present Re-
publican President did not receive ma
jrrity Of the popular vote Of the country.
Wba. that has TO do with the question
under consideration, am not able to dis
cover, bat bow would il have been if there
had beea free and fair election and an
honest count in the Southern States OF the
Union?
Mr.. McOreary, Of Kentucky. entered
his emphatic protest against the new code,
ald criticised the recent decisions Of the
Speaker. That officer hud defed all pre-
cedents and bad reversed the parliamen-
tary decisions of nearly gll the Speakers
who hsd presided over the House. He
bad not only overruled Blaine, Garfield,
Hawley and Oonger, hut he had oyeTuled
his own utterances when on the iloor OF
the House. He inveigbed agsinst the new
rules, asserting that their effect would be
TO make tue Congress Of the United States
consist Of the Senate OF the United States
and Speaker Resd.
Mr.. Cu;cheon, Of Michigan, supported
the proposed rules.
MIR. Bnckslew, OF Pennsy ylvania, the one
Democrat who has voted, when present,
upon every question: criticised ths p'o-
posed rules because they tended to stihs
adequate aud necessary debate.
Mr.. Kerr, OF Iowa, presented an areu'
msnt in support Of the proposed code.
Mr. Hooker, OF Mississippi, made a con
stitutiOnal argument against the code.
Mr. Cummings, OF New York, opposed
the new code and criticised the recent rul-
ings ofthe Spesker.
Mr.. Oaruth, Of Kentucky, taid that he
and his Democratic colleagues) had dis
covered that general parliamentary law
was an sutocrst, was tyraDt, WAS God"
The Speaker was omnipotent, yet lacking
10 one OF the attributes Of omnipotence-
IVES not the same yesterday, to-day and
forever. Laughter When be found
that the General who occupied the
Speakers chair exercised such mighty
powers he had begun to grumble. Not
only had the Speaker voted him against
his will but he had absolutely nlspro'
nounced his s'name. Laughter He had
arisen 10 protest, ana lie found MS protest
in the Record az follow:
"Mr. Caruth-Mr. SPEAKER" Laugh
ter.
He had felt like the member Of the So
ciety OF the Stanlslaus, who smiled O slckly
smile and curlsd mp on the njor, and sub
stq1ent proceedings interested him no
more" Laughter Re had come TO the
conclusion that the Speaker sbould no
dosed with Col Mulberry Sellers eye
water externally, internally and eternslly.
Laughter He had seen the same
Speaker recognize Republican before be
had risen from his chair or had raised his
voice.
Mr.. Henderson. of Iowa, said that for
the last few weeks the country had wit
messed scenes untqualed in the history OF
the Government. TIE Spaal e., risiDg to
the situation like granite noun tain, bad
met the occasion, and calmly, grandly,
done the duty Cf the hour.
Between ] 300 and 500 persons assem-
bled in The House galleries this evening TO
listen to arguments upon the pro
posed code Of rules, had the
plea,ure of locking down upon about 30
Z, presentstives. Mansur, Of Missouri,
Lane, OF Illioois; Rogers, Of Arkansas;
Springer, Of Illinois; Suively, Of Intiane,
and Pierce. oi TenDesste, denounced the
rulings OF the Speaker, while they were
offended by Moore, OF New Hampshire;
Dunnell, Of Mlnnesota; Houck, Of Team
esse, ann J. d. Taylor, Of Oaio.
The House at II o'clock tonight ad-
iOurned.