, 1890-02-13
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
A Lively Debate In the House @ns
Some Personalities.

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Some Personalities
WARRINGTON, Feb. 11.--A quorum was
counted as usual by the speaker to-day
on the vote to approve the journal,
Mr. Cannon called up the proposed
code of rules and offered resolution
providing that the general debate close
at 1 o'clock tomorrow, and that tho
previous question shall be con sdercd
ordered at 4 o'clock tomorrow.
A vigorous protest against the cutting
short of the discu ssion ensued. Mr.
Cannon demanded the previous question,
but the house would not sustain IL,
many republicans voting against It, The
demand was rejected--5s to 1i9.
Mr.. Cannon demanded the yayes and
noes on his demand tor the previous
question, but not q sufficient number oil
members arose to enforce the demand,
and, amid applause from the democratic
side, the speaker so announced Mr..
Springer offered q resolution allowing
the general debate to proceed until to-
morrow. after which the case may be
considered under the five minutes rule
until IL o'clock Friday, when the
previous question shall be considered I;
ordered adopted without objection.
MIR. Grosvenor took the floor and
spoke for tho new code. In his opinion
the rights of the minority were ended
when the minority expressed its oppo-
sition TO measure, recorded its votes
against IL, and protested to the counting.
The proposed rules, instead of vesting
the power in the speaker, would prevent
the one'man power from ruling over the
house, as had been the case in the
Forty N inth and fiftieth congresses when
the speaker had declined to recognize
motions for the passage of the tobacco
tax bill, tho Blair educational bill and
general pension bills. Tho democrats
were here to-day to obstruct legislation.
The whole purpose of the demo-
cratic party on the floor was
to obstruct and impede the
representatives of the people from
going forward with the business of the
people. The republican party was on
the side of congress, the democratic
party stood as an obstructionist, and
nothing else. The proposition now
made was that the majority should take
possession of the responsibility. which
had been placed on 1t by the votes OF the
people OF the country. He knew Of no
plan to rob the treasury, and II an at
tempt were made he would fight It.
Mr.. Holman characterized the pro-
posed code as o complete revolution Of
parliamentary procedure, and especially
antagonized its use in providing that 100
members constitute quorum In
committee of the whole He spoke
OF various occasions upon which the re-
sort to iilibustering had been of benefit
to the country, and referred with much
emphasis to the defeat of the force bill
by tho minority, under the lead of Ran
dali.
Mr. Payson defended the code. He re-
viewed 1t In some detail. The only
rights which the minority had were the
privileges OF a free and full discussion,
and to offer amendments germane TO
the pending propositions. There the
rights of the minority ended
Mr.. Hatch made q war on the report
in it's entirety. lie was opposed
to the report in toto, because II was a
partisan question and because 1t came
nom the republican ;side1of the house
representing the republican party. The
republicans had acted well in electing
Mr. Reed speaker. To-day Mr.. Reed
represented more clearly and fairly than
any other man the scheme and purpose
and determination of his party. The
gentlemen ON the other side said that
the only rights of the minority were to
discuss and amend, but, as far as the
democratic minority was concerned, one
Of their rights was to protect the public
treasury.
Mr.. Funston suggested that the dem
ocratic minority should protect the
treasury from the democratic sergeant
alarms.
MIR. Hatch replied that the gentle
man did not know better than to assert
that any man on the democratic side
10 ell In for I'm hnh nj n
subordinate sergeant .at-arms. He had
better go back to Kansas and stay there.
Pending further debate, the house adj
iourned until II o. clock Tomorrow.