Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-13
Why the New Code OF Rules Shall O
Shall Not be Adopted.

The House met at Il this morning in con
rnuation of yester lays sesaion. The de
bate on the proposed code Of rules was cou
tinued.
Allen Of Michigan strongly supported th,
rules, especially that which permits ,h,
Speaker to refuse to recognize dilatory mo
tions. He eulogized the recent action OF
Speaker Reed in this respect.
At IL IS the House adjourned, and a
noon the session Of Wednesday began
The journal having been read, Boutelle OF
Maine asked unanimous consent for its ap
proval. but objections came from the Dem
ocratic side and roll call was made nece..
sary. Joarnal was approved. yeas. ll9
nays (Buckalew), J, the Speaker counting
the u Democrats present and not voting.
McCreary Of Kentucky, entered his en-
phatc protest against the new code, and
criticized the recent decisions of the Speak
er. He had overruled Blaine, Garfield
Hawley, and C0nger. He mad overruled
bis own utterances when on the floor of the
House. The time had come when the
House needed rules. instead Of ruler and
dictator, and fairness and justice instead OF
communism and csaIism. He inveighed
against the new rules asserting that their
effect would be to make Congress Of the
United States consist Of the Senate of the
United States and Speaker Reed.
Crutcheon Of Michigan supported the
proposed rules, declaring they tended te
facilitate business instead Of obstruct;ng it,
and give control OF the business Of the
House into the hands Of the majority aud
not leave it At the mercy Of the minority.
Buckalew Of PeDnsyivania Zone demo
crat who has voted when present upot
every question: criticised the proposed
rules because they tended to stihe ade quats
and necessary debate. The bad practice,
which had grown up under the cid rule.
had grown up not under their use but ndel
their abuse. The proper way to remed,
these abuses would have been for half
dozen leading. fair minded men from eact
side Of the House to meet, confer and
recommend q judicious and whole somt
change in the rules which would b.
adopted almost unanimously.
Kerr of Iowa, presented an argument il
suppor, OF the proposed code.
Hooker of Mississippi, made q constitu
tionai argument against the code.
Fillibustsrins Should bs Stopped.
Anderson Of Kansas, while supportin,
the proposed code. acknowledged that h,
had taken advantage Of the old rules t,
filibuster against the consideration of tbs
Union Pacific funding bill but he though
the time had come when fillibuste rius
should be eradicaied.
Cummings of New York, said that tn,
Speaker instead of acting As presiiin:
ofiic r, by declaring the voice of the House
had invoked that voice with his ewes, anf
uttered what he did not hear, in d. fance O.
parliamentary law. The Speaker took i
upon himself, 10 declare his own will &.
the will of the House. aud had made hi.
own ruling good depite the fact that yea,
and nays showed i; was sustained by tn,
minority. The recent rulipgs were to bt
sanctioned by the new code Of rules. II
hey we're constitutional there was no need
that they should be incorporated in III,
rules, and if unconstitutional such incor DO
ration could not make them constitutional
In wandering from the beaten tack tn,
Speaker had strayed into the wilderness
He ordered the tellefs one day and refused
them the next. The Speaker had vel
sad at the outset of his usurpation oil
authority that the American people we're
parliamentary body.
In the smallest hamlet of the most OBJ
scure county Of the least populated terri
tory somebody could be found who hat
come knowledge Of parliame entary law
That person knew the motion to adjourr
was always in order and an appeal from tbs
decision of the Chair was always in order
Yet under this dispensation the Speaker re
fused to recognize either Of these motions
The Speaker assumed to question the mo
tives of the members. That vas violativ,
Of the rigbts Of the ir constituents. Tb
representative from the fret district o
Maine took it upon himself to determin,
the motives of the representative Z. )m tn
third district of Georgia in making tn
simplest psrliame ntary motion If he hal
this right why had not the gentleman frou
Georgia the right to determine the mott ve
Of the gentleman from Maine. He app. ale
TO the House not to remove the buoys o
tear down the light houses which had mad
parliamentary navigation safe in the Amer
can Congress for 100 years,
Cbipman of Michigan warned .he ne,
members that one of the greatest faults o
the Speaker and committees. 1t is no,
proposed to give to the Speaker large
control and the COMMITTEES larger latitude
The old saying that
"Kissins Goes by Favor"
would fnd strong illustration under III
proposed code.
Csruth Of Kentucky said be. and hi
democratic colleagues, had discovered tha
general parliament law" vas an auts
cra,. . tyrsnt, . god. The Speaker VI
omnipotent, yet lacking in one Of the ss,r
butes Of omnipotency he vas not the sam
yesterday, today and forever. daughter
When he had found . general Who occ'
pied the Speakers chair With such might
powers, he had begun 70 grumble. Not o,
ly bad the Speaker voted him against b
will but had absolutely misprouounced hi
name daughter He had arisen
protest and found his protest in the recos
- follows: .'Mf CaYuth-Mr Speske,
! daughter he had felt like q memb<
Of the society Of Stanislaus smiled sicl
! ly emile, curied upon the floor and subs
quent PROCEEDINGS interest hin no more
(Laughter-) He hsd thought there ma
be some defect in the Speakers visio
which enabled him 10 see democrat vhl
be sat 10 his chair but which would D
permit him to see . democrat shen be Vi
standing At full height, claiming recoxu
non. He had come to the conclusit
that The Speaker. should be dosed With Co