Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-12
AT THE CAPITAL.
The Discussion Of House
Rules Continued.
NEW SENATE BILLS INTRODUCED
Appointments of Gard and Cole
Confirmed-Other Public
Affairs.

Associated Press Dispatches to THE HERALD.
WASHINGTON, February lin the
House this morning a quorum was
counted as usual by the Speaker, on the
vote to approve the journal.
Cannon, of Illinois, called up the pro-
posed code of rules, and offered resolu-
ton providing that the general debate
close at o'clock tomorrow, and that the
previous question should be considered
and ordered at o'clock tomorrow. Wig
orous protests against cutting off the dis
cussion in such short order were made by
the Democrats. Cannon demanded the
previous question, but the House would
not sustain his demand, and many Re-
publicans voting against it, the demand
was rejected, So to 149.
Springer offered a resolution providing
that the general debate proceed until ad-
iournment tomorrow afternoon, after
which the code shall be considered un-
der the five-minute rule, till five O'Clock
Friday, when the previous question
should be considered. So ordered.
Adopted without objection.
Grosvenor took tho floor and spoke for
the new code. In his opinion the rights
of the minority were ended when the
majority expressed its opposition to q
measure, recorded the votes against it
and protested to the country. The pro-
posed rules, instead Of yesting the power
in the Speaker, would prevent the one
man power from ruling over the House
hn in, hA
ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, when the
Speaker had declined to recognize mo-
tions for the passage of the Tobacco Tax
bill, the Blair Educational bill and Cen
eral Pension bills. The Democrats were
here today to obstrrct legislation. The
whole purpose of the Democratic party
on this floor was to obstruct and impede
the representatives of the people FROM
going forward with the business of the
people, and the Republican party was on
the side of progress. The Democratic
party stood ss an obstructionist and
nothing else. The proposition now made
was that the maj ority should take pos
session Of the responsibility which
had been placed upon it by
the votes of the people Of the country.
He knew of no plans to rob the treasury.
If the attempt were made he would
fight it.
Holman characterized the proposed
code as a complete revolution of parlia-
mentary procedure, and especially an
tagonized the clause providing that 10o
members shall constitute qilrum in
committee of the whole. Ho spoke OF
various occasions upon which resort to
filibustering had been of benefit to the
country, and referred with much en-
phasis to the defeat of the force bill by
the minority under the lead of Randall.
Paygon defended the code. He re-
viewed in some detail instances where
the minority, by dilatory tactics, de-
feated the will of the majority. The
only rights which the minority had were
to have fair, free and full discussion.
and to offer amendments on pending
propositions. There the rights of the
minority ended.
Hatch made war upon the report as
an entirety. He was opposed to the re-
port IN toto, because it WAS a partisan
question; because it came from the Re-
publican side of the House, representing
the Republican party. The Republicans
acted we'll in electipg Reed Speaker.
Today Reed represented more clearly
and fairly than any other man the
scheme and purpose and determination
of his party. A gentleman on the other
side said the only rights of the minority
were to discues and amend, but so far as
the Democratic minority was concerned,
one of their rights was to protect the
public treasury.
Funston suggested that the Democratic
minority should have protected the
treasury from the Democratic Sergeant
alarms.
Hatch replied that if the gentleman
did not know better than to assert that
any man on the Democratic side was
responsible for the bad action OF subor-
dinate in the Sergeant-at- Arms office, he
would better go back to Kansas and stay
there.
Pending further debate the House took
q recess until II o'clock tomorrow.