The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-03

serves, 80U C8u duOpt 6uCu Iusco 40 moy ~
dictated by their own sweet will, always
subject, however, to constitutional or
legal restraints.
But pure democracy is simply mass
meeting, attractive in theory, but gener-
Out OF these conditions and necessities
has been developed q system Of regula-
tions for the guidance and government
OF deliberative bodies, styled Parliament
ary law. It is not Constitutional law, It
Is not Statute Law. Whenever either OF
these conflict with it they take the pre-
cedence; but it is rather law OF 00m2On
consent, based upon two fundamental
principles-thdf the majority shall rule,
and that the rights Of the minority shall
be secure and tMvi0lGfe. IL
Instances may be cited where standard
parliamentary rules are varied, a. IN our
State constitution, which provides that no
claim against the State shall be allowed
except by an affirmative vote Of two thirds
OF all the members elected to each branch
OF the 0ensral Assembly; and that no
bill shall become law h4t by majority
vote OF all members elected TO both the
Senate aud the House,-whether present
or not. Which must be in the Senate 70
and in the House 81. II
There is also an instance ID the rules OF
this Alliance, where. In certain cases, on
the demand OF Ave members, measures |
shall not be passed but laid over until
the next meeting.
Parliamentary law recognizes all who
come under its jurisdiction as equal.
Each member has the same rights as any |
othsr member.
Privileges may be asked for aud grant |
ed, rights may be demanded and main.
tanned.
OF the rules OF order and debate shah |
say but little, as they are simple and cas-
lily grasped.
Probably the best and most complete
system governing any deliberative body
in our country, is that OF the House OF
Representatives in Congress. II com.
prises Je6ers0n's Manual, and digest
OF all the rules under which the House
has worked ever since the flrst organiza-
ton, and there is probably no body in
which the rules are more frequently and
g;oesly violated.
The rules OF debate are mainly. that
the person claiming the floor shall first
address the chair and be recognized: shall
confipe his remarks strictly to the sub
ject under consideration; shall avoid per.
sonalities, and abusive or disreepectful
language to the chair or any other men,
Der; when called to order shall sit down,
until the question OF order is decided;
shall not be interrupted without permits
| sion; shall eonflns his remarks within
reasonable limits; shall not speak more
than once upon any one subject without
permission, until oil others wishing to
speak shall have spoken. In . body
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| to refer to the other in debate. In all
parliamentary proceedings the initial or
unit is the Motion. Any member can
make motion at any time when there
| is no motion or business before the House.
A motion to adjourn is always in order.
unless member is speaking or vote is
being taken, but is measurably under the
control OF the chair, and need not be inn
mediately entertained il presented at an
unsuitable time,
Every motion requires Q second, and
cannot be entertained until seconded.
II is then in possession Of the House and
J parliamentary usages attach to 1t; It
| cannot be withdrawn except by unani-
nous consent; but must be disposed Of
1 by vote, or il may be ruled ont OF order
by the chair. The vote must be taken
first in the affirmative, then in the mega
tive. The chair can order q risiGg vote
or any member can call :or it. In some
cases the vote is required to be taken by
ayes and noes, in others il may be de.
manded, in all it is to be entered on the
record. The chair declares the result
A tie vote is lost.
Thus far the proceedings are 20 simple
and direct az to be scarcely worth the
> time OF putting them on paper, but il We
: 90 farther we approach the domain 81
! the power OF the majority and the rights
!. OF the minority-a field at once 90 large
: and intricate, that, il I we're competent
i it would be q fool-hardy attempt to dis
D cuss it exhaustively, e. / could scarcel!
' pass it's boundaries before the house
would be emptied from WEAKNESS. Still
: as it would be disrespectful to this lntelh
gent Alliance to drop the subject here
perhaps, by an illustration, can brinI
j forward some OF the more importan
points in tho working OF parliamentary.
law in q space not too much extended.
Twill take the case OF the introduction
/ and passage OF bill out OF the regnla
e order in the State Senate, in the session
of 1HS8.
: The attitude OF senators at that sesslo
!. is understood to be that the majority ar
> in favor OF the principles OF the bill
8 and the minority opposed; and the in
. ference is, that the bill will pass Il th
distractions and pitfalls with whic
parliamentary tactics threaten it can b
{ overcome and avoided.
% Senator Converse obtains the floor an
o asks lsaye to introduce bill and have
= chair says, 1.-THE Senator from H0war
n asks leave to introduce Q BILL" etc. III
r bill Is sent to the clerks desk. The cler
endorses on the back Of the bill. s. F. N,
81 and reads, A bill for an act 10 strength
en- the Pr0hibitOry Law. The chair say
:, This is the lst reading OF the bill" II
n clerk reads the bill q second time by j
- title. The chair says, This is the On
!. reading OF the bill, the bill is now read
:. for commitment, amendment or engros
lt ment."
The reading Of the title Of the bill di
closes it's purpose, and both sides ca
now get ready to arrange their Zine work
The Senator from Howard asks that th
e bill be referred to the committee on tt
:. Suppression OF Intemperance. The cha
!. says, III there are no objections the bi
is 30 referred"
} Objections are raised. This is q que
l. ton Of privilege,-the Senator has Q
d ready been granted all that he asked X
! aud his privilege is exhausted.
y The Senator now nsOUes that the bill b
Is referred to the committee on the SUI
10 prsssion of Intemperance.
l. The Senator from Henry moves q
70 amendment, THAT the committee be Ii
structed to report the bill back in 6v
i days."
n The Senator from Dubuque moves I
h strike ont suppression Of lntemperance
. and insert "Foiiee Regulations"
A point OF order Is raised that the latte
= Com. is not an appropriate one to conside
u; the bill. The chair decides the point c
r order not veil taken. The Senator fror
Lee moves to strike out "Poiice Reguls
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