The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-08
The House..

WASHINGTON, Jan. There was an I'M
usually small number of members present
when the House was called to order. The
prayer of the chaplin for divine protection
of the sick Representative was listened
to with unwonted interest.
On motion of Hermann, of Oregon, a
resolution was adopted calling on the sec
retary of war for information relative to
the Improvement of the mouth of the Co
lumbus river.
The speaker stated to the House that Gin
accordance with the authority vested in
him yesterday he had administered the
oath of Office to Samuel j. Randall, of
Pennsylvania
McComas, of Maryland, offered a resolu-
ton that the House resolve itself into a
committee of the whole for the considera-
ton of the District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill, the committee to be governed by
the rules of the last Congress.
Breckenridge raised the ques ton OF con
sideration against the resolution.
The speaker ruled that the question of
consideration could not be raised against a
resolution because the resolution was in
the nature of a motion regulating the bust
ness of the house.
Breckenridge said the resolution went
further than that provided for the adop-
ton of code OF rules. Appealed from de-
cision.
| Carlisle, of Kentucky, vigorously al
tackled the speakers ruling He argued
| that no question or consideration could be
| taken against motion to go into com
mlttee of the whole, but the pending reso-
luton went beyond that and provided for
a code of rules. He thought the time had
come when the House, if it was to be gov
erned by rules, should have those rules.
| Applause on the Democratic side
Henderson, of Iowa, said that as he un
derstood the matter the gentlemen on the
other side were opposed to doing anything
without rules. and wanted rules adopted,
under which nothing could be done The
majority was charged with trying TO raviSh
the other side without rules. How by pro
posing TO consider and pass bill on the
calendar, under rules made by a Democrat c
House, was that ravishment He wanted
the Republican members to come up shout
der to shoulder and show that they were
ready to do the business of the country.
Let the committee on rules take its time
and bring in code which would advance
and not obstruct business.
| McAdoo, of New Jersey, regarded the de-
| bate as "a preliminary skirmish on the part
of the majority in order to see whether the
minority could be starved out and made to
take any rules which might be presented
IL was Une duty or the minority to stand
here until the end of Congress like single
man to maintain its rights and dignity.
After protracted discussion, the chain
was sustained by vote of yeas 135, nays
| l24, party vote.
McComas then demanded the previous
question on the adoptionsof his resolution
and it was ordered. Y, az i3t. NAYS l25
There was no further opposition to the re
solution made by the Democrats and it hav
ing been adopted, the House went into com
mittee of the whole for the consideration oil
the District of Columbia DILL. Only the
first paragraph was considered when the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
Senator Harris to-day introduced fol
Senator Beck, bill setting forth statistics
regarding the public debt, surplus, ETC.
and declaring that the maintenance of tax
alton to provide further for the sinking
fund, under existing circumstances, is q
needless and wrongful burden on the PEG
pie, and enacts that all laws providing fol
the sinking fund for the payment of the
principal of the bonds of the United State.
shall be and are hereby suspended unit
! further order of Congress.