Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-05
RFED ON THE RULES.
,ssx.czAR's OPINION or THE NE"
l"' HOUSE CODE.
,r.,,, Of the Member Presens Tor
II, rorpO'e of Being Ae.'n'
-.-.,ny - Now :" Good sense"
,gy,olsgraph to tho DisDa'cS.l

,-ox February A--After the
Nto4i ihis afternoon adopted the new
bo''' ,,los. ox.speaker Reed was sougnt
'.l .t. an Associated Press reporter ana
e.' ~ .. talk upon the subject. lie sat
So non ono Of the large sofas IN the
dow ' f'se hail. and alter o moments con-
,ira,.on. sa.d' ,o,,;.;.na ,o,
~ i.s demand for new charter Is
'' II the tnumphs OF the tiity-frs'
O3ill,. T. ,opntry will remember the prompt
a,fb which the House Committee on
e. .eoes and Post-koads. unuer the
I'.',...rssip Of General Bingham, even
e.-- tBe Presidents message on the
w., was received. considered ana on
f.N .,t al July reported the ON 70 de,
the i.fterv OF the use Of the United
ifl'. '...Is The Committee on Rules
sE ..o after set apart the l6th OK
le- t.- its consideration by the House,
f...l,ll pa,sed that body that day.
g. .t6et the Supreme Court has sus-
.i. .constituti0nalityo ot the act even
.,.., company recognizes the futiiity
or ...,',r. existence. The acts Of the
O. .... Congress are all standing well
bei.., o. tmo.'
-y rrisClfLE or BEsPoNsiBIfiIf.
,,..t -.-,rl 10 tho rules just adopted,
80, ...t tgriher said that " the principle
hI. ..r.iIle government ia the House
I.. moro uthiessly recognized IN
p. ..t al the now regulations relating
t". ....rr Of the Committee on Nuie5
ln.- ever dreamed OF in the Fifty
t-'. ...-..4. Power 90 enforce the Will
i.. U.gse was lodged ia important
% ..... ,u that committee so that party
..Inn could have full SWING, whhe
Of the individual member,
r r approved by the House. was
. e., tbs mercy OF the filbusterer.
lt Il a present quorum had
~, i.rtad. and the farce OF the member
,i t.- ne purpose Of being absent bad
,.,.vel. All this, however, time and
S.n-smo Court will take care OF.
,,..,.'.I.. u Will be source of regret 10
-'-rtrg thnt more liberal measures
=. r. rromotion Of innocent. useful,
..,i. ..u. and necessary legislation had
.-f..s adopted. 1t might have been
,. .rItuo House really wanted 10 do
I-tf f.e majority having fought cam
.- ..l..w rs Lat on abuse of the rules Of
,t'rf tr.t Congress. Il WAS too much
,.....l. of poor human nature TO make
.... ID confess on of error.
..oY grssfpIE or THE LAST TWO YEARS.
.Tle debate, however, has shown that
per.li example Of the last two years has
,. boon entirely lost. What used 10 be
-..l frruy' and Is now on the road 10
l.rUe. good sense has been establish
fr fe great and unexsmpled power
r-'arai on the Committee OF Rules.
"Ite folly of wasting the time OF the
T...in tho reference Of bills has been
ff.y.r done away with.
Ins. with the sound expressions as 70
tss f.lg 0i the doctrine OF the rights OF
r,urt.es which fell from the lips Of emil
r.,t Ocrats during the debate, show
frru-Tely how surely reason and sense
,re ef. assert themselves in some measure
even after the tercest conflict. ! am dis
t...l to thank the Democrats for some
iurra. and 10 hope that during the ses-
D.l further wisdom may come to them.
THE WHO TOWER.
"ir the new regulations the old member
vho knows the ropes has preserved much
r BID. Obstructive power. and the veto
l.w.r has been conferred on each mem
l.r vino knows how except where the
4 mm.tiee on Rules shall intervene.
"bUt This will do less harm than form
r'r. Thanks TO the example set by the
a.t Congress, the country knows that the
House of Representatives can do all II
v.n.s 10 do. What It don't do now II u
fs1onsible for. That ostrich has left Oh
cae,aling himself by putting his head IN
IL. tlud" "