Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-27
NEW RULES ARE UP.
a Seven Hours Debate Begun
in the House.
STATESMEN STRAY FROM THE POINT

And "A Couple of Them Take Tits at the
Silver Question, One Eulogizing Cleve-
land-Hemarks by Reed and burrows
Justice Field After senator Power with
Sharp stick - Sanders Washes His
Hands of the NIatter-Editor Reid to
Quit Diplomacy.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.-The debate on
the new house rules was begun yesterday
morning, under an agreement that gener-
nj debate was to be limited to seven hours,
of which the Alliance men were to have an
hour CatchinGs, rs a starter occupied
fifteen minutes of his sides time in ex-
planning the provisions of the new code,
which is substantially that of the Fiftieth
congress, with few provisions to shut off
filibusters. Catchings was followed by
Reed, who for the first time this session
took the lead of the minority on the floor
He said that he congratulated the Demo
cratic party on the step forward it had
taken III giving TO the committee on rules
the power to present measures for the con-
sideration of the house
Speaker Given too Little Power.
But even in this advance the party, he
said, was one sided, as it left it in the pow
er OF the committee on rules to stop fill
clustering but did not give that power to
the speaker or any majority of the house.
He thought that the house had the right
at any time to insist that the distractions
to its onward march should be moved out
of the way. The speaker should have the
right to stop filibustering just as he had
the power to suppress any other disturb
anceS that may occur. The questions
which the people presented should ne de-
clded by their representatives. He further
said that the supreme court of the United
States would have the unanimous judg-
mcnt OF every supreme court of every state
in the United States that has ever passed
upon the subject that quorum of the
body is constituted by the members who
are present. If there be majority pres
ent TO constitute the body, the body is
ready to do business.
A Silver Coinage Diversion.
Lanham of Texas awaited himself of the
great scope taken in the debate and de
Hvered "a speech in favor of free silver,
while RaynOr of Maryland made speech
which met the approval of the anti-frce
coinage me"nbers, in which he said that
viewed from a political standpoint it
= would he Il glaring blunder to pass II free
coinage bill, Il blunder which could not be
reCIlueu, we uart not ana viii not
adopt a platform with free silver in it at
the next national convention. The cuIors
that bore any such signal as that would he
harbingcr Of defeat.
Eulogizcs Grover Cleveland.
In concluding his remarks Raynor said:
"In 1855 the Democratic president ON the
great issue of tariff reform, with more than
Roman courage, cut the bridges down
when he could easily have purchased vic
tory had hc sacrificed opportunity. lie
was struck down fighting the enemy. Far
better an honorable defeat IN an honorable
cause than corrupt victory by dishonora-
BILE means. Today he is stronger than all
the political forces that are arrayed against
him With the abiding political principles
of my party let me appeal to you to aban-
don this hazardous undertaking which
shall imperil the leadership of the man
who after twenty-four years of exile led
our hosts to triumph, and who shall by the
intelligent suffrages of his countrymen
again be called upon to shape the destineS
of the republic" Applause
A Policy of Mastery Inactivity.
Burrows arraigned the report of the
committee on rules. BY this system of
rules the majority endeavored to escape
responsibility. In conclusion he said:
"Having RELOCATED to the rear the states
man of your party who fought your bat
ties and won your victories you now pro-
pose to abandon him, and adopting pol
icy of mastery inactivity take refuge be-
hind the barriers of parliamentary obstruc-
ton, hoping to shield yourselves from re-
sponsibility and escape the storm of public
indignation" Mills briefly replied to Bur
rows in five-minute speech, the first
made by him this session, i'll defense of the
committee on rules.
Prohibition Organ denounced.
The only breeze in the senate was when
Dolph read an article from the New York
organ of the Prohibtionists denouncing
his resolution for the establishment OF
high license in place OF alleged prohibition
in the territory of Alaska as a great
crime" He denounced the article as the
:.-,uuct CT the darkest ignorance with re-