New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-30

debate and briefly he explained the changes ma'e
in the rules. .,ai
NJ, Reed twitted the Democrats upon their paruai
annroval of the rules OF the List Congress but III
- toro,,s vein contended that they had not gone
far enough lie then in more serious manner al
puAl in favor Of the rights OF the majority "h'c"
rights had been firmly maintained in LIST 'o"
gross Now the House was IN the hanlt 81 ""',,
ing measures instead OF meeting them lie cru,
c,sed the provisions OF the rules which. ne ciah7''
,.ost,d the Committee on Rules with the authority
.,ich should be vested in the Speaker. my ho'
o,lont system of rules which would give 20 '"e
ma tority control and take away from 'he hln"Sp''
his opportunity to stop the consideration u
measure II was better 10 have Speaker 'N
crcise power in the full light OF public opinion man
IN exercise IL in the seclusion OF the cohihl''1o
''"' ME- CRISP TAKES THE FLOOR.
Then for the first time this session. the speaker
took the floor having called Mr. Richardson Dem
Tenn To the chair. and replied TO MI. i''o'
criticisms He said there were provisions III ',''s
i. which were taken substantially from TN" rneS
NJ the List Congress. Neither himself nor any
member OF the Committee on Rules woulu '''"
from rcrortinc rules simply bccaus" they "''e r'
Of the rules of the List Congress. Very much o' '"
,,,lcs was TO be commended, very fnuch 81 'h"S''
had been. by the country. absolutely conHem"c'
I,,nause1 The gentleman from Maine wheh Nv
etood nm befor. the country and spoke oil inc '"''
of the List Congress. failed to speak ol ''o ~
tices adopted before the rules were ad'p''" n,,
were SO odous 70 the country. tNIp'a"H''
first action Of the List Congress wAcn WIZ 80,
- the country was not action under any run
Int il WAS the arbitrary high-handed acu'h Oh '''
or, ~ The Sneaker without authority "l ruI'S
,,i,hout authority of any one. NIplauSe) WIN"
the charges were made against the i'is' N'"H,
lot no one forget that the first charb' wa" '
without the authority of the House without wv
,u,horitv Of the Committee on Rules the 'pe"N'
,l,,t had
To- him (Applause) He had assuin"' "r''' "''''.
,h uov.cr ia count a quorum. The question III"
,,ona to the Supreme Court OF the 'h''" ''"'
and the gentleman from Maine hah never
Justified He had heard the gentleman from M.'''
l tir,es say that the supreme Court had
i,,.tidcd his course. Tho supreme court h'I Nv,
touched the question The Supreme Court ha' S',l
,bot the House had "A right To make its rules lor H.
own Government. and make ITS own provisions
the entertainment OF the presence ot a quo, u'"' ~
If had never said that the Speaker shou'l HMM
the rules. AppauseD H.,
The gentleman had referred to the power 'o'H'i
T., tn. Committee on Rules. Let him Crisp can
a., ,,o,rar,s attention To the distinction that
ox,sted between the policy Of the gentleman itof"
Maine and the policy Of the present commute
ON Rules The gentleman from Main" helleN"l ''"'
mower should be lodged in the Speaker apS"'"'eH
70 decide what was a dilatory motion. inner u"
system proposed by the Committee on Rules II
wa
was dilatory not.
JUDGMENT or THE MNJOElrY TO RULE
Tho system adopted bv the Lila Congress. ana
nov rcadopted by the Committee on Rules was I"
maintain not the individual Judgment Of the chair
hut the Judgment Of the majority OF the House
The Speaker was not granted the authority "
control legislation, the Committee on huleS WIS
not granted such authority. the auth"iliN T'S'''
in the majority Of the House. Under tn" rules pro-
rosed dilatory motions would be- avoided Tor inc
House had the power to reach that result 10y
re,ort from the Committee Rules tn" power
LODGED in that committee simply 10 report a
proposition. The committee could not adopt CO
ture IL could not hX the order OF business WIN
ont the consent Of tho House In the Lila con
gr.ss there had been opposition to the operation
Of the rules that had prevailed In tn" List con
gress Instead OF following the old method when
nlibustering could not have been stayed Instead
Of following the rules Of the List Congress IN"
Lid Congress had taken m!ddl" course To
him IL was "A source Of pleasure and delight tlat
the people had indorsed that course. ana hai re-
turned a large Democratic majority To- the House
The people had decided that they dil not b"li't"
that any man who was sent here as their rope
sentative should become their master CAppausel
No man could dictate to them. applause When
ever. OF recent years Republicans hai come INTO
power in this House their lease Of power had beer
/ one term Mr.. Keller had been Speaker one term.
and then be and his party had been repudiat"d.
The gen, lernan from Maine Ntr'dl had been speak
for one term. and then ne ana MS parry Iii
been rcpudiated. applause lie 'Crspl prri',i.l
, the approval OF tho people that he represented To-
the approval Of man Who believed that ne hal
the right 10 exercise all power. ana claimed, FOR
sooth. that In doing he had permitted the ma
jorty 10 rule. applause The gentleman from
List Congress should ie regarded an example
that should be followed 10y all Consresscs Againsi
the people of the country clt-that the Ll~t
/ tltii .fpl n IL.
! here and now. ApplauseJ
I EX.sPEAKER REEDS REPLY.
Reed in reply. said that 1t was unusual for the
presiding officer Of this body TO leave his exalted
position and to partake In the discussion on the
/ floor. II "A question whether ne ought 10
! do it atan Eut Of this action h. mad'no question
! The gentleman from Georgia alone was the judge
Of mis- action If the gentleman did not believe that
were adequate for the discussion. III was iOr nm
! TO decide when his powerful ana shoulu De urVWnI
into the balance. lie regretted that the speaker had
because he had introduced into the debate GER
that though the rest OF the House had survived the
measures OF the List Congress- the present Speaker
ally he would not reply for he would not allow this
debate 10 degenerate into personal question dic-
publican applause. This WAS pubic question, ana,
| as such. he would addrcssit II" believed
that the policy Of the st Cong[ess haI r zee
! that support he could do without The support OF
any individual who HEADED ths oppo,siti3n re re-
half Of the rules Of the List Congress, but they
were en- the road to adopting them all He was
reasonable in asking the Democratic party to
up with the Republican party within the next
four years. (Appause)
The debate was continued by Springer dem, III.
| Boatncr nDen.,Ia), Hooker dem. Miss, who
contended that the membership OF the COMMITTEE,
ON Rules should be increased Picker diep.. ;. D.,
| who agreed with Hooker on this point. Cummings
| dem. y. ". Hepburn Qep Iowa.. and Bryan
| dem. Neb).
| Then the subject dropped and llr. Springer
introduced a bill provide for the coinage Of the
| seienorage silver in the Treasury Referred.
The House then at 5l5, adjourned
FOR HEARINGS On THE TARIFF BILL
! DEMOCRATS WILLING To PURSUE KNOwLEI CT
FOR TINE BEFORE ASSAULTING tMEu-