The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-30

mittee on rules. The gentleman from
Maine believed that the power should be
lodged In the speaker absolutely 10 decide
what was a dilatOrv motion. Under the
system proposed by the committee
on rules il was left 10 the
house 10 decide whether the mo-
ton was dilatory or not. The
system adopted by the Fifty-secOnd con
gress and now adopted by the committee
on rules was TO maintain. not the indi-
vidUal judgment of the chair but the
Judgment of the majority of the House.
The speaker was not granted the author
ity TO control legislation; the committee
on rules was not granted such authority;
the authority rested in the majority
of the House. Under the rules
proposed dllatory motions would
be avoided, for the House had
due power to reach that result by a report
from the committee on rules. The power
lodged in that committee was simply to
put proposition. The committee could
not adopt closure. In the Fifty second
congress there had been opposition to the
operation of rules that prevailed IN the
Fifty-trst congress. Instead of following
the old method, where flibustering
could not have been stayed
instead of following the rules of the
E1fty-hrst congress the Fifty-Secopd
congress- had taken the middle
course. To him it was source OF pleas
ure and delight that the people had in
dOrSed that cOnrse ana returned large
democratic ma jOrity to the House. The
people had decided that they did not be-
lieve any man who was sent here as their
representative should become their mas
ter. Applaus. No man could dictate TO
them. Applause
But ONE TERM FOR REPUBLICANS
Whenever of recent years republicans
had come into power in this house their
lease of power had been one term. Mr..
Keifer had been speaker one term, and
then he and his party had been repudi-
ated. Applause He Crisp preferred
the approval of the people that he repre-
sented to the approval of man who be-
lieved that he had the right to exercise
all power, and claimed, forsOoth, that in
doing so he had permitted the majority to
rule.
The gentleman from Maine had started
by the arrogant assertion that the Fifty
first congress should be regarded as an
example that should be followed by all
congresses Against that proposition, he
Crisp desired to enter his protest. He
felt-as the people OF the country felt
that the Fifty-frst congress was usur-
patton that ought to be repudiated, and,
with the people, he repudiated it, here
and now Applause.
MR.. REED IN REJoINDER.
Mr.. Reed, in reply, said that it was I'M
usual for the presiding officer of this body
to leave his exalted position and to par
take in the discussion on the floor. 1t
was even question whether he ought to
do it at all But of this action he made
no question. The gentleman from Geor-
gia Crisp alone was the judge of his
action. If the gentleman did not believe
that the other members of the COM
mittee on rules were not adequate
for the discussion, it was for him to de-
eide when his powerful aid should be
thrown into the balance. He Reed re
GREETED that the speaker had taken the
floor, not only on general principles, but
because he had introduced into the debate
a certain amount of partisanship, thereby
showing that, though the rest of the
House had survived the measures of the
Fifty-frst congress, the present speaker
had not To what had been said about
him personally he would not reply, for he
would not allow this debate to degener-
ate into a personal question. Republican
applause.
The debate was continued by Messrs.
Springer, Boatner and Hooker of Missis-
sippi, who contended that the member
ship of the committee on rules should be
increased, by Mr.. Picker, rep, of South
Dakota, who agreed with Mr.. Hooker on
this point, and Messrs Cummings, Hep
burn of Louisiana and Bryan.
Then the subject was dropped, and Mr..
Springer introduced a bill to provide for
the coinage of the seiginorage silver in the
treasury. Referred.
The House then, at 5:15 o'clock, ad-