New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-07
4 CODE OF RULES AGREED UPON.
SUCCESSFUL OPPOSITION TO TIE COMMITTEE or
THE WHOLE CLAUSE HOREOWFD FROM
THE REED RULES.

,vshi,ston Sent G-The House to-day adopted
tha code Of rules which Will govern 1t during inc
Lila Congress subject 10 tire decision oil ''s 'o'
mittec on Rules. which under the ruI'S' ""H d"
almost absolute power TO direct ue Dusi''S' -
tho boGy The rules vary little from those that con-
,o,,od the liza Congress When first reported they
contained one radical change and re-enacted the
clause which permits 100 members To cohs'i'i" d"
ouoruno in Committee of the Whole. IRIS Ci"u9'
was borrowed from the rules OF the LIST congress-
and although every member OF the 'oinini''ee o''
Rules was in favor Of it, the pressure Drought
AGAINST if on the Democratic side proved too power
IN, and the committee surrendered their point and
the clause stricken out
There were not more than hundred members
present when the House was called to order inns
morning The House resumed the consideration OF
the code Of rules the pending question being the
KYLE amendment striking from the rules the clause
! making 100 members a quorum in Committee OF
the Whole.
MIR Catchnes Dem. Miss. member OF the
Committee on Rules said that since the recess last
Saturday many members one the Democratic sde
had asked the Committee on Rules to accept the
amendment. and the committee had thought II
proper to accede to that request The committee
I had no desire to force anything upon the House.
Mr.. Dolliver (Rep. Iowa. said that up to this
time the gentlemen from Mississippi and OHIO
NIessrs Catchings and Outhwate) had been the
unconscious instruments of the theory that they
were the authors Of the reforms in the rules and
not the struggling victims of IT, He expressed his
regret at the present retreat, which vas hardly
covered by the words which had fallen from the lips
Of the gentleman from Mississippi He then de-
Tended the pursued by Speaker Reed IN the
List Congress. The Speaker had been denounced
as a rcvoiutionist. but his works had justified his
hut he had prevented nothing but the right To stop
business. He congratulated the House that II was
nearer than II had ever been before 10 the liberty
given to the House by the courage and genius OF
the gentleman from Maine applause on h"pubi-
Mr.. Catchings not surprised at the outbreak
on Rules had shown that the power OF the Speaker
OF the House not TO be used to require the
adopuon OF rueS n Wiz, ' MN G of ne Hnse
recognized the right Of every gentleman 20 inter
pose his objection That something that had
never been witnessed the Republican side Of the
House. Gentlemen on the other side were fond
Democrats were following in the trail Of RepubIi-
can leadership in thf rules whifh ihey ma pro-
The List Congress. I'm this course he was followed
by Mr.. Springer Dem. HI lie was briefly re-
Mr. Kyle's amendment was then agreed tolls to
Mr.. Enloe Dem, Tenn offered an amendment
providing that eulogies deceased members OF the
House and Senate shall be delivered on Sundays
and on no other days. On division the amendment
was agreed to--l0i TO 4l-but on the yeas and nays
it was rejected-yeas 81, nays ll9 Mr. Enloe then
euogies at any time. The amendment was lost
Mr.. DearInond Dem. MOI offered an amendment
directing the to , TO deduct from the
except account Of sickness by leave of the
House. Lost-lO TO liz
Consideration Of the code having been completed
Mr. Burrows Rep, Mich) offered "A substitute
for 1t the rules OF the List Congress- with a modd-
cation which provides that when IA call Of the
House is ordered the yeas and nays shall also be
considered ordered. This. he thought. would put
an end 10 hlibustering Under the rules as thev
stood he would undertake TO come into the
House tomorrow morning and prevent the reading
of the journal and stop business for the remainder
Of the session. unless the aid OF the Committee ON
Rules was invoked That committee was clothed
with absolute power over legislation. The entire
legislation of the country was placed in the hands
/ of three members Of the House.
Mr.. Bynum dem. Ind protested that the House
had no power confer upon Speaker the right
TO count a quorum when the yeas and NAYS had
been taken The yeas and nays would show by IT,
self whether there was quorum present not
The previous question was ordered and the vote
REQUIRED on Mr. Burrowss substitute.
The substitute was lost.-yeas 65, nays l@ The
code OF rules was then adopted without division
The House then. at $780, adjourned until Saturday