The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-22
A DULL DAY

In tho House. The Contest Between
Speaker Crisp and ex-speaker Reed.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Sept. 21.-The
Democratic members Of the committee
on rules decided this morning to bring
in an order setting aside two weeks, be-
ginning next Tuesday, for debate on the
bill to repeal the federal election laws,
and providing for vote at the end Of
that time.
at the opening of the session a tilt
between the speaker and Mr.. Reed took
place over the manner in which the
journal OF the house had been made up.
Owing to an error the speaker asked
that the question of the approval Of the
journal should lie over until he should
have an opportunity to examine it. Mr..
Catchings from the committee on rules
then presented the order for the con-
sideration of the Tucker bill and de.
manded the previous question.
Mr.. Reed, who was evidently Jagged
out after the long fight Of yesterday,
made no attempt to tilibdster but insist
ed upon the ayes and nays in order to
determine whether the Democrats had
a quorum.
BY a good deal Of effort the Democrats
barely succeeded in mastering quorum
and the previous question was ordered.
175 to 4.
Under the rule thirty minutes were
allowed for debate.
Instead Of deyoting this time to a
discussion Of the measure it pertained
to, Ex.Speaker Reed opened the debate
on. the correctness of Speaker Crisp's
ruling yesterday. He said his motives
in lecturing the house had been i'm
pugned and misunderstood. He de-
clared he was actuated by q desire to
establish an honest system OF parlia-
mentary practice.
MR. REEDS cR1Tic1sM.
Referring to the error in this morn
ings journal he said there would soon
be before the house a proposition to ex-
punge fromthe journal ruling terrone-
ously reported by the journal clerk,
which he believed should stand.
~ know" said he, chat the Demo-
cratic party has no desire to establish q
one man power, but the proposition
established by the speakers ruling
yesterday, giving the committee on
rules the power to originate legislation
and making ii unamendable by the
house, has no parallel except under the
frst consulate in France. That gave
the consul the right to originate legia-
lation, which the legislative body was
compelled to accept or return unal'
tered"
General Catchings in q strong reply
pointed out that Mr.. Reed misunder.
stood the meaning and intent Of the
the rules adopted by the house. While
he was supporting the rulings OF yester-
day, the speaker had read Q ruling made
by the late Speaker Randall which, he
said. was identical with his own. The
vote was then taken on tho adoption Of
the report, aud 1t was adopted, yeas,
179; nays, 8.
CHANCE ron RETRENcHMENE
The house then passed to less impor-
tant business. Chairman Rusk, from
the committee on accounts presented q
report assigning clerks to committees.
This was the signal for the regular bien,
nial effort in the interest OF economy
and retrenchment The ehairman's re.
port gave clerks per diem, or annual
clerks TO ali committees. A minority OF
the committee, consisting Of Represent
alive Painter, OF Kentucky, and Mutch'
Ter, Of Pennsylvania, had prepared mis-
nority report against providing with
clerks the committees on expenditures
in the different departments, tue