Omaha daily bee., 1893-09-02
IN THE ROUSE.
Another Day Spent In Discussing and
Amending the New Rules.


Amending the New Rules.
WASHINGTON, Sept. The fight over the
rules continues with unabated vigor in the
house and ex-Speaker Reed if from day to
day making every effort to clinch the demo-
cratic majority on the technical disputes
constantly raised by the parliamentarians.
Mr. Reed and the republican minority to-
day hung persistently on the flank of the
democratic leaders in charge of rules, but
they only succeeded in forcing tedious
string of roll calls. The ex-speaker sought
at two different points to secure the ehmin-
alton of rules permitting certain classes of
fillbustering motions, but was each time de-
feated, Speaker Crisp, who was in the lobby
in the rear OF the house, on one vote that
appeared close, going 70 the rail to vote
against his old antagonist
The rules debate began on the Boatner
amendment. which practically placed 1t in
the power of any member of the house in
charge of pending bill to force cloture by
demand of the previous question. On a yea
and nay vote the amendment was lost; yeas,
%; nays, III.
Attempted to Modify Yesterdays Acrion.
Then Grosvenor aJtempted to modify
yesterdays action of the house in giving
the committee on banking and currency
power to report at nX,time by moving an
amendment to except any bill repeating the
tax on state banks. General Grosvenor. in
explanation of his amendment, made it clear
that his amendment wis designed TO secure
the sense of the house on the repeal of the
tax on state banks.
MIR Cannon of Illinois and Mr. Johnson of
Indiana, both republica IS, took the position
that in the present crisis 1t was essential
that these commit Ices should be granted
this unusual privi6 :e.R .nr. t- ..
MIR. Reed drawleG OF sarcas tically, that
the banking and cis&--acy,4 committee had
peen lacked up to the level of the ways and
means committee because necessity had COM
PEELED MIR. Springer's transfer to the head of
the former committee, daughter
MIR. Grosvenor theteupon withdrew his
amendment. "
Mr.. Springer then proposed an amendment
giving to the committees on ways and
means, appropriations and coinage and bank
ing the power to report with any bill from
those committees n special order setting a
day for their consideration. In effect the
amendment transferred to those four princi-
pal committees of the house the power to re-
port special orders for the business of those
committees, a power now lodged exclusively
in the committee on rules. In other words,
it stripped the rules committee of jurisdic-
tion over the business eff the four great COM
mittees.
Mr.. McMillin made an impassioned speech
against the granting of such powers to these
| Gently Reminded MIR. McMiilin.
MI bOdIner, IL lree SILVER ueHOCraJ from
| Louisiana, sneeringly called the attention of
| Mr.. McMillin Zone of the repeal democra ts)
| to the fact that he and some of his confreres
! were now very much afraid of co-opera tion
| of the republicans TO force cloture, when but
! few days ago they were glad to stand
shoulder to shoulder with them for the re.
| peal of the Sherman law
| Mr.. Holman of Indiana believed in obstruc
| tion and delay TO certain extent. More bad
| measures had been defeated, he said, than
! nod l,,yH
| The Springer amendment was finally do
| feated.
| Mr. Morse of Massachusetts created some
| amusement by advocating the prohibition OF
smoking IN the hall before the convening OF
| the house.
The amendment was carried in sort of
| humorous spirit, quito number OF members
| including Mr.. Gear of Iowa and Mr.. Cram OF
| Texas, voting for the amendment while Wig
orously pafing away Mt their cigars.
| MIR. Reed came forward with a motion II
strike down two or three flibusterlng mo
tions, namely TO fix the day when the house
shall adjourn and take recess, supplement
| ing II with short speech. The house hat
| indicated, he said, by vote and speech tina
it did not desire tilibustering. Here he gav'
the democrats chance If they meant any
thing by their talk against tilibustering Il
make their action conform to their speech
The amendment was lost. Yeas, 73; nays
1876.
Against FIiDustering.
Mr. Dingley OF Maine secured the adoption
of an amendment cutting out certain tiliDus
tering motions the day after they had one
been used for obstructive purposes.
Another defeat was administered to MI
Reed when mis- motion4t0 make the rule max
ing the motions which fthad been preyiousl
attempted to kill, privileged ones was vote
down.
motion by Mr.. Hooker of Mississippi in
creasng the number of members required t
| nrt hltEtsa I.F na1taU rfpaAtt
fifteen was defeated whereupon the hous
adjourned until tomorrow