New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-31
THE HOUSE AND ITS CODE.
THREE, HOURS OF DEBATE. WITH oNLf
INTERMITTENT ATTENTION.
-, uo,v,x THINKS THE SPEAKER SHOULD NOT
BE TRUSTED TO APPOINT COMMITTEES
,,p ErJcORE STILL KICKING.
SHOULD NOT

Mp HOLMAN THINKS THE SPEAKER SHOo LD Noi
,,t ra,srrn TO APPOINT COMMITTEES
Mr.. KuGORE STILL KICKING
InY TELEGRAPH To TIFF TRrDuNE.I
,vos,iroton Aug. 3O-In the House OF hepre
sentatves to-day three hours were ss
General debate on the code Of rules. put 'Ne'e
No sensational episode like that of yesteru'!'
c,er Mr. Reed had driven the entire maJoi''S ~
,,.or tho Sneaker left the chair and went 10 '"e
rsc,e of his party. There We're some suohs anu
Interesting speeches to-day however as wen %
several to which neither word couli properly ~
a,n,ied Mr. Kgore. the Texas statesman WV
has been so conspicuous as hliousterer S''
crs, c,,,e TO Congress made earnest speech
- which nearly dozen members paid ln'e'"'''
font attention. OF course MIR. Kilgore denouncet
tho ,,tas Of tho "Reed Congress-" which deprived
hin, NJ his chief and most pleasant occupation as
q statesman and legislator. General HGoS'e"oi
submitted some pointed and able remarks IN defence
of thu, Reed rules ard in favor of a code when
would allow a majority of the House 10 u.le0'
and control the business Of legislation, ana MT.
Dnglev who is one Of the abest and best equippe"
parllamentarians in Coh|fess' ""''e '
speech in the same line.
"Economist' Holman the venerable chairman OF
the Committee on Indian AHairs' addressed '"o
House for the first time since the session began.
He has become convinced that the speaker ous"'
tn he intruSted with the authority " aPp"Aiie
tn. committees of the House Of Representatives
and that all the committees should be elected a.
WAS done in the first Congress. II that pan hau
been i'm oueration. when the present committees
were formed some Of Judge Holman y irlenu'
fear that he might not have succeeded III opaii'hhS
a Craftsmanship of so much importance anu "'sn''S
az the one which Speaker Crisp bestowed upon n'''
Judge Holman also opposed with much earnest
ness the proposition to fix the quorum OF the Coi,-
nittee of the Whole at 100 members lie res"'" 80
it as not only dangerous In the extreme ou' u'
constitutional as well Perhaps he also leaiS ''"
IT will seriously interfere with his EFFORTS 10 cur"
the extravagance Of the Democratic majority III
the matter Of appropriations for pubhc opJeC'S
The House to-day paid the first insta!me''' VI '
big deficiency" legacy left by Economist ho'-
man and his coadjutors in the last congress ~
amounted to 10000 Of which E2JocU Is LOT t''e
reconage of subsidiary silver coins, s21Vo LOT us
tinctive paper for use in the Bureau OF EhgraN'"s
and Printing and $1,000 for the payment 81 the
salaries of clerks employed by Representatives anu
| Delegates who are not chairmen of committees.
Economist" Holman was i'm his seat, but ne oilered
no audible protest and the bill was passed WIN
| out a division More urgent deficiency DIS are
to come. ana they will carry amounts compare"
with which 10000 will appear to be an insighicah'
sum indeed This may surprise some OF 'he ~"
,nernbers Of the House who have never hct2re
had an oDporunity to view and study the beauties
| OF Holmanism, except from distance