Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-08-31
ANIMATED DE6ATE
Ia the House Between Reed and Speaker
% Crisp.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30-Mr Crisp was
led to leave the chair in the house by
taustic criticisms made by Mr.. Reed upon
the proposed code Of rules. and his appear
ance upon the arena Of debate was warmly
applauded.
Mr. Reed twitted the Democratic party
upon their partial approval Of the rules
Of the Fifty first congress, but in hui
morous vein, and contended that they had
not gone far enough. He then, in more
serious manner, argued in favor OF the
rights of the majority, which rights had
been firmly maintained in the Fifty first
congress Now the house WAS In the
habit Of dodging measures instead Of
meeting them. He criticised the provis
ion Of the rules, which, he claimed.
vested the committee on rules with the
authority which should be vested in the
speaker.
Why not adopt "A system Of rules which
would give control to the majority and
take from the tilibusterer his opportunity
to stop the consideration of measure 1t
WAS better to have u speaker exercise
power in the full light of public opinion
than to exercise it in the seclusion Of the
committee room.
Crisp Replies to Reed.
Then, for the first time this session, the
speaker took the floor, having called Mr..
Richardson Dem., Tenn.) to the chair,
and replied to the criticisms N the gentle
man from Maine. He said there were pro-
visions in this code which were taken sub
stantally from the rules of the Fifty first
congress Neither himself nor any mem
- afrsnts
from reporting rules simply because they
were part of the rules Of the Fifty-first
congress- Very much Of those rules was
to be commended, very much of those
rules had beer, by the country, absO-
lutely condemned.
The gentleman from Maine (Reed) when
he stood up before the country and spoke
Of the rules of the Fiity-iirst congress
failed to speak Of the practices adopted
before the rules were adopted which were
so odious to the country. The first action
in the Fifty-frst congress which was
odious to the country was not an action
under any rule, but 1t was the arbitrary
high handed action on thu part OF the
speaker without authority Of rules. with
out authority of anyone.
And Reed Replies to Crisp.
Mr.. Reed. III reply, said that it was un-
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 a question whether be ought to do it
at ALL But of this action he made no
question. The gentleman from Georgia
alone was the Judge of his action. II the
gentleman did not believe that the other
members of the committee on rules were
adequate for the discussion, 1t was for
him to decide when his powerful aid
should be thrown into the balance.
He (Reed) regretted that the speaker had
taken the floor not only Oh general princi-
plies, but because he had introduced into
the debate certain amount Of partisan
ship, thereby showing that though the
rest of the house here survived the meas
ures of the Fifty first 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 de-
generate into a personal question.
The debate was continued by Springer
Dem, Ills.), Boatner Dem., La.) and
Hooker Uem., Missl, who conteuded that
the membership on the committee OH
rules should be increased, Pickler (Rep,
>. J,
point, Cummings Dem, n. ", Hepburn
QRep., Ia.) and Bryan DeIn., Neb)
Then the subject was dropped, and
Springer Dem.. Ills.) introduced bill to
provide for the coinage of the seignoirage
silver in the treasury. Referred. The
house then adjourned.
senate Proceedings
The chairman of the finance committee
was las he had promised to be) very
prompt In reporting to the senate" the
action Of the COMMITTEES on the house bill
TO repeal part Of the Sherman law. As
soon as the reading Of Mondays Journal
was finished, Mr.. voorhees, rose and re-
ported back that bill with an amendment
in the nature Of a substitute. 1t was
placed on the calendar and will be. &C.
eording to the notice given by Mr..
voorhees,, pressed for consideration to the
exclusion of other business. The sub
stitute, is word for word the same bill
that was reported by the hnance commit.
tee two weeks ago.
The first speech against the substitute
was made By Mr.. Gordon Dem, Ga j, who
argued that it would delay indefinitely
the repeal Of the Sherman law, which he
wanted to be immediate and unconditional
Mr.. Teller (Rep., Coio) made long
argument to show that the Sherman law
had not produced the existing financial
stFingency.
A resolution which Mr. Stewart had
offered last Monday inquiring from the
secretary Of the treasury whether there
would be deficiency in the revenues Of
the government dsriae fhe current yeai
was, after icng discussion, referred 70 the
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