The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-09-01

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WASHINGTON, D. c.. August 3l.-The
dIVsr men stole march on their oppo-
nsnEH in tho house to-day and under the
leadership Of Springer. OF Illinois, aud
Kilgore, OF Texas, gained Victory which
mnkOa 1t impossible Tor tho gold tHen to
impede tho consideration OF bi.metallic
OF other hnauctaI LeglsIaItou that may
bs reported by tho committess Oh coin
age. weighh and measures, and bank
ing aud currency during the coming see
sion. The time hOnored custom in the
house has been 10 make tho reports Of
tho committees on appropriations and
wayh ana means privileged maitots al
ali times, and when the now rules were
being considered to-day Mr.. Springer.
chairman Of ths committees on banking
and currency. suddenly sprung an
amendment extending the sano favor.
itiSm 70 the committee on banking aud
currency.
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with an amendment also including tho
committee on coinage, and although
these amendments we're sharply op.
posed tho Inst was adopted by n vote
Of 1873 yeas and 9j nays ana tho original
as amended then adopted by vote ol
~lO2 10 81. Not until II WRS nll over did
tho members OF the house generally 70.
RltE0 the immense victory that had
been gained by the bimOtalistS, Uudgr
This rule tho committee OF coinage can
report silver bill 1t RHy time aud
force its consideration by tho house, and
ths committee on banking and currency
will enjoy the same facilities for forcing
ito measures to 4 vote in the house
Incidentally, also, tho house. by tho
adoption oi these amendments, has
broken away from tho leadership Of
thOir committee ON rules. presided over
by Speaker Crisp, and declared that II
shall no longer bO in the power OF that
committee to determine whether FREQ
coinage bills shall be accorded conStd'
Grafton or whether tho attention OF the
house shall be directed 10 other IestsIa'
ton.
When the house mot this morning it
resumed tho consideration of the rules,
and Mr.. PicklsE's amendment to ln-
crease tho membership Of tho commit.
tea on F1lOS from five to HinO was rc-
iOctsd. On motion OF Ml. KilgOrO an
amendment was adopted giving the
committee on Wavs and means iurIs"
dIcIion over all measures purportinS to
raise revenue.
Tho purpose Of tho amendment is to
pFcyOnt such measures rs the nnti-Op'
lions bill and tho oleomnrgurtnO HCt
from bOing referred by the speaker to
the committee on agriculture rs has
been done heretofore.
The amendments OF Mr. Springer and
AIr. Kilgore roiOEredto above wcrO then
offered and adopted.
Mr.. Hooker moved TO strike from the
proposed rules the clause which psr.
inits tho speaker to decide what Is a
dllatOry motion. lie was unwilling to
yOSt the speaker with any such power
and no was unwilling to OmbnrraSs him
by giving him Ruy suGh pOEOr, ...
Mr.. UORrmond criticised the rules OF
the Fiity.Grst Congress, but especially
criticised tho decisions OF Speaker Reed
beiore any rules had boon adopted, A
FoierOucO made BY him to the decision
al the supreme cOurG brought Mr. ReOd
10 his foot, who argued that that court
Ind sustained his actions and hO said
the time would come when even tho
rentlUnHn from Missouri would under
Otnnd what that decision was.
Mr. Anderson Nv. Vn.1 spoke in OPP
position to tho granting Of the speaker
cf too great power, and sent to tho
clerkE desk and had read certain OK
SIacsa from the record OF tho Eitty.tsat
Congress, But tho very first extract
Tead met with Mr.. Reeds disApProvRl.
Il was un excerpt to tho OBJECT that MIR,
Cultivate had objected to having been
counted by Speaker Reed when he had
not been present,
bIr. Reod said that tho extract was
not correct. The gentleman from Ohio
TMr. OuthWaitCI would bear him out in
saving that it was admitted that there
had beon an error, and that the error
had beon corrected. The OthCF extracts
wore then read, all criticiElng Speaker
Reeds rulings in the mattUr Of the
counting Of quorum.
Mr.. Reed said that the romArkS OF
the gentleman from West Virginia and
the, extracts which he had road were
only an echo Of tho chorus OF the Fifty
frat Congress, but he was glad to see
that those echoes wero diving and not
increasing Tho gentleman from West
Virginia had two years ago uplittod his
noble voice in donunciGtioH Of the
Fiity-fSt Congress. After these two
years tho gentleman, by enormous
inOntal effort and BY tho aid OF type.
writer's, had evolved the remarkable
literary collection TO which the house
had inst listened. He congratulated
West Virginia on having two such states.
mon, one (Mr. Wilson, to lead the
house and the other TO bring up the
rear. Laughter.
Then MT. 0uthwaitc demanded the
previous question, although Mr. Hooker
appealed Tor some time 10 debate the
pending question. But Mr.. 0ntwaite
would not yield. which drew forth from
Mr. Hooker the rather significant re.
mark: THAT is Just what expected /;
that you will close debate. And that is
Just what may be expected all the time
from the committee on rules"
Mr.. Hooker's amendment was thOn
rejected,
which practically puts it iH the power
OF any mombor who 10 in charge Of any
proposition on tho floor to propose clot.
Tlrc at any time that no thinks it ad.
yisablO to do so, This amendment was
debated pro and con the consenlus OF
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