St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-31
RULES OF THE HOUSE
Again Occupy the Attention of
Members.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-The house
today discussed the proposed code OF
rules without result. The session was
dull and uninteresting and but little
attention was paid to the speakers. Mir.
Talcott asked unanimous consent to in
troduce bill repeating the statutes
authorizing the appointment of mar
Shals and supervisors of election.
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, from
the committee on appropriations, re-
ported the urgent deficiency apprOprIa-
ton bill, which appropriates $780,
and it was passed. The items are: S25,-
900 for bank note paper, $500, 900 for re-
coinage of subsidiary coins ana 1000
for clerks 10 representatives.
The house then resumed the consider
alton of the new code of rules. Mr..
Hopkins, OF Illinois, spoke i'll favor OF
an amendment which lie proposed to
offer at suitable time, having i'll view
the prevention of filibuSterlng. Mr..
KIlgore criticised the rules OF the Fifty
first congress. The congress had as
sembled with the declaration that IL in
tended to do business; ami ii had done
business. Its first action had been to
clothe the speaker with autocratlG
power, and the speaker had not been
unwilling to accept the crown. Like
Caesar. he had not thrice refused the
crown. The congress had done bust
ness. and the people had heard of it and
returned a large Democratic majority
to the next house. The gentleman from
Maine (Reed) had said that the Su preme
court had indicated him, but there was
tribunal higher than the supreme
court, higher than congress, and that
was the tribunal of the people; and that
tribunal had not vindicated the gentle
man or his congress.
The discussion was continued by
MeSsrS. GrOsvenOr, Holman, DIngley
and Cultivate.
Mr.. Hooker, of Mississippi, offered a
motion to increase the membership of
the committee on rdleS from nYe to
eleven. it was advocated by MeSsrS.
Bryan and Picker, and opposed by Mr..
Breckenridge, of Arkansas, McCreary
and Henderson, of Iowa Mr.. Eender-
son said that the gentlemen supporting
Mr.. Hooker's motion were endeavoring
to reverse the verdict of the last eiec-
ton. The Democrats had won that
election, and put the South in control.
The roll call of the committees showed
that the South controlled the majority
of those committees that framed the
legislation of the country, and held the
craftsmanship of majority of the COLI
mittees. That was all right; that was
the logical result of the election. The
South comprised the body and brains
of the Democratic party. The gentle
man from Nebraska (Nr Bryan had
aided to bring the masSing OF Democratic
power, and should not try to Wiggle away
from the legitimate effects OF it, and ell
deayor on the floor of the house 10 OBJ
tain fair treatment for ali sections Of
the country. 1t was now too late 10 seek
to remedy the evils in which he found
himself. The place fer that TO have
been done was at the polls last NoYem-
Der
Mr.. Richardson, of Tennessee, denied
that in the makeup of tie committees
the South had been favored while tie
North had been sighted. On the con-
trary, every Important committee was
composed of a majority OF reprcstnta-
tives of the Northern STATES Tie mouse
then adjourned.