The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-08-14

the committee on rules, claimed The oAy
foe business reported from the committee
on District Of Columbia. AZ ED the com.
mittee on rules ended its session aud Nj.
Catchings, democrat. OF Mississippi I'm.
mediately entered the ball with the spoeiAi
order in hand. Mr.. Hurd yielded to him
and Mr.. Catchines presented the rule,
which WAS - follows:
Resolved, That after the adoption OF thts reso'
luton it shall be In order In the house 70 move
that the order heretofore made requesting
conference with tho senate ON the disagreetng
VOTES Of the two houses on house ruls asa %
resclnded; that the conferees heretofore ap-
poin:ed on the part Of tho house be discharged
from further duty IN that behalf. and that she
house recede from It's agreement to the o. nate
amendments TO said bin and agree to the sane;
that after two hours debate on said motion
vote shall DO taken without delay or other mo-
tion.
Itesolrcd, Second. that at any time aftsr the
adoption OF this resolution II shall be In order to
present for consideration, without reference to
the committee, separate bills placing upon the
free list, sugar in all Its forms. coal, iron ore
and barbed wire, each of said bills when pre-
sented to be allowed Is minutes debate, and ~
the end OF such debate the previous question to
be consider ed as ordered thereon and without
delay vote 10 be taken.
REEDS POINT OF ORDER.
When the portion Of the rule relative to
FREQ coal, etc., was road, Mr.. CatchinRs
demanded tho previous question. but Mr..
Reed rose to point Of order and the bat.
tie was on. Mr.. Reeds point OF order
was that the tariff bill was mot In posses.
sion Of the house and that, therefore. the
action proposed In the report could not bo
taken. He maintained that In case OF the
agreement Of congress ON the bill either
house could act ON the report, but In
case OF disagreement the bill went back
to the body first requesting tho conferencc.
1t was parliamentary az vol ~ . physi.
cal fact that the papers could only be In
one place at one time. Otherwise beth
house and senate could recede at the same
time. What bill would then b lawf It
would certainly pussle those who are not
In the habit OF cutting Gortlian knots. The
house had no report on the bill, Mr. Reed
said, and tho senate had rspented Of its
bill. Both were ashamed Of their on.
spring, Republican applause), yet the
house 10 now proposing to grab the senate
bill before Il could be repudiated by that
body and swallow Ito nauseous meat.
Such o spectacle, he declared, had never
before been witnessed.
The speaker announced that he was
ready to rule. After . careful statement
Of tho situation and Q declaration that by
the special order changing or suspending
the rules Of the house temporarily the 80.
copied doctrine of Jefferson's manual was
carried out, and after citing . president
In one of Speaker Carlisle's rulings, the
speaker overruled the point Of order. Tho
previous question was then ordered with
out division. This gave 10 minutes on .
side for the discussion Of the special order.
CatchinRs did not desire to debate the
rule and Mr.. Reed took the floor and
made very sarcastic speech. ..- D.
TURNER ANSWERS REED.
Representative Turner OF Georgia 70.
piled to Reed and Was greeted with ap.
plause by tho democrats when he said the
gentleman from Maine had built up Q
parliamentary system which now reacted
against him. There Was no right or jus
tice IN the assumption that the action Of
the senate in sending the bill back to the
house was wrong. He asked Reed what
right he had to make this assumption.
Reed ssid he did not mako any claim !;
he had been informed that an irrsgularity
occurred, but he had no persanal iufor-
nation. Turner proceeded to show that
the present action Of the house was
strictly regular. The question then being
put on agreeing to the resolution. Reed
demanded o division. The entire demo.
cratic side rose On masse, but whom tho
negative vote was called for, the republi.
cans sat calmly In their seats. hoping to
break quorum. When tho speaker an.
uounced the vote, 1888 to 8, 13 moro than .
quorum, the republicans were somewhat
disconnected. Reed quickly demanded
adopted, 176 to 81, not voting II.
Upon the announcement Of tho vote,
Chairman Wilson Immediately submitted
in writing tho motion provided for IN the
order adopted. Mr.. Reed made the point
of order that the bill was not before the
house. The bill had been brought, how.
ever, during the roll call and the speaker
pointed TO II. Mr.. Wilson took the floor.
He spoke calmly but eloquently, the dem.
ocrnts crowding about him and listening
intently to every word. Again and again
applause broke forth. He said;
Wilson'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Speaker-I have made the motion which !
sent to the clerks desk, not on my own respon.
sibility or from my own volition. but as the Off
cial organ OF the caucus Of my associates on
this side OF the house and by their direction. l
shall say very little myself on this occasion
IN advocacy Of the motion. and
am sincere and frank In what ! shall
f,f fha I haH In nd hei IN a1