The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-24
III THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The house
agreed to adjourn from today until Mon
day except that the usual Friday night
private pension session will be held.
Inc mouse then took up the question
OF rules for the present congress, whose
consideration was postponed about ten
days ago.
The house was then considering the
Tucker rule to bring members to the bar
Of the house and count them instead 0f
following the Reed plan of having the
speaker count a quorum.
MI. Henderson (Republican), OF Iowa,
from the rules committee reported the
Tucker rule with some modification.
A debate OF over two hours followed
participated in by Messrs. Dearmond, OF
Missouri, Bailey of Texas, Powers of
Vermont, Grow of Pennsylvania, Gibson
OF Tennessee, and Dalzell of Pennsyl-
Vania-
Mr., Deliver Republican). of Iowa. con-
GUIDED the debate with an eloquent speech
IN glorlhcatlon Of the fact that both sides
of the house at last had come around to
the position taken by the Republicans in
the ffty-flrst congress- He congratu-
lated the mouse That a general r-lgn VI
common sense in parliamentary proceed
ure al last had arrived. He called atten-
ton to the fact that Mr. Crisp had sat
silent while the debate today had proceed
ed, and said If any one had predicted six
years ago that the eX-speaker would ac-
Guiesce in the adoption OF a principal he
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it would not have been believed. If
showed that the Democrats did recognise
a good thing when they saw it. for a
sulnClent length OF time. (Laughter.) The
wild and tumultuous. scenes in the fifty
first congress, when for months the
speaker was made the target for all man
ner of abuse, would be recalled only by
anuquarlanS as interesting "reminiscences
of the time when this and all kindred
questions We're settled for all time under
the historical leadership and genius of
the gentleman from Maine. Great aD-
PlauSe on Republican s!0e)
Mr.. Delivers speech aroused Mr.
Crisp, who said he had not intended to
make any protest against a majority of
190, but he could not allow some Of the
imputations Of MIR. Delivers remarks to
pass unnot3ced. The resistance of the
Democrats in the flfty-flrst congress, Mr..
Crisp said, arose out of what he con-
sidered then, as now, an usurpation of
power. The speaker, RIr. Crisp declared
with feeling, was not the master but the
servant and the organ of the house
Mr.. Dfngley asked If an appeal had
not been taken from the speakers lTll-
ing and if the house sustained the
sneaker.
''Of course" replied Mr.. Crisp hotlv
The other side sustained the speaker as
1t usually does, but l " as assuming that
will of their own"
Proceeding, Mr.. Crisp said it was NOT
the rule which the Democrats had OBJ
jected to in the ffty-hrst congress, but its
manner and method of execution.
Mr.. Deliver poured oil on the troubled
waters in few concluding remarks in
which he said ne recognized the fact that
much that had occurred in 1890 had been
the result of hot political feeling. Mr.
Crisp then offered the rules of the ffty-
third congress as a substitute for the
rules adopted. His motion was voted
down without division, after which at
4:S5 p. m, the house recessed until to-
morrow at p. m.