The herald., 1896-01-24
IN THE HOUSE

Rules Adopted and an Exciting Speech De.
Iivered by DoIiiver
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The house re-
sumed consideration of the rules and dis
posed of the last amendment offered by
the committee. 1t was substituted for the
quorum rule of the Fifty-irst Congress, the
method of compelling the attendance of a
quorum proposed in the Forty-sixth Con-
! gress by j. Randolph Tucker with some
notifications. 1t was not until the rules
of the Fifty-frst Congress stood adopted,
with the few notifications reported from
the committee, that something like excite
ment was engendered by an eloquent
speech from Mr.. Dolliver of Iowa. He
taunted the Democrats with at last acqll-
escing in the adoption of all the principles
adopted in the rules of the Fifty-first Con-
gress, against which they had raised their
voices in 1890. This speech drew forth an
indignant reply from ex-Speaker Crisp, in
the course of which he reviewed the whole
history of the controversy and charged the
other side with trying to make political
capital by false pretenses.
The house agreed to adjourn from today
until Monday, Except the usual Friday
night private pension session will be heidi,
then took up the question of rules of 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 of following thg
Reed plan of having the speaker count
quorum.
Henderson of Iowa. from the rules COM
mittee, reported the Tucker rule with some
notifications.
A debate of over two honrs followed, par
ticipated in by Messrs. Dearmond of Mis-
souri,, Bailey of Texas, Powers of Ver-
mont, Grow of Pennsylvania, Gibson of
nd no t>f av,in
! Mr.. Dolliver, Republican of Iowa. con-
| cluded the debate with an eloquent speech
! in glorication of the fact that both sides
of the house at least had come around to
| the position taken by the Republicans in
! the Fifty-tirst congress. He congratulated
the house that the general reign of common
sense in parliamentary procedure at last
had arrived. He called attention to the
! fact that Mr.. Crisp had sat silent while the
| debate today had proceeded, and said if
any one had predicted six years ago that
| the ex-speaker would acquiesce in the
! denourced six years ago, it would not have
been believed. 1t showed that the Demo-
Gratis could recognize good thing when
they saw it for a sufficient length of time.
| Laughter. The wild and tumultuous
scene in the Fifty-first congress, when for
months the speaker was made the target
for all manner of abuse, would be recalled
| only by antiquarians as one of the interest
| ing incident 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 ap-
plause on the Republican side.l
| Mr.. Delivers speech aroused Mr.. Crisp.
| who said he had not intended to make any
| protest against a majority of $50, but he
could not allow some of the imputations of
Delivers remarks to pass unnoticed. The
| resistance of the Democrats in the Fifty.
| frat CriSn aai6 ont 1f nh
he considered then, as now, an usurpation
of power. The speaker, Mr.. Crisp declared
with feeling, was not the master, but the
servant and the organ of the house. Mr..
| Dingley asked it an appeal had not been
taken from the speakers ruling, and if the
house sustained the speaker?
! "Of COURSE" replied Mr.. Crisp, hotly;
| "the other side sustained the speaker, as it
usually does, but l was assuming that the
members of the other side had some will
! of their own,''
| Proceeding. Mr.. Crisp said it was not the
rule which the Democrats had objected to
| in the Fifty-first congress, but its manner
and method of execution.
| Mr.. Dolliver poured oil on the troubled
| waters in few concluding remarks, in
which he said he recognised 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 Fifty-
| third congress as substitute for the rulos
| adopted. His motion was voted down
without division, after which, at 4: :35 %.
M, the house recessed until tomorrow.
NOTHING DONE
Contrary to expectations, todays meet.
ing of the house foreign affairs committee
did not deal with the several delicate cues.
tions before the committee except the
Armenian massacres. In response to an
overwhelming demand from religious and
other organizations, resolutions, in some
respects patterned after those before the
senate, were adopted and Quigg was