The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-19

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| but Hit did not arise.
The gentleman tHitD," added Mr..
| Bailey, lis as silent as the republican
| party on this question"
| Again the members cheered and the
galleries also applauded. Then Mr.. Hit
arose, but instead of replying to Mr..
! Baitey's challenge, he called the atten-
tion of the chair to the fact that Mr..
| Bailey was not discussing the point of
| order. 1T is an attempt to have two
general debates" said he. The demo-
| Gratis jeered at this statement. Mr..
| Hepburn. in the chair, then sustained
| the point of order. whereupon Mr.. Dear
| mond, in order TO get the question be-
| fore the house in a better form, offered
| the senate Cuban resolution as an
amendment, and when it was overruled,
made his appea! from the decision of
| the chair.
BY this time the greatest excitement
existed in the house The galleries had
filled to overfowing; messengers had
/ been sent scurrying to all quarters of
the capitol to summon republicans who
We're absent from the hall. 1t was evil
dent that there was fear on the part OF
/ the house managers that the house
might be carried off its feet on this
! first occasion of a test of the sentiment
/ toward Cuba.
The house managers made their fight
/ for regularity of proceeding. The
speaker, who was in the lobby, came
/ into the hall and helped to rally his fol-
/ lowers. Mr.. Dingley. the floor leader
of the majority. took the floor He
characterized Mr.. Dearmond's appeal
| from the decision of the chair as
most extraordinary proposition. 1t was
a proposition to override the rules, he
said, and establish a new mode of pro-
cedure and to destroy the orderly tran
saction of business
Many a time" he was saying, Il
| might have been tempted for partisan
| purposes
Then the gentleman comedies this is
a partisan question: shouted Mr.. Ter
ry, democrat of Arkansas. That the
| democrats are on one siue and the re-
publicans on the other?"
Mr.. Dingley waved Mr. Terry aside
and paid no attention to the Interrupt
tion, which the democrats had APP
| plauded. Mr.. Dingley appealed to his
side of the house to sustain the rules
of the house. The republicans indi-
Gated their support by warm manifes
| tations of approval.
| Mr.. Dearmond got the floor again and
| in reply urged members on both sides
of the house to vote ito free this house
| for one hour from a dominion so abso-
| lutte that 1t is impossible to get eonsid-
Grafton for any matter, no matter how
| important or urgent, without the con-
sent of those in authority in the
| house"
| be our loftiest duty to observe the pet
| ty, shifting rules of the house, no mat
ter where they lead or what the ext
gencies of time demand"
| Again at this point Mr.. Hit protest
| ed that the debate was not on the ques-
| tion before the house, and again the
| minority jeered.
| Il am sticking as close to my text,
shouted Mr.. Dearmond, las the gentle
| man from Maine tMr. Dingley) did
Mr.. Dearmond declared that no code of
| rules should violate the plain dictates
of humanity and decency.
| Mr.. Simpson. populist of Kansas, in
! terrupted to state that the speaker
| himself had violated rule 10 by not ap-
| pointing the committees of the house.
| Mr.. Henderson, republican of Iowa. a
member of the rules committee. an
swered with spirit and much evidence
of feeling. He said the Missouri men,
ber fDearmond) was again lecturing
the house. He was interrupted by Mr..
Dearmond. and the eolloquy was fast
as to alleged promises that the new
code of rules would be presented. When
| at one point Mr.. Dearmond got a round
of applause, Mr.. Henderson exclaimed.
1T is your political buncombe that you
are applauding. There is no commit
tee in this house SO mighty as to act
or retard action unless the house is be-
hind it, And there is no man SO mighty
as to retard action unless a majority of
the house is behind him.
The confusion redoubled as the de-
bate proceeded, many members con-
tending for the floor, while the area in
front of the speakers desk was crowd
ed.
Mr.. Henderson gave a parting shot
by declaring that If a majority of the
house desired action on the Cuban res
olution, il would find means for action.
But if majority is against action
on that resolution he added defiantly,
then that action will not be taken,
despite the fine play of the gentleman
from Missouri.
brief clash occurred between MIR.
Bailey and Mr. Dingiey on the pro-
cedure in the present case. Mr.. Lewis,
democrat of Washington, gave a
breathing spell by making long
speech on precedents favorable To the
Cuban amendment. The Cuban theme
temporarily disappeared and Mr.. can
non. republican of Illinois, and others
discussed the parliamentary status.
If the Cuban amendment is not in
order asked Mr.. Bland, democrat of
Missouri, of Mr.. Cannon, how can the
question be brought before the house
so that we can vote on it2'
Il am not required to answer how
you must proceed" answered Mr.. Cam
non, amid derisiye laughter from the
democratic side. do you yourself be-
lieve this amendment is in order"
eS. 40, responded MT. BldnH,
because this is the only way can
get at it. 1t is law of necessity just
now"
Again the debate drifted into pro-
lix contest between Mr.. Bailey and Mr..
Dingley over parliamentary procedure.
Mr. Lacey, republican of Iowa ar
gued that the minority could i'll afford
to consent TO a change of rules of the
house. The rules were for the protec-
tion of The minority.
Nr. Fleming, democrat Georgia de-
clared that while he was i'm favor of ac-
knawledging the independence of Cuba he
had sworn 10 support the rules of the
house. and he could not bring himself 10
overthrow them. These remarks earned
for him several rounds of applause from
the republican side. Immediately break
occurred in the republican ranks. when
Mr.. cnlson. republican. Kentucky de-
nounced the inaeiion OF the house on the
Cuban resolution and the applause was
transferred To the democratic side. This