Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-12-15
IN THE HOUSE.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE House.
today. for the second time during this
Congress, refused to consider the
Lodge immigration bill. At the last
session an attempt was made to take
it from the speakers table, but 1t was
defeated by large majority. Mr..
Danforth of Ohio, chairman of the
immigration committee thought the
bin would be stronger, after the cleo
tions We're over. but. today, when he
tried to again secure consideration the
House declined 100 TO 1913 TO take ii
up.
An interesting bill brief debate on
the rules We're precipitated during the
session by Mr. Grow of Pennsylvania
during which Mr.. DeArmond made
speech on the decadence OF the prlvil
edge of debate in the House and heic
Speaker Reed responsible for the fac;
that the House had had no opportun-
ity TO adopt a new system or rules al
this session. The Speaker replied witt
a sarcastic speech, in which he re-
ferred to the complaints of John Ran
dolph. in the early days of the century
to show that the same circumstances
were made then that were being heard
today.
The pension appropriation bill was
reported to the House. today, and Bar
ney. Rep, Wis. gave notice that he
would call it up, tomorrow. The Sem
ate bill to regulate the sitting of the
United States courts within the dis
trict of South Carolina, was passed.
A bin to pay ]. w. Seligman sl756
the amount of certain coupons of Uni
ted States bonds lost at sea on the oc
c2sion of the sinking of the runard
Line steamer Oregon, in 1886, was
passed
D4nford, Rep, Ohio then called up
he Lodge immigration DILL which was
passed by the Senate at the last ses-
| sion, and which has since been upon
the Speakers table. a. Barthoid. Rep.
Mo, raised the question of considera-
| tian against 1T.
The House refused To consider the
bill, lo1 TO 1o3 Much interest was
manifested in the vote and when the
! Speaker announced the result the OPP
! pJnents of the bill applauded Justify.
| The consideration of the bill to incor-
| pora'te the International American
Bank, which was d special order f0l
today, was postponed until tomorrow.
| Some miscellaneous pension matters
We're disposed Of when Grow, Rep, Pa.
the PATRIARCH of the House. made Il
/ short historical address, by unanimous
| consent, upon The Origin of the Com
mittee of the Whole on The State of
The Union in Which There Was No
Limitation Upon the Latitude of De-
| bate
| Grows remarks caused Robinson.
| Dem, Ind, TO reprCach the ma lori Y
because no new code of rules had been
proposed for this Congress. He chary-
ed that Henderson, Rep. Iowa. had
promised when the rules were tempo
iarily adopted at the first session, til 1t
a code of rules would be presented
within so days. Henderson indignant
ly denied the charge. He pointed out
Nthat ne had only expressed his opinion
that a new code of rules would be pro-
sented whiting 30 days He had ex
pected it then. and he had not wanted
The House to adjourn with the last sei-
sicn without adopting new rules. TIL II
had been his wish.
II urged it said he emphatical!v,
''and | don't want this charge throw n
into my teeth because the committee
OF which l am a member did not agree
with me. 1t is a cowardly thing t.
I do"
DeAlmond. Dem, Mo-, contrasfed the
condition OF affairs in the House q.
present With the days of which GroN
mad spoken. when there was full o.
portunity for discussion. He declare 4
that the Speaker held the balance of
/ power on the committee on rules and Il
was he who in fact had determine 1
that II was better that no new code of
rules should be presented ard adopte /
by this House.
beArnond was exceedingly ironic .
IN ms reference to the decadence of tn .
cd TN privilege of full debate. 1t
mad become the fashion. he said. u
bring the repressiye rules to cut off de-
bate upon every Important question,
The Speaker from the chair replied to
his critics as follows:
The gentleman from Missouri ne )
/ permitted himself to make statement.
an regard to the relations between the
Speaker and the other members of con- :
mttee on rules that / am happy II
state are not justified by the facts
The House must not feel itself to hav