The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-15

- 70 -, ana the cppsnenfs a the BIN
applaudsd Justify.
he consideration Of the iii to incoroo-
.h;rh n, Wa soees.i 0o order sor TO-DAY. Vas
postponed until tomorrow.
Some miscellaneous pension matters Iere
Disposed or. when Grow. the patriarch Of
by unanimous >onDent upon the origin Of
the COMMITTEES Of the whole on the state
Of the Union. IN which there Was no linn
itatson upon the latitude OF debate.
Grows remarks caused Robinson q In
diana 10 repro.ch the majority because no
code OF rules had been pxeparea for this
proInised. when the Old rules were tempo
rarfiy adopted at the first session, that q
code OF rules would be presented within
thirty days.
Henderson Indignantly denied the charge.
He pointed out that he had only expressed
his opinion that new code OF rules would
be presented within thirty dAyA
I urged this on the committee" said he.
enthusiastically, and I do not want this
charge throws into my teeth now because
the committee of which l am a member
did not agree with ne"
ceeded to contrast the condition of affairs
iii the house at present with the DAYS OF
which Grow had spoken, when there was
full opportunity for. discussion He de-
c!ared that the speaker held the balance
OF power on the committee OF rules. and Il
was fact that he who, in fact. had deter
mined that II was better that no new code
OF rules should be presented and adopted
by this house. He was exceedingly IRON
tcal In his references TO the decadence OF
the old-time provisions Of fun debate Il
had become the fashion. he said, to bring
In repressive rules to cut of debate upon
every important question. and he asserted
that the rules under which the mousse wa3
now operating, which could not have been
nent because OF the attitude OF the speaker
The speaker, from the chair. replied to
his cFtticism rs follows:
The gentleman from Missouri has per-
mitted himself to make statements IN re-
gard 70 the relations between the speaker
and the other members Of the committee
on rules that I am happy to state are not
not feel ITSELF to have been treated 10 an
unusual discourse upon the lack Of liberty
given to the citizen. II SO happens in this
Sspnep sha II there her h ses T.
there are many members. and that while
In theory every man can occupy all the
time in discourse, in actual practice he has
Of every other member. to the rights OF
the body itself. and to the prosecution Of
public business. In 0ctual practice, also.
the house may have noticed that however
much despotism ID exercised by the rules,
there Is no subject In the heavens above
or in the earth beneath that has not been
discussed. even in this present congress-
Now. II the gentleman from Missouri
will turn to the annals Of congress. away
back in fSlS. during the period Of liberty
such as he thinks he desires. he will find
that John Randolph. who certainly was
heard enough to become famous for a CEN
fury. was complaining about the despotism
or the rules at that period. and was also
complaining that even the arch inqu:sitor
himself would have been satisfied with the
wickedness of them. SO you see that hu-
man nature Is the same in all time"
daughter and applause on the Republican
sde)
The house then, at 2,05 p. m, adjourned.