The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-01
THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
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in the treatment of the matters that
they require. l do not counsel that,
but l counsel that conservative con-
sideration of every question which
should be observed at all times with
out reference to the hundred million
that we are said to have. One thing
more. in the last Congress with our
smaller majority, at a caucus Like this,
appealed to the members to
be on hand at the sessions of
the House. The man who is
most faithful in his place during
the sessions will find in the long run
that his constituents will be most
faithful to him, and do not think that
with the larger majority we can afford
to be absent from our places.
The Old Officers Reelected.
Mr.. Sherman of New York then Of
fered an omnibus resolution for the
reelection of the old officers of the
House: Alexander of Pennsylvania as
clerk; Henry Casson of Wisconsin,
sergeant alarms; W. ] Glenn OF New
York, doorkeeper; Joseph c. McElroy
of Ohio. postmaster, and Henry n.
Couden of Michigan, chaplain. This
resolution was unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Hepburns effort to secure a
modification of the rules followed. Mr..
DalZell of Pennsylvania offered reso-
luton for the adoption of the old rules
with certain prescribed changes, which,
however did not alter the operation
of the rules themselves. His resolu-
ton was as follows
Resolved, That the rules of the
House of Representatives of the Fifty
sixth Congress be adopted as the rules
of the House of Representatives of the
Fifty-fifth Congress, with the follow
ing notifications:
First. That the special orders of
March and March IA, 1900 providing
a method for the consideration of pen
sion claims and other private bills
shall be continued during the Fifty
seventh Congress.
Second. That the place of the Select
Committee of the Twelfth Census in
the rules of the Fifty-sixth Congress
shall be filled in the rules of the Fifth
seventh Congress, by standing COM
mittee, to consist of thirteen members
and have jurisdiction of all proposed
legislation concerning the census and
the apportionment.
Resolved, further, That there shall
be appointed to serve during the Fifty
seventh Congress a select committee
on industrial arts and eXpositions, to
consist of nine members, which shall
have Jurisdiction of all matters except
those relating to the revenue and ap-
preparations referring to the centen
NAL of the Louisiana Purchase and
proposed expositions.
Resolved, further, That the select
committee on the examination and dis
position of documents of the Fifty
sixth Congress shall be continued as a
select committee in the Fifty seventh
Congress"
Mr.. Hepburn Urges Changes.
Mr. Hepburn Immediately offered an
amendment providing that the rules
should be adopted temporarily for for
ty days at the end of which time they
should be placed before the House for
consideration. He made a very earnest
argument in favor of this temporary
action, in the course of which he said
there were four material changes
which he believed should be made in
the rules as they have existed for sew
eral congresses. One of these was to
provide that the right of recognition
now lodged in the Speaker, should be
given to the first member addressing
the chair; the second was to provide
for four suspension days a month in
stead of two; the third was to provide
for the revival of the old morning
hour as it existed before the first
Congress of which Mr.. Reed was
OpGdhCl, anu Tic lO0l III WdS 10 pro-
vide that Senate amendments to House
bills should be subject to the same
points of order to which they would
be subject had the amendment orig
mated in the House.
Speaker Has Too Much Power.
Mr.. Hepburn contended that the
present rules gave the Speaker entire
ly too much power, and in the course
of his remarks made the point that
there was nothing in the constitution
which required that the presiding off,
Ger, chosen by the House, should be
member of that body.
Mr.. DalZell of Pennsylvania replied
at considerable length to Mr.. Hep
burns argument, contending that the
present rules were an evolution and
had worked so admirably in facilitat-
ing the transaction of business that
the Democrats, despite their cutlery
against them during the Fifty-first
Congress, had not dared to materially
modify them when they came back in
to power in the Fifty second Congress.
When Mr.. Hepburns motion was
put, it was defeated by an overwhelm-
ing vote, about to 1. He then offered
in succession as district amendments
the four notifications of the rules
which he had suggested in his argu-
ment. These were in turn voted down.
The highest vote which any of them
received was Al. No question of policy
was brought up at the caucus to-day.