The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-18

to the Senate 1t would be deDated ana amended by this rule. The House would be deprived of its rishtful function. It would but emphasize the growing opinion of the country that the House Of Repre- sentativss simply was . machine to register decrees of . few men. While tho popular branch of every legislative assembly in Europe was being given more power, he said, this house was being bound and gagged. The debate to be ac- corded under the rule. he declared would be . farce. because 1t can accomplish nothing.
 Mir. Cannon. H.. argued earnestly in favor of the adoption of the rule.
 Mir. Richardson closed the debate for the minority. In doing % he offered to yield half of his time to any one on the Republican side who cared to oppose tne adoption of the rule. He paused when he had made the offer, but no Republican rose. Smiling faces looked over at him from across the aisle.
 No gentleman on that side b opposed to this rule, said he sarcastically. with your majority of forty 1t will be very easy then to adopt, but is t not strange that with such majority such rule should be necessaryf'
 He insisted there were members on the other side who were restive under the 0em2u0 OL InclI COuStAluOlko AoA - ASNaOsSsA of some of the tariff schedules and that they would have hard work explaining thair action. The gentleman from Wis consin. Mir. Babcock. he declared. could not go back to his constituents with the lame excuse he had offered on the floor. This Is his last opportunity" said. he "and the gentleman knows 1t There will be no other opportunity to give his people relief and if he tries to explain ms course let one of his constituents ask him why he voted for this rule"
 MT. Richardson said that those on his side favored the repeal of the war taxes; in fact, that if they bad their way. they would have been repealed long ago.
 MT. Dalzell closed the debate on tho rule. Tn view of the solicitude of the gentleman from Virginia 0dr. Hay). and tho gentleman from Texas (Mr. BalD, he would say that the Democrats in the Fifty-third Congress had swallowed 649 amendments to the Wilson tariff bill without even having them read in the House.
 The previous question was then ordered. but Mir. Richardson offered motion to recommit the, rule with instructions to report 1t back amended 50 as to open the bill for amendment under the hve-minute rule. Mir. Dalzell made the point that the motion was dlatory. Speaker Hem derscn and MT. Richardson had a sharp exchange over the point of order. which the Speaker sustained.
 The Speaker said similar ruling had beep made by Speaker Reed in the Fifty first Congress. also by Speaker Crisp, and during the last Congress by himself.
 "But subsequent to Speaker Crisp's ruling. Speaker Reed reversed the ruling" said Mir. Richardson.
 'T sustain the ruling of Speaker Crisp" returned Speaker Henderson, smiling.
 MT. Richardson thereupon appealed from the decision of the chair and the Speaker declined to hear argument on the appeal, because the previous question already had been ordered. Mir. Dalzell moved to lay the appeal on the table. This motion was carried-165 to t23,
 MT. Caiderhead (Rep., Kan) voted with the Democrats against the motion to lay the appeal on the table. but there was no break on either side on the subsequent adoption of the rule itself. which was carried--15s to 120. Upon the announce inefit of the vote Mr. Richardson. the minority leader. sprang surprise. Ris- ing in his seat. he said: MT. Speaker, rise to make a request for unanimous consent In view of the fact that we are not permitted to amend the pending bill. and, in view of the fact that two days debate is absolutely fruitless under this rule, ask unanimous consent that the bill be put upon its passage now" (Ap- plause on both sides).
 Members looked at each other in amaxe- ment. Only a few of the Democrats had knowledge of the contemplated coup and none of the Republicans had wind of it. The Speaker put the request and raised his gavel.
 "Is there obJection?' he asked. He waited a moment. Not a sound was heard. "The chair hears none," said the Speaker as he brought his gavel down with a whack. Then spontaneously from both sides the applause rang out. At one moment all debate was wiped out and the clerk. by the direction of the Speaker. read the bill. The verbal amendments were agreed to in gross. Mr. Payne, the majorityl eader. demand ed the yeas and nays upon the final pas sage of the bill. The bil was passed unanimously, 27s members voting "aye." The announcement of the result was ap- plauded on both sides of the House. At 2:50 p. m. the House adjourned.