New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-04
SPECIAL RULES N HOUSE
Republicans Take Action Which Re-
duces Minority 0bsn uction Tao
tics to Minimum.
PROVIDES FOR CONTINUOUS SESSION.
Motion to Take Recess Given Pres
cedence of Motion. TO .Adiourn-An-
other Rule Rushes the Considers
ton and Disposal of Appropria-
ton BdIls-Butler Ii Unseated.

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Washington, Feb. 2s.-The house
committee on rules met Friday morn
ing before the house convened and orr
dered a. favorable report on the two
special rules prepared Thursday by
which the minority power to obstruct
legislation is to be reduced to min
imum. The orders are as follows:
Resolved, that Immediately upon
the adoption of this rule. and at any
time thereafter during the remainder
Of this session, it shall be in order to
take from the speakers table any gen.
.eral appropriation bill returned with
senate amendments, and such amend
ments having been read the question
shall be at once taken with out debate
or intervening motion on the following
question:
ssssWill the house disagree to said
amendments en- bloc and ask a confer
ence with the senate?' and if this mos
ton shall be decided in the affirmative.
the speaker shall at once appoint the
conferees, without the Intervention
of any motion. If the house shall de-
eide said. motion in the negative, the
effect of said vote shall be to agree to
the said amendments.
The second rule, which is designedt to
continue the legislative day OF Thurs
day until March 4, is as. follows:
ssResolved, that for the remainder
of this session the motion to take re-
cess shall be a privileged motion and
take precedence Of the motion to adj
journ.''
Butler Is Unseated.
Washington, Feb. 2S.-Amid scenes
which recalled the memorial BILE and ex-
citing days of the Fifty first congress,
when party feeling ran fiercely and the
hall Of representative resounded with
denunciat of the alleged "high-
handed methods OF the majority.
James J. Butler, of Missouri, was un-
seated Thursday by the house and
George C. r. Wagner was seated IN his
place. The democrats had decided at
their caucus in the morning that if
this case was called up they would
prosecute filibuster from now until
March 4, regardless of consequences
to legislation. and they began the
fight as soon as the gavel fell at noon
Fight Continues In House.
Washington, Feb. 2s.-With the re-
converting of the house at IL o'clock
Friday morning the fight of Thursday
was resumed and the indications were
for a stormy session. To start with
the point of no. quorum was raised.
Then followed contentious over refer
ence of bills, etc, which consumed
much time.
Mr.. Cannon (Ill.) then asked unani-
nous consent to disagree to the senate
amendments to the sundry civil APP
preparation bill and send the bill to
iect. Mr.. Richardson asked if underline.
republican rules of the house the bill
did not go to the committee on appro-
pria tons.
'sAll the rules of this republican
house have been and are being sa-
credly enforced" replied the speaker.
':Al1 / ask is the enforcement Of the
rules said Mr.. Richardson. 81 de-
mand the regular order"
1.-THE gentleman from Tennessee OBJ
jects,'' announced the speaker, who
Immediately recognized Mr.. Dalzell.
who presented the two rules agreed
to by the rules committee Friday
morning to expedite appropriation
bills and to continue the legislative
day of Thursday until March 4.
As the terms of the rules were read
at the clerks desk the democrats
jeered. When the confusion sub
sided. Mr. Dalzell, speaking in sup
port of the necessity for the rules,
called attention to the refusal of the
minority to allow the sundry civil APP
preparation bill to go to conference,
a request. he said, that had never be-.
fore been refused in the history Of
the house.
Senate Passes Naval Bill.
Washington, Feb. 2s.The senate
Friday passed the naval appropria-
ton bill. It also passed the mill
tary academy appropriation bill.
Senator Blackburn moved to take up
the Littlefeld antitrust bill. Sem
ator Quay said he wanted to state
that if the vote came upon the bill
direct he would ask to be excused, as
he owned stock in some of the So
called trusts affected by the bill, but
he reserved the right to vote upon
taking it up.
Senator Blackburn's motion was
defeated, % to 3s, a party vote, with
the exception of Senator McGomas
and Senator Wellington. Of Maryland,
and Senator Nelson, of Minnesota.
The senate at 1:45 p. m. went into
executive session to consider the Pan
anna canal treaty.
Senator Morgan took the floor im-
mediate1y after the senate went into
executive session and continued his
remarks in opposition to the Panama
canal treaty. He had spoken for only
ten minutes, when there was a roll
call to secure the presence of a quo
rum. which was made at the in
stance of Senator Pettus.
E0vVa Rank Cashfer Suieidea