The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-28

announced the Speaker, who Immediately
| recognized Mr.. Dalzell. who presented the
two rules agreed by the Rules Committee
this morning to expedite appropriation bills
and to continue the legislative day of yes
terday until March 4.
RULES TO SILENCE
VOICE OF MINORITY.
Resolved. that Immediately on the adop-
tion of this rule and at any time thereafter
during the remainder OF this session, it
shall be in order to take from the Speak
ers table any general appropriation bill
returned with Senate amendments and such
amendments having been read the question
shall be at once taken without debate or
intervening motion the following Ques-
ton:
VIII the House disagree to said amend
ments en- bloc and ask a conference with
the Senate? And If this motion shall be
decided in the affirmative the Speaker shall
at once appoint the conferees. without the
Intervention of any motion. II the House
shall decide said motion in the negative. the
effect OF said vote shall be to agree to the
said amendments"
THE second rule which is designed to
continue the legislative day of yesterday
until March 4. is as fellows:
Resolved. That for the remainder of this
session the motion to take recess shall be
privileged motion and take precedence Of
the motion to adjourn
DICTATORIAL RULES
JEERED BY DEMOCRATS.
As the terms of the rules were read at
the clerks desk. the Democrats jeered.
When the confusion subsided Mr.. Dalzell
speaking in support of the necessity for the
rules. called attention of the refusal Of the
minority to allow the sundry-civil appropri-
alton bill to go to conference. 4 request.
he said. that had never been before refused
in the history Of the House.
He pointed out that Congress would ad-
iourn next week and the supply bills must
be passed or an extra session would be
necessary.
Yesterday. he said. there were eight roll
the House being able to accomplish any
thing
Amid Democratic jeers and Republican
applause he characterized the course of the
minority as a childish proceeding"
He said there were twenty-nine bills with
Senate amendments on the Speakers
table A single roll call on each bill would
consume fourteen and a half hours. or
three legislative days. Upon the three
appropriation bills there were in all 27
Senate amendments. which could be used
to consume 13S hours. or twenty-seven
legislative days.
If the supply bills were passed before
adjournment, he declared. it was necessary
| to adopt the special rule. He called the
attention Of his side to the fact that the
rule applied only to appropriation bills. Mr..
DaIzell then yielded twenty minutes to Mr..
Richardson. the minority leader. who in
turn yielded to several Of his colleagues on
| the Democratic side.
Mr.. Underwood of Alabama taunted the
Republicans with being obliged to make the
| humiliating confession that they were un-
| able to do business under the Reed
rules.
Mr. Grosvenor Rep) of Ohio declared
| that the majority was not abandoning the
Reed rules. 1t was simply doing its duty.
| The other side had nothing at stake. 1t
could proceed heedlessly and recklessay TO
attempt to force an extra session to dis
| turb business and to entail enormous ex-
| pense on the Treasury. 1t had no RESPONSE
| bility. With the minority. he said. 1t was
anything TO bring disaster. He appealed to
( his side of the House to stand fast.
Mr.. De Almond CDem.) OF Missouri was
given five minutes, and the entire Demo-
cratic side broke into. tumultuous applause
| when he arose. In bitterly sarcastic terms