Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-27
DRASTIC RULES
REPORTED TO THE HOUSE

Washington, Feb. 27.-The house
committee on rules met this morning
before the house convened and order
ed a favorable report of the two special
rules prepared yesterday BY which the
minority power to obstruct legislation
Is 10 be reduced TO minimum 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, 1t shall be In order TO
take from the speakers table any gen.
eial appropriation, bill returned with
senate amendments, and such amend
ments having been read the question
shall be at once taken without debate
or intervening motion on the following
question:
"Will the house disagree to said
amendments en- bloc and ask a con-
ference with the senate? And II this
motion shall be decided in the anlrma
tive the speaker shall at once appoint
the conferees without the Intervention
OF any motion. II 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 designed
e continue the legislative day of yes
terday until March 4, Is as follows:
Resolved, That for the remainder
Ct this session the motion to take a
recess shah be privileged motion and
take precedence OF the motion to ad
iturn."
The previous question was ordered,
15S-lO4 and another rolcall followed on
the motion to refer the message TO the
military affairs committee.
The message was referred, 1873 10 49,
As soon as the speaker had announced
the vote Mr.. Fleming Dem, Georgla),
rising to a question Of the highest priv
ilege sent TO the clerks desk and had
read the following resolution;
Whereas, II appears from the Con-
gresslonal Record OF Feb. &C. 1903 that
by actual count and announcement by
the seapker pro tempore a quorum was
not present when the resolutions We're
voted upon declaring that James ].
Butler was not elected and that George
c. X. Wagner was duly elected rep
resentative IN the Fifty-seventh Con-
gress from the Twelfth Missouri dis
trict, and that the point Of no quorum
was duly raised upon the vote OF each
Of said resolutions and that the same
In each instance was overruled by the
speaker pro tempore. In violation Of the
Constitution, the rules of the house and
the practise Of all parliamentary bod
les.
Resolved, That the announcement
by the speaker pro tempore that said
resolutions were adopted was in fact
untrue, and that James j. Butler is
still entitled to his seat In this House,
and that the said George G. r. Wagner
is not now entitled TO the same"
Mr.. Payne, the majority leader. was
recognized despite the protests OF Mr..
Fleming that he could not be taken off
the floor and he moved TO lay the reso.
luton on the table. The Democrats
forced rollcall on the motion. The mo-
ton prevailed, 16i TO i07.
Mr.. Cannon OF Illinois then asked |
unanimous consent 10 disagree TO the |
senate amendments 10 the sundry civil |
appropriation bill, and send the bin to |
conference. Reserving the right to OBJ. |
tect Mr. Richardson asked IL under the |
Republican rules OF the house the bill |
did not 80 TO the committee on appro-
priations.
All the rules OF this Republican
house have been and are being sacred. |
ly enforced replied the speaker.
AN ! ask Is the enforcement OF the
rules, said Mr.. Richardson. 81 de-
mani the regular order"
"Thc gentleman from Tennessee oh
jects' answered the speaker who i'm
mediately recognized N. Dalzell, who
presented the two rules agreed 10 by
the rules committee this morning 10
expedite appropriation bills and TO con-
tinue the legislative day Of yesterday
until March T.