The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-09
TO THROTTLE
 THE MINORITY House Gives Speaker
 More Power. DEMOCRATS HAUNT REPUBS Williams Says They Cannot Make
 Him Lose Temper. Dalzen Presents . Rule to Pass Hills By Majority Vote, Which Is
 Adopted by Psrtisan
DEMOCRATS HAUNT REPUBs

Washington, April s.--After debate which consumed a large part of the day. in which the leaders on both sides participated. and in which there were many sharp passages. the House today passed a new rule enabling the Speak CT to declare a recess at o'clock every day for the remainder of the week without roll call.
 Notwithstanding the rigid rules ai- ready in force, the Democrats forced i've roll calls on the rule.
 The debate was participated in by Messrs. DeArmand and Williams. Defll- ocrats, and Messrs. sherman and Dai- zeli on behalf of the Republicans.
 Beginning the controversy. MT De- Armond said that evidently 1t had be- come offensive to the Republicans to have a roll call notwithstanding the requirement. of the Constitution. He Attributed their reluctance to desire not to be found on record. He admit ted that the adoption of the rule would demonstrate that the Republicans could pass any bill they desired. to pass. but urged that it would place scuarely upon them the responsibfiity TOT all failures to legislate.
 MT. sherman responded that the Re- publicans were perfectly willing to as~ sume entire responsibility.
 "The Republican Party" he said. "has always been ready to accept full responsibility when it has been In pow CT. which is in striking contract to the Democratic Party, which even when iG is in power has lacked the courage to carry out its declared poiicies-'
 Mir. Williams claimed credit for forcing the Republican majority to . vote on many important measures He made reply to Mir. Dalzelfs speech which had been calculated, he said. to cause him to grow angry. but he did not propose to lose his temper simply because the Republican leaders did not want him and the President to lagis- late.
 aBut" he said. Eve will ieglslate: we shall get a free wood pulp bill but we won't get campaign publicity bill because of the near approach of the elections. when you want eontrieu- l tions."
 Mir. Dalzen denounced the nllbuster as mot only unseemly but un1ustiiiabla and indefensible."
 He declared no limitation had been nut upon debate and asserted that bus mess is further advanced now than at the same period in the last Congress.
 As if to divest the Democrats of ev- cry vestige of any power left to them, Mir. Dalzell subsequently, reported ar- other rule which the Republicans put through by sheer force of numbers.
 The rule provides that hereafter q general appropriation bill that has been considered and amended in committees of the whole House shall be put on its passage under suspension of the rules and that a majority and not a two thirds vote shall carry the bill through.
 The object of the rule Is to prevent the Democrats securing roll calls on motions forcing votes on amendments  Williams Fine Leadership.
 Washington, D. C., April s.--tspe- ciaI. )-Under the inspiration of an ex- traordinarily brilliant and telling speech by Minority Leader Williams today the backbone of the House Dem ocrats were considerably stiffened in spite of the outrageous gag rule brought in by the Republicans mem-' bers of the Rules Committee.
 It was demonstrated to the complete satisfaction of large gallery atten- dance that Dalzell and Sherman are no match in any sort of debate for the Mississippian who scored some neat points, and gave the Republicans an idea of what they may expect from him for the rest of the session. It was a noteworthy fact that when l Mir. sherman in his speech today planned to have the Republicans ap- plaud his reference to President Roosevelt that not a man applaude1. The truth of the matter Is that most of the House Republicans are anti Roosevelt in feeling.