The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-16

House of Representatives of the Six tieth conGrsss be adopted e the ruiel of the House of Representatives fol the first or extra session of the Sixty. nrst Congress. including the standing orders of March . and March 14. 190t treiating to consideration of pension and claim bills of Frfday) which are claimed in force durng said brst ses. sion with the following amendments tc said rules of said sixtisth Congress!
 'First-That the Speaker be. and hs Ia hereby authorised. to appoint ths following standing committees and nc others. unless he is hereafter specin- caily authorized to appoint other com mittees by resolution of the House:
 ''The committee on ways and means On printing: on accounts; on mileage and on enrolled bills.
 "Seconj-That section one of ruJO ten. where 1t relates to the committed on rules. be amended to read as fol. lows:
 "'on rules. to consist of fifteen members, who shall be elected by the members of the House, said committee to elect its own chairman
 Resolved. further, that the follow ing named members of the House: Dal- sell. Smith. (Iowa): Mann. (Illinois, Currier. (New Hampshire): Joseph H. Gaines. (W. virginia): Gardner. Mas | ris. (Nebraska); Hayes. California; Ollie James. (KentuckY; Champ Clark, C. W. Underwood. Hitchcock. tNebraska): Hay. tvirginia) and Bur- leson. (Texas). be. and they are here- by elected and appointed members oi the committee on rules. with all the rights. powers and privileges confer. the rules of the House and in addi- tion to the powers conferred upon them. they are hereby authorized and directed to revise. amend. simplify and codify the rules of procedure of the House and report their conclusions to the House of Representatives on the first Monday in December, 1909, which report shall be of the highest privil- ege and remain so until disposed of by the House. That said committee shall have authority to sit during the session of Congress and In recess; to send for persons and papers and to take testimony before either the full committee or any subcommittee there of; that the necessary and actual ex- penses incurred in carrying out the purpose of this resolution shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House. Provided, that said committed on rules shall continue to act until said report shall be finally acted upon by the House."
 l Dalsell and Clark. l The Republicans forced a roll call on MT. Cark's motion for the previous l question and the call had not proceed ed far whom MT. Clark demanded that members be ordered away from the Speakers desk. He had observed MT. Dalzell on the rostrum and called par ticular attention to that fact.
 There Is member of the House getting your resolution. which he has a perfect right to have" angrily re- piled Mir. Dalzell from the rostrum. General turmoil ensued. The Dem ocrats were wrought up to high pitch of excitement and demanded that MT. Dalzell get out of that" get down off of there"
 MT. Clark was insisting that Mir Dalzell be ordered away. The gentleman from Missouri is not in order." Speaker Cannon an- nounced.
 "oh. he'll" a member audibly re- marked in disgust
 The speaker halted the roll call and said he did so because of the high character and standing of Messrs Dal- zell and Clark.
 And now.' he said. "the gentleman from Pennsylvania has the form of the resolution"
 me for copy" hotly remarked Mir Clark.
 With warmth. MT. Dalzell interject- ed that he had copy of the resolu- tion and so saying, he left the rostrum and took his seat.
 The roll call proceeded.
 The motion of MT. Clark for the pre- | vious question was voted down 179 to 2Oa.
 The Fitzgerald Amer ndment
 MT. Fitzgerald (New York;. im- mediately offered a resolution modify ing the present rules. Ills resolution eliminated the present requirement of obtaining the consent of the Speaker for the submission of the bills under unanimous consent: required that be- fore the close of a session of Con- gress. all pills shall be placed on a calendar where there may be chance for their consideration; made neces- sary a two-third instead of a majority vote to set aside calendar Wednesday and provided for a modification of the present power of the committee on rules to force a vote on bill.
 Mir. Fitzgerald declared that those who were persistent in their advocacy of changing the rules had not made a concrete suggestion unless 1t was to take away the power of tue speaker.
 To the insurgents proposition for a committee on committees, MT. Fftz- gerald said he was unaiterably oppos- ed. The changes suggested by him. self. he said. would cure the defects in the rules One reform which his amendment would effect. he said, would be to give the minority an opportunt- ty to vote to recommit the tariff bill | with instructions.
 Mir Fitzgerald and MT. Clark, both Democrats, became involved In sharp colloauy. MT. Fitzgerald had yielded to the minority leader for question but the latter proceeded to propound ii to Mir DalzelI. The New York mem- Der insisted that 1t was aA abuse of his courtesy and that the question should be asked of him
 "T am going to do 1t and don't want any slack jaw about 1t either VI sharply retorted MT. Clark.
 "T decline to yield" was MT. Fitz- gerald's response. amid Republican applause.
 MT. Clark appealed to the Speaker that MT. Fitzgerald actually had yielded to him.
 wal. take it back" said MT. Fitzgerald. with some show of temper
 You will wish you had yielded was Mir. Clarks rejoinder.
 VIII Not Be Scared.
 Mir Fitzgerald remarked that ht was not going to be scared of by any threat. He declared that no mar could take advantage of his courtes, and then abuse him. " now yield t' the gentleman from Missouri" said he
 .T absolutely refuse to accept" re sponded Mir. Clark.
 When Mir FttzgeraId concluded MT