Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-03-20
With Aid Of Democrats 1hay
Amend House Rules.
SPEAKER sHORN OF POWER
ANY Member Enabled to Call Up
Bills for Action. !

washington, March 16.-AItef one
Of the stormiest sessions in its history
the house of representatives, regard
less Of party alignment, adopted, I'll
to 172, resolution by Mr.. Fitzgerald
dem, n. W whereby the rules were
amended in several important particu-
lars. The resolution was a substitute
for one offered by Mr. Clark of Mis-
souri,.
It's adoption was accomplished only
after the insurgents" with the aid OF
the Democrats, with one or two excep-
tons, had won decided preliminary.
victory by voting down a resolution
by Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania max
ing the unamended rules of the Six
tieth congress applicable to those of
the present congress.
Speaker Cannon is inclined to re-
gard the amendment as slight i'm
provement on the present rules, in
that instead of throwing the RESPONSE
bility for recognition on him it sets
aside certain days for the considera-
ton of measures under unanimous
consent; but, he says, under the new
rules members will have to wait fort'
those days.
Effect of Amended Rules.
AS analysed by parliamentarians the
amendment makes three important
changes. First, it establishes "calen-
20 fc of
feet of which is to enable a member
to have a proposition brought before
the house without having to go to the
speaker for recognition. This change,
they say, will be relief to the speak
er. Second, when consideration of a
bill is concluded and the previous
question is ordered the rules hereto
fore have provided for motion to
commit with or without instructions
It has been the practice to recognize
member of the majority party to-
make this motion and thus prevent
the minority from offering such in
structiOns as it may desire. The new
rule gives the minority the preference
in making such motion and thus en-
ables them to get record vote on
propositions which would otherwise
be settled ir committee of the whole
house, where no record vote is posi-
BILE. Third, it protects the calendar
Wednesday by requiring a two-thirds
instead of q majority vote to set it
aside. Fourth, it is also claimed that
the amendment will have the effect of
preventing favoritism by the action of
the committee on rules in special
cases.
The Vote on Speaker.
When the roll was called on the
vote for speaker Mr.. Cary (Wis.), one
of the insurgents, when his name was
called voted for his colleague, Henry
A. Cooper, also an insurgent, who in
turn voted for George w. Norris of
Nebraska. Mr.. Cooper received an
ether vote from Mr.. Davis of Mime
sota..
Mr.. Hinshaw (Neb.) gave his vote
tc Norris, while Hubbard of Iowa IA
vGred Cooper Mr.. Kopp (Wis.) cast
his. vote for Mr.. Esch, his colleague.
Mr.. Lenroot (Wis.) voted for Cooper,
while Lindbergh (Minn.) recorded his
vote for w. P. Hepburn of Iowa, an
ex-member. Four more votes were
added to the Cooper column when
Messrs. Morse, Nelson and Poindexter
(Wis) and Murdoch (Kan.) an
themselves for him. None of
the candidates whose names were pre-
sented voted for himself although,
with the exception of Mr.. Cannon.
they were all present.
Clerk Mcdowell proceeded to an
nounce the vote, when objection was
made by Mr.. Clayton (Ala.), who
made the point that the result should
be based on the report of the tellers
and not the tally clerks. In conse- s
quence there was short delay.
Finally the tellers reported as fol-
lows: Cannon 204, Clark 1856, Esch 1,
Ncrris 2, Cooper 8, Hepburn l..