The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-17
EO.HHHT OVER HOUSE RULES
TEE FACTIONS GIT TOGETHER.
WIN PRO WISE o. HARMONY.
Committee On Rules Practically NSsee 80
a Ruls Pro, king f0g tire DlsehaFEe
sf Ans Committee FFam GonslaeVa.
9inR % q Mn NIieF . Certain Tlme.

no row over the rules of the House he'
tween now and the end II the session,
according to present Indications Har'
mony Of thu most sacChaTine brand per
vaGes the chamber a. present and Il u
entirely within the hounds Of probability
that the Rules Committee may report
the ast ard grsatest rules reform desired
by insurgents and Democrats AMI that
the amendment may he adopted without
a dissenting voice
A. told ~ THE SUN dispatches thu
meaning. the Republican insurgents. Re.
publican regular, ard Democrats we're
enra4sd in a rae, 70 So whirh faction
could amend the rules first aud get the
credit Tor the job To-day after all
facsioaa were somewhat exhausted from
thpir efforts and found themselves still
hfraas' thay got together. with good
promise Tor q harmonisus result
When tho Committee on Rules ad-
iournsd this evening after practically an
all day session there was an almost com
plete agreement on an anne ndment Ia
the rules 20 as to provide for the dis
charge Of any committee from the con
Alteration OF hii after a certain time
and under certain conditions. The hnal
touches will i've put % this amendment
tomorrow. and It may he that before
the Speakers gavel falls tomorrow
svening this proposition, which threat
encd for time to open all the old fac
tional wounds stir up slumbsCng am
moeltiAs and raiss hob generally. will
have been adopted by a unanimous vote
and without a harsh word having been
spoken
severty-fve years ago there was a
method nv which a committee could he
discharged from consideration Of any
hiland the mea sure taken up in the HOUSE
by a ma jofity vote But the growth Of
the body ant of the country, with the
supposed necessity tor more stringent
rules q procedure N the hous.. brought
nbous it, elimination The movement nov
on foot will restore tins ancient method
and permit a ma jority 4 the House itself
not a quorum ma iority 20 take from
any committee any bill and place il on
it, appropriate calendar for action al the
proper time
Parliamcntarians. including Asher e
Hinds. the parlmmentarian Of N" House
consider this proposition a decided
backward step forward
The resolution which will bs reported
BY the Rules Committee Is a modification
Of that introduced late yesterday after
noon by Representative Champ Clark
Of Missouri thu minority leadsr and
which IN turn contained the basic prin-
ciples OF the resolution introduced more
than a month ago by Representative
Eharley Of kentucky The COmmittee
also had under consideration to-day the
several resolutions intended 20 accom-
plish this same object introduced during
the last month or two By Representative
Hamilton Fish Of New York But al the
Fish propositions were considered BY
Republicans and Democrats alike 20 10 ~
thoroughly impraCticable that not much
time was wasted upon them.
Il ~ conceded by all factions that Nhsh
this amendment providing for tn dis-
charre Of thu committee shall have been
worked into ths ruiea ~ they nov stand
TIE parliamentary procedure OF tire
House viii please both insurgents and
Democrats some enthusiastic demo-
orats say that Il will he nj Oh perfect
Nothing could demonstrate the meek
and chastened attitude Of the regular
organization more completely than this
willingness Oh the part OF Dalzsll u Penn
sylvania. Smith ~ Iowa and other hida-
bound regulars and Cannon support srs
% accept the Democratic committee dis
charge amendment. In the good Old
DAYS when insurgents were unknown OT
AZ least not a factor 20 he reckOned with.
a proposed amendment II thls sort even
when admitted % possess merit would
have had short shrifi Nhen emAnating
from a Democratic source but Yesterday
after the Democratic leader had agreed
b the Sherley- Clark proposition Rep
rpssntatiye Fitzgerald 81 New Nlra
grabbed a copy Of u and vent over 90
see Representative Mann Of Illinois and
other regulars who were grouped on the
eoor talking things over.
Here s8id he look this over II isn't
perfect but " can b. made 50. Let's get
together and see II re can't gree on
something like This vithIur any fight
This from Fitzgerald. too. who - cred
lied with an inclination 70 fight rather
than % eat.
80 all day long the regulars. the insur-
gents and the Democrats have been get
ting together. OF course some 81 the ir-
recOncilables like Murdock are afraid
that the regulars are trying ~ put some
thing across on them and will not commit
themselves n the proposed amendment
until they zee Il IN printed form aud have
a chance n think u over. Some ~ the in
surgents had a meeting This afternoon
IN the House ONCE bnilding hat wers
unable n agree N anything II 10 under
stood that Mr. Fish u inclined - think
his proposed amendment - q great deal
better than anything else h. has seen
But II has no chance with either the regu-
lars or Democrats. and u the insurgents
do not vote for whatever resolution u
reported unanimously from the Rules
Committee they will no in the unenyiable
pOsBion II seeing he regulars their
ancient enemies, and the Democrats.
their cd agies form . new and harmon
Ois combination, les wing them out ia the
cold
Bat nobody inns ginss that the insur
Rents will let themselves be put IN any
such position Consequently there seems
% b excellent ground for the statement
thft when the Rules COMMITTEES gets to
gsther IN this new committee discharge
amendment the entire HOUSE will vote
for H. This new condition seems ~ put
an snd % al possibility u a renewed row
on the rules this session nor IL Il believed
that the personal feeling ~ some ~ the
Insurgents against speaker Cannon viii
lad them N 60 N lar a. % stand by any
movement 70 depose him.
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