Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-18
Rucker Alone Votes Against
Rules Amendment.
SIMS SHIEDAT PROPOSITION
Regulars, Insurgents and Democrats
All Claim Credit.
RIGHT TO RELIEVE COMMITTEE
Representative From Missouri Re-
fuses to Travel Road Blazed
by Opposition.

There was a regular love feast in the
House of Representatives late yesterday
afternoon. when regular republicans, in
surgent republicans and democrats united
In adopting the much-discussed amend
ment to the rules which permits a ma
jority to discharge any committee from
the consideration of a bill.
The only drops of vinegar in the other
wise saccharine proceedings were spilled
and Sims of Tennessee
Rucker Suspicious.
Apparently Mr. Fuckers only reason
for suspecting that the proposed amend
ment to the rules was a bad thing was
the fact that Speaker Cannon and his
lieutenants, Representatives Dalzell of
Pennsylvania. Payne Of New York and
Smith of Iowa, were for it. But the
House laughed at kucker, as it did at
Sims.
Finally, when the vote was taken on
the adoption of the amendment, Rucker
registered the only vote in the negative.
VI course no opposition 70 the pro-
posed amendment had any chance at all
regulars, insurgents and democrats had
reached an agreement on the proposition.
For the first time In its history, probably,
the committee on rules had submitted a
unanimously favorable report
The proceedings, in truth, were 30 mild
and gentle as to constitute a mere bur-
lesque on the real battle of March ID,
when Speaker Cannon was eliminated
from the enlarged committee on rules
and an effort made to depOse him.
Rules Amendment Up.
The general deficiency bill had been
under consideration all day when, about
o'clock it was suggested that the COM
mittee rise and tackle this rules bust
ness. After some scrapping this was
agreed to.
tee explained the we'll known provisions
of the proposed committee discharge
amendment to the rules. Having an
hour at his disposal he announced that
he would turn half Of it over to the mi
nOrity leader, Champ Clark.
But Representative Sims of Tennessee
called attention to the fact that Mr..
Clark was in favor of the rule, and sug-
gested that Mr.. Dalzell should yield time
to some one in opposition to it.
II don't know that any one is opposed
to it, said Mr.. Dalzell.
Rule Bad, Sims Believes.
Il am" cried Mr. Sims. Borrowing
five minutes from Dalzell and five from
Clark. he proceeded to rip the amend
ment into shreds.
This rule" he declared. SHOULD be
voted down unanimously. 1T permits a
motion to discharge a committee before
the committee has had fair chance to
get started in the consideration Of a
measure.
The regulars are putting it all over
the insurgents and democrats. But they
can't fool me-
At the end Of nine minutes Mr.. Sims
ran out of verbal ammunition and sat
down.
Rucker Goes It Alone.
Mr.. Rucker amused the House consid-
erably although he didn't intend it that
way.
~ do not believe we are going in the
right direction in adopting this amend
ment," he said. why do I doubt? Be-
cause the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Dalzell, is going In the same direction
Because the gentleman from Iowa. Mr..
Smith, is going in the same direction. Be-
cause l see the leader of the republican
forces, Mr.. Payne. going in the same di-
rection.
Il do not believe these gentlemen and
the other standpatters. who are going me
way your are leading, ever go in the right
direction. You are going with the entire
republican membership.
Il choose my company. If I cannot go
with my democratic colleagues without
marching with the men we have been
denOuncing all these years, by the eter-
nal gods. 1 will remain where I am
Would Need Guidance.
Representative Stanley Of Kentucky,
one of the wags of the House. jumped up,
wearing a broad smile.
Il wanted to ask he said to Mr.
Rucker. 'if these old political sinners on
earth should start toward heaven, would
you 60 in the other direction?"
WELL" replied Mr. Rucker. after the
laughter had died away, If when 1
start heavenward, l should find these
leaders of republicanism going in the
same direction I would pause and hum
bly, pray for Divine guidance. becaue l
would doubt like the devil II they were
going in the right direction
The committee on rules has presented
this mongrel. Mr.. Rucker wound up by
remarking, this cross between q demo-
cratic mule and republican elephant,
which no one can accurately name but
which resembles the emblem of republic
canism. and asks democrats to vote for
it. l will not do it,
And he didn't.