The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-02

prompts me to object to the consid-
Grafton Of a bill, no doubt the man
In charge of that bill will, figuratively,
come on his hands and knees, with
hat In hand, even the gentleman from
Kansas Mr.. Murdock, trying to con-
vince his contender on the floor that
the consideration of the bill ought not
to be objected to.
said | was glad there was I'm
| animous Consent Calendar. You will
not pass so many bills by unanimous
consent; but | congratulate you, Mr.
Speaker, as congratulated myself
when the Unanimous Consent Calen-
dar was created, because before that
time I made an absolute rule, as one
member of the House, not to submit
any bill under request for unanimous
consent that would habe objected to
from the floor; because the Speaker is
a member of the House, and when he
refuses to submit matter for unani-
nous consent he does not refuse as
Speaker, but as member for the
Speaker always can object as mem.
ber
The old practice entailed upon the
Speaker the absolute duty to examine
every bill submitted for unanimous
consent, and he did not submit a bill
unless, in his judgment, it had that
merit and that want of Importance,
If you choose that entitled it to be
considered with safety in the way in
which we consider reimbursement
bills.
| say you will not pass so many
unanimous consent bills as you did
under the old practice, but shall
vote against any amendment, now or
in the future, to dispense with that
calendar, because l know how it re-
lieves the speaker to have 1t.
All, but, Mr.. Speaker, you are not
member of the committee on rules
and that is great thing that has been
established, because otherwise YOU
would have been car. Laughter on
the Republican side, Let me tell you
about the rules. Under the uniform
practice, up to the last session of Con
gress, the Speaker was "a member OF
) committee of five, of which he was
chairman Proposed amendments t.
the rules and proposed special orders
were sent to that committee. Let me
tell you something. No report wa.
ever made from any committee OF
; rules until there had been thorough
canvass of the majority side of the
House, and it was practically absolute
ly certain that it was the will of the
majority that he temporary rule OF
special order should be made, anC
made because the business could no
be properly done under the rules o
the House in the presence of 10000
other bills and that hte proposed spec
ial order should be made, and mad,
: because the business could not b,
properly done under the rules of tn,
House in the presence OF 10000 othe
bills and that the proposed special or
der would secure majority vote. 81
how the car fades out!
To the gentleman from Texas Mr.
Henry. | have this to say: | an
neither prophet nor the son of
prophet The gentleman is chairman
of the committee on rules, or W. be-
chairman of that committee, consist
.ng of II men. | venture the prophec!
here that no report will come from
that committee until caucus of tina
side of the oHuse have instructed tn,
gentleman to make it, or there hai
, been the equivalent of caucus b,
canvossing his side of the House I,
assure him that he has a majority
= Car Henry, are you any more or les
ear than was the Speaker?
He has done pretty good work OF