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A RULES FIGHT
HOUSE UPsErs RULING or THE
SPEAKER ON THE NEW RULE.
PR0CREFSIVES ARE SOLID
Radical Republicans Join Democrats
Ia Appeal From Ruling OF
the Chair.
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ny Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 10 The stir
ring scenes OF the hast session OF Con-
sress, when tho House oyerthrew Cam
non and took the making OF Its rules
into It's own hands, were ro-enacted
In part Of the floor Of the house to-
day
Threatened with what was believ-
ed 10 be an effort to draw the teeth"
OF one OF the most important Of the
new rules, the Democrats and insur-
sonts joined IN defeating the speak
er. by vote OF l45 10 1875, the COM
blned forces rallied TO the support OF
Representative Fitzgerald. Democrat
OF New York. and sustained him in
his appeal from tho speakers ruling.
The fight developed as the result OF
the second attempt to use the new
rule, which gives the house power to
discharge committee from further
consideration OF bill that has been
referred to It. The insurgents and
Democrats believed this rule con-
cludcd that as soon as consideration
OF bills by the unanimous consent had
been concluded on every first and
third Monday OF the month, the
house was bound by the new rule to
tsIo up motions and discharge the
committees for the custody Of speci-
fled bills
When that moment arrived today,
however. Speaker Cannon gave rec
ogniton to Representative Hull of
Iowa, chairman Of the military affairs
committee Hull moved that the
house resolve itself into a committee
OF the whole and take up the con-
sideratlon of the military appropria-
ton bill upon which II had been
WORKING the last week.
Immediately there was a rallying
OF forces and stffcning of ranks
among the Insurgents and Democrats.
Fitzgerald insisted upon the consld-
Grafton Of the motion to dlcharge tho
committee which was upon the calen-
dar Cannon declined 10 give Fitzger-
aid preference. hut said that he would.
be glad to consider the point Of or
der II Fitzgerald wanted TO make one.
The Democratic member declared
that he did not have 20 make n point
OF order; hl5 right Of recognition un-
der the new rule was without raising
any point Of order against the speak
ers action.
The Insurgents. Democrats and reg
ulars Jumped into he free debate
which followed, Upon the speakers
refusal they were forced 10 mako a
point of order against tho taking up
Of the army Appropriation bill The
speaker had ruling on the point pro-
pared In advance and read from man
uscrlpt he held that the new rule
dld not make Il mandatory upon the
house to take up motions or to dis
charge the committees; that It simply,
made such motions that In order III
the house desired to take them up.
Upon this basis tho speaker held
that Hull and tho army appropriations
bill had the right OF way and that
the motions provided for under the
new rule could not bo Interposed
~ appeal from the decision Of theI
chair" cried FITZGERALD.
Payne Of New York, the Rcpubli-
can leader OF the house, moved to lay,
II on the table The Payne motion
was defeated by vote OF 1876 to 1874
rhcn followed au acrimonious debate
upon the ruling and when tho vote
finally was taken upon the appeal
rom Speaker Cannon's decision,
,wenty-three insurgents and all but
,nc of the Democrats present voted
against the speaker. and as tho result
defeated the ruling by a vote OF 1i5
10 l26
The Republican who voted with the
Democrats against tho speaker: Car
ry, Wisconsin; Cassidy Ohio; David
son, Wisconsin; Fish, New York;
doode. Iowa: Gronna, North Dako
Ia llausen, Iowa; fllnshaw, Iowa;
Holdenworth, Iowa Hubbard Iowa;
Kendall Iowa; Kopp. wisconsin,;
Kusterman. Wisconsin; Lanroot, Wis
consin; Madison, Kansas, Morse, Wis
consin: Nelson, Wisconsin; Norris,
Nebraska; Pickett, Iowa; PondeXter,
Washington; Stafford Wisconsin,
and Steenerson. Minnesota.
Saunders Ct Virginia was tho only
Democrat voting against Fitzgerald In
appeal from tho chairs decision The
resultant vote settled definitely the
status OF the new rule. Tho plan
had been outlined before tho session
opened In case Of an attempt to sot
the army appropriation bill In ahead
OF the motions 10 tuko the bills away
from tba cou1uilttpN