The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-25

mand the same rules for my govern
ment and my control as member o.
this house when my political oppon
ents are in the majority that insis
upon for myself when my own politi
cal party in control.
Iwant 70 discuss briefly the pro
POSED rules, now before the House
and to suggest to the House some
amendments thss ! believe viii ap
peal TOT every man, regardless of his
political Affiliations. If he believes in
fair play and good legislation, and
likewise believes in remedying the
defects that have been developed in
the past under our rules.
| regret that we are placed in such
a parliamentary situation here that
while we can talk and talk and talk
we are not allowed to offer amend
ments and to vote. One of the great
est prerogatives of members of this
house is to be permitted to vote up
on propositions material to our peo-
pie and upon propositions material to
the control Of our own body
Now, the gentleman from North Car
DINA said taht the object OF these
proposed rules was to lessen the pow
er of the Speaker and increase the
power of the member Under the rule,
the same as 1t existed before and as
you have repeated it in the proposed
code, the speaker is absolutely in con-
troll on suspension day. He is abso-
lutely supreme. He can recognize or
not recognize as he sees fit
The Speaker need not recognize a
member, and no member is entitled
to recognition under this rule unless
the speaker desires to give it to him.
Now, | do not seek to take that pow.
Ell away. If had my way about it,
would take 1t away altogether; but
WANTED to make this change mode,
rate, so it would have no doubt in
passing and therefore only provided
that notice must be given u the
House so that 1t will be published on
the calendar and the members of the
house may know what is coming up
under suspension. There is no way
now, under this Democratic caucus
proposed rule, of finding out what It
is. The speaker and the man he is
going to recognize carry it in their
breasts. We will sit here all day and
never know what he next motion to
suspend the rules is going to be un.
less one of these men ,ells us. Why
would it not be reasonable and fair
to put on the calendar a notice OF
this motion, the same as must be
done with all bills reported from com.
mittees. If this wonderful power on
suspension day is to be vested in the
I Speaker, why not require that notice
to the membership shall be given as
to what bills the Speaker is going to
hake taken up?
lwant to refer briefly now, in con.
| custom, because | have not the time
to discuss these, questions as would
like to, to the parliamentary situa.
ton as it exists at the present time.
The gentleman from North Carolina
said he wanted to enlarge the power
of the individual. and yet this very
rule you have brought in here and
have adopted by party vote cuts off
the right of every individual member
here to offer amendments to these
| rules, something | must serve under.
something you must serve under. and
the country must live under for the
next two years. | want to say that
you are not practicing what you
preach. applause on Republican
side) You ought to have permitted
amendments to be offered here. I do
not care whether in the past some Re
publican majority has been tyranpical
or not. | never have stood for il.
never believed in gag rule from mo