The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-04-06
AMID cAusTlc COMMENT BY CAN.
NON. MANN AND OTHERS
MAJORITY DECIDES,
SPEAKERS POWER SHORN
Regulations Provide for the Election
OF Members Of the Various Commit.
tecs-Demoorats Evinee Disposition
to Gag" opposition--R,sliy indorse
Old Rules.

washington. April 5.-Both houses or
congress listened today to President
Tatts brief message urging the adop-
ton Of the reciprocity agreement with
canada. Then the senate adjourned.
the democratic house proceeding fur
ther with Its organization by adopting
new rules. These are largely n repeti-
ton of those that have been handed
down by many congresses. The demo.
Gratis claim their greatest reform Is
taking from the speaker his power 10
appoint committees and 10 designate
the chairman OF each committee.
The new rules provide for the cleo
tlon or committees and their chalrmen.
The second reform Is n return to the
former democratic practice OF permit
ting amendments to appropriation bills
when the amendments tend to reduce
expenditures.
The rules continue calendar wcdnes.
day" and the unanimous consent cal
cndar and seek 10 perfect the rnle for
the discharge OF committees. This
latter. the democrats say, effectively
does away with the former practice or
siifIng legislation In committees.
"Gaa."
special order limiting debate on
the rules TO four honrs immediately
brought out cry OF "gng'' from
tho republicans. The speeches were
more or less OF political nature
and there was no serious fight on the
rules themselves.
The republicans claimed they were
dcbarred from making such a fight
because of the further provision of the
special order that only one substitute
set of rules conld he offered by the
minority. Even a roll call was de-
manded by the republicans on tho
adoption of the rules
Tho political battle which ragged for
hours was but foretaste of Others TO
come and which are expected to make
the present congress notable. Repre-
sentative Mann was ably seconded by
former Speaker Cannon and Repre-
sentatives DalZell and Olmstcad.
Mr.. Mann charged the democrats
with insinccrlty inaamuch as they
spoke In praise of the rules ana said
they had no purpose 10 take away
right to control legislation. He char
acterized the rule for the discharge OF.
committees as IAN utter absurdity nor
to say idiocy."
Chairman Henry OF the new rules
committee retorted that the rulos thus
characterized had called out the most
dolefui speech from Mr.. Mann that he
had ever heard the gentleman make.
Mr.. Henry also said the fault the
American people had found In the past
was not so much with the house rules
az the bad application of those rules.
"Uncie joe"
4 want 10 say here and now" Mr..
Cannon declared, that substantially
the rules proposed by this legislation
are an Endorsement of nearly all that
Is good In The rules that have evoluted
since the adoption of the constitution
and therefore am not going to criti-
else the rules merely because the ma
I 1ority of the house proposes to adopt
them. Sometimes majorlties and nil
noritles tear passion to tatters ana
appeal from The standpoint of dema-
gosuery and claptrap to people that
would not know a rule or a code OF
rules if they met them In the middle
of street.
And now Il IL said we have a nnan-
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