Show DEAD CONGRESSMEN I Eulogies on Them Have Become Periunctory SUNDAYS SET APART FOR THEM Reed Criticises the New Rules of the House The Peoples Party i Still Intact WASHINGTON Feb 4The House of Representatives Rep-resentatives was called before the bar of public opinion today toanswer the charge of irreverence to the memory of departed Representatives Stout of Michigan was public prosecutor and in the absence of counsel the House pleaded guilty to the charge It was in the days of Adams and Clay and Webster and Calhoun that the practice of setting apart a day for the eulogy of a deceased statesman was inaugurated inaug-urated The eloquent and spontaneous orations of Webster and Calhoun and Clay have given place to studiously prepared remarks As the eulogy became a duty instead of a spontaneous tribute the interest inter-est of the House and country in the events decreased until Memorial doy as now known is regarded as a day of rest and recreation No one feels it incumbent incum-bent to attend the sessions except the orators ora-tors of the occasion The first declaration against the insincerity of such proceedings proceed-ings came from Enloe of Tennessee who desired to amend the rules by providing that eulogies to deceased members shall bo delivered Sundays only on which day the ceremonies shall be opened with prayer by the chaplain The amendment was seconded sec-onded by Morse of Massachusetts I am In favor of this amendment said Mr Stout I happened once Mr Speaker to be in St Louis when a funeral cortege bearing the body of a member of Congress passed through the city The newspapers the next morning said the body was left in the depot while the Senators were talking about the preceding election in the rotundas rotun-das of the hotels laughter and the young members were gone to the theatre I suppose sup-pose to assuage their profound grief Great laughter I The country should know whether or not we are sncere in our professions of respect to the dead Reed of Maine gave the information that the consumption of time in the first session of the last Congress for memorial services was twentyfour days This announcement an-nouncement created great surprise but it was not disputed Although a standing I vote showed a majority 01 uo to ua in favor of the amendment This majority vanished vanish-ed before the dreaded roll call and the amendment was defeated yeas 91 nays 155 Reed offered a substitute for the rule relating to the order of business The only change proposed is that the morning hour which under the code is limited to sixty minutes may be extended indefinitely nitely at tie pleasure of the House The substitute was lost SO to 104 Chipman of Michigan offered an amendment amend-ment providing for Friday night sessions for the consideration of private pension bills Aereed to Mr ONeil offered an amendment requiring requir-ing the committee on rules to report back within ten days all amendments to the rules Referred Ho did not believe when the code of rules was agreed to the House should bind itself hand and foot and have no power to amend i He did not propose without notice to put his head in a halter The amendment was lost Consideration of the rules as reported by the committee having been concluded Reed on behalf of the Republicans offered as a substitute therefor the rules of the Fiftyfirst Congress Lost without division di-vision The code of rules was then agreed to Dickerson of Kentucky offered a resolution reso-lution directing the committee on judiciary to make an investigation and report whether Congress has constitutional authority au-thority to appropriate money for the Worlds Columbian exposition Adopted On motion of Goodnight the Senate bill passed to provide for the creation of the Fourth judicial district in the territory of Utah Adlourned until tomorrow |