Show SPI A KU A Has No Opposition in the Caucus of Republican Mm rs f House Hou Makes a Speech in Which h He Gives to Congressmen ASHINGTON Nov 30 The cau can caucus W vV cue cus c of the Republican members Of the Ute house was held in the house of representatives this tit afternoon and lasted about three hours Speaker Henderson and the old ohi officers leers o of 01 the house hou e were made the e unanimous choice of the caucus and the major portion I of the time was devoted to an n effort O OIt I lead by Representative n J e Hepburn of Iowa to effect some seine changes in the rules rule of house e Mr Hepburn has made mae a similar light fight for tr the t lib Jib liberalizing lb of ott the rules rifles nl at the th opening pl of each for tor number of ec congress ODge org a numb years ye but without success and ad today toay he was I suc again unsuccessful 1 Mr Cannon of Illinois presided over the deliberations of the caucus and Mr of New Jersey Je acted act as secretary There Ther were wee out ot of the t 18 Republican members Je of ot the house b bJ hoi Simla i r oit in J U fb 1 QI al I j speaker and he lie J wha wa me be besen so sen Jena as the candidate of ol the caucus C Be a e o t was w escorted to the th chair cai by b a cow com committee c consisting of Mr JIlt Payne Pan of o New NewYork NewYork York Mr Tawney of Minnesota Minnta aid ad Mr Lacey Ley of Iowa In I response to a avery avery very nr enthusiastic reception Mr Hen Henderson demon derson eln addressed d the members of the caucus saying in part Work of the te Session We are confronted now with work ae n which will wi affect the t minds of the te pee peo people pie at the te election next net year yean ye Every Republican will w be b upon his hl mettle tUe We VP expect ept the same Ie from the opposition op sion There Tre is always away more activity at every ev congress conge preceding pring a con congressional c gressional renal election than at It any Y other ohr time tm We will wl require all al of the t win wis wisdom wi windon don dom dm we possess p and ad all al of o the pa patriotism p patriotism triot for we e nave have a great danger dager to confront us continually and that is the surplus in the te treasury I appeal appl to my colleagues cleges Republicans cans to keep kep in Ic i mind that t this is J a danger and if we can c be b wise wi in the presence of that lt danger we will w find And approval from the American people ppl The Th American Amr people do not Bt expect any niggardliness n alne pp in the treatment tr of the matters that they require ru I do donot dont donot not nt counsel that tt but I counsel con that tt conservative consideration of or every question which should sl be b observed obe at atall atal atall all al times Ume without reference ren to the hundred million that we are ar soon sn to have Mr Henderson urged urge the members mb to tobe tobe be b regular In attendance upon the sea ses sessions of th th house houseOld hous houseOld Old Officers Reelected Mr r Sherman Sheman of New York then t of offered offered fere an omnibus resolution for fr the reelection of the old oid od officers oc of the theold theold old house Alexander McDowell of Pennsylvania as clerk Henry Casson of Wisconsin as W WJ J Glenn of New York Yok as f doorkeeper Joseph C Melroy Meiroy of Ohio as post master mater and Henry Henr Michigan as 8 chaplain This Thi resolution also al was wu unanimously adopted Mr efforts to secure a modification of or the rules followed Mr of Pennsylvania offered a reso resolution r lotion lution for far the adoption of the old ol rules rul with wih certain prescribed changes chan which wh h however did not nt alter ater the op operation operation of the rules rides themselves His resolution was wa as a follows Resolved Re lve That the rules rles of the te house of representatives of the Fifty sixth be adopted as a the rules of the house huse of representatives of the congress with wih the fol following fo following lowing modifications First Frt that tbt the th special orders of March 8 S and an March 14 1 1900 19 providing a method mUo for the Ue consideration of pen pension p sloe sion siO claims and other oter private bills shall shaU be b continued during the Fifty seventh congress col rr Second Send that the place of the te select the twelfth census rules committee on ott u rule o of the congress 1 shall be b Sued filled in th the rules r of o the th congress C by b a standing s committee to consist cona of o thirteen members imbey b and ad have jurisdiction over all al proposed legisla legislation thin tion concerning the census enus and ad the ap apportionment ap on Worlds Pair Fair Far FarR Resolved Further that there thare thee shall R tat s be b appointed abt to t serve s during durin the Fifty seventh veU a select ft committee on industrial ts anti and expositions to t con consist cn slat of ci if nine members which shall shan have jurisdiction over all aU matters m ter except e VO O the li revenue and ap p tb to the t centennial of the e B purchase exposition el tn and aid proposed expositions Resolved Relve Farther that the select Jec committee on examination arid and ad expo exposition e exposition of documents document of ot the te congress o shall be continued as a a select committee in the con congress cn gress greaL g Mr r Hepburn Hepbur immediately offered an amendment providing that th t the rules should shul be b adopted temporarily for forty days das at the end of which time tm they tey the house for should be b placed plc before ore te hOHle consideration He made a very vey earnest argument in favor of this temporary s L action ct in hi I the t course coarse c of o whisk which w he heed ed out ot four fo material mt change wJ w believed should aud be made m in t the theas as u they have existed ex for lo sev ral con congresses greases Je One e of these t was to t provide that the right of recognition now nose lodged 10 in the speaker should be to the first member tile e chair the second was to provide for four suspension da days s a month instead I of two the third v was is to tl t provide for forthe fOrthe forthe the revival of the old morning hoer as it existed before the first congress Mr Reed was speaker and dad the was to provide that senate mead to the house bills should be subjected to the same points of ot order to they would be subject had the aa ments originated in the house hoWle houseOld houseOld Old Rules Good Mr of Pennsylvania at length to Mr allU arguin contending that the present rules wet wean an evolution and had worked so admirably ad ably in facilitating the transaction transacting tran of that bat the tile Democrats d their ir outcry outer against a thein th i duri congress had not Dot materially modify them when they came back into power in tike tbs Fifty second congress He H took occasion to is score Mr Hepburn for harping on oa tile the subject of the rules The discussion lasted fasted about two hours Mr Ir Shattuc of Ohio the Dalzell resolution Mr Grow Brow ef fit Pennsylvania though generally generall m In favor of the old rules rul s desired a modi moe modification which would take e away from the chairman of committees the power p of controlling time on measures before the house When burn motto a awas tIen was put it was as defeated defeat by an over overwhelming overwhelming overwhelming whelming vote about bout a three to one He then offered in succession as dis amendments the four fleas of the rules which he be had seated in his argument These The Thein in turn tarn voted down The TIle highest ht vs which any an of them received wv wip one No question of poll pota va rag broached breached at th tb thea c lc IU us too ted i |