| Show THE NEW RULES The Jlajorltjr and MInority Report Upon the ew Code Ordered Printed POSTMASTER INTIMIDATED DY VIOLENT THREATS John E llaj rrf NomInated Mar sisal for or1 Dakota Declines De-clines that Omco MINISTER PHELPS AND DIS MARCK ENJOY THEMSELVES sews from Tortupil Tho Proctor Emjr Bnrnlnf Tliat Lottery Lot-tery Itlll Dy Teletrarh to the Xrtrel run norsn RULES The New Code rilrdnml Ordered Flrd lul ordrr to be Printed WASHINGTON Feb S Though not formally plent In the HouH tuo majority and minority reports rpor upon the Dew code of rules nave Liven filed with tho journal clerk nnd ordered printed In regard to the rr t te rule authorizing the Speaker t count a quorum the report ray The process of ascertaining the presence of a quorum t do business under the Constitution would ordi Cmmuton narily b under the control of the Speaker who would derive his te formation from his own senses or by aid of the clerk or In any ay which would satisfy his mind as t the accuracy of the count Under our system of roll calls i has been deemed more convenient t steer ain and tln announce the votesof mem bins and the presence of those who refus t vote at the same time amy > am-y the same means Discussing kite new clause to rule 20 that no dilatory motion I IF U I entertained by the Speaker the r xjrtjays This clause is merely declarator of parliamentary law There are no words which can b framed which will limit the members to the proper use of proper motions In the I day tuch prostitution of le itimate motions was caused by an gee wilfulncss and party real but pry z tot s much as among the leglsla toes of today This abuie has prawn to tuch proportIons that the pants mcntary law which governs Amen an assemblies has found it necessary t keep pace with the evil and enable tho majority the mJori by intervention of presiding oIlmen to meet by extraordinary ordinary means an extraordinary abuse of power on the part Eme times of very few members iriS AnaVE that tills doC not confer 1 dangerous danger-ous power a the Speaker will not dar t act in the face of a majority gainst him Considering the question provid Ing that one hundred members shal constitute a quorum In committee of tho whole the report fctatca that tnt mnI rl is called and points out the act that everything done In the commIttee has t b reported to the louse and that nothing I done in any way final the minority report signed by article and Randall revleng the pnoposed > code and criticises I manyof its features The minority says Under cbus 4 of rule24 no bill on thIn Houe calendar can b reached for a consideration unless oiled up by the committee who rf ortcd 1L Under clause 5 game rule no lntliidu member can uko an original motion for the pun Paso of considering any particular bill in committee of the whole Vhcn however a motion ha been made by direction of the committee t g into committee of thu whole or to consider a particular bill an Individual member may move t mend it by designating another bill This Is the extent of his right under the proposed rule I is orient ori-ent he Ir be zle AT A GREAT DISADVA TAGE I The only reasonable explanation for this discrimination is the policy of f the proposed rules to suppress In Ividua members of the Ilinise a Car a possible and to Increase the power committees In act under he proposed rules the individual member will scarcely here power to mats a motion of any r except when ho acts a the representative of 1 committee and by its dIr tion onRelative Relative t the change in the rules overnlng the committee of the < Iernng te wbole the minority bay It ha always been universally conceded that the committee of the whol6wa simply the House itself that I has never been considered eccwary to prescribe in the rules what number of members Is numbr membr I necis bars t constitute a quorum In such committee The Constitution r uires a majority of all members deLI to constitute a quorum to do business In the House and without any rule on the subject the same umber has always been recognized nCr In the committee of the whole in addition t this propoi prpI Lion t reduce the number necessary t constitute a quorum I is also UnQUOTe by 1 modification of old lule 2 t confer upon the commit itt of the whole the power t dose pwer all 1 debate on any sectIon or para raph of a bill under consideration Such power unto never been heretofore hereto-fore given t the committee but has ways been exercised by the House and in our opinion it would b unwise un-wise to mats a change in this r sport especIally If lou members are to ee constitute a quorum in commit t eeOn the subject of permitting the Speaker t count quorum THE MUtOKRY SAY This is the mot radical and in our opinion mOt dangerous inno ation proposed by the majority If 1 aJ agreed i to it will lbzor only overthrow the construction uniformly given the Constitution for more than a century but will enable less than a majority of therepresmtativesof the people I to pass the most important laser ailectlng the Intents of the whole country The personal and property rights of citizens protected icretofore by laws enacted by tote t-ote of 1 majority maybe Impaired destroyed by tne votes of n mere fraction of the members Congress or if less l than 1 majority may pass eaMirus In the House of course theme the-me Ihlufr may ho done In the male In ibis tame wnycnonnous tunis of money may b appropriated rom the public treasury for the mot unconstitutional purposes and ic Interests of the taxpayers completely pletel subordinated t the eflflnh demand 01 private individuals and corporatIons Without entering hitre Into a discussion of the constitutional consti-tutional qUCUon involved lu this reposition we earnestly protest alnstitasa measure of the most dangerous and revolutionary charter char-ter TIlE PROPOSED CLAUSE lowing the Speaker t refuse t en rtalu any motion which ho may inj consider dilatorj I Is absolutely in nsbtentwith Uie other provisions oC the rle To provide that memo hers shall have a right t make err laIn motions and at the same Ume the speaker may refuse t entcrta them and may also refuse t enter lain an appeal from his d entr simply to place the whole law of the House P far a parliamentary mo ofcr tons are concerned In the pnaidln A NAVAIj OFnCEtt IX TROUBLE Charges of drunkenness and cnn ely have been filed with the Ser cr tary of the Treasury against Captain Dgllt Caplln ii A Hey of the revenue steam Bca The ado alleged were com milted during tie recent mlt durng rnt cruise of that vessel in Alaskan waters The bccrvtary has directed an investip ton and the board of revenue ohli cere to be appointed for the purpose will I naturally convene in San Fran Cisco a Captain Healy nnd the neighborhood necessary witnesses are In that A IAND CLAIM CURT ExRepresentative Thompson oC Kentucky and J G Kachry of tithe city made argument before II House committee on private land claims today In favor of the bill e < lablishlng 1 I land court of tlire Judge t try all private land claim arising from the States of Colorado and Nevada and the Territories Arizona New Mexico and Utah INTIMIDATION uckorth recently nnpolntei l postmaster at Sharon Taliaferro county Georgia hoc represented t the polofllce department that lie I I prevented by threats of personal vlo enr and hostile demonstration from taking possession of his ofllce I appears tliat Duckw orth who I understood t b an independent Republican was some time ago appointed postmaster to succeed a JemocraL who wIth Ma feteo It is represented 1 aTe n used every means to prevent his successo from entering nts nh duties threats of personal violence and even death It Is stated wenepubllcly 3 I made and heaped upon him So he 5th of the prevent month Duck worth wrote the PostmasterGenera hat bo could hold out t 2 f no longer asked that IIbVY resignation L cccptcd After consultation with he President and First Assistant otmasterGeneral Clarkson 3Ir Vanamaker last night telegraphed Duckw orth a follow a Whatever power this dcpartmen hIlLS will b used t protect you ant mep you In possession of the ofllce t whIch you have been appointed CommunIcate freely by telegraph full ct if Interfered with further and Immediate action will betaken taken He also ordered two povtafllce In specters t proceed immediately t Sharon and Investigate tho whole matter AttorneyGeneral Miller hn ordered the United States mar ml to tho scene of the trouble luckworth n recommended for ofilco citizens by a large number of reputable rOTC BRAVERY The President has Issued certificates certifi-cates for bravery t tho following irned enlisted men in the army George Arungton Company O I wentyfourth Infantry Kenjamiu lurge Company K entyfourth nfantry Hamilton Lewis Com panv l Twentyfourth Intantrv T ln p l 9 V lii Company Tnentyfourtli Infan try Julius llanira Company II wentjrfourth Infantry DECLINED John llaggert recently nomInate nom-Inate marshal fur North lUVoUi tcliueU the olllcc and the iioiniiia ton is withdrawn I Ilonli Tlilo HKLEXA Feb SlitrifTParcr who is on his nay 1 Helena nltli 8tte Senator Locker wa arrested at Itozeman tills afUriioon by the Ihrll of Gallatcn county Ifs waived examination and w at plicwl under lands As the matter now stands liecJiur is at itozunmn with icshcriir After sberifTParker gave bond nt cieniau hu took Becker Islet a tlocitl train niitl got him t Helena tollighlt at halfput ten Becker was brought Into the Senate and thu ucstlon a t whitheror not hc ball he fitted I now being considered Tho prescncu of Becker makes a quorum and it is understood Urn enatew HI sit all night A Delrcllre Klllril KANSAS CITY Feb SEd indlay shot and killed Joseph Can Find by is n politician anti ne of the bvst known fportlng men In the west Cirr seas a privatcde ectivc whom FIndlay long ago had covered dogging Ills footsteps and by whom he had been arrested nee I turned out that Carr had > ceu hired by Findlays wife to taclow him and report his mUcon duct Since that repr Findlayand CaIn had lon bltttr enemies The two men this afternoon exchanged 1 ew angry words and then FIndlay drew a revolver and flredcix hot n to tho detectives body Flndlay woo locked nil A Denperndo Killed MUNCIe Ind Feb 8Ycoter day altcrnoon EU Lad a colored desperado was tjcctcd from a tore r In Jllountvillc l Ladd led for home but foon returned armed with two revolvers A number of citizens were at tho sr and Ladds op icaranco was te sIgnal forahootlng After firing several shot Lad ran ndwaa pursued half smile when lIe dropped dead Examination howe seven bullets in his body ohn Davis and Charles Lake of tilt pursuing party were slightly oumlcd lnf Is considerable excItement among the colored pee 111 large number of whom rio nL lilountrillc but the whites generally gene-rally commend Uiekillingasliadds many drapcrate acts had made him much feared LIveStock Men CHICAGO Feb 8The executive mmllttc of the Live Stock Er langcheld It first meeting today I decided that a rebate not exceed log onehalf the commission ng onchnf rmmllon may b made regularly etabllhedlivo itock markets named in too rules of the several exchanges Mr I1uel bmltteila resolution proxiiJing forte for-te establishment ot a quarantine neat the south line of Kansas Adopt General Pherma Dlrlbda JCmv Yom Feb SGencm WillIam Tecumsu Sherman celeb noted the seventieth anniversary of his birthday this evening at hU home by entertaining at dinner his brother the senator and a number of friend among whom were launcey t Dejuw General I Wag ncr Swayne Jo > ph JI Chortle and Colonel Wilson superintendent i of Vcst Point That tollerr HIIL UlSJlAiiCK jr D Feb SA member of thou Hour rays that weut3 members of that body have agrted t sustain tho Governors veto of the lottery bill when it comes It t will take twentyone votes to de fet 1 passage over the t The opponents of the lottery bill think it will surely ito 1 defeated either before or after the veto while Its friends are very confident of winning ubllc meetings are being held allover scheme all-over the State tq consider the rhelpn and llUniar k BERLIN Fob SMlnlster Phelps and wife were Invited t rhclp Prince Illamarck to make the ai Prnc Blmark t Iko ta uaintance his family and think a glass of Rhelnlsh wine over the lettlement of the Samoan troubles The dinner hour was an early one and the only person present e elusive of doe family was Dr Bchwenninger After dinner they adjourned to the library and tey Chancellor lighted his long pip and tent for some whisky lie faIt fa-It was thr recent gift of a friend In the United States Thus equIpped nU 1S fora social 1 bout this Cbancell proposed and all drank to the hUt of tbo President cf the United States I TIlll Coma Dawn CIUCAOO Feb 8Tise Grand Pacific Hotel one of the finest and best known In America was Sold today to Levi Letter and will b torn down A curious feature I that the great hotel I at Its prim and with ample patronage With l he location t the new Board of Trade and many great oGles built InS in that vicinity during tho pas pt few year however bas come an enormous rise In the value of real state and tho demand ett demlnd for ofllce buIlding I s constantly Incrcas log that It rendered the Deration oC he hotel there comparatively non productIve After discussion ar jltratora and an appraiser were appointed ap-pointed who have sold the building and the leasehold of the ground to Letter for 400000 and he wilt put up a business block The price ap pears very email when it I con idereU that the hotel cost over hreequarters of a million dollars and the land I the most valuable In he city tltrrttnry 1roctorn itmg 7 LOUISV7IJE Ky Feb SA TourifrJuurnali Lexington Tenn Iicclal givea an interview with W f J Faunce the alleged wTitl of iulencu at Aberdeen Miss and bout whom P much ha been raid In the United States recently raunce says he went t Al > ordeen Mix last October to work at his trade A few days after tbo death of JetTersou Davis in December whIle at work on the roof of a lulldlng be untied a rope w hich h nln1 Un 11 rp was the one whlcli held the nigy t Secretary Proctor whom the people had hung In efllgy but when he came down ho learned It I had been reported that ho would How no effigy t b hung while he was In town A bricklayer named name fcDona asked him about it and struck him in tha face Faunce then concluded to leave town nctwith landing Uio mayor promised him protection Faunce who said he was a hotheaded t orI con eluded by saving he did not think much of the atTalr and could see why all this CUR had been noIsed bout IL Faunce ba had a yet no communications from Attorney General MIller nor any other of the authorIties ARnlrn lit Iortncal LisnoN Feb Senor J B An rode Corvo a member of the Council oC State hI sent a challenge to lyun Potre the British Minister wing to the nature of his reply t th1sstionofotudenJ0 A ha expelled this Kuglbh member because they furnlsheu a ttatimcu t the newspapers In London com ilainlng of the treatment t whlcl they were subjected The municipal authorities of Oporto l have decided to subscribe to the fund for national dtftnfts The EnglIsh members of the social clu whoM house was attacked bj udrnta yesterday because tine club Klinltteil Englishmen to retain ueuiberthlp hao resigned |
