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Show OBSTRUCTIONISTS TO BE CURBED IN THE HOUSE Special Rules Agreed Upon to Frustrate Filibustering: Filibuster-ing: Tactics of the Minority. 7 "WASHINGTON", Feb. 27. The Hoose I ' .. Committee on Rules met this morning , before the House convened and ordered a favorable report of the two special rules prepared yesterday by which ths , . minority power to obstruct legislation is to be reduced to a minimum. The or der Is as follows: ' 1 "Resolved, "That immediately upon j - the adoption of this rule, and at any time thereafter, during the remainder of j l this session. It shall be In order to take tion did not send It to the committee. The Speaker replied that It did not. Thereupon Mr. Underwood attempted to move the reference, but the Speaker declined de-clined . to recognise him for that purpose.. pur-pose.. " .. " The . Speaker- then laid before the House the President's eto of the bill to remove the charge of desertion against Levi L. Reed. Mr. Hull moved the reference of the message to the Committee on Military Affairs and on that motion demanded the previous question. The Democrats forced a rollcall upon the demand. from the Speakers table any general , appropriation bill returned with Senate amendments, and such amendment having been read, the question shall be ' at once taken without debate or Inter vening motion on the following ques- i tion: 1 " "Will the . House disagree to said amendments enbloc and ask a conference confer-ence with the Senate? And If this motion mo-tion shall be decided In the affirmative the Speaker shall at once appoint the conferees without the Intervention of - any motion. If the House shall decide said motion in the negative, the effect of said vote shall be to agree to the said amendments." ' The second rule, which is designed to continue the leglatlve day of yesterday yester-day until March 4th, Is as follows: v ' "Resolved. That for the remainder of this session the motion to take a recess shall be a privileged motion and take precedence of the motion to adjourn. , DEMOCRATS CONTTirrjE TO HINDER BUSINESS AFFAIRS IN HOTJSE. ' ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. With the reconvening of the House at 11 o'clock ( - today the -fight of yesterday was re J turned and the Indications were for a stormy session. When the Speaker's gavel fell Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, made the point of no quorum. "We cannot do business without a quorum," he said, adding sarcastically, "although we can unseat a member without one." The Speaker calmly replied that there was manifestly no quorum present and directed a call of the House. On, the call 267 members appeared. Mr. Underwood. Alabama, rising to a parliamentary .Inquiry, asked if the agricultural , appropriation bill which had come to the House, with Senate amendments had been referred to the Committee on Agriculture. The Speaker replied that it had not; that the chair, exercising his discretion, bad kept it on the Speaker's table. Mr. Underwood called attention to the fact that unanimous consent was yesterday yes-terday refused when It was asked for the purpose of non-concurring in the Senate amendments and referring the bill to conference, and asked if that ac- |