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Show INSURGENTS URGE REFORMJ RULES WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 The house committee on rules today) gavo a hearing to Representative Norris of Nebraska, and Representative Cooper Coop-er of Wisconsin, insurgent Republicans, Republi-cans, on their resolutions urging re forms in tho rules. Both favored amendments limiting the number of words in thevtltlcs of bills, to meet tho threats of regular Republicans to flood the calendar with bills long In title and otherwise obstructive ob-structive m order to defeat the reform re-form rule as to discharging bills fioin the committees. Mr. Cooper believed that any bill could bo pnt within 125 words." Mr. Norris and Mr Cooper believed a member of the house had been limited to ono motion to discharge in one session, ses-sion, while Mr. Martin of South Dakota, Da-kota, who also appeared, said that a member should have only one such motion on the calendar at a time. |