Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1890 — CARLISLE NOT A CAT’S-PAW. [ARTICLE]

CARLISLE NOT A CAT’S-PAW.

He Informs Republican Congressmen that They Must Correct Their Own Errors. [Washington special.] Mr. Carlisle’s minority report on the new code of rules is not so voluminous as he expected to m ike it. The action of the Republican caucus on the rule governing legislation on appropiiation bills and on some of the other rules relieved Mr. Carlisle of much ot the work of preparing the report. He does not go into details. A large number of Republican members of the House regret their action in adopting a rule giving the Committee on Invalid Pensions the privilege to report and * call up pension bills at any time. The rule was adopted without mature deliberation and before its possible evil effects had been pointed out. There has been for several years a strong feeling among a portion of the Republican leaders against wild and incoiisiderate pension legislation, but they have been compelled to stifle their opinions for the supposed good of the party. The men now think that a mistake has been made in adopting a standing lule that will throw open the doors at all times to any scheme of pension giving that may be brought up uy soldier statesmen, and they would like to revoke their action in adopting the rule. One of the most prominent Republican members of the House, who is also a member of the Committee on Rules, approached Mr. Carlisle on this subject, told him how unpopular the new rule had already grown, and intimated that if the Democrats would like to have it stricken from the code they could be accommodated by having one of their number make the necessary motion. Mr. Carlisle was not to be led into such an agreement as this, but suggested that, as the had been adopted in the Republican caucus, it would be Letter for the motion to strike out the rale from the new code to come" from thfe Republican side House. The members opposed to the new rule are now looking about to find one, of their number to make the motion.'