River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-12-30
TIC Committee. Discussed.
Washington Telegram, Dec. 81, the Chica
Tines

Mr.. Kerr energies from the prolonged
work Of the committees to-day better IN
health than he has been since the lst day
of last January, when he was in Aiken,
5. g., for the benefit of his health. lie
5 feeling well and satisfied with the re
suits of his labors, and takes the com
ments Of the press Of the country as a
fair judgment Of his intentions and his
purposes. Since yesterday, considerable
change, as was anticipated, has been
brought about. 1t is seen that men Who
have been selected for the arduous and
responsible duties Of perfecting legisa.
on arr in the main as completely ar.
ranged and as we'll selected as could have
been expected under the circumstances.
Mr. Wood, who was supposed to be feel
'ng so Ear chagrined as to mediate re-
.usal to serve, has, on the contrary, gone
to work with great alacrity on the Ways
and Means Committee, being the only one
thus lar perfectly organized and ready for
work, and all through
Mr.. WOOD S INsrRUMENTALITY,
as he has seen prolonged service on that
committee in the House. He met Mr..
Morr son in the committee room, in hi9h
goc / humor, congratulated HIM on the
honor con!,rred upon him, AMI rendered
| his heerticst service to the new leader.
| Mr.. Cox, too, in spite of his warlike
threa erings last night, has etfervers I'd
into something like calmnesS, and wss O.
day chrruping about his Committee.ToOm
ps though Il e lines of bis 'f had neye"
fallen in pIeasan.er places. While Cox
was protesting against the indlgnlty Of his
selection as chairman Of the committee on
banking and corr lcy, it is only the truth
to say that most members were co.,
menting on the good fortune which be-
"a him in receiving the place for which
| l. past record does not indicate any ex-
t,aofdinary fitness. 1t has been re-
marked, too, that in the campaign IN
| Ohio, Mr.. Cox did the same stfaddling
which ruined the chances Of 50 m.ny
Democratic candidates for the Preside y.
While it is generally known that Cox la
vors sound money and early resumption,
It is also known to his dlScTedis that
IL THE BILL ALLEN CAMPAIGN
&c re. lsed to put himself on record to
lat exteat. The committee Is otherwise
clea ly and sharply resumption, and so
arranged that the Republicans will hardly
he able to spring all the ingenious cur-
rencv traps which they have been threat
ening. From the vantage ground of
day retrospective consideration, it is
now the common opinion among the re-
mainiag members that the Speaker has
so managed his material as to block all
Republican prospects for party capital,
though sacrificing to SOM extent the
chief priests Of the party on the altar Of
reform and prOpriety. The Republicans
are fee to own that Mr.. Kerr has taught
his predecessors lesson in courtesy and
far d. aling; for whereas, heretofore, &c
minority have been allowed but Egee
members on the committee, Mr.. Kerr has
Increased the percentage. giving the Re-
politicians, who are in a gree or minority
than the Democrats were, four mem r.
on every committee, and putting the'~
strongest men where they themselves
would have wished to be and wh~-e they
can do the most good for themselves and
their country.
So soon as the Speakers health he's
sufficiently improved, he will begin work
upon an exposition of the resources &C
the country and discussion Of the ca o.
rency and finances, which shall be the
key note Of his party during the coming
campaign. It will be remembered that
Mr.. Kerr studied the question Of finance
and tariff previous to 1872, and that tlS
views were largely adopted by the Dem
ocratic party before
THE WILL o ruE wisP INITIATION
seized upon them during the last two or
| three campaigns. So soon as prepared
Mr. Kerr viii take the floor aud define
the situation from hard money, free
| trade point of view, showing the necesSi.
/ ties Of reform and the me hOd by winch
it may be brought about. Ii is probable
that Mr.. Morrison may await the exposi.
! ton Of kerr's views before giving any
significant demonstrations Of his own
conyic IONS on pending questions in the
committee Of ways and means
Mr.. Blaine, untrammcled by official
duties, has given his days and nights to
the consideration Of n speech which WI
embrace all Republican declarations on
finance, and which shall sound the tocSin
ir his Presidential outbreak. lie ha
hoped TO present this during the past two
weeks, but circumstances did not pc
init, so the House and the country vii
have the novelty OF two Of the chief men
of party plttcd on the lists one as s.u
dent aud state man, and the other as a
politician rot without scholastic training.
Il is understood on all hands that the
two questions Immediately TO be thrown
into the arena Of discussion. and which
will elicit the strongest battling, are the
reform Of The revendc tariff and the
.clcuhe up Of the currency muddle
Upon them Kerr has given his party
largely the advantage. The committee
ON Ways and Means Is
HEApTp rs FREE TRADER,
who is supplemented by the strongest IN
that belief in the party, Blaine and Kelley
on the Republican sidg representing thc
old tariff an protection line of thousl.
The committee giving the most Sat,loc
ton is that on the District of Columbia.
people here taking Buckncr's appoint.
mrat as cuatau &c Of an overwhelming
&c the ring and the substitution ofhunr
men lar rl,cal> in the municipal offices
p. Bu 'kucr, the chairman although p
a. o.at.f frotn Missouri Vas hnrtt in Ir.