New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-18
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-The Democratic caucus
which adjourned week ago TO meet this evening
has been postponed. No work has yet been done by
the Committee appointed to prepare currency bill
The currency question continues TO bemost earnestly
discussed by the leading representatives OF both
parties in the House. and great interest is maui
fasted on all sides in regard TO the char-
acter of the measure which the caucus Committee
il likely to report. As has already been suggested
some dissatisfaction exists among Democrats III re-
gard TO the selection of members OF TINS committee
by Mr. Lamar, Chairman of the caucus hepre-
sentative Meade wrote letter to Mr. Lamar pro-
testing and expressing surprise that the Demo'rdtc
state of Ncw-YOrk had not been represented on
this Committee. while three members OF II had
been appointed from Ohio His letter is said 10 have
been very outspoken, and perhaps not entreiy
courteous.
Mr.. Lamar in reply said that a place on the Com
mttee had been offered to Mr.. Hewitt of New-iork
w'o declined 70 serve He then thought that New
York had received all the consideration winch she
had any right TO claim of the Democratic caucus.
The Chairman of the Advisory Committee
of Thirteen appointed early in the ses-
sion) especially to consider the currency queS-
ton was a New-Yorker, Mr.. Cox; and another
representative of that State, Mr. Hewitt,
hal been placed upon the Campaign Committee. II
Mr. Cox's commi tee ha done anything, the new
co nmittee would have been unnecessary. tie added
that only two members of the House from Ohio and
not three had been appointed on this Committee and
the reason for this was that in the delegation from
that State there seems to be represented nearly all
the different opinions on the currency question. Mr.
Lamar explains his failure to appoint Mr.. Ely
on this Committee by saying that after Mr..
Hewitt declined he thought that New
England was entitled to representative The
people of that section of country hail. he thought
Justly complained of unfair treatment in the APP
tointment of the House Committees, and for that
reason he had cOnsd red il his duty to that they
La | proper representation on such committees as
he had 10 select He had therefore chosen Mr.. Bar
IuD after Mr.. Hewitts declination, Mr. BaInum
being as outspoken in favor of hard money as any
representative Of Ncw-York
NJ Lamar considers the Committee, as a whole,
committed to hard money. The House portion Of 1t
stands five infationSts TO four hard-mOney men.
But the Senate caucus selected three advocates OF
hard money, Messrs Bayard Thurman, and Nc
Donald and one ndatOnist, Mr.. MerriInpn, aud then
voted that the chairman of the caucus Mr.. Steven
son who is claimed by the hard-ln0ney advocates,
should act with the other members of the Com
mittee. This makes a majority Of the Joint Com
mittee in favor of honest currency, although it IS
believed that they will generally agree to some com
promise measure, such as Mr.. Payne's bill.
1t is understood among the Ncw-York delegation
that Mr.. Meade asked Tor place on the Campaign
Committee, but that lac recommended by no one
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