Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-04-17
CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.

CONG RESS
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, 'April 9.-AIr. Steph-
ems, from the committee on rules, re-
ported a resolution for the reap
pointment of the following select COM
mittees: Census, reform of the civil
service, law respecting ascertainment
and declaration of presidential cleo
tons, prevention ofepidemic diseases,
ventilation of the hall and causes of
depression of labor, and also to in
crease membership of committees as
follows: Enrolled bills to z: Coinage
to IL: Ways and Means to 10: Ag-
riculture, Judiciary, Elections, Com
MERGE and Appropriations to 10 each,
and also a new rule providing that a
motion to suspend the rules and pass
a general appropriation bill shall re-
quire a three-fOurths majority instead
Of as now two-thirds. The report
was then debated and with the addi-
ton that hereafter the committee on
commerce shall have the same privi-
lege to report bills making appropria-
tons for the improvement of rivers
and harbors that is accorded the
committee on appropriations in re-
porting general appropriation bills,
and that the committees on banking
and currency, coinage and ways and
means have leave to report at any
time, and authorizing the majority to
fix a day for the consideration of any
public bill reported by any one OF
them: Also requiring a two-third
vote to dispense with the morning
hour for any purpose, was authorized
to be incorporated i'll existing rules.
| The object of this amendment of
the rules of the House was to guard
against the passage of an ill-consid-
cred appropriation bill under suspen-
sion of rules. To the intense disgust
of the hard money members the x
tension of privilegesto the committees
named was carried by the help of
the soft money champions. The
new rule does nothing more,
however, than give the commit
tees named power to introduce inan-
cial, tariff, and coinage propositions,
and as these committees are compos-
ed, there is not the least danger Of
visionary recommendations. The de-
bate on the army appropriation bill
in the House was so damaging to the
Republicans that the s~talwarts of that
party in the Senate have made up
their minds to proceed slowly and
carefully and it is not improbable that
ahe House can make good use of the
time thus furnished them for general
legislation.
April 1O.-Speaker Randall an
nounced the standing committees
which on the whole are more salts
tory than vas expected. Missouri
gets one craftsmanship that of bank
ing and currency given again to Hon.
Judge Buckner, who also has a
prominent position on expenditures
of the state department. Judge Saw
yer is ON elections and civil reform
service. Mr.. Wells on expenditures
in war department, Clark on rail-
roads, Davis on claims and eXpendi-
lures In interior department, Clardy
on commerce and expenditures in in
terror department, Rothwell on war
| claims and census, Hatch on agricul-
ture and invalid pensions, WaddIll on
Indian affairs end mines and mining,
Frost on territories and expenditures
of state department, Bland on rcvo-
lutionary pensions and coinage,
weights, and measures, Lay on edu-
ca.ion and labor.
HI NATIONALS
Secured the following satisfactory
positions.
Observation-Disclosures and labor and
expenditures of state department.
Della Matyr-Coinage weights
and measures and expenditures in in
terror department.
Ford-Railways and canals and ex-
penditures on public buildings.
Foryshe-Agriculture and expen-
ditures on public buildings.
Gillette-Revolutlonary pensions
and revision of laws.
Jones-Postofiices and post-.oads
and expenditures of war department.
Ladd-Banking and currency and
craftsmanship of expenditures in post
office department.
L~owe-Manufactures and revision
of laws.
Murch-Public buildings and
grounds and causes of depression OF
labor. =.
Stephensop-Private land claims
anu craftsmanship of mines and min
ing.
Weayer-Elections and expendi-
lures of state department.
neutrality-suspicious. on public
buildings, and on stats of law relat-
ing to electoral count.
A Boston machinist suffers under
the queer halucination that, while in
a lnnatic asylum his brains were taken
out to be cleansed and not all put
bo,k a0ain. For this reason he pro-