The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-20
AFFAIRS IN CONGRESS.
sTILLHARPINaoN The COMMITTEES,
Til. D,Slt. In til. House on til. R.por. of III.
Committee on RulsE -ThS Whole Matter
R'sOnnltt'd-BIn PfOvldlns for Retire.
meat Of Hunt PAus, the Senate.

SAS Ss1sS OSPhIueuti IVulSulttl0ktW TWO au
ditional volumes Of the speeches Of III
late NJ. Theirs, contributed by the sister O
Madame Theirs, for the library OF tn
House.
Mr.. Bayne, from the Committee on Mill
tary AGai1, reported bill for the estab
lishment OF a home for INDECENT soldier
and sailors ut Erie, PA. Referred to tb,
Committee Of the Whole.
Mr. Burrows, Of Michigan, rising to {
personal explanation, corrected IN error II
the Detroit Post and Tribune, attributing tc
him the introduction OF bill last NLonda,
to retire the National bank notes, He
would probably have enough OF his own
sins to be responsible for witho ut being re
sponsible for the sins Of others.
Mr.. Burrows, of Missouri, said he would
take all the honor on himself of having In.
troduced that bill.
The house then resumed the-.cousidera.
ton Of the report Of tho Committee on
Rules, increasing the membership Of the
various committees.
Mr. M'Lane opposed the amendment offer.
cd yesterday by Mr.. King, giving to the
Committee for the Improvement OF The
Mississippi river the same right to report
appropriation bills for that purpose as the
Committee on Appropriations now has.
MIR. Dunnell also opposed the amend.
ment.
Mr.. Page spoke to tho same effect and
promised that the Committee on Commerce
would report river and harbor bill that
would be open to amendment, and would
not be railroaded through the House under
suspension oil the rules, and that the bill
would contain appropriations for every
great, Important and needed improvement,
MIR. Morrison suggested to Mr.. King that
under the circumstances the amendment
should be withdrawn and the matter
should be left with the Committee on
Commerce.
Alter some further discussion, Mr.. King
withdrew the amendment, giving warning,
however, that he would watch the Com
mittee on Commerce to see how the prom.
ises now made Would be kept.
MIR. Randall stated some reasons why he
favored part Of the report Of the Committee
on Rules. He did not assent to the propo.
sitlon that small committee was in the
public interest and TINT a large committee
was not. He denied that influences were
much more easily brought to bear on few
members than on many members. Most
Of the business was done by subcommittee
OF three and five, and the more sub.
committees there were the greater was the
information obtained on NIL subjects.
Mr.. Hatch asked Mr.. Randall whether
he thought the adding Of two or three
members to the Agricultural Committee
would be as beneficial to the interests OF
agriculture rs the raising Of the Bureau to
the rank oil Department.
MIR. Randall replied that when that sub
ject came up he should freely express his
sentiments upon it.
Mr.. Briggs reminded him that ! 400 bills
had been reported in the last Congress, and
had died in the House for want OF consid.
Grafton.
Mr.. Randall replied that it was because
under the new rules an opportunity had
been given committees for making reports,
and that it was better to have bills die in
the House than die in committee, because
in the House they had at least right to
see the light Of day, Gl.aughter}. He spg-
gested that too much discussion interfered
with the discussion OF private bills.
MIR. Robinson Massachusetts, remarked
that it did not make much difference MS to
other committees. 1t was the great Com.
mlttee on Appropriations that came in
with its reports and obtained the attention
OF the House. While the House was dis.
cussing this question the Committee on Ap.
preparations was maturing bills and woHld
take the floor us against all other commit
tees, and when summer came appropria-
ton bills alone were passed, and the men,
bets said goodbye and went home.
handall-And so it should be- ApPro-
prIations tosupport the Government should
have the first and fullest consideration.
and every other matter should be subser.
Want to that. What is tho remedy?
RobinsOn-There is no remedy in the
way proposed here. 1t is Il mere subter-
fuSe. 1t will do no good. You will put
some members us an annex to certain com.
mittees, but that will not help it.
Randall-What remedy do you sugges!
as the result Of your reflections
Briggs-Stop this everlasting talk and 60
to work.
Mr.. Robinson-The best remedy here
and now is to recommit this subject. Get
it out OF the House and go TO work laugh.
ter and applausel, and then when the gen,
tleman rises and moves to adjourn from
Thursday to Monday, vote him down. Il
is by working hard we will deserve honor,
and not by grumbling and growing be.
cause we are not first, second and third on
q committee.
Mr.. Robinson then rose to move the pre-.
vious question, which he did amid grea,
confusion, and with several members ad.
dressing the chair at the same time.
The previous question was seconded, but
Mr.. Robinson, OF Massachusetts, complain.
ed that he had been trying to make a
privileged motion and that the Speaker
had not recognized him.
The Speaker explained that the gentle.
man had not stated what his motion was.
Mr.. RobiHson-No man could state it in
such noise and confusion.
Speaker-That WIS the fault Of the
House.
\ Mr.. Robinson-But the House is in the
hands OF the Speaker, and it should bt
called to order.
Mr.. Robson obtained the floor to close
the debate, but yielded portion OF bis
time TO various members.
Mr. Williams, OF Wisconsin, replied to
the remarks OF Mr.. Belford to-day. He
declared that Wisconsin, in support OF heI
candidate for the speakership, had acted
on her Capdor and confidence and judg
,ment Until after the election OF the
Speaker not one member from Wisconsin
had mentioned to him the question o.
chairman or committee. The Speakers
life had not been spent in the corner, but
on the battlefield and Ia the halls oil legis
lation, and until some private or public
wrong was fastened on any man holdin.
such high Office, he hoped he should no
hear it either openly stated on this floor O
insiduopsly hinted, that there had beer
J opportunities for bribery in the way q
: parceling out committeeships. The Wis
consin Republicans had supported In
, Speaker because they had confidence il
his capacity, his intelligence, his cando
. and his fairness. He hoped the Wiscon