St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-27

| would feel rather lonesome. Besides, the
| New York part of the administration is
very far from desiring any general reduction
of tariff duties, and the defeat OF
Mr. Randall might encourage the free trad
ers to make hot attack on the tariff. The
president and Secretaries Manning and
whitney have conferred with Mr. Carlisle
and have strenuOusly urged him In the In
| terests OF party harmony and future sue
cess to prevent the proposed changes In the
rules. To this it has been represented That
| MI. Carlisle agreed, but this is
CERTAINLY A MISTAKE.
While Mr.. Carlisle desires to afford the
| administration full opportunity to work out
| its policy, he is undoubtedly in favor OF
taking from the appropriations committee
| portion of the power it now enjoys, and or
making some other changes in the rules.
The utmost that Mr.. Carlisle can do con-
sistently for the administration Is to
take measures to prevent the execu-
ton OF some of the railroad schemes
that have been proposed. 1t will be his duty
| to arbitrate between the administration on
the one side and decided majority OF the
house of both political parties on
the other, for there is no denying
the existence of very general demand that
the rules shall be changed. The fact that
the president and two of his secretaries
have been comforting with the speaker is
sufficient evidence that they regard the
change as inevitable, unless exceptional
means are taken to prevent it. In this deli
cate duty of arbitration, the sympathies of
the speaker are on the side of the majority
of the congressman. 1t is probable that the
committee on rules will be made up of gem
tlemen, at least three of whom will favor
some curtailment of power of the appropr-
ations committee. and some notifications of
the rules
Is QUITE CERTAIN.
The speaker is eX-offco chairman of the
committee. In the last congress the other
members were Messrs. Randall. Blackburn,
Reed and Keifer. Keifer has returned to
private life and Blackburn has been elected
to the senate. Randall, of course, is OPP
posed to change of the rules. but Reed
has always denounced the rules and will be
quite likely to cooperate in any effort to
change them. He will doubtless be ap-
pointed to the new committee on rules. 1t
Is difficult to say who will be appointed to
succeed Mr. Blackburn, for there are sew
eral Democrats, one of whom is as likely as
another to be appointed. But ON the Re-
publican side Mr. Hiscock is
obviously the most suitable person
to succeed Mr.. Keifer. 1t is not
known definitely how he stands on the
rules, but it is believed he will be in favor
OF moderate revision, and if so he will
probably be appointed ON the silver ques-
ton. Mr.. Carlisle is not himself in accord
with the administration, being a bimetalist,
but as the speaker of Democratic house
he can not make up committee ON coinage,
weights and measures that will not afford a
Democratic administration
CHANCE TO BE HEARD.
In other words, irrespective of his personal
views. MI. Carlisle's relations to his party
will oblige him to appoint a committee,
majority of which will be in favor of re-
stricting silver coinage, SO that question
can be regularly gotten before the
house. If the house defeats the pro-
jects of the administration, well and good;
but Mr.. Carlisle will not assume the re-
sponsibility of defeating the administration
without hearing, by making up whole
committee of Blands. Mr.. Carlisle has
never been regarded as entirely sound on
the question of internal improvements by
the champions of that policy, and it re-
quired some coaching two years ago to get
him in such a position that the extreme
river and harbor men would support him.
cially large majority of the representa-
tiyes from the very region OF country
whence MI. Carlisle comes, is strongly in
favor of river and harbor bills, and two
years ago Mr.. Carlisle was compelled by
this public sentiment to appoint a COM
mittee
FAVORABLE TO SUCH OPINION,
and he will, undoubtedly, do the same
thing this year. But he will try to make
river and harbor committee that will be
conservative as to the amount of money to
be spent. In regard to the other committees
there is no doubt that where members of
the administration desire especially the APP
pointment of certain gentlemen on certain
committees they will be accommodated,
unless there are in the speakers mind very
strong objections to such compliance.
Except in the committees that have es-
pecial relations with the departments it
is not customary for members OF the adj
ministration to attempt to exercise any in
fuence, and in making such committees the
speaker always tries to accommodate the
presidents OF members of the cabinet, when
he knows what is wanted. The speaker
would not appoint on the foreign affairs a
gentleman who was known to. be on bad
terms with the secretary of state, and if the
secretary wished certain individuals on that
committee he would generally be accommo-
dated. AS to nine-tenths of the committee
places the speaker will be guided in max
ing his assignments only by his own judg-
ment, the wishes of the members affected
and the advice of his congressional coun-
sellers.