Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-02

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SUBJECT OF A REVISION OF THE HOUSE
RULES, THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS, ETC.
Representative CutcheOn, of Michigan, said to
| STAR reporter to-day that he thought Congress
! would be obliged to do somethingswith the
silver question. He would favor the suspension
i OF the coinage of the Bland dollar. The first
thing on the meeting of Congress, he thought
would be contest between those who want to
| make this a working session and those who
want TO resist all legislation. The first thing to
do will be to change the rules as to unbind the
| hands of the House. He thinks the military
| committee should have the army appropria-
| ton bill, the post office and post roads commit
| tee the postal BILL the naval affairs committee
the naval bill, the foreign affairs committee the
consular and diplomatic bill, and possibly the
pensions committee the pensions bill. He says
he THINKS they ought, having the legislation
under their respective heads in charge to be
| the appropriations committee does. Scarcely a
member who was not on the conference COM
| mittee mew what he was voting for when the
appropriation bills were passed last session.
The sundry civil bill was passed by numeral
designations and no one knew anything about
it. This way. of voting away money in
the dark he thinks, is very Objectionable If
the H0nse gets In q position to do any
| silver legislation. He believes there has been
change of feeling since last spring, and more
members have been convinced of the danger of
III
| says it is impossible that two standards radi-
| cally different can be maintained. They can't
have thirty-four quart bushel and a thirty
| two quart bushel. and measure with both He
| is bimetalist, but thinks things should be
evened up, so that all the currency would come
QUE dollar is worth one hundred cents s d and i'd
the other worth only eighty. The people,
ne says DO not appreciate how close
! to keep from falling to the one standard Of
silver The present law he considers detrimen-
tai to the silver interests, for if it continues in
force the gold will certainly be driven from the
country, and terrible shrinkage of values will
follow. He says it is just on the balance now
| and threatens at any moment to turn and mt
| the silver on top.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SILVER QUESTION.
| Mr.. Dockery, OF Missouri, says that the MEM
| bers are reserving their decision on the silver
question. Many plans, he thinks, will be pre-
sented, and large number Of members from
consideration. He thinks there will be no legis-
latiOn against silver, but members will hold
diffe rent views as to what would be detrimental
and what favorable. Some will hold that
temporary suspension would be in the best in
terest OF silver, and the majority of the mem.
bers will reserve their decision until they hear
both sides.
| Mr.. Dockery favors a revision of the rules
that would facilitate the business OF the House
WHAT MR.. PERKINS, OF KANSAS, SAYS
Mr.. Perkins, of Kansas, who just arrived in the
city this morning, was met by STAR reporter
there will be a change of the rules. Unless the
members have changed their views greatly
since they parted last spring, there will certainly
be change. The great fights this session, he
says, will be over the silver and the tariff. He
doesn't think, however, that there is much
chance OF any thing being done in either case
There will be nothing but flood OF bills and lots
OF talk Oh the tariff, he thinks unless it be true
that Mr.. Randall has proposed bill and is
ready to lead the movement towards an ad-
justment OF the question. He is inclined to
think that 1t would be dangerous thing
for Mr.. Randall to thus open up the ques-
ton. and he is rather in doubt about his doing
| it. The west, he says will be almost solid for
silver. and the east will be almost solid against
it. The south will be divided, the silver having
probably the first hold on it.
THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS-
He says he thinks the democrats in the
House will be afraid to abuse the adminlstra-
| ton, but many of them will sit by and smile
while the republicans do 1t. The Senate he
thinks, will confirm all Mr.. Cleveland's nomi.
nations that are good enough, and those that
bear a close personal relation to the President,
bis personal appointments, but he thinks Mr..
Cleveland Will hear from those cases where
men have been dismissed as offensive partisans
and just as offensive partisans on the other
side have been appointed. The Senate will in
sist ON his being consistent
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