The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-17

political disabilities of Alexander II.
Lawton, of Georgia
Among the bills introduced and re.
ferred were the following; Better to
provide for free unlimited coinage of
silver dollars, by Ingalls,; to provide
for determining the existen 20 aud re-
moval of the inability OF the president
to discharge the powers and duties
Of his office.
The discussion of the proposed re-
vision OF the rules WINS resumed, and
House, of Alabama, took the floor
with an argument in favor of the gen.
eral feature Of revision, but In oppo-
sition TO the plan of distributing the
work of the appropriation committee.
ilisc0ck, member of the committee
on rules, presented the reasons which
impelled him to agree with the re-
port of the majority. The gentlemen
who opposed the distribution feature,
did so on theory that majority Of
the house could not be trusted with a
chance TO get at the public treasury.
They maintained that il was not pos
sible for the speaker, possessed of
capacity as he was, and honest as all
knew him TO be, to select, from the
gentlemen who had elevated him to
The high position he now occupied.
committees which could keep
within the proper limits, the appro-
priations for carrying on the govern
ment. They sought to disguise the
argument by declaring that the com
mittees, when organized, would at
tempt to aggrandize their power, and
in illustration of this, the gentleman
from Pennsylvania (RaudalD,
had prepared table, showing
the large increase of appropriations
carried by the harbor aud river bill
siuce that measure has been taken
7 away from the appropriation bill
This was hardly ingenious, for II
: point of fact, the bill had, practically
never been under the jurisdiction o
the appropriation committee, as il
was always prepared by a commerce,
c ommittee. But the true reason VIII
! the river and harbor bill had swollej
. in amount was, that the committee o.
! rivers aud harbors had been give
Q Jurisdiction over the subject of Mis-
G sissippi river improvements. III
e (lIiscock) was in favor of as man
s members of the house as possibl
l labor, and sharing also in its leade
ship. He was opposed to building u
a system of rules that would crow
: any man or set of men as kings of tbi
Q Legislative body. He went on to argu
2 that if the appropriation bills wer
I distributed they could all be reporte
! within thirty days of the organizatio
I OF the committees.
Mr.. Randall inquired whether th
Q experience of the gentleman fror
: New York, as chairman of the cor
: mittee OF appropriations in The Forty
9 seventh congress, had not taught hii
Q that IL WAS impossible to report AZ
: preparation bills within thirty day
= from the time the committee wa
formed, as frequently estimates wer
not In before the expiration of ihlrt
. days,
;, Mr.. Hiscock admitted that this wa
] true, but asserted that any of the bill
: could be reported within week froi
! the receipt OF the estimates.
Randall-"l put against your RI
9 mark, yonr record rs chairman {
that committee"
Hiscock-"l am entirely willin
T that my record as chairman of tn,
: committee shall be paraded befoI
}, the house, for certainly as far as til
D presentment of bills is concerned, th
record of that committee will con
pare favorably with that of any con
r mittee, before or since"
Randall 81 think not"
7 HiscOck-"The gentleman had be
ter content himself with remainin
a i Ia, I,a GnlI Of In Ia nj an ~
r on that subject.
n Raudall-"l go to the record"
o Hiscock-"l grant did not b. in
a II. the bills, early, but could, II 1t ha
l. been desired. held back the legi'
u lative and sundry civil bills until wa
e into January, to force the house
vote on the internal revenue bill"
it "a little log rolling" suggeste
d Randall.
Ie Hiscock-"Yes, I did II; grant tn,
2 did II, aud say that the record wi
i show that distinctly declared my il
Y, tention and purpose to the conntr
ID II was done boldly; | don't think
10 should have such power but having
NJ l exercised II and believe In this pa
g ticular case II was legislation"
Mr.. Hiscock then proceeded to poi
a. out the dangers which attended Il
as dumping of bills, covering many m
Id lion of dollars, into the senate IN Il
II last days of the session when the
l. was no time for consideration and di
Ar cussion. These bills were preseni'
70, 10 the president for his signatu
of when he had no opportunity to G
sp anime them, and the president won
of BIO sustained by the people if he shou
tc withhold his signature undor SUI
Mt circumstances.
ht Woiborn, of Texas, confined his 7
ay marks to discussion of the distrib