The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-19
The Appropriations Committee Deprived of
Power and the Money Bills Distributed
Among the Various Committees.
Mr.. Mckinley Entertains the Members
with Speech Abounding in Satire.
Probability that the Friends of Silver Will
Be in a Minority in the House Committee
on Coinage-General News.
RANDALL'S FALL.
The Morrison Code of Rules Adopted by an
Ovwhelming Majority.

The Morrison Code of Rules Adopted by an
Ovwhelming Majority.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON Dec. 1S-On test vote in the
House. this afternoon, on the proposition to dis
tribute the appropriation bills among the sew
eral committees, which prevailed by 227 to 60,
all of the Ohio members except Butterworth,
Mckinley. Romeis and Isaac Taylor. voted in
support of the proposition, as did all the Indiana
members, except Cobb and Holman. While the
vote was being announced, Mr. Geddes, of Ohio.
arose and stated that Mr.. Lefevre, his colleague,
was unavoidably absent thatif present he would
vote for the proposition. A short time after
wards, Mr.. Geddes went down into the
room of the official reporters and re-
quested that it be added to his
remarks for Mr.. Lefevre, that he was absent,
attending the funeral of friend; Otherwise,
said Mr.. Geddes, 'it might be believed that he
is absent from some other reason" 1t is said
that Mr. Lefevre, a short time ago, promised
Mr. Randall that be would vote with him in this
matter if he would help him in his efforts to
have friend appointed postmaster at Belle
fontaine This Mr.. Randall did, and to-day Mr..
Lefevre turned up missing. Evidently Mr..
Geddes had heard of the reported trade with
Mr.. Randall
The failure of the Randall hosts in the House
to secure retention of power for that leader
means that the bankruptcy bill will at
last have chance to stand upon its own
merits in the present session of Congress.
Randall made very bitter fight against
change of the rules, but unfortunately
for him when he had the whole House under his
thumb he was not satisfied with the use of
power, but had to abuse it. There is very little
sympathy expressed here for the deposed leader,
and while some of those who fought the Nor
rison bill are willing to give him credit for his
share in disposing of that measure. every man
who had the good of the country at heart and
the desire that Congress should at least do some
thing, is utterly disgusted with the arbitrary
manner in which the Pennsylvania statesman
ruled the country Said Southwestern con-
eressman to-day in speaking of this subject:
political economists in other countries look
upon this government as a representative one,
They have mistaken notion that the popular
will governs These men know nothing of that
little book. published once year, which is COM
piled by Harry Smith, the journal clerk of the
House, known as the Constitution and Manual.
A careful perusal of that work woulo show that
the chairman of the appropriations committee
can be, if he chooses, the dictator Of the United
States, and, in fact glance at the proceedings
of the last two sessions of Congress would show
that Mr.. Randall has held this country in his
hand, and has practically ruled it as thoroughly
as the Car of Russia rules two-thirds of the con-
tinent of Europe. 1t is for this reason that we
insisted upon the change in the rules and it was
because the determination was strong that the
rules should be changed that the House declined
to order call of the States for the introduction
of bills on last Monday"