The Indianapolis journal., 1885-12-07
And Be Placed at the Head of the Appropria-
tiOnS and Ways and Means Committees
The Coinage Committee.
An Effort to Prevent Holman Securing q
Place on an Important Committee.
Both Houses Will To-Day Organize and Ad-
jOurn, and the Presidents Message Will
Not Be Sent in Until To- Morrow.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES.
Speculation al to Possible Changes-The
Coinage Committee and Silver.
Cpac OF fo fba Tpd;o poIiS

ChangeS-In6
Coinage Committee and Silver.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6-The course of tho
Speaker in selecting his committees is one thing
which interests congressman at present more
than anything else, and speculation is rife as to
the changes that may be made. 1t seems to be
| foregone conclusion that the ways and means
and appropriations committees will come to Mr.
Morrison and Mr.. Randall, respectively. and it
is probable that in the rest Of the personnel the
Speaker will follow pretty closely the committees
of the Forty-eighth Congress. This very
naturally will apply to nearly all the commit
tees. One of the most important viz: that on
coinage, weights and measures, in the Forty
eighth Congress- was composed of Bland of
Missouri Dowd of North Carolina, Hardy of
New York, Nichols of Georgia: Pusey of Iowa.
Lanham of Texas, Tully of California, Belford
of Colorado, Lacy of Michigan, Everhart of
Pennsylvania, and ManganaIies of New Mexico
Bland, the chairman was reelected, and so was
Lanham of Texas. but the remainder of the
members of the committee will not
appear in Congress at this session.
AS the silver question, which has
created so much discussion in all parts of the
country during the past year, will probably be
acted upon by tLis committee, it is important
tn at the Speaker should in making it, select
men who will be likely to follow the feeling of
the country upon this important subject In
the last Congress this committee succeeded
admirably in accomplishing nothing, The sill
yer men were in the majority. and, without
giving fair chance to measure their strength
in {ho l. :il A.
referred to them in the committe- room,
and the chairman of the committee refused per-
sstently to call meeting of the committee to
consider bills from time to time, when other
members, not so fanatical in their views, called
upon him to do so. 1t is believed that the
President, 10 his message will recommend that
action be taken upon this subject, and if the
Speaker of the House of Representatives pays
any heed to the wishes Of the administration, he
will be careful, this winter, not to allow fhe
coinage committee to become top heavy by fill
ing it up with silver extremists The coming
few days will tell the story and by next Satur-
day night it may be possible to predict whether
any action will be taken by Congress towards
shut ting off the flow of silver bullion from the
mines into the vaults of the Treasury.
whispered about in the inner political circles and
among the men who, to great extent, shape
and control lesglation in the House, that it has
been determined by the prudent and conserva-
tive Democratic Representatives to sit down on
Mr.. Holman-to lea We him out in the cold, as it
were, by having his name dropped from the
roster of the committee on appropriations, if
snch action is found practicable. If his name
goes into the membership of this committee
again, then he is to be shorn of his influence
there.
Mr.. Holman has, at some time or other in the
past, antagonized and defeated the pet measure
of nearly every member in the House. whether
Democrat or Republican, and the opposition to
and resentment against this Hoosier is almost
universal. There is not another member of the
House whose downfall would be hailed with such
delight would that of the Objector. 1t is
doubtful if dozen members could be rallied to
the support of a man whose only end, and aim,
and wish seems to be to antagonize the meas
ures of his fellow-members.' general determi-
nation seems to be prevailing in the House to
relegate Mr.. Holman to obscurity.