The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-11-26
WASHINGTON BUDGET.
THE SILVER EXTREMISTS PRESSING
FOR A BOND CALL.
Details Of Proposed Changes In tho Rules
OF tho HouSe--v Various BillA aud Com
mitteeS-weeding Out and Making
HOOm-NationAl News Notes.

WASHINGTON, Nov GA considerable
force Of silver extremists are strongly and
pornaciousy urging the president and socre-
tary Of the treasury 10 call bonds and re-
deem them With tho Bland dollars which
have accumulated In the treasury, They
arc quietly assisted by influential Wall
street speculators, who for their own pur'
poses, would like 10 500 this done,
IL can be confidently said that this
pressure IL Of no avail, There viii bo no
call OF bonds until congress has met and
had time 10 act upon tho silver question:
and the administration will walt for tho In.
struotions OF congress before paying tho
debt In silver, II tho silver extremists
want their policy carried out they will have
10 got congress 10 order II, A bill ordering
the president 10 use the Seventy.ayo mil.
government 10 pay or the bonds would
cause an interesting debate In congress,
Among the changes In tho rules OF the
house which are proposed ono Ia 10 restore
the former morning hour In such way that
bills reported may have immediate conSid-
GRAFTON II Ia proposed also 10 abolish tho
present rule requiring unanimous consent 10
take up bill, or u two.thirda vots In other
cases. What will bo done 10 open the door
10 debate by limiting tho operation OF tho
previous question Ia uncertain.
Az 10 the proposed distribution OF appro-
priation bills IL Ia intended only tho Army,
navy aud postolilco bills 10 separate commit.
toes. leaving the remainder OF the appropri-
alton bills, 10 the appropriation committee
as heretofore But Mr. Springer, who is
paying attention 10 this matter, hopes 10
persuade the house 10 consolidate several
committees and 10 abolish some othora Un-
der tho plan which no has In hand sovon teen
general aud eight special committees would
DO oxtinguished, and four new committees
viii bo created. Tho banking aud currency
and the coinage, weights aud measures COM
mitteos " Ia proposed 70 consolidate
into ono 10 DO called the finance com.
mittee, Two special committees arc 10
DO eItinguishod, and ono-a committee on
tho executive dopartmont-is 10 DO charged
with tho consideration Of tho election Of
pres idont and vice president, tho counting
OF the electoral votes tho succession 10 tho
presidential office, tho compensation OF fod-
ornl officers aud tho condition OF tho civil
service, Tho two committees on railroads
and canals and on Pacific railroads arc 10 bo
consolidated. Tho eight standing commit
teos on expenditures In tho executive depart
mouts are 10 bo consolidated into one, 10 bo
called the committees on public expenditures
Tho military committee IN 10 report the
army and tho military academy bills, the
the naval committee tho navy AMI naval
academy bills and the postoillco committee
IL 20 bo charged with the post Office bills.
This Is the present plan, II romans 10 bc
eeon what tho house will think of II. But
tho consolidation OF committees Ia un-
doubleday necessary, Tho multiplication Of
committees has become a nuisance and
serious obstruction 10 necessary business.
Many oil tho present committees wore
created mainly 10 give 10 tholr chairman q
private room and u clork, aud thoy are now
30 numerous that the Capitol can no longer
hold thom all Under Mr., Springor's plan
twonty-ono commlttoos would disappear,
and the public business bO facilitated thorO-
by.
The Vidotto, the organ OF tho Mexican vot.
Grams, says that survivors OF tho Mexican
war may now safely forward thor applica
blVhh lVl tVlNlNo NoHhlVn uNVuIulnk W wv
forms transmitted them by tho secretary Of
tho Mexican Veterans National association
This action II Is said, will expedite tho sob
tlomont Of these claims when the scrvicC
pension bill shall have become n law, and Il
is expected that this win take place during
tho approaching session Of congress-
Whom tho act Of March o, 1873, for the
benefit OF tho votorans Of 1919 was passed a
provision was Incorporated In tho bin making
valid claims Of all applications then on fllC
In tho pension oilloo, and thoro wore ovoI
thirtoon thousand casoS which had boon fllod
In anticipation OF tho passage Of that act
Arrangements havo bOon modc at tho pom
sion bureau 10 receive tho applications IL
packages Of fty or moro cases At tint
through the secretary OF tho association
with tho understanding that the applIca
tions aro not 10 bo held a. "valId claima'
undor the provisions OF any law that ma,
bo passed hereafter, unless such law contain
tho provision making such application