The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-09
THE COMING CONGRESS.
Both Parties Selecting Their
Officers to Vote For.
SUCCESSFUL ONES.

Sherman for President Pro Tempore
Of the Senate and Carlysle
for Speaker.
WASHINGTON, December 5.-All the Dem.
ocratic Senators. except four, were in con.
ference to-day. Senator VOORHEES, was in.
structed to put in nomination for presi.
dent pro tenn Senator Harris, of Ten.
nessee. Senator Harris accepted the
nomination.
The Republican caucus nominated Sen.
ator Sherman for president pro TEN. Sen.
ator Sherman, rising said:
Senators: return my hearty thanks
for the high honor you propose to confer
upon me. Your choice doubtless has been
influenced by the fact that have long brou
a member Of the Senate. Still, the d.ties
hitherto have not given me that practical
experience necessary for good presiding
officer. l can only say that will do all /
can fairly and impartially to observe and
enforce the rules OF the Senate, and shall rely
tesy."
Twas then deisernHtned that bills relative
to the Presidents election and also to the
presidential succession, which had passed
the Senate during the last Congress should
be introduced as soon as practicable, and
after proper reference and consideration
should be promptly passed.
LATE NOMINATIONS.
The President made the following ap.
pointments to-day: Receiver of Public
Moneys-John Montgomery, OF Idaho, at
Oxford, Idaho; Lynne Bell, Of Idaho, at
Visalia, California. ssRegister OF Land
Offices-Frank w. Beanie, of Utah, at Salt
Lake City.
RULES OF THE HOUSE.
Since the adjournment OF the last Con-
gress, a movement has been going on very
of the House. Messrs. Adams, of New
York, Collins, of Massachusetts,, and other
friends of the National Banruptcy bill,
which failed of passage in the House at the
last session, have been the leaders in the
movement. They have secured pledges
from forty Democratic members of the next
House to favor a change OF these rules, and
they expect to have at least 100 votes in
the caucus tomorrow night for the reso.
luton, which will be offered, demanding
such change as will take it out of the
power of few members to defeat meas
ure that has the approval OF a majority oi
the House.
WHAT RANDALL SAYS,
Randall to-day gave to reporter OF the
Associated Press his views respecting the
proposition to change the rules of the
House so as to take from the Committee
on Apportionment jurisdiction oyer some
OF the apportionment bills. 'The Demo
cratic party came into control OF the Fed
eral Government" he said, ''in the distant
understanding that it would adhere to an
economical administration. This cannot
be overlooked or evaded if it expects to re-
main in power. In all governments the
preparation of suitable bills to meet the
expenses has been confided to one organ
ization. Nothing can be done until by a
careful and comprehensive scrutiny, the
amount of necessary expenditure has de.
termined upon. Taxation depends upon
the amount of expenditures, and an in
crease in expenditures means an increase
OF taxation. To
KEEP DOWN EXTRAVAGANCE
to the appropriation estimates made by
the heads of the departments, subjected to
question and examination, item by item
The treasury has been protected by every
safeguard which could be devised. 1t is
now proposed that nearly all the sale
guards shall be broken down and the treas
ury thrown open. Increased appropria'
tions, Judi ,g from the expenses, will lnevlt'
ably follow as each OF the many commit
tee to be authorized by this change is to
consider appropriations, and into which
the appropriation committee, as
now constituted, is to be divid
ed,.will naturally enhance it's own
Importance. Instead OF one committee
having charge OF the expenditures and
checking unnecessary appropriations there
will be men acting independently OF eacf
other, and nobody will know the aggregate
of the annual appropriations till it is toe
late to avoid the disaster OF deficient
treasury, which may at any time IN the
near future be precipitated on the people
The proposition is too plain to need argu
ment. and there is not business man il
the country who will not appreciate thu
correctness and force OF this statement
THE SURPLUS REVENUE
we now have will not continue forever, ano
the habits of extravagant appropriations
cannot be changed at once. The agrlcul
tural and river ana harbor bills were
taken from the Committee on Apprnpria
tions, and here is an evidence OF the failure
of the venture. 1t is known that the ex
penditures under the first have been waste
fully made and it is not curious that much
of the money appropriated in the latter
might as we'll have been thrown away. The
appropria tions for the Agricultural Depart
mant for 1877 to 1880 inclusive, whel
they we're under the control Of the Com
mittee OF Appropriations averaged sl9o'
947 per annum. From 1881 to 1886 the
agricultural appropriation bills, being un
der the control OF the Committee on Ap
propriotions. the appropriations averaged
S43Y,616 per annum. The approprla tlohs
for rivers and harbors from 1876 to 1850
when this subject was controlled by tht
Committee on Appropriations, averegee
81 39O.92S per annum. From 1881 tt
1885 inclusive, during which time the Com
mittee on Commerce and Rivers and Har
bors have had this subject in hand, TIT
ANIMAL appropriations have averaged
Sl3,991, ,243. If this
ENORMOUS INCREASE OF EXPENDITURE
chara cterized the first experiment OF th'
withdrawal of these two subjects from th'
protecting safeguards heretofore enforced
nnder the existing rules and generally since
the foundation of the Government, who
car foretell the devastation OF the public
finances when the treasury doors ar
thrown wide open to the unrestrained ant
unrestricted machinatians and combina
tions of every character? Such comb
nation mighteven enter Congress-, and TIT
General Government would then be ho1
he'd, to start into existence every danger
ous policy. The same reasoning that woule
take from the Committee on Approprla
tlons some of the regular appro
nriation bills, and would like
wise devolve the functions o
the Appropriation Committee on nearly
orerv other committee Of the House. as fo1
instance the reasons that would turn the
naval bill over to the Committee on Nava
Affairs, would just as logically send th'
estimates for public buildings to the Com
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds
for surveying and other expenses OF tht
nnhl;c domain to the Committee on Public
Lands: for the expenses OF the United States
Courts to the Committee on Judiciary; FOL
nnhlic printing to the Committee ON Print
mo for light house establishment, the rev
en,e cutter service and the life sa wing ser
vice to the Committee on Public Service;
THE MINT AND ASSAY OFFICES
+o the Committee on Coinage, Weights anc
Measures; for Territorial expenses, to tn
Committee on Territories; for the leglsa
tive expenses of Congress. to the Commit
tee on Accounts; for the library OF Con
gress and botanical garden. to the Com
m;ttee on Library; for the Patent ONCE
to the Committee on Patents; Tor the Blu
reau on Education to the Committee or
rNsI:o,,. f,r the imnrOyement OF tht