News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-01-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. D. c.,
Dec 26. 1887.

py considerable time after the 4th of
January. There is great anxiety
among members TO make changes
which will render the rules of this
House better than those of the last,
and less a clog to public business.
Several important amendments have
already been introduced and referred
to the committee, and many more will
be urged upon the committee without
formal introduction in the House.
Speaker Carlisle announced the COM
mittee last week. They are Messrs.
Carlisle, Randall, Mills, Reed and
Cannon. There will go before the
committee propositions to authorize a
committee on interstate commerce aud
other committees not now provided
for, and also to consolidate some CON-
mittees. There will be propositions
considered to shorten the time for de-
bate to compel the presence of menu
bers in the House during its sessions,
and to require them to vote on all
questions to check the flood of phi
vate bills; to constitute one hundred
members a quorum of the committee
of the whole, and to make reforms in
several other directions. These prop
ositions will provoke lengthy and
heated debates. This may cause con-
siderable delay in the business. Ii it
were certain that there would be no
change as TO the character of commit
tees authorized the matter would be
simple enough. The committees could
be announced and the discussion of
the rules could occupy the time while
the House was waiting for the COM
mittees to pass upon the bills referred
to them and to prepare the business
for the House But the propositions
TO make changes in the schedules OF
committees embarrass the Speaker,
and may delay the announcement OF
the committees. After the holiday
recess the bulk of the committees will
probably be announced, but they may
not be ready Immediately on meeting.
This will depend somewhat npon how
we'll the committee on rules succeed
in coming to an agreement early in
their consultation as to this question
of committees to be authorized.
Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky, will
at the first opportunity reintroduce
into the House the bill requesting and
authorizing the President to "invite
the several governments OF the re-
puhlics of Mexico, Central and South
America, and the empire of Brazil to
join the United States in confeIenc
to be held at Washington, for the pur-
pose of discussing and recommending
for adoption to their respective gov
ernments some plan of arbitration
for the settlement of disagreements
and disputes that may hereafter arise
between them, and for considering
questions relating to the improve
ment of business intercourse between
said countries, and to encourage such
reciprocal commercial relations as
will be beneficial to all and secure
more extensive markets for the pro-
ducts of each of said countries" The
bill provides that the President shall
appoint six commissioners who shall
attend the conference on behalf of the
United States, and shall report the
proceedings thereof to the President,
who shall transmit the report to Con-
gress. An appropriation of $50 900
to pay the reasonable expenses of the
conference is provided for.
After the adjournment of the Sen
ate last week the fourteen pages be-
gan celebrating the beginning of their
holiday rather noisily. After few
minutes they were summoned to one
of the cloak rooms, TO which they went
reluctantly, expecting to receive lee
ture upon decorum. They were drawn
up in line and Capt. Bassett, the door
keeper, handed to each one S. note,
which ne told them was Christmas
gift from Senator Stafford.
A good story is told of one of the
fair danes Of the Diplomatic Corps
who recently called at the residence
of government official whose wife is
noted for her domesticity. The hus-
band, himself, Glanced to be at home
and pending the descent Of madame
from the nursery, went into the draw
ing-room to greet the lovely foreigner.
| The following conversation ensued &:
"Ah, monsieur, YOU have one very
hemely wifew The host, whose bet
ter-half was really not distinguished
for her beauty of face, which, howev-
er, was more than compensated for by
a superb figure, a graceful carriage
and charming amiahility, stammered
in reply; "Ah, Madame, why, really
do you know-I-" -
YES" innocently explained his
visitor in her pretty, broken English.
Eyes, she very homely. In fact, she
stay at home all the time."-LENox.
NOTES.
A small five ton boat has been built
in France which is to run by electric
motors and accommodating batteries.
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