Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-11

/ Ut uOUe, were dluOSt COubluuOu>s duO
such time as remained was devoted to
an accumulation of correspondence or
to persons who desire the Speakers as
/ siStance 10 one way or another TO attain
| some object they have in view.
Senator Henderson to-day reintro-
| duced a bill similar in purpose to the
/ one introduced by him last session to
| increase the efficiency of the infantry of
the army. The bill provides for the in
| crease Of infantry regiments to twelve
| companies, Differed as at present, with
/ the addition of junior officers for the
two proposed additional companies.
The bill also proposes to increase the
I enlisted men in the army TO 10000 men.
THE RECORD BROKEN.
The Senate to-day broke the record in
/ the way of measures introduced in a
/ single day, there having been 6l2 bills
and eight joint resolutions presented.
/ This is about 100 more than ever before
introduced in one day. Among them
were the following, besides those OF
Mr.. Faulkener: BY Senator Dolph,
apprOpriating 81, OOO,0 900 to establish
| gun factory on the Pacific coast. Also
to continue in force the Chinese exclu-
sion act OF October, 1855, with an
amendment requiring Chinese illegally
! in the United States TO be removed to
/ China.
BY Senator Plumb-To provide for
/ the retirement OF National bank notes
and the free coinage Of silver.
The Speaker this afternoon had not
1 yet decided upon his colleagues on the
rules Committee, and the probabilities
/ are that no conclusion will be reached
until the House reconveneS Saturday,
and perhaps not until next week. The
! Speaker has given some consideration
| TO suggestions which members have
| offered him in favor OF a recurrence TO
/ the former policy Of choosing the
| members Of the Committee, the majority
/ of which should be in close personal
and political relations with the Speaker.
/ The matter has not yet gone beyond
/ the stage OF informal discussion.
Mr.. Carlisle, when he was Speaker,
/ departed from the custom OF selecting
members of the Committee on Rules re-
| gardlesS of their committee assignments
and made its membership go as mat
/ ter of course 70 the two most important
/
preparations.
Speakers Randall aud Keifer selected
the Rules Committee with regard to
other considerations, MesSrs. Black
burn and Alexander II. Stephens being
/ the formers associates and having
otherwise special committee promi
nence. a number OF Democratic Con-
gressmen urge return to this policy,
and represent that its effect would be to
| strengthen the Speaker.
IMPORTANT COMMITTEES.
The Ways and Means and Appropri-
atiOns Committees now have prior
rights under the rules over their re-
/ spective chairmen on the Rules Com
mittee, which is the guiding or 'Steer-
ing" body of the House. The result is
! represented TO be disastrous to other
\ committees whose business may be i'm
| pOrtant.
Membership on this Rules Committee,
! it is urged, would be high honor with
| out other committee assignment, except
/ OF very ordinary character, such as
the craftsmanship, perhaps, OF some
4 minor committee. Moreover, as the
( chairmen OF the two principal commit
/ tees would be the managers of work
originating with their committees, the
/ speaker would have these men as his
active lieutenantS in fiscal and revenue
/ affairs and the rules committee members
| as lieutenants in other proposed legisla-
| ton. and altogether would have an eX-
/ cellent opportunity to keep thoroughly
in touch with his party,
l hos haaw r,racurpaN that ny-SDpq l<pr
| Reed would be one of the minority rep
/ reSentatves in the rules committee, but
| under this policy such perhaps would
not be the case, as Mr.. Reed might pre-
/ fer TO lead the minority Of the commit
\ tee on ways and means.
| There are two sides, however, TO the
| proposed method of constituting the
| Rules Committee, and the Speaker also
| heard the objections that were urged
/ against the plan. IL was represented
/ that the Appropriations and the Ways
and Means Committees were the most
\ important OF all committees, and that
/ their work would be the feature of the
\ session. 1t was urged that the chair
men of these two committees should
| have representation on the Rules CON-
I mittee, for the reason that otherwise
| their policy might be blocked by the
/ introduction OF special orders having
| precedence.
| II was also urged that il was to the
I interest of the harmonious working of
I the House TO have the order of legisla-
! ton in the hands of those directly con-
cerned in the chief measures to be
brought up.
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! to arguments on this and other matters
/ relating to the policy of the party in the
/ House in this Congress. subsequently
he said nothing had been definitely de-
cided upon as TO the committees, and
that he was unable to say whether or
not he would be able to announce them
before the holidays.
MR.. SPRINGER'S CHANCES.
Mr.. Springer. of Illinois, who is likely
10 be chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, il Mr.. Mills should be offer
ed and decline the honor, said to-day
that his policy with reference 10 the
tariff was TO provide for free wool, free
salt, free lumber, free cotton ties, free
binding Irvine. He said: ~ do not
think we should attempt n general re-
NiSlOu VI INC eaAlh ~ 0N'S 0i'hO' buAuN
there should be appointed strong Com
mittee on MapufactureS with able in
veStigators on it. This committee
would be a sort Of adjunct to the WAYS
and Means Committee, which could go
on with its work and then subsequently
get all the testimony without long list
Of hearings.
These inquiries should not be con-
Quoted with a spirit of hostility toward
the manufacturers, but with view TO
ascertain the bottom facts and ascertain