The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-31

themselves in favor OF the p,ssaoe NJ
a Tree coinage bill. Of the new free
coinage members Mr.. Eppes of Vir-
5 sihla was elected on a free coinage
platform. Mr.. McKughan comes as
an independent, elected by Alliance
votes and committed to free coinage of
, silver. Mr.. Johnson of North Dakota
was elected on platform, one of the
leading features of which was the
free silver plank.
VI the anti-free coinage members of
the committee Messrs. Tracy and Tay-
lor OF Illinois were in the last congress
and as members of the coinage COM
mlttee worked and voted against free
silver. Mr.. Williams of Massachusetts
takes the place on the committee for
merly held by Mr.. Walker of Massa-
chusetts, who, though in the present
congress, is not given an opportunity
to serve on the old committee.
Mr.. Williams, like his pre-
decessor, however, is Il strong
anti-free silver man. The fourth
man placed in the anti-free coinage
list is Mr.. Stone Of Pennsylvania. Mr..
Stone was not in the last congress.
He is not in the city, but his friends
say he is undoubtedly against free
silver. Mr.. Wilcox of Connecticut is
one Of the Democratic voting members
of the committee il the last congress
who was reelected, but who is not on
the committee this time. He voted
against free coinage. Mr.. Vaux of
Pennsylvania is not reelected, and
Mr.. Joseph Of New Mexico, being q
delegate, had no vote.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Ten Demo-
cratic members of the ways and
means committee, all of them except
Stevens OF Massachusetts and Bryan
of Nebraska, who are in their first
term in Congress, were members OF
the Fiftieth Congress, and of these
eight, all except Whiting of Michigan
are recorded as voting for the Mills
bill on the final passage. Whiting
made several speeches tavoring the
clauses of the bill relating to wool
and salt and unfolding the tariff
message of President Cleveland.
He was one of the fourteen members
recorded as not voting on the final
passage of the bill and was probably
paired in favor of the bill. The five
Republican members of the commit
tee, of course, all voted against the
Mills bill andin favor of the Mckinley
bill in the last Congress. Dalzell of
Pennsylvania is now u member of the
committee from the Republican side,
and Mcmillan, Turner, and Wilson of
West Virginia are Democratic men,
bers who, IN recent years, have been
identified with tariff reform as men,
bers of the committee.
The three Democratic members last
named, aided in framing the Mills
bill, Springer the chairman, always
voted for tariff reform measures, but
by published interviews recorded
himselfin favor of passing specific
bills to put a few articles on the free
list and against a revision of the tariff
by the house this session. A majority
of his Democratic colleagues have
stated they are in favor of that policy
at the present time.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Dec 23.-In the
absence of the vice president Senator
Henderson occupied the chair.
Senator Cockrell presented three
memorials from the board of trade OF
St. Joseph, Mo-, the mayor and alder
men of that city and the Commercial
club of Kansas City endorsing the
movement in Georgia for securing
congressional legislation for deep
water at Savannah, Ga.
Among the bills introduced and
read were the following:
BY Senator sherman To amend the
Nicaragua ship canal act.
By Senator Gibson of Louisiana
making an appropriation for improV'
inc the harbor of New Orleans.
Two messages from President Har-
rison were presented, read and appro'
nriatelv referred. One as to the ar
rangement and operation of electric
wires in the District of Columbia ana
the other as to the uniform usage, by
all the departments of government III
the spelling of geographical names,
After a short executive session the
Senate at 1910 adjourned until tues
day, Jan. 5.