The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-10
In the House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a bill authorizing
Oklahoma City to issue bonds to provide
right of way for the Choctaw Coal and
Railroad company through the city passed,
The House then went into committee of
the whole on the private calendar
The first bill on the calendar was to refer
to the court Of claims, the claim of the Citi-
zens' Bank of Louisiana growing out of the
seizure and covering into the United
States treasury of certain moneys of the
bank by General Butler. After a long de-
bate, the bill went over, the committee
rose, and the House took a recess until s
O'Clock. The evening session to be for the
consideration of private pension bills.
1t is the general expectation that the
latter part of next week the Senate finan.
cial bill will come over to the House and
the members are awakening to the posi-
bllity Of another strife over the measure,
somewhat similar to that preceding the
enactment of the present silver law There
is considerable speculation as to the shape
the bill will take in the Senate, as its
features outside of the free coinage propo-
sition, which is looked upon as inevitable.
viii to some extent influence the members
IN their views. On this point the silver
men themselves do not appear
united. Some think the bill should
be passed providing for nothing
whatever save free coinage as they fear
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were numbered up with general banking
legislation. Others are of the opinion that
Tree coinage would be strengthened by as
soclation with these sections, popular in
the east. When the bill comes over to the
House the general impression is it will be
at once referred to the House committee on
coinage. However the attitude which the
speaker will assume towards the bill here
becomes of importance and there Is good
reason 10 believe Reed has not himself de-
termined upon mis- course. A prominent
western Republican silver man, a member
of the coinage committee, and friend of
the speaker, said the bill would go to the
coinage committee, and would be reported
TO the House. If the bill is not reported
within q reasonable time a motion
will be made to discharge the COM
mittee and take the bill up for
action in the House. The speaker has it in
his power TO be a great stumbling block in
the way Of action, and for this reason his
attitude is subject of intense interest.
At meeting of the Democratic congress
sional campaign committee. Congressman
Kerr, chairman of the Democratic state
committee of Pennsylvania proposed a plan
Tor the reorganization of the campaign
committee which meets with general favor
1t contemplaoes the selection by the Demo
cratic state central committee of every
state of one person well known for his
QSIOCIdCA. CdpdDlllly anu 6uGrgY and gem
eral knowledge of the details OF practical
organization in his district. The person
selected need not necessarily be member of
Congress. The idea is to secure a con.
gressional committee that will be in every
sense a representative organization and vet
not individually interested in their own re-
election. In addition to the full campaign
committee, Kerr suggested that an elective
committee of FIVE be appointed for the pur-
pose of establishing bureau which shall
be permanent feature of the committee.
The Bureau of American republics is in
formed that since the passage of the Me-
hinley bill, which placed a duty on the
silver bearing lead ores which were form
erly brought from Mexico to the United
States for reduction, that company has
been established for the erection of large
smelling works at San Luis Potosi, with a
capital of S4,000,000 furnished by New
York syndicate.
The American Harvest Company Abandoned.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-President Mccormick
furnishes the following statement to the
Associated Press:
1.-THE American Harvester company,
after securing the opinion of eminent
counsel from different states, has been
brought face to face with grave legal OBJ