The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-13
FEDERAL LEGISLATURE.
yorroy no PLACE CLEvELASD'sL LET
TER on THE RECORD.
NJ. uooker's Eloquent Effort-She Legis-
Iative Appropriation Bill Considered-fhe
Cartwright Bill Discussed in the Senate
Several EiiIs Passed.

Several Bills Passed.
wAsHrxoroS. D. c.. Feb. i2-The House
to-day in Committee on the Whole took up
the Legislative Appropriation bill
Mr. Grosvenor had read an account OF the
meeting at the Cooper Union last night and
ex. President Cleveands letter to the chair
man.
Mr. Grosvenor hesltily endorsed the letter
and placed this important document in tho
permanent records Of the country that IN the
coming campaign it should be available to
the members of the next Congress TO DE used
in disseminating information throughout the
country
Mr.. Kerr also commented on the Cleveland
letter
Mir. Bland ~ thought the gentleman was
: in favor of free coinage"
Mr. Kerr Il am
Mr.. Bland. Then YOU ought to be called
| Young man afraid of-free-colnage Tor you
/ never vote that way,
Mr. Kerr II never had a chance
Mr. Bland "You had chance the other
/ d0y but YOU did not vote with rs. Now that
| MI Cleveland has been confirmed IN LS
! views bvsuch "A great statesman as the gentle
man from Iowa. DO not see how he can ever
change his views and be converted
In speaking Of the Pension Office paragraph,
! Mr. Cooper attacked the superintendent or the
/ pension building asserting that he had stored
/ several hundred bushels Of potatoes IN the
| pension Office and sold them 10 employees, thus
trrning Government department INTO q
huckster establishment.
Mr. EnlOe. of Tennessee, uado an attack
on the administration Of The Pension once
and offered an amendment reducing 10 S3OOO
tine salary of the Commissioner.
Nh Perkins. IN defense 81 Commissioner
Raum. said that no more bnthtul, efficient,
honest and capable man ever presided over
Mr.. Enloe. after a few remarks, withdrew
bis amendment.
Tho reading Of the bill was concluded, and
! the committee resumed the cOnsldera0on Of
} the clause making appropriation for the Clvu
/ Service Commission.
POINT CT ORDER RAISED.
! Mr.. Gro,venor. OF Ohio. raised point Of
| order against n. except so TAR AS ~ refets 70
/ three commissioners. the chief examiner
aud the secretary. on the ground that II NlO-
/ lated the existing law.
The statute designated. he said that clerks
| should bee divided into four ella -ses-l 2, sand
! 4-ftrther provided that no clerks should be
| examined until they were found quailhed Oy
/ board of three examiners under the law
establishing the commission. |, was pro
/ vided that clerks should oe assigned from one
/ of the departments. Now. II was proposed 10
| appropriate for chem under the head Of the
! Civil Service Commission. and therein the bill
/ was ia violation II the law.
/ \ number Of members argued the point oi
order. but IL was not sustained by the chair
man, and an appeal against the de, sion was
rejected by vote Of 1903 10 50. So the clause
to the clerical force was struck out.
TIE CLEVEIAND LETTER.
IN speaking 10 q verbal amendment. Mr.
Hooker; Of Mis- sissippi, referred To- the print
! Ing Of Mr. Oleyeland's letter IN the Record
and sad that, for one and speaking only Tor
himself. he was not disposed to permit the
] letter 10 become pant 0t the Congressional
! Record Of the country without saying
something in regard 10 IT,. that
/ he might express The sentiment 81 the people
! be- IN part represented. He had a very great
/ Difference for the views of distinguished
| statesmen. he had very great Difference for
| the distinguished men who. in the other
! branch of Legislature, bad declared that The
/ Judgment Of American people on many occa-
sions, and especially at the last cleo
! t0n was us ltelably fixed in favor u free
/ coinage Of silver lADplause.l And although
/ the business men of tie great metropolitan
| city OF New York may have met and resolved
! that il would disturb the business interest OF
/ the country. be- thought they ought 10 pause
/ a moment and reflect that IN that great city
not one brick would have been piled upon
another had not the great agricultural cOun-
try sowu the early seed in good season and
/ brought IT, produce TO the seaooard.
NEW YORK A. A MONARCH.
! Il was something for New York "a he q
I monarch: size would be king without the
subjects to obey her if agriculture did not
| bring ts produce o. her port II must be
/ reucm cred that while business men might
/ speak there was power behind the throne
/ Of business men. behind the banks behind
the gold men and behini the silver n.n--
| the power OF the people # the country
who had declared IN unmistaka1le
/ terms they were in favor Of the
reissue of silver dollars the dollars Of the
/ fathe the first unit If value on tins con
tinent. Il could not lee said that those Who
were IN favor of free coinage Of silver and
/ ll-metalc currency were IN favor ~ dis
/ PLACING anything that bad q superior value ~
/ silver. because silver constituted the original
! unit Of value The people had al sen IN de
/ nunciaton OF the Outrage perpetrated H.
! Congress when silver was deMOnetized by
/ fraud upon the Government so Migrant that
/ the President did not know il and Congress did
! not know IL. lie wishedtO say (while he would
not call IN question the opinion OF the men
! who differed with HIM that there wac no man
| in the country, whether he had held a dlstln-
| gushed position or whether he had an ambl-
ton 10 hold the highest position within the
! gift Of an American. be be one party or
! another. who could down the law 10 the great
masses Of this country who thought ion them
selves. lApplause
| CLEyELAND's CHANCES.
IN regard 10 the publication he wished to
say for himself and. he believed, his cOustitu-
ents, that they wanted the free coinage Of
both metals Whatever might Oe the opinion
of any one man, whether ne sat on the Re
publican or Democratic side, 10 one man had
a right 10 speak for the great laboring inter
ests OF the country, which stood back and be-
hind the Constitution and law lApplanse J
Mr. Cannon: Il would like 10 ask the gem
tleman whether he is IN favor OF Mr.. Clsye-
land for the mex, President
! Mr. Hooker. II will say that do not think
that man in America will ever be q candi-
! date 81 Democrats for President who i OPP
| posed 10 free coinage OF silver Applause.
Without disposing OF the bill the commit
tee rose and the House adjourned.
| Senate.
IN the Senate to-day the credentials Of Mr.
| Keller were presented and 6el.
| The Senate resumed consideration OF the
| Copyright bill he pending question being the
amendment offered by Mr.. Sherman to strike
ont the words prohibited" and insert the
| words Subject 70 the duties provided by
| law so that foreign copies Of books patented
| IN the United States shall not be prohibited.
but shall be- subjected 10 tariff duties
| Owing 10 the absence or Nr. Sherman the
| bill was laid aside for the dav. and the con-