New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-10
THE SILVER POOL RESOLUTION.
ME. DoCKERY MPATIBNT-sPEAKER REEDS EX-
PLANTATION

WASHINGTON Jan. 8 (Spccial.- Representative Dock
cry Of Missouri. is becoming rather Impatient on az
count Of the delay Of the Committee on Rules III 70
porting his resolution to investigate an aiegel SILVER
pool" which resolution referred to the committee
some time ago Mr.. Doclery SAYS: 81 am extremely
reluctant 70 take any step which might even seem to
he without the sanction Of the committee and YET
shall feel IL 10 be nv duty to move TO discharge INC
committee from the consideration Of the matter unless
q report be speedily made. l do not care Hu' "
whether the report i, favorable or uniavoaoie oh'
that the House can have an opportunity 10 act uPo
it, | have no doubt that all OF the members oi 'i'o
committee have clean SKIRTS in the matter or tha' e'
believe il to be wise TO have something tangoic 10
offer in support Of resolution for an investigation
they conclude TO report one; but do not see ho"
they can expect TO obtain proof Of the allegations CON
tanned in nv resolution, inasmuch as they are Ho'
clothed with fun authority in the premises -
sneaker Feed said 10 a star" reporter TO-DAY ut'
the committee had been and still were VoN"H w
something which would be warrant for An lhVest'Ha
tion-some point from which To start Inc o"l'
tinrs that had been got al some newspaper pun
ucations giving no authority for statements, ana uo
declaration made by Mr. COnger III his speech III '''o
House on the silver bill last session. "ThCh Il" WV
maid any attention TO at the time Now MI N""so''
he said was in Brazil. and could not be got mere po
fore Congress would be over. BESIDES ne 'diu UNIV
uas nothing TO indicate that Mr. Conger had any
I
might be nothing more than the usual ora'olcdi cN
( agccration Newspaper who had written aoou'
the mol had refused TO give any Information VI !"
indicate any way where information could DC Iau'
Mr. Reed said the committee would be ready to recon-
mend an investigation at any time there was any 'ls
TO take hold OF TO start on. ,.,..
Mr. Dockerv. the speaker said. had written a e''ef
giving the names OF number of bankers or Orohe'S
who might be examined. but it was not alIegeu o'
oven ntiInated that they had any information on uo
subject The committee, he said. had not hegiectN
tbc matter in any way, and were sun u'IhS ~
get something upon which to base an inve>ugauoh'
II is said that there Is lead that the comh'i'eo
arc now following which put them in poNiuoh
N got hold Of information, and II may not amount 10
ANYTHING at all \ Congress investigation i an u'l
satisfactory thing at any rate. but to authorize one
without giving the investigators anything ~ !"
ye,fgatc would be worse than useless IL J.
difficult 10 Judge from mere gossip how much i ud''d
nm actual knowledge and how much grows merely our
~ the fac, that the increase in the pn'e on ~.
, so lax leg eutiOn favorable 10 that community ENte
! au ouDoriuuitV for the formation 81 oi-
a. fttenator Told a star" reporter some days ago
that he had tried his best t. get AZ the bottom ol e
,iue~s but had not Gccn aDIe !" iihu az
evidence that "A pool existed Il do not beli'Nc' No
aid that any Senator bought silver IN Contemplation
of rise III tS value after the piSsase 81 tI' NllN'I
bill al the last session. and 90 not uAh N.' 'V
ANY silver pool in which senators are Ii'4'
/ il the H0nse Committee on Rules can una anN
warrant for invest gston they MI uuuyiD.'"i}}
order it, and il there axe any iaC'S Wlthh lc iS'"
they will be apt 10 discover them.