St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-08
Having Adopted Rules, the
House Will Take Up Inn
portant Business.
The Free Coinage Silver Bill
to Claim Attention Dur
ing the Week.
1t Is Expected the Measure
Will Be Brought to a Vote
Very Soon.
Senator Hill to Show His
Hand in the Fight Over
Postmaster Rathbun.

WASHINGTON. Feb. THE house o
representatives is at last equipped with
a code of rules for it's government, and
the way is now clear for legislation,
which may be expected to begin in ear
nest this week. During the period of
two months spent by the house in its
efforts to organize committees and and
provide the necessary rules for its guild
ance the senate has been working stead
lily, and, as consequence, has secured
considerable advantage i'll the passage
of sixty-six bills and joint resolutions.
The programme for this week includes
at least one measure of great popular
interest, namely. the Paddock bill
to prevent the adulteration and mis-
branding of food and drugs. Accord
ing to notice given by the author of the
bill fit will be called up for considera-
ton Immediately after final action is
had upon the bill relating to the public
printing and binding, which is now the
unfinished business. The Idaho
Senatorial Contested Election
case will be brought to the attention of
the senate at the earliest possible mo-
ment, and. as it touches the privileged
question of the right of a senator to a
seat Oh the floor, it will be kept before
the senate until a final conclusion is
reached. Some time Wednesday will
be devoted to the delivery of eulo-
gies upon the late Representative
Houk. of Tennessee. and Senator Palm
er may address the senate on his bill
proposing the election of senators by
direct vote Of the people. A number of
public building bills are in position to
be easily reached. A feature of the
weeks proceedings will be kept from
observation of the public behind closed
doors OF the senate, for it is expected
that in executive session will be fought
out the contest over the nomination of
Postmaster Rathbun, of EImira, wherein
Senator Hill has taken issue with the
president, and perhaps also the contest
growing out of the opposition of the In
diana senators to the nomination of
Judge Woods, of Indiana, to be one of
the new circuit judges.
In the House.
Under the new rules the house, after
the Introduction and report of bills to-
morrow, may devote itself to business
relating to the affairs of the District of
Columbia. No bills from the District of
Columbia committee are yet OIL the cal
endar, and it is not expected that the
district will take up much of the legis-
lative delay. Mr.. McMillin, of Tennes-
see, has been instructed by the ways
and means committee to call up totnor-
row the resolution making the custom
airy distribution of parts of the presi-
dents message among the various COM
mittees of the house. This is
formal proceeding, but occasionally
gives rise to some debate
Contests are expected over several
matters which will be called up in the
house at the first opportunity, though
no time has been fixed for their consd-
Grafton. The most important of these
are the worlds fair investigation reso-
lutions reported by the appropriations
committee and the special Columbian
exposition committee. The latter COM
mittee will make a strong fight to have
jurisdiction to make the investigation
conferred upon it.
The Free Coinage Bill.
The accounts committee has report
ready for adoption by the house relat-
ing to a comparatively unimportant
matter concerning the organization of
the house, but, as the report has in it
the elements for spirited debate, the
opportunity is not likely to be lost, and
political speeches are probable with
this report as the text. The rules COM
mittee during the week will report. and,
if occasion offers, call up in the house
one OR more of the numerous resolutions
of investigation now before it. Per-
haps the most interesting feature
of the week. however, will be
found in the proceedings of the
house coinage committee. which
has made an order that discus
sion shall close and voting begin at IL
O'Clock Wednesday on the Bland free
coinage silver bill. Since that order
Was made MIR. Bland has introduced a
substitute tor the bill named in the
committees order, and the session of
Wednesday may possibly be exhausted
before the committee reaches a final
vote On the question Of reporting free
coinage bill to the house. Ia this event,
an adjournment until the following day
is not unlikely. as it can be positively
stated to be the intention of the COM
mlttee to make its report to the house at
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