The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-26
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Especial Correspondence Columbia Herald.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Representa-
tive Springer, Chairman of the Ways
and Means committee, and representa-
tive Bland, Chairman of the Coinage
committee, both assured your CORES
pondent that there was noe the slightest
foundation for the stories that have
been recently told about these com
mittees antagOnizing each other on the
floor of the House. Mr.. Bland says that
himself and all other free coinage Dem
ocrats are just as anxious to see the
bills passed putting wool, cotton Ties
and binding Irvine on the Tree llSI,
which have been prepared by the Ways
and Means Committee, as they are TO
pass the free coinage bull, and that they
never had any n .entiOn of antagonlz-
ing any of them. They only ask that
a time be set for the consideration of the
free coinage bill, and they will utter no
complaint if the Committee on Rules
decide that their bill be taken up after
the tariff bills are passed.
The story that Mr.: Minis lntende ;
offering an entire tariff bill as q substi-
tute for the first one of the tariff bills
taken ND by the House, had just as
little foundation. Mr.. Mills has no
idea of doing anything OF the kind. II
favors each of the bills prepared by the
WAYS and Means Committee, the only
difference of opinion between himself
and the majority of the committee Oelng
that he would like to see the entire
tariff reformed at one time, instead OF
going at it by piecemeals. He will
heartily support each OF the bills, as
steps in the right direction.
Representative Rayner, OF Maryland,
this week delivered one OF the strongest
SDeeches against trusts ever heard on
the floor of the the House. He re-
minded the republicans that neither the
Interstate Commerce law nor the Sher-
man act, p assed at the last session OF
Congress-, had prevented tho continued
4 . a
lions which it was their alleged purpose
to eradicate; that trusts still blosSomeo
and hourished as they accumulate IN
every commercial centre; that they SILL
detied the law and the Jurlsulctlon anu
mandates of the courts, and that tney
still, with arrogant front and bold pre-
tensions, executed their purposes Win
out the slightest fear of inflicted punish
ment or the slightest concert about any
encrOachment upon their prerogatlVe.
They are so powerful and influential
that the legislatures of the States seem
TO tremble at their presence, and the
Congress of the United States had stood
bv with folded hands aud permitted
them, with an iron heel, to tramplt'
upon the rights of the people.
The committee to Investigate the
Pension Office has had room assigned
in the capitol building, and it will hold
daily siULings of several hours until Its
work is completed. Representative s
Cooper, of Indiana, and Enloe, of Ten
nessee, will assume, the positions OF
prosecutors, they being thoroughly
Familiar with most of the charges
brought against the bureau. Chairman
Wheeler, Of the investigation com
mittee, says he enters upon the investi-
CATION without prejudice, and that he
will be governed entirely by the evil
dencs presented to the committee.
| The House commit tee on manufactures
| has designated Messrs. }. ID. Warner
| NJ. d. Egan, Sherman Hoar and Ezra
B. TAYLOR a subcommittee to conduct
| the investigation OF the sweating sys'
| tenn" authorized by resolution of the
| House. Mr.. Sherman Hoar will act as
| Secretary to the b-cOmmittee, and he
will be glad to hear from any person
! desiring to aid in finding out about this
! business. 1t is expected that the hrst
| hearing before the committee Will take
! place the latter part of next week.
The House adopted a resolution call
! ing upon the Postmaster General fol
| information relating to contractS made
under the ocean mail subsidy act. Rep
resentative Enloe is the author OF tht
| resolution, aud he wishes to use the IN
! formation asked for in preparing al
argument in favor of his bill Tor the re-
! peal of the subsidy act, which he IS con
| fident will be passed by the House.
| Democratic absentees are giving tho
leaders of the House great deal o.
trouble, and now that the serious busl'
! ness of the session is getting before the
| House the continuation of this practic'
will prove very embarrassing, a. it en-
ables the republicans to tie the House
up at any time by refusing to vote, thus
breaking a quorum, as was done severa
I times this week.
\ The Indiana appropriation bill, which
is SIO.4l5, 055 less than the one passed
last year, which carried S9614 sos to pa,
for lands purchased from various tribes
is n,sV being considered by the House
No time l.sr1 been set to close debat
upon it.