The Portland daily press., 1893-07-13
REED RULES.
Little Doubt That in Substance Thev
Will Be Adopted.
THE EXTRA SESSION LIKELY TO
BE A LONG ONE.

Gold Men and Silver Men Alike Realize
That the Task Before Congress win
Take Long Time-Nothing Is Heard
About a Short Session Nowadays-
Democrats Want Reed Rules, but Are
Troubled by the Cloture.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-The first busi-
ness on the assembling of the House OF
Representatives will be to qualify the
members elected and borne on the clerks
rolls, and then to choose speaker and
officers, which action, of course. will be
subsequent to action by the Democratic
caucus. The only opposition to Mr..
Crisp will come in formal form from ths
Republican minority. The House will
proceed under the old rules until the
newly appointed committee reports 9TH
ers. But little doubt is expressed of the
adoption of some rules savoring of the
Reed regulations. By majority of the
Democratic members they are regarded
as absolutely necessary to the accom-.
pllshment of the work for which tho
session has been called. The question
OF "cloture" however, is giving considt
erable concern to the dominant party. Ii
has declared against s'cloturen "a nm.
democratic and offensive.
There Is no precedent for the appoint
ment Of the coinage committee and
banking and currency committee as soor
as the Speaker takes his chair, but tbs
understanding is that it will be done in
this instance. AS the members will
have been previously selected some days
IN advance, there will be no reason for
holding back the names. Furthermore.
when in Washington Mr.. Crisp express.
ed desire to get to work as soon as pos.
slble, holding that in all probability the
fight would be long and hard.
In this connection it is interesting to
note that all predictions of speedy set
tlement of the trouble and an adjourn.
ment OF Congress until the date of tho
regular session rolls around have beer
aoandoned, never, it is presumed, to be
alike realize that the repeal of the Sher
man law is task that will REQUIRE weeks
it not mouths, and the prevalent estimate
IS that months will be used up in the eff.
fort.
1t is very difficult at this time to find a
member OF the House of Representative
who has any hope that an adjournment
will be reached before the expiration q
the statutory time, if even then. and :
they make this calculation solely with
reference to their own body, not taking
the action of the Senate into account
Realizing, however. that it will be i'm.
possible to restrict debate in the upper
chamber, the advocates of tho gold
standard believe that the battle will b,
at least half won if 'cloture'' is estab-
the House, and they will use
every effort to the accompiis hment OF
that end.
By experts upon finance, men who
have made the national currency mat
ter of close study for years, the open let
ter addressed by ex-senator, Henderson
of Missouri to Secretary Carlisle, is re-
garded as the most remarkable 'produc-
tion OF the season. 1t gives a, statemen,
OF the matter from the standpoint of the
gold men in manner so clear, condensed
and forcible that an understanding of it.
as Mr.. Henderson sees it, is within the
reach OF all. 1t has been put into pamph-
let form, and the demand for it has been
very great The prediction is that cop
les of it will be laid on every desk as
soon as Congress meets, though there is
not much hope that the silver men will
read it through. 1t is also pretty GER
tain to find its way into the Congression-
al Record upon the motion of some
member who recognizes its merit.