Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-01
T,ELEGRAPHIC.
WASHINGTON WORDS
BlmetallislS Gain on Important VIC
tory 10 The House.
LoCnRASs NEW PENSION ORDER.


WARRINGTON, Aug. 3l.-rhe silver
men stole march on their opponents
in the House today and gained vic.
tory which makes It impossible for the
gold men TO Impede confederation Of
any bimetalllc or financial legislation
that may be reported by the commit
tees on coinage, weights and mea'
sures and banking and currency
during the coming session.
The time-honored custom In the
House has been 10 make tho reports Of
the committees on appropriations and
ways and means priviledgej matters
at all times, and when the
new rules were being considered
today, Spriuger, chairman Of
tho COMMITTEES on banking aud cur.
rency, suddenly sprung an amendment
extending the same iavoritism TO the
committee on banking and currency.
Kilgore Immediately followed with an
amendment also incluuiDg the COM
mittee on coinage, and, although these
amendments were sharply opposed, the
last was adopted by vote OF 1888 yeas
to % nays, and the original rule, ns
amended, was adopted by vote nearly
Of two to one.
Not TIL nearly all was over did the
members Of the House realize the Inn
mouse victory gained by the bimotal.
lists. Under this rule the committee on
coinage can report n silver bill ut any
timo ana force ita confederation ty the
Hou0e, aud the committee on banking
aud currency will enjoy tue came fac!l.
iues for forcing Its measures 10 vote
In tile House.
Incidentally, also, the House, by the
adoption OF THESE amendments, has
broken away from tho leadership OF the
committee on rules, presided over by
Speaker Crisp, and declared that II
shall no longer be- Ia the power Of that
committee 10 determine whether free
coinage bills stall be accorded con.
alteration, or whether tho attention OF
the Huuse shall DO directed To other
legislation.
An amendment to Increase the mem.
bemhip OF the committee ON rules was
lost
An amendment was adopted giving
the committee on ways and means
juTisuiction over oil measures puTpOf,-
lug 10 raise the revenue: Several other
amendments affecting the committees
were lost.
A motion TO strike from the proposed
rules the clause which permits the
speaker 20 decide whit ~ y dllatOty
motion WIS discussed Rt length pro
anu con, ami was finally rejected.
An GmUudment was then offered
which puts II In the power OF my
member who II In charge OF any prop.
usltion ON the floor 10 propose the clio.
iufe nj any tins that he thinks IL ad-
visabo TO do 30 The previous question
was ordered on the amendment, and
psnding further action the House ad-
Journou.
AS 10 SUSPENSION or PENSIONS.
Commissioner LOchRn Of the pen.
sion bureau today issued an order
modifying the practice Of the Oiiico as
10 tho suspension OF pensions. The
most important change IL that which
uiteCtH that hereafi there shall be no
suspensions exec, IN cases where the
record HhOwB on the face that ihe soldier
IL not entitled 10 any pension what.
ever. It's believed that the number
who will come under this class will be
very small.
A LARGE yEFICiT IN vIEw,
There IL every indication that de.
ncit In tue United States treasury OF
SIO,OOO,OOO will exist 1T the end OF the
fiscal year, June 3Oth, unless measures
Eio taken 10 avert IT,.
a FREE COINAGE BILL 10 COME.
Bland, chairman OF tho coinage
Committee, said today; "We shall at
some time in the future present bill
for tho Tree coinGge VI silver, but II
Will not be until the excitement pre-.
vailing bubsides.
RETIRED.
Breyet BrigRdior General McKeever,
senior assistant dIutaLt general Of tho
army, WAS placed on the retired list
To-Day.