The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-22
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Proceedings Yesterday in the Senate
and House.

Speaker Crisp's Committee Announce
ments Give General Satisfaction -
Georgia's Members Get Good AS
signments Senatoy voorhees'
Speech To-day AntseiDated With
Much Interest-RepSr Srted Intention
to Filibuster Agains EIis Bank Bill.
The House Given ov to the Silver
Debate.
Washington Aug. 21-The announce
met of committees by the speaker to-day
created the usual interest. OF course,
some were disappointed with their assign
ment, but it is safe to say that many more
were gratifed. The general opinion is
that the assignment, as whole, was an
admirable one.
AT LEAST TWO POPULAR CHANGES
The changes of MIR. Springer from his
former chairmanship, Of the ways and
means, and of Mr.. Holman from the chair
manship on appropriations, were the most
conspicuous made. W4ile these changes
were Disappointing to the gentlemen
themselves and their most intimate
friends, they meet the approval Of the
House generally. Indeed there was gen
eral expectation that these changes
would be made. Both gentle
men have chairmanships of i'm
portat committees, with ample
opportunity to do GOOD work and make an
impression on the legislation of the house.
Mr.. Wilson, the new chairman Of the
ways and means, is well qualified for the
leadership of the party on the floor of the
House; and Mr.. Sayers, the new chair
man of appropriations, is one of the hard
est working members, and knows more
about appropriations than any man in the
House.
THE GEoRGIANs GET GOOD PLACES
The Georgia members are all well pro-
vided for, and New York feels especially
gratifed at the assignments given it by
the speaker.
Secretary Carlisle has informed SEN
ator Voorhees, that it will cost over one
hundred million dollars to recoin our sill
yer money at 20 to 1 ratio.
Arumor to-day hadit that the free silver
senators had determined to flibuster
against Mr.. Voorhees, bank bill in order
to delay consideration of the uncondi-
tional repeal bill. This is denied by Sen
ator Kyle, but he thinks the Voorhees,
bill will be amended by substituting Tom
Johnson's proposition to allow all holders
of bonds to deposit them in the treasury
and get greenbacks for them.
ANTI-sILvER MEN SAID roBE WILLING.
Senator Sherman has said recently that
the anti-silver men would be willing to
accept this substitute, and MIR. Kyle
thinks it will be acceptable to the free
silver men. Tomorrow Senator Voor-
heeS will speak for unconditional repeal
His speech is anticipated with much
interest. He has always been a bimetal-
list, and still is; but he believes
the Sherman law should be repealed
promptly and without the incumbrance
OF other propositions. It is understood
that the attitude of Mr.. Voorhees, has in
fuenced number of democratic senator's
1t is reported that there are four who
have always been silver men, that
now say they will vote for unconditional
repeal if the proposition is squarely pre-
sented to them.
BETTER PROSPECTS FOR REPEAL.
Prospects for the repeal have improved
some, but cannot yet be considered very
favorable. Silver men, without actually
hlibustering, may cause long delay, with
the prospect before them that the pressing
necessity for repeal may be relieved by
the operation of time and the impossibility
of a boarding process going on forever.
1t is expected the hardest fight will be
over the provision to repeal the state
bank tax. There is some talk of adjourn
ment about the middle of September,
based on the possibility of some compro-
mise on the financial question, in this
way That a proposition for q ratio of 20
to l will pass the Senate and afterward
become part of bill for repeal, which
viii pass the House 1t would be vetoed
and could not pass over the veto. Then
nothing could be accomplished, so far as
the financial situation is concerned, after
such veto, by congress remaining in
session. The adjournment theory has not
the confidence of the most experienced
members.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Col. Oates is much better and sat up part
of the day.
Judge Lawson obtained a messengers
place in the interior department for John
Hudson Eatonton, IA yers old, under
Secretary Smiths farmer-boy plopo-
sition.
Mr. Ben. NJ Maddox, editor of the
Times. az Visalia, Cal, is here with his
brother, Congressman Maddox, whom he
has not seen for seventeen years.
Postmasters appointed: Georgia
Waynesyille, A. l.. Halzendorf, vice r..
Highsmith, removed. Florida-George-
town, ID. H. Cansey, vice II. A. Hastings,
resigned