The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-22
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED.
Speaker Crisp Makes Great
Many Changes.
MR.. SPRINGER STEPS DOWN.
Bland is Still Retained at the Head of
the Coinage Committee.
Delegate Rawlins is Placed on the Coin
age, Private Land Claims and Mines
and Mining Committees-Hashing
ton is Left OF the Territories.

WASHINGTON, Aug. N.-Interest in the
financial discussion in the House was
dwarfed today in the greater interest
every one felt in the announcement OF the
standing committees by Speaker Crisp.
No one was prepared for the radical
changes made in the personal of some of
the more important committees. Mr..
Springer of Illinois, gives way to Wilson
of West Virginia, as chairman of the
Ways and Means committee, and the
III noislan is given the Craftsmanship on
Banking and Currency. Holman OF In
diana, the venerable "watch dog OF the
treasury is deposed from the Commit
tee on Appropriation in favor of Sayres OF
Texas, and given the head Of the Com
mi-tee on Indian Affairs.
Mr.. Bland OF Missouri was retained as
head OF the Committee on Coinage, but
free coinage people are disappointed in
the committee being changed as it leaves
much doubt whether free coinage people
are IN the minority, and whether the
financial policy of the administration may
not find a majority in the committee.
Congressman Tracy of New York, who Is
the administration man and second on
the committee, claims that the speaker
deferred to the repeating element to such
an extent as to make the committee
counting Kilgore OF Texas with the free
coinage men. The committee will only
stand nine to eight for free coinage. The
Committee on Banking and Currency is
said to be opposed to free coinage, eleven
to six.
The removal OF Mr.. Holman from the
head of the appropriations committee is
Interpreted by some to mean that the
speaker favors more liberal appropria
tons in the Fifty Third Congress-. The
removal of Mr.. Springer from the ways
and means committee gives this important
Craftsmanship of the House TO the south,
but it is said that this make up of ths
committee on ways and means does not
indicate any essential change from the
policy OF the last Congress.
After the House met this morning Mr..
Powers of Vermont took the floor in sup
port of the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act.
Mr.. Hooker OF Mississippi opposed the
unconditional repeal OF the purchasing
clause.
Debate was then suspended to allow
the speaker to announce the standing and
select committees for the present Con-
gress. Then en- motion of Mr.. Bland
Saturday next was set apart for general
debate on the Wilson bill instead of de-
bate under the five minute rule.
Mr.. Cooper of Indiana spoke in opposi
ton TO the Tree coinage OF silver, Wnlle
Alexander of North Carolina advocated
free silver coinage and spoke for a larger
currency.
Mr.. Sperry of Connecticut opposed free
coinage and advocated the Wilson bill,
and Mr.. Cox of Tennessee argued against
the pending bill. Mr.. Settle OF North
Carolina, opposed the free coinage of sill
yer, and favored the Wilson bill. A recess
was then taken till 8 o. clock.
At the evening session Mr. McDannold,
Democrat, of Illinois, said he was in favor
OF the free coinage of gold and silver at
any ratio that might be acceptable.
Mr.. Bartlett, Democrat, of New York,
said that with the message of the presi-
dent he was in full and thorough accord.
FIR. Steredale, Democrat, of Mississippi,
argued that the Sherman bill had little to
do with the stagnation of business, but
that it was attributable primarily to the
tariff.
The House then, at lilo, adjourned.