Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-09-01
WORK oF CONGRESS.
Members of the House are Busy Dis
cussfng the RuIes-The Committee
on Ways and Means Given Power
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Members of the House arc Busy Dis
cussfng the RuIes-The Committed
on Ways and Means Given Power
| Debates in the Senate.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-The house re
sumed consideration of the rules, and Mr
| Pickler's amendment to increase the mem
| bershfp of the committee on rulea from
| five to nine was rejected. Mr.. Hooker'f
amendment to increase the membership to
eleven was also lost.
On motion of Mr.. Kilgore of Texas an
amendment was adopted giving the COM
mittee on ways and means jurisdiction over
all measures purporting to raise revenue.
Mr.. Hooker, DEM, of Mississippi, moved
to strike from the rules the section which
refers all proposed action touching the or
der of business to the committee on rules.
This rule, he said, would take from the
great standing committee of the house all
authority and vest all power in one com
mittee composed of five members. 1t sim
ply meant to relegste to five members all
the power of the house. If 1t were adopt
ed the title of the committee on rules
should be changed and 1t should be
known as the "steering committee"
Mr.. Catchiugs, dem, of Mississippi, de-
MED the truth of the declaration that un-
der the proposed rules the committee on
rules could control the other committees.
The motion was lost % to o..
Mr.. Stockdale, dem , of Mississippi Of
fered amendments requiring the committee
on rules to report to the house within three
days any proposition referred to 1t, upon
the request of one fifth of the members
present and voting. Lost.
Mr.. Springer, dem, offered an amend
ment giving the committee on banking and
currency the right to report at any time
upon matters relating to banking and cur
rency.
Mr.. Anderson of West Virginia spoke In
opposition to granting the speaker too
great power, and had the clerk read GER
tain extracts from the record of the Fifty
first congress, critioising Speaker Reeds
rulings in the matter of counting a quo
rum.
Mr.. Reed said the remarks of the gentle
man from West Virginia and the extracts
were only an echo of the chorus of the
Fifty-irst congress, but he was glad that
these echoes were dying. BE congratu-
lated West Virginia with having two such
house, and the other (Mr. Anderson) to
bring up the rear. (Lsughter.)
Then Mr.. Outhwaite demanded the pre-
vious question.
Mr.. Hooker's amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Boatner of Louisiana offered an amend
ment which practically puts 1t in the pow
er of any member who is in charge of any
on the floor to propose cloture
at any time that he thinks 1t advisable to
do go. This amendment was debated, the
concensus of opinion being against it's
adoption.
The previous question was ordered on
the amendment and pending further action
the house adjourned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Mr.. Frye, rep, of Maine, offered reso-
luton in the senate which was adopted,
the secretary of the treasury to
furnish to the senate statement showing
ports carried under the several flags en-
gagged in the foreign carrying trade.
Mr.. Cockrell (demoorat). Missouri, in
PRODUCED a concurrent resolution directing
the secretary of the treasury (under the
provision of section s54 of the revised
to issue certificates not to exceed
20 per cent. of the amount of the gold
coin and bullion In the treasury to use and
expend the same in payment of interest on
public debt, or any other demand, liza
bility, or obligation of the United States.
He read the section referred to-which au-
thorizes the deposit of gold coin or bullion
in the treasury, and issue thereon gold
which also authorizes the issue
of gold certificates to the amount of 20 per
cent. of the gold coin and bullion in the
treasury. He said that the passage of the
resolution would allow the Is
cue of from twenty-five to thirty-fve mil
lion dollars in gold certificates. The con-
current resolution was, at his own request,
laid on the table for the present.
Mr.. Voorhees,, dem, of Indiana, chair
man of the committee on finance, moved
that the senate proceed to the considera-
ton of the house bill for the repeal of the
Sherman act. The motion was agreed to.
This bill was taken up, and Mr.. Wolcott,
rep, of Colorado addressed the senate in
opposition to II.
The repeal bill was informally laid aside
and Mr.. PETERS resolution as to national
banks refusing to pay depositors' checks
in currency was taken up. The motion
made by Mr.. Voorhees,, that the
resolution be referred to the committee on
finance, was csrried-yeas SO, nays 81.
Suitable resolutions on the death of
Mueller of Pennsylvania
were then adopted, and the senate, as a
further evidence of respect, adjourned.