The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-14
IN COMMITTEE AND OUT.

Between the afternoon and the evening
sessions several important committee
meetings were held, including those of
committees on rules, resolutions and per-
manent organization.
The committee on rules organized, with
d. Ii. Arnold in the chair and r. NJ.
Kennedy secretary, both being from Colo
rado. The ordinary regulations obtaining
at previous congresses were adopted. in
GLIDING the recommendation TO hold even
ing sessions and to enforce the limits of
speeches. The introduced is to be al
lowed ten minutes and may speak for
five more minutes to close, other debaters
being allowed seven minutes at the most
Considerable discussion took place re-
garding the adyissDlity of admitting
partisan resolutions" upon the floor of
the convention. 1t was urged that the
congress had always been non- partisan
and that this policy should be adhered to.
A delegate who announced himself as a
Democrat said it was hard these times to
say what was partisan or political Ques-
ton and what was not. Some might
think the silver uestion political, or even
irrigation. For his part, Cleveland had by
his action confused the lines of party.
Cleveland had thrust the knife into silver
and pulled it out again. and his stand on
the Hawaiian question was incOmpre-
hensible.
A heated discussion ensued, ana it was
finally maintained that the matter fell
properly 10 the committee on resolutions.
SO that a motion to make discussions non
partisan was voted down
The committee on permanent organZa-
ton net and voted down a resolution for
a $1,000 secretary to be stationed at Wash
ingtOn. a motion was adopted that CON-
mirtee of nine should be selected to formu-
late plan of permanent reorganization TO
be submitted TO the general permanent
committee. The subcommittee was ap-
pointed by the chairman, who ex-officio is
a member, and consists Of II. Weinstock.
{. W. Meny, b. H. Reymer. H. X. Whit
mire. G. Gray. &. L. Meyers. A. Huffman,
Governor Prince, Judge Van der Worker
aud Nj. Jennings
An amusing incident of the morning ses-
sion Was the speech of b. T. Leete of
Nevada on the subject OF the permanent
secretary ship. proposed by the president
| in his opening address. Leete formally
made bid for the post for Nevada. saying
that the Nevada men would all take SAL
aries, and high ones at that, and that there
were only two drawbacks 10 the proposal.
One was that it was said the secretary
would require big salary in order TO dress
espectaby--now. Nevadaus were all re-
spectacle already. The second objection
was tnat the secretary must live in WASH
ington. ID. c., whereas the average Nevada
man would rather live in the sagebrnsn
than In Washington.
There was little formal caucusing done
among the delegations yesterday The
memb ers were principally occupied in be-
coming acquainted with each other and
their surroundings and in arranging the
preliminarles of business.
Some States were Scantily represented
At the afternoon session j. p. Pryor was
the lone delegate upon whom the beams of
the Lone Star State shone down, but he
proved host in himself.
Arizona had only three delegates. J. F.
Wilson, Judge Van der Worker and ID. j.
Brannan. Governor Murphy not having
arrived by the afternoon. Arizona is
especially interested in the reclamation of
arid lands. the silver question and the
Nicaragua canal.
The committee on resolutions met and
organized with Ex-Governor Charles E.
Laughton of Washington in.the chair and
l. n. Stevens of Colorado secretary Ii
was agreed to recommend the limiting of
the time in which resolutions could be
offered TO the congress at noon to-day.