The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-26
RECOGNITION OF THE WEST
House Committee Assign
ments Give Satisfaction.
Mines and Mining, Agricultural and
Coinage, Weights and Measures
Utah Delegates Resolution to Pre-
vent Raids on the Treasury and
Prevent the Issue of Bonds-obli-
cations to be Paid in Silver.
Washington, D. c. Dec. q. 1895.

washington, D. c. Dec. 81, 1895.
speaker Reeds assignments of COM
mittees today are almost universally
commended by Western members. The
section west of the Missouri river re-
ceiVed remarkable recognition at Mr.
Reeds hand, and the committee list
evidences his desire to be more gener-
Gus than any of his predecessors with
that great Republican section of the
country reaching westward between
the river and the ocean.
Delegate Cannon of Utah was as
signed to the committees which he had
requested, with other delegates. They
are unusually good appointments for a
new member and Delegate, and will
be filled by Mr.. Allen when he reaches
here on the LIST of next month. Mr..
Cannon is given tenth place on Mines
and Mining and Coinage, Weights and
Measures, and seventeenth place on;the
Committee on Agriculture.
Representative. Mondell of Wyoming
is fifth on Irrigation and on Mines and
Mining, while Representative Wilson
of Idaho is placed third on Irrigation
and eighth on Public Lands. Repre-
sentative Newlands of Nevada Is fifth
on Banking and Currency and also OBJ
tains position on the important Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs.
HOLIDAY PLANS UPSET.
The REFUSE f the House to adjourn
for the holio,,y recess will prevent most
of the far Western Senators and mem
oers from leaving the city, as they had
| intended. Senator Shoup had expect
| ed to start several days ago for home,
| to bring back with him after the holt
days Mrs Shoup and his family He
said today that the condition of pub
lie affairs prevented him from making
any plans and that he was unable to
| state when he would leave Washing
ton. Senator Dubois and Representa-
| tive Edgar Wilson will neither return
home for the holidays. Delegate Can
non, who is tonight in Providence, r
l., engaged in completing negotiations
for the Pioneer Electric company OF
Ogden will remain in Washington UNI
til after the Statehood proclamation is
sues.
CANNON'S SILVER RESOLUTION.
An informal conference of silver Re
publicans of the house was held this af
ternoon after adjournment, in which
the following resolution, drafted by
Delegate Frank j. Cannon of Utah, wa
read and considered and later informa |
ly discussed by some of the silver Sena
tors:
Resolution to prevent raids on tn
Treasury gold reserve and to remov
the temptation to issue National bonds
''Be it resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives of the United States, tn
Senate concurring, that the Secretar
of the Treasury be and he is hereb
directed to redeem in silver dollars @
the United States all obligations of tn
United States which may be presente
for redemption at the Treasury, or an
depository of the Treasury, and whic
are legally redeemable in said silve
dollars or by their letter are redeems
: BILE in coin, or in the redemption {
i which the United States has the optic
, of paying silver or gold as it may cleo
a such payment and redemption with 81
yer dollars exclusively to continue unit
the amounts of gold and silver in IL
Treasury shall be equal, measured {
their present coinage value, and Their
, after such redemption to be with II
metal, either gold or silver of whio
the Treasury shall have the larg,
amount, measured at their presel
coinage value"
No action beyond discussion was t
- ken upon the resolution, and tho
: present adjourned to meet on Monde
Il morning at IL o'clock. There we
present Representatives from near
all the mining States and Territorie
They will, perhaps decide on Mond;
II whether the resolution should be
e troduced and supported. 1t is n
1t known who will introduce the resol
l. ton in the event of the conference &
Gliding to support it. When Delega
e Cannon was asked if he would bri
It the resolution before the House. he
lie piled that he thought it would be b,
y ter for Mr. Towne of Minnesota or
Broderick of Kansas to present it
the form finally decided upon by
r conference.
MONDELL'S BILLS.
Representative Mondell of Wyomi
today introduced the following bills:
For the relief of Cordelia de Pegs
n Black providing for the manner
making application for patents on m
eral placer lands, where the same ;
located on unsurveyed lands of
United States; providing for proofs
u the discovery of mineral on pla
/, mining claims.
l. Marion L. Joseph was today MOI
le mated for postmaster at Casper, w
ne REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE.
Members of the House Discuss Me
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