The Portland daily press., 1895-12-17
THE TWO HOUSES.
The Work Of the Fifty.Feurth Con.
gress Yesterday.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS OF
SENATE AND HOUSE.

The House Will Discuss Rules Before the
Holiday Recess-Delesate Fiypn After
Hoke smith-A Wool Merchants Petit
tion in the senate-New Measures In
troduced, Etc,
Washington, December 16.-In the
House today on motion of Mr.. Cannon,
an order was adopted setting apart to-
morrow for the consideration Of the
amendments to rules ten and eleven of
the fifty first Congress, under which the
house is now operating, relating to the
formation of committees.
Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma, offered
a resolution calling on the Secretary Of
the Interior for information as to why
the opening of the reservation of the
Wichita and Affiliated land in Oklahoma
had been delayed and as to whether or
net any of Secretary Smiths relatives
have any interest in delaying the OPEN
ing.
1t was said today that the House may
devote a day or two before the holidays
IN discussing the subject of rules. While
the temporary rules adopted can govern
routine affairs new rules are desired un-
der which committees can be appointed.
The Republicans, it is stated. on account
OF the increased membership, desire to in.
crease the membership of some of the
more important committees and gossip
today has it that resolution to that
erect Will be reported and adopted, so
that the Speaker can make up the COM
mlttees on lines agreed upon by the
leaders. 1t is said that the most import
ant change and one that will give rise to
the most discussion, isl change affect
ing the elections committee. Exactly
what this will be. cannot be ascerta ined.
Some hold that there will be two election
committees, while others say that there
will be but one with membership of
twenty-three members which is con-
sldered the more favorable, as under it
there would be no clash as might happen
under the two committees scheme.
MIR. Arnold introduced O bill in the
erection in Washington Of statue to
Major General Ambrose e. Burnside.
The proposed statue to be erected under
the supervision of the Society of the
Army of the Potomac. Mr.. Arnold said
that at present there was no statue of a
New England general in the city al
though there arc many of the western
officers
In the Senate Mr.. Quay presented a
petition of the wool merchants assooia-
tion of Philadelphia, for the re-enaot-
nlent of schedule K of the tariff act of
1880, and asked that it be read and
printed in tho record. 1t was so ordered.
A petition for one cent better, postage
was presented by Mr.. Cullom.
Mr.. Call. Democrat, presented a written
statement, the name of the writer being
withheld, asserting the unreliability of
the press dispatches relating to Cuba,
and also asserting the complete orgapiza-
ton and success of the reyolutionists.
Referred to the committee on foreign re-
lations.
Among the numerous bills introduced
and referred was one by Mr.. Galllnger,
excluding aliens from public enpIoyment
and one by Mr.. HawleJ to protect public
forest reservations.
Among the bills introduced in the
Senate today were:
By Mr. Gallinger, Republican of New
Hampshire, directing all the heads of
bureaus to dismiss from the government
service all persons not citizens of the
United States, by nativity, or who have
not fully completed their naturalization
by process of law.
Also to increase the pensions of all per-
sons who in line of duty shall have lost
sight of both eyes to $75 Der month.
The Senate today, took up the
Stewart resolution instructing the COM
mittee on finance to inquire what effect
the difference of exchange between the
gold standard countries and the silver
standard countries, has on the agricul-
tural and manufacturing industries OF
he Unised States. In the course Of his
address Oh the resolution, Mr.. Stewart,
Populist of Nevada, said:
eff the progress Of China and Japan in
manufacturing industry is not checked it
will be demonstrable that manufacturing
for the whole world be transferred from
the Ocoident to the Orient, and the only
way of checking it is to abolish the
present advantage of fifty per cent we
have, in exchange, and make silver as
valuable, proportionately as gold. Some
thing must be done, because if things re-
main as they are, western civilization
will shrink and shrivel The labor of this
country is not only going to be put on
plane with the Asiatic labor, but the
Asiatics are going to have so per cent ad-
vantage in the difference of exchange in
selling produces here. Mr.. Stewart
announced the gold combine and charged
that it controlled the national co. ven
tions, directed the sales of presidential
candidates, and practically directed the
course of the Treasury Department. He
hoped the question would be examined
and the American people would realize
where they had been brought by the gold
policy and would oontened for the rule of
the people with the Constitution.
No acticn was taken on Mr.. Stewart S
resolution, which lies on the table.
After some routine proceedings the
Senate, at 2 20 adjourned till tomorrow.
Denied the Motion.