The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-12-31
REPUBLICANS CONTROL
Their Committee Assignments Rat
fled by the Senate.
THE poPuLIsTs REFUSED TO VOTE
They Declare They Were Under No Agree
ment 90 Refrain from votinE--House
Leaders Promise No Further Tarin TInls-
/ ering This Session.

ment 90 Refrain from votinE-House
Leaders Promise No Further TariG TInls-
erins This Session.
WAHHiSGToN, Dec. 81.-The committees
d the senate yesterday passed into the
control Of the Republicans by q vote OF 90
10 ". Tho change In tho political com
.sI.s M OF the committees was effected by
tn adonfssa Of a resolution organizing
the comInittees a ssTgreed 70 by tho Re
publican and Dsmocratio Ssteerins com
mittees. The Populists, with the
tion OF Mr., Kyle, Of south Dakota, 10
clined to vote, and Che Republicans, hay
ting plurality Of the senate, wore thus
enabled TO adopt the resolution. Mr.. Kyle
voted with the Democrats against the ro-
organization.
A two hour debate followed the adop.
tion OF therosolution the purpose of which
was mainly political The Democrats,
under the leadership OF Senator Gormar,
ably seconded by Senator Harris, at
tempted to show that the reorganization
was effected by an alliance between. the
Republicans and Populists, contending
that the silence of the latter, by making
possible the reorganization, indicated
qniesoenco. They also insisted that Rc-
publican control saddlod them with tho
responsibility of legislation.
The Populists led by Senator Abien, of
Nebraska, and Senator Butler, OF North
Carolina, denied that they wero in any
fashion responsible for the result. AS soon
as the vote was announced Mr.. Allen felt
1t incumbent upon himself to make an ex-
PLANTATION OF the attitude Of the third party
men. He referred to the fact that nt diff
ferent times the members OF his party had
been referred to MS Democratic Populists"
and "Ropubllcan Populists." Both terms
were distasteful to them. He wanted the
senate and the country to understand that
though small in number, they constituted
the nucleus OF a thoroughly organized
party, completely independent In political
principles and sympathies. In roply TO
questions from Mr.. Harris, Tennessee
Democrat, Mr. Allen said that the Popu-
lists realized that they held the balance OF
power "We have got it," he said, turn
ing to Mr.. Harris, "and we propose to
utilizeit.
The Republicans, under the leadership
of Senator MITCHELL chairman of the Re-
publican steering committee, and assisted
by Senators Hoar, Hale, Allison and
Chandler, combattcd tho argument Of the
Democrats by asserting most temphntically
tiinp thc NtphliSt5 hdu tNcu ltihoSt W
make any suggestions as to their commit
tee assignments. and had, as a matter Of
fact, been left by the reorganization in the
positions to which they had been assigned
Under the Democratic control of the SEN
ate The Republicans protested also
against being held responsible for legisla-
tion.
Before the reorganization Henry Cabot
Lodge, the senator from Massachusetts,
delivered an address on the Monroe doc
trine. He treated 1t from an historical
standpoint and gave an exhaustive sketch
Of the origin and progress of the dispute
over tho Venezuelan boundary. Although
temperate In language, he took the ground
THAT, unless we insisted that Venezuela's 8
dispute with Great Britain should be sub
mitted to friendly arbitration we would
surrender the essence, spirit and vital prin-
ciple Of the Monroe doctrine, which he oon-
tended was us essential to the safety and
welfare of the American as the balance of
power was to the safety and welfare of
European nations.
~ There will be no more tariff legislation
by the lower house of congress in this SOS
sion. II the business interests of the coun-
Dry have been fearful that existing condt-
tions would be disturbed by any new re
vision of the tariff rates, or any unoeF-
tainty caused by efforts TO re-enaot the
Mckinley law or change the Wilson act
In the direction OF higher duties, their ap-
prnhenslons may be set at rest by the state
ment made by Chairman Dlngley, of the
ways and means committee. Mr. Dlngley
said very positively that he was sure the
Republicans would not attempt any i'm
Sortant tariff changes, now that the revc-
nue. bill had passed tho house, and that his
opinion on this point was given irrespec-
tive Of whether or not the revenue tariff
bill passed last week was successful in the
senate or received the presidents signature.
There are Republican members of the
ways and means committee who think
shat tho house should put itself on record
on the tariff by comprehensive bill, even
II II be foresoen that such bill could never
become law, but this sentiment has Wis.
ibly weakened on the Republican side OF
ehe house since the beginning of the SOS.
sion. II is probable that these members
will defer to the yiews of Chairman Ding
ley, particularly as Speaker Reed holds
the same opinion. The house leaders
think 1t would be waste OF time and eff.
fort for tho house to attempt to pass such
bill.