New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-05
ANOTHER RIOT STARTED.
THIS ONE QUELLED BEFORE BLOWS
WE'RE STRUCK
A CONFLICT WAS IMPENDING BETWEEN TWO
HoT-TEMPERED MIssOURIANs-FINAL VOTE
ON THE ADMINISTRATIONS FINAN-
CIAI. BILL TO RE TAKEN ON
THURSDAY-IT APPEARS
TO BE DOOMED
TO DEFEAT.


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBrNEI
Washington. Feb. 1.-THE Committee on Rules
OF the House OF Representatives to-day repor'e"
and the House adopted an order aiiotting 'hree
days for the consideration OF the hnanciai Dill re-
ported from the Committee Banking and Cur
rency. and providing for Anal vote on Ihursua!
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock the bill and all amend
ments then pending The order also gives an
opportunity to offer two substitutes and one
amendment to each of them. II Will be observed
that the terms OF this order are much more noera'
than were those Of the the House refused 10
adopt several weeks ago to govern the proceed
ings on Adminstra ton bill No. ..
The Offering OF the special order to-day was the
cause OF another ncipient riot on the Democratic
side which the Speaker. with the aid OF the ser
ceant-at-arms was able to quell before Demo-
cratic statesmen came to blows. and before II
seemed TO be necessary to call for the police MI
Hatch. Of Missouri. who is one OF the most bitter
opponents Of all financial measures framed or
recommended by the Administration Is chairman
of the Committee Agriculture. and he tried 10
obtain recognition to-day to call up the Agricu-
tural appropriation bill. He was considerably net
tied when the Speaker ruled that the report or
the Committee on Rules had precedence. ana ne
dropped a remark to the effect that the bill re-
Gently reported from the Committee on Banking
and Currency. like all other measures emanatins
from that committee for the sole benefit or
banks and bankers and ought not TO have prece-
uenCe OF Dill TOT the h'nent OF the el'"t
tural interests OF the country.
Mr.. Hall. also OF Missouri IL a member Of tho
Committee Banking and Currency. and he got
the floor. and said with considerable heat ana strong
emphasis that Hatch's statement was false. ana
that II he had known anything about the proceed
ings in the Committee on Barking and Currency h"
Hiatch) would have known his statement 10 be
false. Colonel Hatch is the possessor OF a temper
as quick and peppery any Missourian OF them
all. not barring Hall or ONe or Heard. or even
Champ Clark. and hi. retort both prompt and
hot. He knew and everybody else knew. he SAID.
that the Banking and Currency Committee had
never reported any bill not in the interest OF anks
and bankers Moreover his colleague knew that ne
HaiD would never say in any place except the
House OF Representatives that any statement made
10y him Natch) was false. or course this kind OF
talk attracted everybodys attention and excited
members began to hurry to the scene Of the mpHnf-
ing conflict. BY the exercise OF all his an'ho fty
however Speaker Crisp succeeded in dispensing tie
mob and restoring order before an actual outbreak
What will be.all the Administrators latest hnan-
cial scheme amended by the Banking and cur
diverse opnons are hed and capr.e by
beers Of the House. The prevailing opinion T. tina;
by an overwhemns aory "o Mr wakcr Of
Massachusetts. said to-day that It would not re-
which Mr.. Reed will probably orer would also
be defeated, but by a smaller majority. Even
Chairman Springer appeared 10 he a shade less
hopeful to-day. and ne held several long and ap-
parcntly earnest ana anxious conferences with
Nessrs Dinccy. Hrosius and other Republicans.
He realizes that ihe bill is doomed unless the
Republicans support ~ with a FAIR degre OF unan-
Unity. Tho probability that they viii 30 seems
10 hc growing weaker day by day. tho
impression grows stronger that the only hope o.
any legislation wha rests I'm simple measure
| enable the Secretary o. the Treasury TO issue
short-term bonds or certificates herring n Low rate
% interest 20 protect the gold and provide
whatever money may be required to make up the
difference between current and current
expenses. such measure - the substitute VI
Reed proposes 10 or'r for the bill reported from
the Committee banking and Currency l. 10
understood that II VIII provide also that the
count kept OF bonds or certificates issued and
sold TO maintain the Treasury gold reserve shall
be kept separate from that 81 bonds certificates
expenses.