Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-14
That Will Be Observed in Both
Houses Of Congress.
VHEREREqRENCHMENF WILL Be MADE
Mr.. Reed to Form the Committees
to That End.
AWAITING CARLISLE'S REPORT

The Stars interview with Senator AL
drich and Mr.. Reeds difficulty in con-
structing the committees of the House are
the subjects of much discussion. Both, it
Is thought, point to one and the same thing,
which Is, that economy is to be the watch
word In both the House and the Senate.
Not cheeseparing, not a denial Of any ap-
preparation necessary to pressing public
interest, or to making secure money al
ready expended, but economy in the sense
that every item of every supply bill shall
be fully justified before approval. Every
thing that can wait must wait
Mr.. Reeds Difficulty.
Mr.. Reed, 1t is said, found upon his ar
rival here the necessity of impressing this
view of the situation upon nearly all Of
the new members of the House. They
had come together with mistaken concep-
ton of the possibilities of the session. The
eyes of six out of ten Of them were fixed
on committees handling appropriation bills.
The requests for appointments on the
rivers and harborS committee alone actual
ly footed up ten tines the number of the
places to be filled. This, of itself, showed
the danger, and gave The Speaker his cue.
He set at once to work to explain the en-
barasSments to be met and mastered; the
empty treasury, unsettled markets, the
lack of full working power in the Senate,
sions framed from personal meeting with
new members he began recasting. Some
of the assignments he had already decided
upon. The prediction is made that when
the list is announced it will show not only
good judgment of men, but a clear purpose
to keep within safe lines in providing for
public expense.
Where Cuts VIII he Made.
Where will the pruning knife be applied ?
The answers are the merest speculation.
A good deal of opinion, however, points to
public buildings and to rivers and harbors.
That Is to say, that, while works now un-
der contract will likely be provided for in a
way to insure proper progress, no new
works are likely to be undertaken. Pro-
jects of this kind. 1t is believed, will go
ever until the next Congress, by which
| time clearer purpose as to everything
will have been formed.
This line of action, if pursued, will add
to the interest OF next years campaign.
Wherever there may be dtsappoin tment
| over the failure to obtain bountiful meas
ure from this Congress an explanation of
the difficulties will be forthcoming, to-
gether with an assurance that the return of
the republican party to power in both the
legislative and executive branches will be
attended with the resumption of such a
revenue policy as will enable the party to
attend properly to all the wants Of a grow
ing country. Then the days Of a full
again, and the sound of the auctioneer's S
voice will cease In the land.
Interest In Carlisle's Figures.
Mr.. Aldrch. in his interview, said that
much depended on the figures to be SUBJ
mitted by Secretary Carlisle. Interest in
those figures Increases every day of the
delay. What will they show? Will the
Secretary support the assertion OF the
President that no part of the money OBJ
tained from the sale of bonds has been
applied to the payment of current expenses
of the government? The republicans ex-
press the belief that the President is mis-
mistaken there. Will Mr.. Carlisle be able
to bear him out in the statement? But
suppose he tries and fails? What may
Congress be expected to do in those cir
cumstances? The Secretary's figures of all
kinds. estimated expenditures included, are
certain to undergo a most searching ex-
animation. The republicans intend that
| the case shall be made entirely clear to
the country, and their contention is that
| after cutting down the revenues the demo-
Gratis did not cut down expenditures and
| that thus they dug the pit into which the
| treasury has fallen. 1t is suggested that,
! If necessary, special committee of the
| two houses may be appointed to go fully
into the whole subject.