Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-02

House.
The capitol was crowded on the 21st.
There were many animated conferences
among the senators prior to the opening of
parliamentary status resulting from the
Presidents message requesting financial
legislation before recess and the Senate's
holiday recess today. The House of Repre-
sentatives adjourned until Monday. Chair
man Dingley called a meeting of the ways
and means committee Of the House imme-
diately. He said the committee would or
ganize and might discuss the Presidents
bill today.
1t being generally understood that the
ways and means committee could not he
prepared to report its bill for the relief of
the treasury situation for two three days,
the attendance in the House on the 23d was
comparatively small Mr.. Dingley, chair
man of the ways and means committee,
then announced that the committee had met
in the morning and had unanimously de-
cided that in y"W Of the Pres i spe-
stances surrounding it, that it was not APP
propriate that the two houses should ad-
made. The committee had already entered
upon the preparation of a bill Or bills.
They would not be presented to the House
members of the House who had gone home
under the impression that the usual holiday
recess recess would be held; should be present
committee was made to the House, and
it was proper that they should have an
aonse o meet 9 he M f Mo4 the nyf M
Of agreeing upon the disposition of the
Presidents message, after which he would
ask the House to adjourn over Christmas
day. ION the 2sth,'' he concluded. eve
hope that the House will make a response
to the urgent request Of the President and
situation in which the country finds itself"
lApplause) Then, at 1928 p m, the
House adjourned until the Following day.
HOuSp q
consideration of the bond bill. The bill
aroused the united opposition. Of the Demo
being arrayed against it because saH0t they
claimed it did not give. the secretary the
authority to issue gold bonds, with which
he desired to replenish the reserve, and the
eral opposition to bond issues. The latter
co cont, that the /. raids on the treasury
his discretion to redeem notes in silver
when the reserve was threatened In the
bitter opposition to the bill as originally
drawn and to the proposition to force the
bill to vote on that day that the Re-
publican members of the committee on
ways and means Incorporated in it an
amendment specifically declaring that moth
ing in the act should be construed as, a
modification or repeal of the act of 1878 for
the reissue of the greenbacks when re-
deemed and the committee on rules extend
ed the limit of debate until 3 o'clock on the
following day, but declined to give the
members of the House opportunity to offer
amendments. The feature of the day was
a strong speech from Mr.. Johnson (Rep.,
Cali appealing to his Republican colleagues
to vote against the bill. He scored the
Republican leaders for bringing in the bill.
He said he had voted for the revenue meas
ure under protest but he refused to follow
them on the present bill. Political eXpedi-
ency which involved surrender of prin-
ciple, he declared, would never succeed
The debate ran far into the night. The
principal speeches were made by MeSSrS
Dingley (Ie.) and Grosvenor (O). Repub-
LEANS and Messrs. Turner (Ga) and Pat
tersOn (Tennl. Democrats.