The evening times., 1897-12-22
SPEAKER REEDS INTgsTIoNs.

The New York Evening Post. which u
notoriously friendly to the Administration
In matters OF currency REFORM" and
which regards the Administration as its
bette neir on the subject OF thu tariff, links
it is evidently the purpose of Speaker
70 give the banking and currency committee.
OF whict Mr.. Walker is chairman, chance
| to grapple with the financial legislative
problem. AS part OF this program Sec
retary Gage has twice been before the com
mittee, and through its chairman his bill
has beer presented to the House. Thus it
mas happened that Secretary Gage and the
A Administrations policy have CHANGED to
fall into the iiauds of Mr.. Walker, instead
Of Mr.. Dingley, to whose Committee OF
Ways and Means the Speaker originally
looked for formulating whatever currency
legislation it should be tfdught best o
attempt. re4 y
In MI. Dingley Mr.. Reed has great faith.
anG IL has long been his desire That the
former should lead the House majority in
finance, just as he has done on the tariff.
1t was planned to accomplish this Giver-
Aion oil the powers of MIR. Walkers com
n;tteC Icy peculiar distribution or tile
Presidents message at the very opening
OF the session. But Mr.. Walker was alert
tO defend his rights, and the Democrats,
Set ting o Republican family quarrel, nat
urally became his allies. The DiIyley
contingent did not think 1t polite to have
an Open breach with the Banking and Cur
rency Committee, and II. the matter was
snOothed over, and Mr. Walker and his col
leagues lost no time in taking possession
OF Mr.. Gage's hill.
1t u the Speakers present purpose to
give the Banking and Currency Committee
chance. although he has little faithin the
possibility Of getting Mr.. Cages measure,
very far along the road iowa rd the statute
book. III nothing comes, however, OF the
Gage plan or anyother measure ema mating
from the Committee, Mr.. Dingley after u
time viii bring in a bin separating the fis-
cal from the issue-and redemption bra ncnes
OF the Treasury, and aiso one rcia ting 10
bonds. Under the rules both these sub
jects now belong to the Ways and Means
Committee. These bills the Speak, viii
endeavo. To push to final disposal.
The monetary commission plan, it is
thought, Will prove more popular than ;Sec.
retary Cages. 1t Will do less in the way
of bond issues, aud Will provide for issuing
notes on assets. Which CON-
n!ittee will adopt this measure 1t is still
impossible to tell. There are signs That
the Panking and Currency Committee Will
Come nearer to agreeing upon 1t than upon
Mir. Cages, and it is probable that tie
Speaker will also feel more ravorably In
clined toward IL, on tie ground that the
Senate ca mot be made to do anything
with the Gage plan.
The Post correspondent blushes for New |
England, and has the following TO say: |
1t ishardtG understand what object Sena !
tor CT and'er had ia view in his latest drige |
ut Secretary Gage, and indirectly at the |
behind him. One thing. how
ever, Chander's free-silver EXAMINATIONS, |
coupled with Gallinger's bad eninence rs
spokesman. ought to accomplish. 1t should |
silence Republican criticism Of Nevada Us
rotten borough. and of the idiosyn1rasisS..f
Stewart, Jones and Newlands New HaIup-
shire was onoo Of the origin al thirte ee1 sta.es.
but Chandler, Gallnger, and Sullowiy " Ji,ld
surfer severely by comparison with the
three Nevada Congressman. Galiinger I as
made his attack upon civil service reform
IN basis of persistent andapparently will
nj misre pr the facts. Chlnsl
is doing as much Ia help on the free silver
agitation as any man in the United States
sullOway Combines the views of the Two
Senators, being Spoil Isman, afiatist, andln
advocate Of doubling the pension roll