New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-08

a4e,v bombarded with questions as 10 tho p'a0''0"
effect OF the language Of the resolution.
Mr.. johnson (Rep. Ind) wanted the Junsoie,io
~ the Ranking and Currency Committee setueo
ana thought the present as good as any o'"e'
time to do It, ....,.,
Ar D,nrey said the real question OF jurisdiction
would depend on the Interpretation OF .ne 49,.
.Na,,onaI finances" which. he reiterated mao oee'
,ssd In all resolutions Certainly by specihc terms
III ora.t,ons relating to banking and currency
,voua 90 TO the Banking and Currency Commute
1y,th this exclamation Mr.. johnson apPea'cu WV
tent for the time
aA11,EY TAKES HAND
Then Mr. Bailey Dem. Tex. the m'noi,s aea
attacked Mr. Dingley. He wanteo 20 Ano n,,
c.Iv whether a measure to enectua'e '"e ,a
mendations OF the President on inc cu .c,, CO..
90 a. the Ways and Means or the Currency oo"'
Inittee. .,.. o.. tho redemp-
,ion fund such q bill would 20 to tho ways anu
Mans Committee a., IN.
"If II proposed to retire the greenoacks IN inc
manner recommended by the Presioen'' ""
Il go?" asked Mr.. Bailey.
Mr.. Johnson pressed Mr. Dingley along the sa"''
line 49,. ..,o,
Il would leave the determination OF that question:
10 the Speaker" replied Mr.. Dinsicy' Inc f'ou'e
laughed A.,
III IN 70 avoid that very thing" exclaimed MI.
Johnson cha. I desire this question to be mace
clear now. Does the chairman OF the ways anu
Means Committee think bill embodying the prlh-
ciple OF the Presidents Recommendation a"ec's inc
redemption fund.-?
81 think II does" replied Mr.. Dingley.
Then the gentleman indirectly answers our oues-
ton"' exclaimed Mr. Johnson
BY this time. i being apparent that debate SoNlc
Dinghy and Mr.. Bailey arranged for thirty minutes
on side.
AN INDIGNANT PROTEST
Mr.. Walker then got tho floor. and Indignantly
protested that II the questions relating to legal
tender money which lay at the very foundation OF
the currency and banking laws. were to come
under the jurisdiction. Of the Ways and Means
Committee. the COMMITTEES on Banking and cur
m nj as w III MsS continue He
declared that In the last Congress his committee
had been steadily disregarded It's members haa
sDd When se at last they were allowed TO bring in
bill the previous question bad been demanded,
to address the House by unanimous corfsent.
Mr.; Cox Dem. Tenn. the senior Democra ,hc
protest. protest Of MI Walker The Presidents recon-
We2e S !S S the
sition TO retire the greenbacks: II the Banking
s saSm;s ff tRat is hands Should not tied lie
EXPRESSED the opinion that the OBJECT OF the
y Nj " heeler Dem, Ala.,. at this point got the
floor and used few minutes IN plea Tor Gov
eminent armor plant In Alabama.
GENERAL GROsvENoR'S SPEECH.
He was followed by Mt Grosvenor (Rep, Ohio.
who diverted the whole course OF the debate by
an attack on the Civil Service law which was sew
eral times enthusiastically applauded both by MEM
bers the floor and spectators in the galleries.
Al the outset he repudiated the idea that opposi-
ton to the Civ.l Service law involved an afront
to the President. Congress was empowered to deal
o To lie sPS haa
dent that thee are IN the cassd a ier M
shat far with t the
when he saws s' the Civil ssryc s' system has the
official sanction Of the people"
with the sentimen: o. the country and that i the
shny would 10 Be 81
His s IN de-
uprOarious applause from the galleries. in which
many members on the. floor joined This was Gov
siared and no man should be EXCLUDED from psrc
patton IN the executive branch OF the Government
cation. WIN? was otherwise qualified Ohio. he SAID
70 building e up c cdn inv cs.. was t,
country.
REPLY FROM CHAIRMAN BRosUs
Mr. Broslns Rep.. PENN. the chairman OF the
Committee on Civil Service defended the law and
the Presidents Interpretation OF It. II was for the
Executive to administer it. He had full power TO
correct any mistakes that had been made and he
thought its administration should be left there He
thought any attempt to legislate on the question
~ Ba 5sSraeS en as an T ndgny to the
venor's utterances against building IN an oTcs
which was almost literally embodied in the Chicago
paarform Democratic applause.)
Ne Steele Rep Ind amid snshaer
~ an, glad to relieve the other side of the charg.
OF W. total wdhsprsvity' retorted Mr.. Bailey: ~ 90
sp Mf Whe se DEN Kyo avowed himself
peal the law and Mr. Fitzseraid psm M 10 re
chided the Republicans for what he called their
attempt TO break down the law.
MR. JOHNSON DEFENDS THE LAW.
Mr. johnson (Rep. 1nd). after some opening re-
marks about 1.-The stupendous folly Of appointing
Bimetallic Commission 20 roll over Europe"
made strong speech in defence Of the Civil Ser
vice law. He charged General Grosvenor with
being dere!ict In his duty as Republican. That
party he said. was unalterably pledged to the
support Of the law BENJAMIN Harrison and WILL
ism Mckiniey' the most DISTINGUISHED opponents
tain language. and General Grosvenor. he thought.
Vel merited the rebuke administered to him by Mr.
porn s cheas o''e foansed hm Th SUE s
mary hed that bat the mouthpece Of the Adminisra
dents Message met with more hearty Endorsement dor
nd n wa nns h s cassss.s to the c bssTvc
through bill In antagonism to the law. It would
Moreover, he said. 1T was a mistake to imagine
that the sentiment Of the country opposed It. The
who G opposed From se
h 0tves Tne ,,Gsbs va mot with the law
Mr.. Cochran psm,: Me-, in a ssiirIcal speech,
SPOKE or the injustice or turning ever a subject
which Mr.. Walker had freely admitted he knew all
about to Mr.. Dingley, who had fathered q TarfY
bill that had already produced a $40 o00OO deficit
Mr.. Bland Dem, Mo- said that it well
derstood that nothing would be done With the cur:
that the Civil Service law was humbug, which
the West and South opposed. The latter gave some
amusing illustrations CT its operations and caused
a laugh by the statement that Mr. Cleveland had
been some time In the White House before he dis
covered that the United States were not bounded
on the west by the Allegheny Mountains.
CONCESSION FROM MIR. DINGLEY.
During the progress Of the debate Messrs Walker
and Johnson had consulted with Mr.. Dingey and
q modification Of the resolution Of distribution was
agreed upon. II struck out the words ''the Ma
tonal finances the public debt, the preservation
Of the Government credit and gave the Ways
and Means Committee jurisdiction over ali matters
in the Message relating TO "the revenue the bonded