San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-25
HE DON'T SAY WHETHER HE
WILL APPOINT THEM
NOW OR NOT.
The Proposed Tariff Bill Amend,
mentS-- CarmOn'S Joke On Say
erS-Allen And Chandler
Davis Makes Friends For
The Treaty.

Washington, March 25.-Special-
Speaker Reed has not authorized the
statement that he will not appoint
the other House committees until the
meeting of the regular session of
Congress next December. To all in
quiries on the subject the speaker has
replied in substance that he has not
decided the matter definitely. The i'm
preston left upon the mind of those
who have talked with him on the sub
ject is that Mr. Reed will be govern
ed by circumstances. There is reason
to believe that the committee assign
ments have practically been completed
and could be announced at short no
tice. A gentleman whose position is
as good as anybody's for getting ad-
vance knowledge of Mr.. Reeds inten-
lions said when asked about the COM
mittees: 81 don't know but my guess
is that the committees will be announ-
ced at the present session, but not IN
til the joint resolution naming the day
of adjournment has been adopted and
signed by the president"
1t having made very plain by the
business-like beginning of the debate
on the Dingley tariff bill in the House
that the Republicans intend to put
that measure through just as it is on
the afternoon Of March 31st, in ac-
cordance with the rule which has been
adopted, the men who are trying to
get the bill amended in all sorts of
ways have transferred their attention
to the members of the Senate finance
committee, which has already taken
the bill up for consideration. These
men are now predicting that the bill
will be amended out of all resemb-
lance of itself in theSenate, but Re
publicans are loath to belive that the
Republicans on the finance committee
Senators Morrill,, Allison, Aldrich,
Platt and WolcOtt-will sanction any
amendments calculated to make the
bill any less protective to American
interests. Senator Jones of Nevada
holds the balance of power between
Republicans and Democrats in the
committee and he has only recently
said that he believed in protection as
much as he ever did. Injurious
amendments may be added on the
floor of the Senate, but Republicans
do not expect such from the finance
committee.
Representative Cannon, of Illinois,
has a habit of getting off retorts in
such a droll dry manner that he sell
dom fails to make his victim join in
the laughter which usually follows.
Speaking Of the Indian appropriation
bill, one Of those that failed at the
last session, Representative Savers,
Of Texas, expressed the opinion that
President Mckinley would not sign
the bill it were passed. Looking
straight at Mr.. Sayers, Mr. Cannon
said very slowly and distinctly: 81
have great confidence in my friend,
but | would never shoot him for a
prophet" Mr.. Savers Joined in the
shout of laughter. The House acted
promptly upon the advice of Mr.. Can
non, who was chairman of the COM
mittee on appropriations in the last
House and who will occupy the same
position in the present House, and
passed the appropriation bills that fail
ed at the last Congress, Just as they
had been passed before, with the eX-
ceptiOn of one paragraph in the Indian
bill. There was no occasion to do over
again what had been we'll done at
first
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, under
took to give Republicans and Demo-
Gratis of the Senate a scolding because
the vacancies in the Senate commit
tees had not been filled, but he had
no reply to make when Senator Chand-
Ter said: Doesn't the senator know
that neither party has majority here
unless it gets the cooperation Of the
Populists. Now 1 would suggest that
If the senator will only cast his vote
with us, we will have the necessary
working majority"
The speech of Senator Davis. Of
Minnesota, now chairman Of the COM
mittee on foreign relations, in favor Of
arbitration treaty, has made new
friends for the treaty. Mr.. Davis
stated in his speech, which was made
in executive session. that he had OPP
nosed the treaty as it was sent to the
Senate. but that the amendments. now
added. had removed the Objectionable
features and that he was heartily in
favor of its ratification.