The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-12-08
Washington, ID. C., Dec. !, 1887.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. /, 1887.
The session of the House to-day
though it lasted but two hours, Wit
messed very lively skirmsh over the
question Of Distributing the Presidents
message to the various committees
c!0thcd with juris sdiction over the sub
Jects dealt with. The conflict OF au-
thority came. between the Ways and
Means Committee and the Banking
and Currency Committee.
During The debate General GrOsvcnor,
OF Ohio, fired The first gun against the
ciNI! service law. and this also brought
the friends and enemies of that meas
IRE into action. 1t was noticeable that
the galleries seemed 20 sympathzc
with the opponents Of The measure
The Presidents message, trans
mtt!ng the report Of the special com
mttee on the Paris International EN-
position n 1900. and recommending a
liberal appropriation for our reprcsen-
tation al the Exposition, was laid be-
fore the House.
Mr.-lingley, from the Committee on
ways and cleans then presented a re-
solution adopted by that committee for
u'SirlpNtion of the. Presidents message
l" me several committees having j,ll'-
iSa.ctioh OF the various subjects
treated.
MI Walker RcpD, of Massachusetts
chairman of the banking ana Currency
Committee, asked for rc-rcadinS of that
portion of the resolution giving me
WAYS ana Means Committee jur!sdic-
lion Of all the portions relating To me
revenues. he ma n.,l "
pubic debt and the preservation of the
pnhiic credit. y very considera bic d =,
pate followed upon what the language
OF the resolution meant ana the issIIc
as to Jurisdiction of the currency rroS-
icm as hetwscn the Ways and Means
anu me iianking and Currency was
sharply raised.
Ber"re the debate. which lasted over
an aoir had been concluded. the House
was plunged into a debate on lhn cur
fency problem. Mr.. Walker. after the
fe-rcading Of the resolution. asked with
some heat what was left 10 his com.
mittee. Mr.. Dingley replied suaveIy
tfai all matters relating 10 hankin.:
ana currency under the resolution
would so Ia the Banking and Currency
Committee.
1t becoming apparent that debate
would be required TO dispose of the
Question as issue. Mr.. Dingley and Mr.,
blicy arranged for thirty minutes on n
side. Wv :"
n Mr.. Walker then got The flonr aud in
FdiSnantlE protested that IL The uucs
tioiS fe!@lihS to our legal tender money
when lay at the Very foundation of our
currency and banking laws wcrc IN
come under the jurisdiction Of the
WAYS ana Means Committee. the Com
hlittee on har1king and Currency might
as well be dissolved. He avowcd that
IN the last Congress his committee had
peeh steadily d!sregardcd Its mem
. DcrS mad cooled their heels in the
y Speakers lobby, he said, ana when n,
last they were allowed To bring in 2
g piil the previous question had been de-
Inahuea Wi'hout permission for debate
anu lie mad been allowed to address the
4 House only by unanimous consent
s. Mr.. Cox (Dcm). of Tennessee tbn
5 senior Democratic member of the cur-
q fency Committee, seconded the prh,cs,
9f MI Walker. The Presidents re
communications as to national bank cir
culat1on, he said, We're incxtricablv in
ferwoven with the proposition to ratiro
the grecnbacks. If the banking and
Currency Committee was 10 IN onw'
thing he submitted that its hands
should not be tied
Mr. Wheeler Dem). of Alabama NJ,
this point got the floor and used n rny
minutes in plea for n Government,
armor pate plant in Alabama He was
followed by Mr.. Grosvenor WcpO. nr
ONO, who diverted the whole course or
fhe debate by an attack on the civil
service law, which was several times
enthusiastically applauded both hv
members on the floor and spectators IN
the galleries. "
Mr. Brosius, Rcm. of Pennsylvania
the chairman of the committee on civil
service. defended the law and .he PrcsI-
dents interpretation of it,
Mr. 'ailcy. (Dcm)., OF Texas. com
mcnded MIR. Grosvcpor's ltterancea
against building up an onicc-holdinr
clasa In this coumtry-a. doctrine he said
Wnich was almost literally embodied in
the Chicago platform. (Democratic an
Aplause).
Mr. Wheeler Oem.), of Kentucky,
avowcd himself spokesman in svm-
pathy with the proposition to repeal the
hW M ana Mr.1 Fitzgerald. Dem), OF
Masaa achnsests. chided the Republicans
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