The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-12-08
Mr.. WALKER PROTESTS
SrorrT RESISTANCE BY BANKING
AND CURRENCY COMMITTEE.
AN ALLEGED COMPROMISE WAS MADE
IN ne Midst Of the House Chaos, Civil Service
Got Some Hot Shot DingIey I"itted
With a $40, 900, 900 Deficit
The Senate,

washington, Dee. THE session o.
the House to-day. though it lasted pu'
tua haurs. witnessed very lively sklrni-
;Sh over the question of distributing
tpe Presidents message to the various
committees clothed with Jurlsd4cuoh
over the subjects dealt with. Inc con-
dict of authority came between the ways
ana Means committee and the Banking
and Currency committee.
During the debate Gen. Grosvenor, OF
Ohio. fired the first gun against the cifi
service law and this also brought the
friends and enemies of that measure IN
10 action. 1t was noticeable that the
galleries seemed to sympathize with the
an,nnents of the measure.
Eev Henry Couden, the regular chap
lain who delivered the invocation to-day,
in his appeal to the throne of grace, ASK
"a for The divine blessing upon the Pres
dent in his hour of trial and anxiety.
The Presidents message transmitting
the reporf of the special commission on
the Paris International Exposition in
1000 ard recommending liberal appro
nriation for our representation at the
exposition, was laid before the House.
Mr.. Dingley, from the Committee on
Wavs and Means then presented q reso-
lution adopted by that commltte for the
distribution Of the Presidents massage
TO the several committees having juris-
diction Of the varions subjects treated.
Mr. Walker, (Renubhcan of Massachu-
setts) Chairman of the Banking and Cur
renty Committee. asked for re-readins
of that portion of the resolution giving
the Ways and Means committee juris-
diction of all the portions relating to
"the revenues, the national finances. the
public debt and the preservation Of the
public credit"
A very considerable debate followed
upon what the language of the resolution
meant and the issue as to jurisdiction
of the currency problem as between the
WAYS and Means and the Banking and
Currency was sharply raised.
Before the debate, which lasted over
an hour. has been concluded the House
was plunged into a debate on the cur
Tency problem. Mr.. Walker, after the
re-reading of the resolution, asked with
some heat what was left to his commit
tee.
matters relating to banking and curren-
cy under the resolution would go to the
Banking and Currency committee.
1t becoming apparent that debate
would be required to dispose of the cues
tion at issue. Mr.. Dingley and Mr..
Bailey arranged for 80 minutes on a
side.
Mr.. Walker then got the floor and in
dignantly protested that If the questions
relating to our legal tender money which
lay at the very foundation of our cur
rency and banking laws. were to come
under the jurisdiction of the WAYS and
Means committee, the committee on
Ranking and Currency might as well be
dissolved. He avowed that in the last
congress his committee had steadily
been disregarded. It's members had
cooled their heels in the Speakers lobby.
ne said. and when at last they were al
lowed to bring in bill the previous
question had been demanded without
permission for debate ard he had been
allowed to address the House only by
unanimous consent
Mr.. Cox Democrat, Tennessnol, the
senior Democratic member Of the Cur
rencv committee. seconded the protest
OF Mr.. Walker. The Presidents recon-
nendations as TO the National hanl, cir
culation, he said. were inevtricably in
terwoven with the nroposition TO retire
the greenbacks. II the Parking ana
Currency committee was TO DO ANYTHING,
he submitted that its hands should not
be tied.
Mr.. Wheeler democrat. Alahama, at
This point got the floor and used n few
minutes IN plea for n government ar
NOR plate nIant in Alabama. He was
followed by Mr.. Grosvenor Republican.
Ohiol. who diverted the whole course OF
the debate hy an attack on the civil SER
vice law, which was several times en-
Enthusiastically applauded both by mem
beers on the floor and spectators in the
galleries. At the outset he repudiated
the idea that opposition to the civil SER
vice law involved an affront to the
President. Congress was empowered tc
deal with the subject, and the Presi.
dent had referred It to Congress. Ht
heartily agreed with the President 'tha'
there were places in the classified ser
vice which ought to he exempt"
Mr.. Grosvenor declared that he had
kent in touch with The sentiment OF tho
country. and that If the question were
submitted to the people west Of the Al
legheny mountains It would be buried
under their overwhelming condemna
4ion. His remarks in denunciation q
''life tenure in office" were met witl
pproarious applause from the galleries
IN which many members on the foo
heartily Joined.
Mr. Rrosius Repnblican, Pennsvl
vania, the chairman OF the COMMITTEE
ON Civil Service. defended the law AM
the Presidents interpretation of It.
Mr. bailey Democrat. Texas, corr
mended Mr.. Grosvenor's utterarce
against building nm an office-holdin'
class In this country-a doctrine, n
said. which was almost lterallv en-
bodied in the Chicago platform. Demo
cratic applause)
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