The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-09

washington Dec. Sine mouse To-Day
adopted special order for the consid-
Grafton of the currency bill beginning
next Monday. The general debate will
continue until Friday; on Saturday
amendments may be offered under the
| five-minute rule, and on the following
Monday the vote will be taken.
The Democrats, Populists and silver
ties presented a solid front against the
adoption of the resolution, and every
| Republican voted for it. Mr. Richard
son, leader of the minority, tainted
some of the majority leaders with their
change of front in coming out fiat
footedly for the gold standard, but Mr..
Grosvenor and Mr.. Cannon good natur-
eddy replied that they had learned
| something with advancing years. The
| former said the Democratic party was
the only living demonstration of the
survival of a great organization which
refused to learn anything.
Mr. Roberts, the Mormon representa-
| tive-elect from Utah, was not in the
house when the house convened today.
1t was agreed Immediately after the
reading of the journal that when the
/ house adjourn it be to meet on Mon
day.
Mr. Dalzell Pa.) from the commit
| tee ON rules. then presented the amend
ments to the rules agreed upon by the
committee for the creation of a COM
mittee on insular affairs, to consist of
seventeen members, TO have jurisdic-
! ton lover all matters" excepting those
affecting the revenues and the appro-
priations pertaining to the islands
which came to the United States
through the treaty of 1899 with Spain,
and to Cuba, land to increase the
membership of the committees on for
eign affairs, merchant marine and fish
cries, public lands. military affairs, ma
val affairs and District of Columbia,
from fifteen to seventeen members. and
| the committee on territories from thir-
| teen to fifteen.
MI. Bailey Dissents.
Mr. Bailey of Texas said the minority
of the rules committee held no differ
ence of opinion as to the propriety of
the creation of the proposed insular
committee, but it did dissent from the
/ idea that the committee should be Gre
ated for the purpose of permanently
dealing with the islands
Mr.. Dalzell held there was nothing
| in the resolutions which intimated that
the committee was to deal with our is
| lands permanently. The resolution was
adopted without division.
| Mr.. Dalzell then offered the resolu-
| ton for the consideration of the cur
rency bill 1t provided for general de-
bate, beginning next Monday, until next
| Friday, debate under the five-minute
rule on Saturday and a vote upon the
bill Immediately after the reading OF
the journal on Monday. the 18th. Mr..
| Dalzell said there. was no disposition
upon the part of the majority 10 I'M
duly press the bill. 1t presented sim
ply propositions which had already
been debated in the house. The COM
mittee on rules was of opinion that
! the resolution offered ample time for
| debate.
Mr.. Richardson, upon behalf of the
minority, said he dissented most EN-
phatically from the proposition adj
be considered contained nothing radi-
cally new. For the first time in the
history of the country il was proposed
by statutory provisions to fasten the
gold standard upon the country.
Rule Is Unusual.
If such a suggestion had been made
two or three years ago. he said, half
the other side would have been up in
arms against it. He considered the
rule unusual and unjust to the minor
ity. But one day was to be given the
minority TO study the bill. while MEM
bers of the majority had six months in
which to prepare themselves. Mr.
Richardson tainted the majority for
their sudden change of base.
Mr.. Bailey (Tex.) declared the pro-
posed course of the majority was with
| out precedent or defense. He made an
elaborate argument to prove that IT
was a proposition to hastily determine
question to which the best and most
careful consideration should be given.
The minority was entitled to present
| arrrr.f daliI
in order that at the proper time the
appeal could be taken from the Amer
lean congress TO that tribunal, the
American people. Furthermore, the
+ special order denied the right of the
minority to recommit, privilege hith-
erto never denied the minority
Republicans Proud Boast.
Mr.. Grosvenor tOhio). in support of
the rule, argued that it could not be
Justly said that It would unduly cur
tail debate and consideration. AS to
the charge that members of the major
ity would find it difficult to explain
their change of front, he said it was
one of the proudest boasts of the Re-
| publican party that it was wiser now
| than it was a good many years ago.
THE Democratic party" said he, was
the only we'll recognized demonstra-
ton of a great organization which had
survived long period without learning
anything. The past of the Republican
party is behind it; of its present it is
proud, and it's future is assured. Can
the gentleman from Tennessee say as
mvch?"
WAS the future of this bill assured
until after the caucus had been held?"
asked Mr.. Richardson, amid Demo-
cratic applause.
There never was a caucus in this
house" replied Mr.. Grosvenor, (which
came together with such unanimity of
purpose as that which endorsed this
BILL Republican applause)
Cannon Voted For Free Coinage.
Mr.. Cannon Qlls.), in response to the
thrust of Mr.. Richardson. said that he
| had voted for free coinage of silver in
1878, but he had done so because. of the
impending resumption of specie pay
ments when the Democratic party was
bowling for fat money But specie
payments had been resumed without
disaster, despite the Democratic howls..
Since then the country had been on the
gold standard.
Mr. Dalzell closed the debate by re-
calling some Of the rules under which
the Democrats had forced through i'm
portant bills in the Fifty-second and