The times., 1899-11-27

An INFORMAL meeting OF the Republican
caucus committee Of the House, which has
had in preparation the currency bill. was
held last night a. the rooms Of Representa-
tive Henderson, at the Normandie. Seven
OF the eleven Representatives who compose
that body were present They were Repre-
sentative Henderson. Chairman, and Repre-
santatiTes Overstrset. Babcock. Payne Dali
zeH. Curtis. and Morris The absentaez
were Representatives Lowering, Kerr. Loud,
and Hawley. The committee was in sss-
sion for more than TWO hours.
The contents Of the currency bill had
been agreed upon earlier in the summer
and Representative Overstreet OF Indiana
had been charged with the duty OF draw
ing il up He presented it at the meeting
last night and it was gone over very care
fully. The msmbers present were well sat
isfied with the bill, and no changes were
MADE IN lis contents. II VIII be presented
10 the House caucus al the earliest oppor-
tuuity, probably next Saturday night, when
the conference 10 select officers for the
House viii be held.
All the members Of the committee pres
ent last night with the exception OF Rep
reseHtatives Henderson, declined absolutely
10 discuss the meeting or the contents oil
the bill. General Henderson had been del
egated TO make q statement on behalf OF
the committee. He said the meeting had
been held last night in order TO see If al
the brethren were firm il the faith" " and
in order 10 give them an opportunity to go
over the bill carefully and refresh their
minds concerning il. They wished 10 ex-
na rrfn y,F4 h.
the country whom they had met during the
summer 10 see il anything had arisen which
rendered any change in the bill advisable.
After discussing all these points they
had reached the unanimous conclusion that
the bill as originally drawn was perfectly
satisfactory and they thought il was the
best measure which they could present
The members OF the subcommittee Of the
Senate Committee on Finance had re
eeived the contents Of the bill. Mr Hender-
son said, and that the two committees
were operating toward the same end but
that the Senate committee contemplated
certain things which are not in the House
bin and vice versa.
No opportunity having been given for a
joint meeting, he was unable to say just
what differences existed between the two
plans. The House committee was ready 10
meet the Senate committee at any time,
ate committee would meet on Tuesday and
q Joint meeting CT the two committees
would be held later in the week No date
has been determined upon for the Joint
mesting. and from what General Hender-
son SAID il is possible there may be no such
meeting. He said that If there is 10 be a
joint meeting the bill prepared by the
House committee will not be given out I'M
III after the meeting. and al any rate il
VIII not be made public before IL has been
submitted 10 the House caucus
The committee felt that as il had been
delegated by the caucus 10 frame the bill
Il should report through The caucus before
giving out the contents Of the measure. In
conclusion be said
We intend 10 push this matter as Earda
possible and 10 have it acted upon and get
a. OK ol the way as soon as we can. We
have been attending strictly to business
and We don't want any more delay than is
necessary"