, 1876-01-18
WASHINGTON.
Indication Of the Temper Of
the House On the Cur
!; rency Question.
That Body Turns Its Back on a
Resolution in the Interest
Of the inf1ationists.
The Democracy Again Shirk q
Direct Vote on the Am
ncSty Business.
Secretary Fish llas a Private Talk
NTH tho House Foreign
Committee.
Our Negotiations with Spain
Said to Be Progressing
Satisfactorily.
Refutation Of Scammon's Charges
Against Certain Treasury
officials.
Bills Introduced to Secure the Gov
ernment Interest in the Pa
cifo Railroads.
A Stupendous Cotton Fraud, and How Il
Vas Perpetrated.
Bcaurecard Applies for tho Re-
nlovnl OF Ills Disabilities.
Relutati0n of Scammon's Charges
Against Certain Treasury
officials.
Bills Introduced to Secure the Gov
ernment Interest in the Pa
cifo Railroads.,
A Stupendous Cotton Fraud, and How Il
Vas Perpetrated.
Bcaurecarl Applies for tho Re.
nloyAl OF His Disabilities.
THE FINANCE QUESTION.
DCtITE A t.ANar 8TnAw

4Q4IE d L~AH9E 8THAH.
Srectat Dtstoteh to tbs Chicago Tribune.
WAsuIxa1os, D. c.. Jan. 17.-Whtlo tho IT.
fatoulrts can derlyo no comfort from tho vote
Of the Houso to-day--ll2 to 16s-dcfcastne Hoi-
mans ptepoatesous paper.mouey resolution, tie
friends and advocates Of honest cu1rsuov should
not DO 1lstod into tho euppoetion thst tho
record thus made represents fairly tho sent;-
mont Of the House OIL thls important question,
or that IL will b. binding upon all whon At
sctual cusrency measure is bought forward.
lhs only thing to-days vote proved nas that
thero ara l12 nen Ia the House who mar bo do
peudcd uEon to voto for rag-monoy Whenever
opportunity oilers ltscIf. How many mora ihero
arc who Will join thom should an Imitation bill DO
reported. Or should ~ Imitation amendment bo
moved 10 tho bill before tho House, tt1no aono
can demonstrate; but while ali who rotod In tho
athrnlatlyo may Ge set doTu - ajvocalsa Of rag.
money. 1t will nat unfortunately be equally tAfo
to count all Wio Totsd 10 tho negative -
nARp-MonEY MEN.
Il great many Representatives uho be'forn In
the Uho Dcmoctas.c platform OF this rubject
arc OPPOSED to hasiy ac@loa or foEesta!l,n.
ustiberauoue Of fnaucal committees by cast.
sFSn Instruction.. They ,protcr 10 walt until tho
commltteca havo Ind limo to ooueslcr
tho currency question before they put themselves
On shs record. 0tl,ola haze opIniaus on Inc cut
puetrollng It Indefinitely, tut destsn to put on
taking any Responsibility N too nator as long as
paesiolc. nlca shcr-si4s, they are wa;tsns for
sonsthIng TO turn up. and h0pn that tbet may
oitAsf 10 relieved Of tuo neoes ity Of Reihg Oh
tho record at al, or NAV bo caught on The craat
Of ,ouaa popular "aye and bo CARRIED alouG with.
out being Obliged to
TAKE ANY PERSONAL RISKS.
Doth Of tueAe classes yoled against Ho!man's
resolution to.l.y. Wbl'o the vote Ia not fx,r
one. it 10 to some extent al iaaox of tho yton4
OF tho Democrats upon hnanca. An anAtysla Of
thu yo:o aLowa that very large mstoiity Of tina
ystos fof 1opca,Ius tls RcBumptlon 81. vele
from Democratic members. Tno voko furthe.
shoWB what = disor9aulzlng fact the Inapco
question Will DO IN tbs Democratic party and tho
Notubic. Consideration OF the subject will not
be long 3ofcrsed. Da1ne psoposoa to cali ii,
tho eEecle.t ayMans resolution 1t an carly day.
uo will make an abo:ate aEeech uton tt. in
which ho will carefully 1et for'h tue Rteas va!l-
city OF tho Demac sloorica and schools Of
anA1ce. "
ITO Tia dsls;takhd fF<.s.l .+1t;
HOW TILE TH4Nu Tu1K.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 17.-iu the House
to-dny, htr. Holman moved to suspend the rules
Aud xlopk q resolution declaring IL unwise aud
iuoxpedteut 1t this tins that Hpecilic aud af-
bitEasy period SHOULD be prescribed by law at
which 1ekal.tendcr notes Of the United States
SHOULD 10 pald IN coin By tho Secretary Of tho
Treasury. and that therefore tho act entitled
"Au act to provide for tlo roaumpt!on Of epecis
pasment," approval Jan. II. 1s73, ought 70 bo
repealed and inetruct,ug tho COMMITTEE on
rsActiceblo, to report 10 t4s House = bill for
llat purpose.
Tho Iulos were not suspouded-yoas, liz
nkys fha