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DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Silver Question.
WASHINGTON, September 17th.-The
Eyening Star has the following: Repre-
sentative Warner, of Ohio, is in the city to-
day, having come here to see Secretary
Manning and Treasurer Jordan about his
proposed silver compromise bill. Mr..
Warner has been counseling with all the
prominent silver men he could reach, with
a view to Strengthening his proposition.
The most important persons on both sides
of the question are said, however, to stand
in their original position, and the prospects
for compromise are not thought to be
good. Both Mr.. Bland and Mr.. Reagan are
quoted as declaring their determination to
stand by the Bland dollar uncompromis-
ingly, and the anti-silver men say that
President Cleveland has not altered his
views in the least since writing his famous
anti-silver letter shortly after his election
| The prospect seems to be for a straight
issue on both sides, and the outcome de-
ponds upon whether ornot the Administra-
ton has received enough converts
since the last session to put them
in control of The House on
that question, which it is thought will be
the most important on the organization of
the House and in this respect Speaker Car
Isle will be placed in an embarrassing posi-
ton. There is no idea that he will meet
with any opposition in his canvass for the
Speakership, and he will have to decide as
to the organization of the Coinage Weights
and Measures Committee, which will have
the silver question before it, and old Chair
men who have served satisfactorily will be
appointed at the heads of their respective
committees Thus Mr.. Morrison will ex-
pect TO go at the head of the WAYS and
Means, Mr.. Randall's friends will claim for
him the Appropriations Committee, and
Mr.. Bland will expect to be placed at the
head OF the Coinage, Weights and Measures
Committee.
He will expect, also, that the committee
Will be organized according to his ideas,
so that the silver men will be in control.
Should his expectations be accomplished
the silver men would have the reins in
their own hands, and the Administration
would be defeated at the outset On the
other hand, if Mr.. Carlisle should refuse to
place Mr.. Bland in his old position, or
should he organize the committee so as to
take the power out of his hands it would
have a tendency TO commit the House to
the support of the Administration before
any vote had been taken and to plunge it
into u long and exciting contest at once.
In the face of those circumstances it is
important TO know what Mr.. Carllsle's
views of the question are. The silver men
naturally reckon on his being with them,
| as opposed to the New York bankers, but
it is understood that he has studied the
question very carefully. and is inclined to
think, with the President, that there is
danger in the unlimited coinage of silver
| dollars. This question is giving him more
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| that may come before Congress this winter.
and for months past he has been talking
with men on both sides and making a
careful study Of the question. Representa-
| tive Warner expressed an opinion to-day
| that congress would pass a compromise
silver bill this session.
SECOND DISPATCHl
WASHINGTON, September I7th.-Reprc-
| sentative Warner arrived here this morn-
| ing, and the silver question is revived as
an interesting topic. 1t will be remembered
that some time since he forwarded written
memoranda of his views to the Treasury
officials, and since then they have been
| formulating bill which should serve as a
guide for future deliberations. Mr.. Warner
said to-day that he had only seen the bill
| in print this morning for the first time and
was quite reticent as to its provisions.
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| leaked out 1t was learned, however, that
it provides for an extension of the silver
| certificates from ten dollars down to twos
and ones with the evident intention ofhav-
| ing these certificates take the place of
one and twO-dOllar greenbacks, which the
| Treasurer has stopped issuing A bullion
| certificate IS also provided for, which shall
be redeemable in silver bullion or lawful
money at the option of the Government,
| the latter alternative preventing the max
| ing Of corner on bullion. The market
rates of bullion, at which these certificates
| are to be redeemabe are TO be determined
| by the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr..
| Warner thinks that this compromise bill,
! If presented in Congress- would be opposed
by two classes, first, the gold standard
men, and secondly, the extreme silver
men, who think that any compromise is a
concession to the gold men, and should
not be countenanced. He is confident, how
ever, that a compromise silver bill will
pass Congress at the next session.
Secretary Lamar and the Pacific Rail-
road Companies.
WASHINGTON, September 17th-Secretary
Lamar is evidently going to shake up the
Pacific Railroad Companies. He has di-
rected the Commissioner of Railroads. Cen
! erai Joe Johnston, to send a letter to
Charles Francis Adams, President of the
Union Pacific, and to G. p Huntington
President of the Central Pacific, stating
that the Department has been informed
that their companies had been for wears
paying a subsidy of nearlya million dollars
per annum to the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, and instructing them to forward
to the Commissioner copy of the contract
between the companies and the Pacific
Mail Company; also to cease the payment
of any money to the Pacific Mail Company
until the matter could be thoroughly inves-
tigated by the Department
Rosecrans' Removals.
WASHINGTON, September 17th.-Rose-
Grams had long interview with the Presl-
dent yesterday. 1t is surmised that his re-
cent pronunciamento about reform in his
office was the subject of the discussion.
The President, who has manifested more
interest than has been generally supposed
in the workings of the department, has
been recently appealed to, to interfere with
such demonstrations as that made by the
Register. The reformers who have laid the
matter before him have ridiculed the dec
laTation that the old employees of the Office
were incapable through lack of sympathy
with the works of reform, which the Reg
lister says he wishes to introduce The Of
ficials displaced know more of the business
of the bureau and the means of improving
it than Rosecrans could possibly learn in a
four years term. The methods of this Of
flee have been business-like and accurate.
1t is incredible that new chief, unfamiliar
with the department usage and operations.
could have devised plans of improving the
service which his well-trained subordinates
were incapable of executing. 1t is probable
now that the designations requested will
not be acted upon, and that the clerical re-
moYals and changes which have attracted
SO much comment will not continue.
Order to Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, September 17th-First
Assistant Postmaster-General Stevenson
has issued the following order: Hereafter
Postmasters furnished with box-rent stub
books will retain the stub of said books in
their respective offices for five years, sub
jet to examination by Inspectors and other
authorized persons, after which the stubs
may be disposed of as waste paper. Box
rent stub-books, with printed instructions
to conform with this order will be fur
nished, to date from January /, 1886, and
the stub-books already furnished for the
quarter commencing October /, 1885, will
be filed by Postmasters in their respective
offices, in compliance with this order, not
withstanding the printed instructions to the
contrary.
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