The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-20
wA9EffNaTON.
(From Our Regular Correpondent.)

WASHINGTON.
(From Our Regular Conepondent.)
WASHINGTON, D. c,
Jan. 18th, 1896.
In Congress the week may be
laid to have progressed with some
'how Of business intentions. The
Senate, as usual, is well in advance
IF the House with work, but the
latter Is now organized, committees
are daily reporting measures, and
It is to be hoped that, under the in.
fiuence Of its new rules, the lower
branch will retrieve it's lost reputa-
ton for industry.
Although Congress met six weeks
ago, the House has done little also
80 far, than to meet and adjourn
for recesses. The Senate has for
many years In the enventful past
been buiness end Of the Capitol, has
enacted several important meas.
ures, the Antl-P olygamy bill being
the latest, and has sent them over
to the House, oficially approved
and stamped.
The silver question has been the
main feature in both the Senate
and House during the week, al
though considerable eloquence has
been expended on other subjects,
such as Army reform and Monu.
ments. Senator Henderson, of
Nebraska, is much in earnest about
increasing the efficiency of the In.
fantry branch Of the Army. He
addressed the Senate, saying our
Army had never brought the blush
Of shatne to the cheeks Of the
American people, but to the dis.
grace Of Congress, no war.like
emergency that had ever arisen
had found US prepared. After cit
ing several instances of this fact,
he said the lethargy of Congress in
placing the Army, Navy and coast
defences in proper condition, was
inexplicable to him, especially in
view Of the repeated recommends.
lions Of the President and other
executive officers.
Senator Blair. Of New Hamp.
shire, who Is one Of the purist Of
the Senate and who is always found
advocating something moral or pa.
triotic, brought up his bill for the
erection Of monument here ia
Abraham Lincoln, and smother IL
General Grant. Lincoln and Grant
he said, were like Washington, ga.
viors Of the country, and appro,
priate monuments should be erect
ed to their memory In the Capita
Of the Nation. Individual efYor,
would never undertake to cree,
monuments becoming the great
ness of the men and the principle!
to be commemorated in these In
stances, and the government SHOULD
therefore undertake the task, nov
that 1t has completed the monu
ment to Washington.
The latest antagonists to tn,
Presidents silver policy were Sen
ators Pugh of Alabama, Coke O
Texas, Brown of Georgia, Vance o
North Carolina, and Representative
Reagan Of Texas, all of whom ar
Democrats. Mr.. Reagan is consid
cred one Of the best informed an,
ablest defenders of the silver dollar
He denounced the proposition t
suspend coinage as cunning an,
wicked scheme of robbery, con
, cOctetl by mOneyed men to max
: the rich richer and the poor poore
by raising the value of investment
ments. Senator Pugh criticised tn
|, arguments Of the President an,
Secretary Of the Treasury agains
silver, and Senator Vance, who ha
very direct, blunt manner, ex
pressed views Numerically oppos
. ed to those of the Administration
) He ridiculed the idea that the silve
agitation was favorable to labo,
and declared 1t was in the interes
! Of those who specialized in money
The silver question is the mai
one on which there will be an oper
serious split between the Admins
, tratiOn and q wing of the Demo
Gratis in the Capitol. The silve
men are implacable, and they hav
the advantage Of favoring the e,
listing statutes. Possession Is min
points Of the law, especially wher
) the machinery Of obstruction is q
} perfect as in Congress. The Coz
! gresham from Mr.. Cleveland's di.
trict is quoted as opposed to hi
anti-sllver policy, and there Al