Omaha daily bee., 1889-05-03

thirds of the members of the house IN order
10 change the rules There will be a long
and heated struggle at the beginning of the
session in October or December over the
adoption OF set OF rules, and II may be that
the democrats will, under the present rules,
inaugurate deadlock which may last for
months. They are in bad blood.
THE SILVER COINAGE QUESTION.
Representatives from some of the silver
states and territories have been around the
treasury and the white house, during the
past two weeks, feeling the pulse of the men
in power as 70 the sentiment in favor of free
silver coinage. The subject was discussed
with great earnestness in the Forty eighth
and Forty ninth congresses, but II had little
show in the last congress. II has been
argued that IL would be Just as sensible to
establish mints where bars of iron, tin, cop
per and other metals could be taken, and,
under standard set up by law, nodded
into bars representing so much money, as to
permit this to be done with silver. The ad-
vocates of free coinage argue that, sincefsil-
yer and gold are the lawful money standards
of this country and the world, those who
have the crude material should be permitted
to take it to the United States mints, and, on
tho principle of having wheat or corn ground
at the MILL have it made into money at a
certain cost, which will cover the expense of
minting. AT the treasury department it is
argued that there Is not a dollars worth of
silver in silver dollar, and If free coinage
is established, 1t will be necessary to recon
all of the silver IN existence, and that this
will cost millions Of money and no one will
be benefited. The object of the people from
the silver states and territories in demand
ing free coinage is to elevate the silver mar
ket and more firmly establish the silver
basis. While it is reported that President
Harrison and Secretary Window look with a
degree of favor upon the free coinage pro-
iects, there is no reason to believe that the
Fifty first congress will authorize free coin
age, as the same old arguments ure used
against it with renewed vigor.
"A REAL MEAN OLD THING"
Senator Allison has, according to to-days
Post, gotten himself into snarl with some
ladies who wanted to take congressional
junket." The Post says:
1--WE don't wish TO throw this country INTO
convulsion of alarm, but we have just been
informed by prominent Washington lady
that dreadful thing has happened and that
our esteemed compatriot, Senator Allison,
is in very great danger of being called "a real
mean old thing AS the story comes to US,
some of the senators composing the Hoar
committee which is on its way west for the
purpose OF investigating our relations with
Canada, proposed that they make the trip a
pleasure excursion as well as a business
journey, by taking their wives and daughters
along. This was noised around among the
senator's families, and the ladies were, it is
said reioced. When the matter came to the
ears of Senator Allison he, as our fair un.
fortunate tells us, vetoed the plan and de-
| clined to add the ladies to the party. Now
we were not present when Senator Allison
did this and we don't know any more about
the case than we have told here, save and
except that the senator is very handsome
wldower who has not heretofore been a spec
| ial object OF disfavor among the Washington
ladies', but who now appears to stand in i'm
| minent danger Of being called, as we have
said, "a real mean old thing"
HARRISON CALLS ON BLAINE.
President Harrison called upon Secretary
Blaine at the Normandy to-day. Those who
| saw the president.goiup the stairway two steps
at time were led to believe that there was
nothing slow about the chief executive and
no defects In his health The president
walked up to the hotel alone and spent some
| time with his secretary OF state. Mr. Blaine
hopes to be at his desk on Saturday or Mon
| day.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Treasury notes printed after the middle of
this month will bear the name of James n.
Huston, treasurer" instead of "James w.
Wyatt, treasurer" Mr.. Huston expects to
take his office within three or four days,
when the printing of greenbacks at the bu-
! reau of engraving and printing will stop until
new plates are prepared bearing the next
treasurer's signature.
ARMY ORDERS.
BY direction of the secretary of war, the
unexecuted portions of the sentences i'm
posed by general court-martial upon Will
| lam H. Finch, late private, troop A, Third
| cavalry, February z, 1883, department of the
| Platte and Patrick Finnegan, late private.
| company G, Seventh infantry, December 13,
| 1887, department of the Platte are remitted
| and they will be released from confinement
| at Fort Leavenworth
| The unexecuted portion of the sentence i'm
posed by general court-martial on January
| 90 1888, is remitted in the case of August
| Wiener, late private, company III, Twenty first
| infantry, and he will be released from con-
| finement at Alcatraz Island, Cal.
| Sergeant Lawrence II. Spiedel, company
| X, Sixth Infantry, now with his company, is
| discharged the service of the United States.
Private Joel Anderson, company F., Sew
| enteenth infantry, now with his company,
| having enlisted under false pretenses, is dis
| charged the service of the United States
Private Burton Salisbury, company F.,
| Twenty first infantry, now with his company
at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, will be sent to
| Hot Springs to enable HIM to enter the army
| and navy general hospital at that point, re-
| porting on his arrival to the surgeon in charge
| of the hospital.
The secretary Of war, with General Drum
| and others, will start on an inspection tour
! to the west on Saturday. They will visit
Omaha, Chicago, Denver, St. Paul and other
| places.
John G.. Grinsted, of Bloomfield, Ia, is at
| the Howard house. PERRY $. HEATH.
| GUTRVENnRS