Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-12-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
written and compiled for the HERALI

Written and compiled for the HERALD
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 22nd.-The
Democratic Senators are doing every
thing they can to prevent any action be-
ing taken on the financial bill. One OF
them-Mr. ReagaD-has already offered
an amendment providing for free coinage.
There are number of Republican Sena-
tors that will vote for free coinage if it
gets before the Senate, but more than two
thirds of them believe that it would be
injurious to the best interests OF the
country to pass a free coinage bill at this
time and rather than see a free coinage
amendment tackled to the bill they will
sacrifice the entire bill. In fact some of
the ablest financiers in the Senate, in
Guiding such men as Messrs Allison, Nor
rill, Aldrich and Sherman, have expressed
the opinion that the finances of the couu-
try are il fair way of rlghtlng them
selves without legislation, and while they
would support the bill providing for the
additional 15,000,000 ounces of silver bull
lion and for the TecOinage of the $780,
900, GOO in fractional currency and trade
dollars, they do not favor taking any
chances on free coinage. That is just the
situation as it exists today.
Senator Ingalls, asked for and obtained
two weeks leave of absence Saturday, aud
Yesterday he left for Kansas, where be
expects to remain until the Kansas legis
lature decides who shall succeed him in
the Senate. He takes with him the good
wishes of every Republican IN Washing
ton from the President down to the hum
blest member Of the party, and on every
hand one hears the wish, sometimes even
from Democrats, that Kansas may see the
wisdom of giving her brainy son another
term in the Senate; a wish in which
most heartily join, as it would be impossible
for Kansas to elect Senator who would
reflect more credit upon the State than
Mr.. Ingalls, has done
1t SIS expected that the President will
this week issue the proclamation requir-
ed by the Act of Congress authorizing the
Worlds Far, stating that the requirements
OF that act have been complied with. This
will start the ball rolling which will,
President Palmer, who is now here, says,
result in the greatest and grandest ex-
hibltion the world has yet seeu.
Senator Paddock has given notice that
if the debate on the election bill is to be
pTotracted to any great extent be proposes
asking the Senate to take up his Pure
Food bill, which is demanded by the
farmers from one end OF the country TO
the other.
Senator Pettigrew has introduced a
bill to prohibit tie sale Of firearms and
ammunition to Indians on reservations.
Senator Platt has offered a resolution
appropriating 100000 and authorizing
the President to obtain from the German
government, if possible, supply of the
consumption remedy known as DIR. Kocb's
lymph and the formula for It's manufacture,
in order that it may be distributed
throughout this country.
The President will, l am informed
send with the correspondence relating to
the Bebring Sea controversy which is to
go to Congress shortly, special message
explaining and giving his views of the
situation, which is considered to. be
grave.