The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-19
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Secretary Window is willing and even
anxious that Congress shall authorize aim
to put $50, 600, 600 in immediate circulation
by purchasing additional silver, and MIR.
will send in a special message this week
recommending that some such legislation
be adopted by Congress. This change of
opinion, which doubtless would have
greatly surprised either of the gentlemen
a month ago, is easily accounted for. The
Senators and Representatives who favor
free coinage have shown q disposition to
overthrow party lines--they are in both
paIties-take the bit in their mouths and
pass a free coinage bill, whether it pleased
| the party leaders or not. This Mr.. Har-
| rison and Secretary Window are both
| very much opposed to; hence their propo-
| sition to increase the money i'll circulation
by other methods. Senators We're ap-
preached last week and asked if they We're
willing to pledge themselves not TO offer a
free coinage amendment 10 a bill author
lzlng the purchase OF all the silver bullion
now stored in the United States, but they
refused to do SO, and IT will not be at ali
surprising if the administration finds it.
SELF in the iuTch alter all On this question.
1t Is as Dear certain AS anything in the
future can be that Congress will pass some
financial legislation before Christmas, but
IL is not so easy to say just hat it VIII be,
further than that 1t Will add to the Gun
of money in circulation. The Republi.
cans OF The Senate held a caucus tonight
TO discuss financial matters and decide
whether the election bill shall be laid
aside in order to consider financial legisla-
ton. 1t will either be passed OF laid aside
within the next week, and if it is once laid
aside it is extremely doubtful whether it
will be again taken up.
Ihe hRnt between the pension attornies
and Secretary Noble is getting decidedly
Interesting and is growing more SO. The
attornies will try to drive Mr.. Noble into
private life, and he will try to have all the
States adopt the method, which be says
has worked smoothly in the States OF Mas
sachusetts, Minnesota and Wisconsin, OF
having The Attorney General of the State
prosecute claims for pensions without cost
TO the applicants. Mr. Noble has also
succeeded in having the Hous Committee
OF Invalid Pensions make a favorable re-
port on a bill reducing the fee for obtain
ing an increase in pension to 81.
The River and Harbor bill of the last
session having been an unusually large
one, and very little of the money appro-
priated having yet been spent, it has been
decided not 10 report one at this session.
Sc material courtesy took a day of
iast Friday whea Senator Butler called
| Sapatar Hoor u liar n ,d SlpEtnr EHrvpAc
accused Senator Butler of being more
crazy thar usual. Things are in a
strained" condition i'll both House and
Senate and it will be strange if rows do not
become frequent as the session advances.
According to Senator P%ettigrew, OF
South Dakota, who is just from home, the
Indian scare is ~chargeable to the greed OF
space" writer's and the inclination of
eastern editors to purchase and print al
the sensational matter offered to them,
without regard TO its truthfulness.
Senator Squire, who was chairman OF
the Congressional Committee that " ent to
the Pacific coast to investigate, says the
law against Chinese immigration is all
right, but too small a force of men is
employed to enforce it.
Petitions for and against the passage Of
the Tory bankruptcy bill by the Senate
are coming in iii large numbers. The
most of the latter are from the north
western states.
Saturday the Senate bin for the inspec-
ton of cattle and hogs aud the products
thereof was called up in the House by
Representative Baker, of New York. Mr..
Mills made a short but very earnest speech
against its passage, charaeterizing it as
one of the most remarkable measures ever
presented to Congress. Mr.. Stockbridge,
in advocacy of the bill, said that from the
Atlantic to the Pacific there was a cry
from the people for pure food, which
not only meant that there should be nc
chicory in coffee and no sand in sugar, but
that the meats that entered into consump.
ton should not be tainted with disease
injurious to the human being. The bill
was referred to the committee on Agficul.
ture.
The House committee ON Merchant
Marine has reported a single bill as a sub
stitute for the two shipping bills passed
by the Senate at the last session.
Representative Geary, Of California, has
introduced a bill providing stringent regu-
lations for the naturalization Of foreigners.
| 1t provides for the advertisement for all
| applications, and for the examination on
the history of the United States, the
Federal constitution and the constitution
Of the States in which the applicant
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