The Monitor., 1890-12-12

yyaslssms.ou Letter.

ftr rom our regular correspondent.
WAsHINeToN. d. c., D,c 8. 1890.
.sMore money More money, is the cry
of the people which rings continuously, ever
growing louder and louder, III the ears OF
Congressman, and the number OF Congress
men who believe that it is absolutely nee
essary to take some steps at the present
session Of Congress to largely increase the
amount of money in circulation is constant
ly growing. Some propose accomplishing
this result iii one way, some III another.
More bills for the free coinage OF silver
have already been introduced i'll one week
than wele ever before known to be intro
duced in whole session upon any one
subject; and there are other bills introduced
for the purpose of adording the people the
financial relief they are asking for. Sen
ator Stanford has by no means abandoned
his idea of having the Government loan
money to farmers at low interest, taking
mortgages upon their farms as security,
Notwithstanding the euneeremonous manner
in which the Senate Finance Committee
tried to squelch it az the last session, and he
has again introduced it, aud in order to get
chance to speak upon it has requested that
it lie upon the table euntil calledup by him.
He informs ne that lie intends, if it be
possible, to bring the bill to avote at this
session. No one caa talk with him with
out becoming convinced that he Is very
much in earnest, and that he BELIEVES in
both the constitGtionality ard the practi-
cability of the bill. a unique financial
idea is embodied III bill introduced by
Representative Carleton, of Georgia, who
thinks that every individual should enjoy
the privileges now exclusively granted to
the National banks. His bill provides
that any man holding United States bond
may deposit it II the Treasury, as national
banks do, and receive for it national bond
certificates" 10 It's iua par value, such
certificates 20 be fall ltgal tender fer all
obi. cations. The question naturally arises,
what is To be the outcome of all this? 1t is
not an easy question 10 answer. 1.-THE two
Houses of Congress could get chance to
vote squarely upon 1t, the passage OF a
free coinage bill would be certainty; but
there's tie rub. 1t is perfectly easy to pass
such bill through the Senate-a majority
OF It's members placed themselves on record
at tae last sess.ob; but To get such bill
before Tue House Ii IS necessary To get the
consent OF majority of the committee Oh
Coi8age and VI tie Committee on Rules.
There is vacancy at the head OF the
Coinage con mittee, and it is feared that
Speaker Reed wall seleeta nan who holds
the same anti-silver sentiments which he
does, to fill it, Ia that case, goodbye to
getting any free coinage bill before the
House, uni, SIS the Republican Senators W he
favor free silver coinage can succeed IL
playing the Federal Election bill against
Spea ker Reeds prejudice against free coin
age. An attempt is now being made to dc
that very thing. lG is proposed to either
compel Mr.. Reed To premise that the
coinage bill or to defeat the Election bill,
in which he is deeply interested.
All of the correspondence relating to the
killing of Gen. Barrundia and the conse-
quent recall of our minister to the Central
American Republic, has been submitted
to Congress, and the opinion seems to be
general that the action of the State Depart
ment was eminently proper ali the way
through. Ex-Goyeruer Pacheco of Cal
ifornia. has been nominated by the Pres
ident as the successor of the recalled min
ister
A bill has been introduced in the
House at the request of Secretary Noble,
reducing the attorneys fe for obtaining
an increase of pension from sl0to 81, and
the army of pension attorneys are in arms
to defeat the bill.
Secretary Proctor's answer to a Senate
resolution inquiring what steps had
been taken toward disarming the
Indians is little ambiguous. After
telling of the military preparation,
to suppress an outbreak, should one occur,
ne says: 1T was plainly the better policy
to take steps that would make it possible
to disarm the Indians at the proper time,
than TO attempt this Trematurely, when il
could be only partially successful and would
doubtless precipitate serious outbreak. y
Congress has passed joint resolution for
the issue of arms to the states of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebras-
2a, and Montana.
The results Of tie first week Of
Congress are: In the House, the
passage of the International copyright bill,
the Pension appropriations bill, and lot of
preiminary committee werk. In the Senate
six days of ohianug on the Federal Elec-
tion bill
Senator Paddock is evidently in
toacsl with the Farmers Alliance. On
Saturday he presented the protest of the
Ocala convention against the Gouger lard
bill. 1t had already been practically
decided by the Senate committee to report
Nj. PaddoeS's Pure Food bin as a
substitute for the lard bill. WESTON.
.sThe watchword OF those who believe
in prohibition by woman's ballot, said