The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-21
THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE HARD
AT CAMPAIGN WORK.

An Aggressive Fight Determined On
The President and the Proposed Ex.ri
session-DeGant Virginia Republican
Very sorry-washington Notes.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O-lspecial. III thu
Democratic Congressional Committee a
any time since the present canvass opene3
deserved the censure Of having been dilatorl
and negligent it no longer merits such re
proof. Their headquarters is now scen'
Of bustling activity, and documents are be
ing sent out by the wagon load in Response
TO demands from all sections of the country
1t is understood that Chairman Flower, o
the Congressional Committee. sympathize'
with Chairman Brice. of the National Com
mittee, in his mild reproof to those who ar'
seeking to make free trade the enc and oDll
issue Of the pending canvass. As char
man of the Congressional Committee, Mr.
Flower had ascertained that the free trade
shibboleth was not calculated TO help tn,
party to obtain money contributions. Busi
ness men who denOuDce the Mckinley bll
and advocate tariff reform protested against
| the will utterances of some of our leaoers ant
II is even said that Chairman Flower in
spire6 the utterances OF Chairman Brice. II
Is no secret that the Democratic committee
is now better equipped than at any time
during the canvass. ana that the fight fol
the next House will be aggressiyely waged
THE EXTRA SESSION.
The President says that he has not def
nitely determined whether TO convene Con
gress in extra session or not, lie holds Il
| to be question of Importance and saws d
must not be hastily decided. The prevail
| ing impression is that he will decide against
an extra session. His expires
sions to Republican leaders have
rather indicated this line Of thought. One
important consideration Is that the time
gained would be too short to enable the Re
pubicans to accomplish anything. The
Democrats could easily consume the TIVE
weeks thus gained aud the Republican
| administration would get the odiuu
of calling an extra session, and
thus entaiing additional expense upon the
country without reaping any benefit. There
is an element OF the party, however, which
clamOrs for the extra session, IL is the
radical element which demands the passage
Of the Force bill. The leaders OF this ele
ment maintain that when the Force bill
was side-tracked in the Senate there was a
distinct understanding that an extra ses'
|
TO facilitate its 0assage.
| REPENTANT VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
Those officials of the Virginia Republican
Association. who, In the campaign OF lSS'
boldly dehed the civil service law and
levied contributions for political purposes
upon government employees, are now re-
GREETING their temerity and wishing they hao
not been so reckless. When prosecution
was first suggested they laughed it to scorD
calculating that the Republican admins
tration would protect them. But to serve
his pretense OF sustaining civil service re-
| form, Harrison declined to interfere. The
next blow struck the defiant Oiii-
cials of the Virginia Republican As
| sOcatiCn was their indictment by the
grand jury, which was composed Of Repub-
licans aud DEMOCRATS, Another alarming
! phase 70 the guilty parties was the active
| participation OF the Civil Service Commits
| sion in the prosecution. Commissioner
Roosevelt manifested deep inter
est in the cases. He went Sc
far as to authorize the prosecuting officers
to push the cases to their utmost, saying
that if fands were lacking for the purpose
he would supply them.
With indictments hanging over them and
| the administration ordering "hands oil,
the accused persons were in anything but 9
reassuring position. Now the cases are
before the court and are to be tried ut al
early date. The United States District At
torney who will prosecute the cases is q
DemOcr.t, having been appointed by Presi
dent Cleveland This still further alarms the
accused, as with Republican prosecutor
they could count upon lenienoy. uuder all
the circumstances the outlook is not en-
cOuTaging to the men who dehantly as
sessed Virginia Republicans in 1883. These
| cases are Of general interest and import
ance. as they involve "A judicial interpreta
tion of one of the most vital provisions o.
| the civil service law.
LUKEwARM OFFICE-HOLDErs.
The Republican bosses who are muster
| ing voters from the several departments L
| 20 TO their respective homes and cast theii
/ ballots next month are not meeting viii
the success they had Anticipated 81
far as Virginia is concerned, They
had boastingly announced that five Ol
six hundred Republicans would go 10 Vir
ginia to vote, but these expectations are
not being realized. IL is very apparent
| that General Malone has a good many
friends and sympathizers among Virgins
Republicans in Washington, and there
is feeling among them that the
General has not been fairly treated, Ma
homes friends are not talking loudly, but
the effect OF their resentment viii shO"
when the votes are counted.
SILVER DOLLARS AND CERTIFICATES.
Up to October 18th the total number o
standard silver dollars coined was S31G,
4lS. lG6, of which $G4 ,OJl,5Gl were in circu
lation, and all OF the rest, except Sl9l ,52
were represented by silver certificates. o
these certificates $3OS, 1852 were il
circulation, and S2,9O7 .j22 were helC
as cash in the Treasury. Ther'
is. therefore, practically no silver II
the Treasury against which certificates ear
be ISSUED in small denominations to b'
exchanged for legal tender and gold note
of large denominations, as was done las
fall. But the demand for small notes II
unabated, and shows no sign OF decreasing
until after the holidays.
Nearly all the silver dollars coined unde
the new silver law have been paid out di
rectly from the mints and have gone int
circulation, but there have been thus ia
only about S., ,000, ,00O coined. The new Treas
uary notes for the purchase Of silver bul
lion have been issued in denomination
of ten, one hundred and one Thousand
dollars, and the supply OF tens is now suiil
cient TO meet any immediate demand for th
conversion Of new notes Of larger denoml
nations. The ones and tlyes, however, can
not be delivered by the Bureau of Engrayinl
and Printing before November 10th, an,
the Treasury Department will not be abb
TO issue them before the last Of November
After that time the Treasury hopes TO b.
able to meet all demands for small notes
In the meantime the country will have {
d. pend upon the monthly coinage Of tw
million standard dollars under the new laa
for which the Old certificates, provided TO
under the Bland act, cannot be issued, an'
the dollars themselves will 20 into circula
ton because the small certificates have &c
yet been printed.
GOING HOME TO VOTE.
Just at present the clerks and other en-
ployes OF the Government have inducement
offered them in the shape Of reduced rail
10 xflf 70 hgr