The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-24
LIVE WARRINGTON TorIcS
ThinEs or Interest In aaS Outside or the
Halls OF Congress.

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and they are now almost ready to claim pub
licly. as some OF them have privately for mum
Der OF years past that the provision Of the sll
YER bill OF 1879, which in effect demonetizeC
silver. was never discussed or agreed to In tn,
United States Senate Ever since that act wa
passed the silver men have charged, with more
or less explicltnoss. that some sort OF sharI
practice was INDUCED in by the enemies
OF silver to get the provision enacted
into the Silver law A dozen times this init
nation has cropped out In the debates In the
Senate chamber. and on more than one occa.
zion the charge has been broadly made that
the law was never passed In the open light oil
day. and as many times the so-called gold men
have denied the imputation. Yesterday In his
speech Senator Daniel referred In an indefinite
way 10 the old CHARGE but made his intma-
ton SO clear that Senator Sherman. who was
one OF the fathers Of the law OF
| 1879, felt called upon to defend 1t and its
| authors and friends. This, however. did not
;ect and to-day Senator Stewart started, an
lnvesuGatiop which to his mind a. has had q
5SE sSr IN the
the Senate from the Finance Committee aft99F
having passed the House, copy St o. b the p tbs
subject was under consideration-and the
bound y9lu% P Of .s 'eS
offlcisl ste1oRrapher. and two or three silver
orey anG ound Whnt he es
evidence OF trickery in the passage Of the bill;
This evidence is the fact that the Congregational
Saes ss Inns The Senate contains
no mention whatever Of tho demonetiEinS sec;
in tho Senate. Tho section was added by tho
HOUSE Si and was pTiatOd nd in italics o
the Globe show the progress. step by step and
the debates upon each section until the de-
break in the record, apd when 1t is again taken
up it is at point further on IN the Pill from
m naG section was ever read to the Sen;
ate. voted upon. or agreed to. Senator stewart
was quite excited by his discovery, and said to
those about him. In his characteristic vigorous
II have claimed ever since the bill was
IN inserting the demonetizing section. and l
am now more than ever convinced that monkey
business was INDUCED in"
Stewart that he might give hip opinion. made
a thorough examination OF the case and he
Well there is certainly something wrong
have Looked thS mat1s ~ and
hs senator ste%art O is n not making much Of
stir about the matter lust at present, because
9d%tfS the that r. may age yet ss
1t stands has a very. serious look TO him. how
ever. and II he hnds upon further tnvestiga-
senator as to sharp practice IN passing the
bill is well founded. he Will spring the sensa-
ton the Ssnate IN III the e ehs6s 81 b search
will bring TO light some surprisingly interest |
lug and important facis.
The Senate. in Executive session to. day. con-
frmed the following nominations: George 3.
Ne "' William Grace. Appraiser of Merchsn:
lse, at Cuyagoha. Ohio ASslstantlAppraiserS
Of Merchandise. Eugene W. Pratt and Davis O.
oturgs. at New York.
The orders assigning Capt. Thomas o. Sell
ridge OF the Navy to the Boston Navy Yard
vas a surprise to every one at the Department.
luested to be detached. He is senior to Sell
ridge in rank. and his request was honored
navy Yard. where Commodore Skerrett Ia in
'ommand. 1t had been supposed that Com
When he was here In January he called on
Congressman Lodge and asked his influence
the npd 10 G hf o 1s d
lot convince the gosspers
What are we maint aiming a long list, Of
'omm odores for p asked naval officer II
uch yards are to BIO placed in charge OF Cap
aims. The custom Is an unfortunate one to
stablsh. and means the supremacy OF per-
onal aud political influence over existing reg
Capt Carpenter relieves Capt. August Kantz
I Portsmouth. Kantz will be given command
Z a ship. The only one available at present
nd the one to which he Is credited. is the Pen
he Enterprise will probably be given to a Cap
min. unless. as bureau officer suggested to-
lay. influence shall have provided for ell the
aptains and left Commodores alone available
Or the detail.
Speaker Re ed has decided to appoint Fred j.
roland Of Detroit an official stenographer In
he House of Representatives. vacancy hav-
az been caused by the temporary retirement
I John J. McElhone, the famous chief OF the
louise corps OF reporters. Mr.. McElhons Is
doTn and is suffering 6sHitS from from
here were large number Of candidates Tor
tier being convinced that he is entirely oapa-
lie OF performing the arduoqs duties Of the
nce; T-Representative Fore, OF Grand
member OF the House in the last Congress. was
), candidate until he learned that his friend
lr. Ford Ia one of the best stenographers In
he country, and thinks there IL more money to
n"S Mr. so Y Ss Seafs
his is one Of the reasons that induced Speaker
iced to select him. His friends say that
!svng done some remarkably rapid work
ie is at present the s!SspoErapher Of the Cir
sporter is ii, 900 per annum, and it is prac.
lcRlly life place, as removals are rarely made
kept for ineompetenoy; Sneaker Keller
ession Of Congress he removed we'd Of one Of fn the
who had finished seasons
FORK and WAS conRratuatlng himself upon
he eight months vacation ahead of him, and
ppointed HIS nephew to the vacant sinecure
hat act contributed largely to the extin-
uishment oil Mr.. Refer az q public man, and
is successor promptly riGhted tho wrong by
lRking the nephew exchange places with the |
ian who had been discharged to make room
Jr him.
Tho House Committee on Elections to-day
cted upon three OF the pending contested cleo
on cases. and tho result will probably be an
lcrease Of the Republican majority In the
ouse by two members. The cases decided
lis morning were those OF LanRston against
enable; Fourth Virginia, district Miller
sainst Elliot, Seventh south Carolina district, {
nd Chalmers against Morgan Second Mssis- .
ppi district. In the first two cases tho COM
Iiitee will report In favor Of seating the Re-
ublican contestants. Langston and Miller. but
the Mississippi case the, report will be In
Lvor Of the sitting member. Mr.. Morgan.
ofore the full committee met. Representa-
vo Lacy's subcommittee on the Clayton
case had a short session. which {
as devoted entirely to a discussion OF the ]
lrther, order OF proceedings: EI Attorney !
eperal Garland. as counsel for Mr.. Breckin- {
dRe. expressed desire to submit further
'stimony upon q branch OF tho Case which l
as not yet been presented 10 his satisfaction. =
hartman Lacy remarked that tho sub-com- I
itteo was disposed TO admit all pertinent