The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-28
LIVE yhsYJNoToN TOPICS.
TbinEs OF Interest In and Outside or the
Halls of Congress-.

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great statesmen arc trembling in their shoe
, at the thought OF what the farmers will do Il
them in case they fail to support some Of thos
wild and impossible measures. Tomorrow o
the next day the Ways and Means Committe,
will pluck up enough courage to report with
unanimous recommendation that 1t do no
pass the Sub-Treasury or Government Grair
Warehouse bill Judging from the mum
ber Of letters that have been sent t
the members Of Congress in it's behalf
this is the most popular measure tina
has been introduced in Congress In many Q
day. Thousands OF copies OF that bill have
been mailed to farmers throughout the South
and West and It is safe to say that fully one
half OF the Southern members have been
threatened with defeat IN case they do not sup
port the scheme. The Farmers Alliance peo-
| pie Of Alabama and Georgia are said to be very
much excited over the sub Treasury plan. and
they are likely to defeat two OF the best men In
the House. Representatives Oakes and
Herbert. because those gentlemen have
| refused point blank to go before the.
| Ways and Means Committee and make argu-
ments for the establishment OF three or four
thousand Federal warehouses. Tho Farmers
Alliance people keep q pretty large lobby in
Washington. and when Farmer McCune and
| his associates appeared before the Ways and
Means Committee in favor OF the Picker bill.
the only member who had the courage to talk
back at them was Mr.. Flower Of New York
city whose district Is in no wise agricultural.
The Picker bill. It will be remembered. pro-
vdes for the establishment in every county OF
the United States Of a Government warehouse
to be known as q eub-treasury, and to be In
charge OF a Superintendent to be elected by the
people. At those warehouses, which are to be
erected by the Government and provided with
oil tho modern facilities and machinery.
farmers may deposit their wheat. corn. oats,
cotton. and tobacco, and receive therefor
Treasury notes equal to 80 per cent. OF the
market value thereof, the market value to be
determined by the warehouse superintendent
In addition to the 80 per cent. Treasury notes.
negotiable warehouse receipts shall be issued.
and thus double paper is to be issued on
every bushel Of grain or pound Of cotton or
tobacco deposited. Just how all this is to be
interest on advanced money paid. no, one
seems TO know; nor has any one figured out
b build three tire or -four four thousand modern ware
and, appliances. The most that Is known
wildly in favor OF. tho scheme and that .
OF Being left at home on account OF It. These
ambitious, gentlemen have been secretly but
COMMITTEES to step into the breach and reiioyo
their follow members of responsibility by
throtlinf the scheme S II committee p SHt the
report IT to the House with unanimous un-
favorable recommendation and now the, poor
called upon by their constituents to explain |
why they do not take the bill up and pass 1t
over the committee's head: A wave Of pater-
try and IL all the absurd bills sent to members
OF Congress Meregactualy introduced and
printed tho bill-hle would soon resemble
comic newspaper.
Senator stanford appears to be more respon-
sise. Il Ills farm i9an schems has called forth I
arge crop Of similar propositions. one OF which
came to light today when Representative Nc
81 abont $50 psr cspta
poses except the payment OF the Interest on the
public debt. The notes are to be distributed
Upon mortgages. Tho loans viii bear Interest Gs
6an to to
1erson. and preference Is to be given to those
whose lands are already mortgaged. to the end
1earing liens upon their property.
Senator Stewart Of Nevada is moro deter
mined now than he was last week to present
violence to the country that the section Of the
,ilver act Of 1872 demonetizinG silver was put
through Congress in an underband manner;
lie lntimates that he will make his formal
harRes to, the Senate probably tomorrow.
Whom the discovery was made last week by the
liver Senator that tho records Of Congress did
ot mention that, the silver. dem onetizing
oned in the Senate the Senators were astound-
d, The charge that sharp practice was in-
uGsd II has Sts 59R II his
hat tho demonetizlng act was passed =" in such
quiet and remarkable manner that tho Pres
lscover 1t; that Speaker blaine did not know
when the ACT was passed and that England
ollars and sent an emissary over to America
manner stated"
Senator Sherman interrupted Mr.. Daniel to
ochll the fact that on former occasions, when |
Imilar declarations that the silver dollar was
cen made by the late Senator Beck, he lAIr.
herman got the original files and showed the
g9al letter Of the se gre Of TIE Treasury
arroncy =: Mr.. Sherman declared that the dol
never BE a as hs silver
ollar was dropped from that bill Was as bold
nd palpable as any fact of legislation in the
Iotwithstanding ali that. Senator Stewart,
Tho was in the sen9To and voted for the bill.
now the act was intended to and would, as it
ID. demonetize silver. Senator Stewart and
III In expsfts and pdI go n comptetely tbrouRh ali
lg tho original blll and to follow carefully the
ongress. The result of these Investigations, {
Il alleged. tends to confirm old suspicions
nd arouse new ones OF crooked legislative
ork. The statement Of these newly dlscov- !
red facts and evidences Is likely to cause a
,nsation.
The search that has been made reveals the !
yet that section sixteen OF the act-the very
'ction upon which the main trouble hinges {
pes not appear In tho record OF the proceed {
gs. Senator stewart says 1t seems TO have I
een mysteriousy skipped over, The record {
lows the proceedings relating to SECTION NJ
N |
pom section seventeen. This remarkable dis 5
eDancy, he says, cannot be accounted for In
ny ordinary way. and The matter presents too
ard q problem for solution by tho {
Die chief official reporter, Air. Murphy. whose
1es not AFFORD a parallel to this case The In
nation is that the section which dropped out
le dollar was purposey omitted In the hasty
OF passage through the Senate.
nd that the omission was consummated in tho
OF conference whose report was an
nintelligible tumble. rushed through both I
ouses and not cOmpreheuled by ANYBODY | !