Telegram-herald., 1890-12-15

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eesisfst t1at Tree silver D.ll ~oaia
pas t1s o<1ate eitboat tos least
tIoaese. Ia ths house. however, s :
asasfsnt. Vale there Is lzrgs ma
orly there for free SILVER. Speaker
heed = opposed - aDy further expan-
sen - tbe silver carreaey and Wuil re-
s.st any attempt ~ Iar4te IS. WITH the
speaker opposed - silver it niii ps' dif-
q uls. q Aot ImpCss.ele. % pass aay
tall zsld in add.Go1, Is : knoNn that
tas ffesdeat : also opposed - tree
silver saa. 4 : beiieysd, would veto
2uy Dlll ~elch has for ~ object tne free
and unlsmltsd coinage 0f silver. Under
these circumstances Eee situation =
good deal mixed. The treasury has
done about everything which e = pos
sDle FOR it 20 DO and, without the dl-
rect action Of Congress. no further re-
lief can be Afforded BY MF. Nndom.
it nov remains for Congress 70 act.
The PFes'deat would, / am informed
ign any Bill which provides for larger
coinage OF silver, bat which does not
contemplate the unlimited coinage OF
AL silver which might be offered At the
inlnts. some sach measure as tins vail
probably Be the result.
After al the talk which has been In
dulged Ia regarding the inaccurate cen
sus, Congress has pretty we'll made up
its mind to the fact that the work per
formed By Mr.. Porter and MS assistants
- about as exact as any census can be.
and no recounts Will be ordered IN any
city. The Democratic politicians from
New York have been down here ia
great force during the week making ar
guments before the census COM
mttee OF the House and attempt
mg 10 show how badly they
have been treated, but their at
tempts have not been very successful.
Meanwhile the committee IS going TO
work on the reapportiOnmcnt bill,
which Will be submitted 20 the House
IA the course Of few days. Under the
BASIS OF the new reappOrtOnment the
next House IS likely 10 have 359 mem
0ers. 10 has been proposed that the
House should consist OF 500 members,
out on consideration IL has been found
that the former figures would be pref
erable, and II IS believed they will be
adopted. In either case Michigan Will
gain a member.
Next Monday the Dead Letter Office
Will have us annual clearing sale, aud
a great many people will be on hand IN
the hope OF picking up bargains. Once
year all the articles which have re-
walued unclaimed at the Dead Letter
Once for the previous twelve months
are sent 10 an auction room, there TO
be bought by the general public. There
are 1000 articles IN the catalogue, and
they comprise about everything from a
safety pln 10 plow. The things as a
general thing, as one may imagine, are
OF very cheap order, and 1t seems
strange that any one should want to
buy them, but the auctions are always
we'll attended, and the prices are good.
Perhaps this Is due in measure 10 the
system pursued. The articles are sold
by the description given IN the cata-
lOgue, but the purchaser has no chance
10 know what he is buying until the
lot is knOcked down 10 hIm. In way
1t IS a lottery, and although the prizes
are few and far between, snd not often
of any great value, sometimes people
have managed to have a lucky strike
which has well repaid them for their
speculation. Thus, for instance, there
are several pieces of lewelry TO be sold.
The auctIoneer does not guarantee the
gold to be eighteen carat or that the
diamonds are of the finest water. Most
of the things are worth but few cents,
but here and there some article may be
picked up which Will be worth many
times the price paid for it.
A. MAURICE Low.