Weekly graphic., 1891-01-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, ID. c. JAN, II.

Ills TIME aOOuG RS usual, D0t lo
isn't by q long shot; he is working
hard day and night to keep the
ship which bears the administra-
ton and the republican party in
the middle Of a safe. financial chan
mel, and he is being aided by SEN
ators Sherman, Allison and others
IL both House and Senate, who
have fol years been identified
with the financial policy of the
republican party, which has given
the United States q period of
prosperity never equaIed by any
nation at any time.
The unanimous agreement to
vote upon the Authorization
financial bill in the Senate Oh
Wednesday Of this week is one of
the results OF those conferences; it
was believed that it would be inju-
dicious, not to say positively dan
gerous to have d protrscted finan-
cial debate In the Senate at this
time, just as the public is regain
ing confidence and the money
market is beginning to show
healthier signs than for some,
month past.
[ endeavored, by means OF per-
sonal interviews. to ascertain in
Whist shape the financial bill will
go through the Senate-is will GER,
tainly go through in some shape.
but owing to the disposition on
the part of many Senators to be
non-committal re gsrding some of.
the proposed amendments the.
definite information gained was
not great. The silver men are
loud in their claims, and it GER
tainly looks as if they were we'll
grounded so far as the adoption OF
a free coinage amendment is con-
cerned, although those senators
opposed to going to the extent OF.
free coinage at the present time
are positive in theIr confidence
that it will moi becoma law even
if adopted by the Senate. This
confidence is based upon several
things. First, Is the great itfu-
ence of the conservative men of
the country, who will be aroused
by the adoption of a free coinage
amendment to the financial bill by
the Senate; these men will protest
against such amendment not be-
cause they are opposed to silver,
but because they fear the effect
upon the country of such radical
step at this time, and that their
protests will have great weight in
the House cannot for moment
be- doubted; next com es the oppo-
sit'on of Speaker Reed ar some
OF the most prominent; republican
Representatives and last, but by
no means least, is the, opposition
of the President; this opposition
has been SO far conf ned to moral
suasion---the Presid ent has made
no threat of vetoing the measure.
as has been reporte d, and 1 don't
believe he has ever even consider
ed it. tits princip ally because he
thinks free coina ge amendment
will result in KILN lg the other fea-
lures of the bill, hich he believes
will be of more gen eral benefit,
that he is oppose to it.
Twenty-three demo cratic mem
bers of the Idah o legis lature, who
voted against Sc nator el ect Dubois
have sent pro asst to tt le Senate
against allowing him te take his
seat, the ground being alleged IL
legality III his election, There is
40 probability of any sste ntion be-
ng paid to the probes {, as the
.blest constitutional law -yers in
he Senate nave already pl onounc-
ID the election of llr ID, ,bois to
De legal.
Whether the election bi Il will
again be taken up is an una ecidcd
question with the Republican SEN
,tors, and think its d.clsio. will
iepepd d largely upon the ton of
he republican press during the
lexf. few day s--if t he republl can
evspapers had be, IN unanimo us,
'r even nearly SO, in favor of IT, is
Dill 1T won1d lone
! law.
The shipping b, Ill still hangs
Ire In the House a nd its friends !
ire not as confident of its passage
Is they were We elk ago. The
,n rou5Is DE arises from the opposition
IN the republican side, which
numbers I'M from TWEEN y to thirty.
The condition { the United |
states Treasury as an unfailing
of the 2 mrey market,
nd the daily incre, se TN the sur
'lus shows that confidence is
apidly returning mt that money
; again travelling IN its usual
hsnnels. The Hnplrs now
mounts to more th an slS,OOO,0OO,
o spite of the larg' purchases of