Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-02-05
wAsEINeToN LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30th. 1891.


created a vertlable sensation among
the republicans in both House and
Senate, because it was entirely unex-
pected by them. and for a time the
widest sort of talk about retaliation,
the killing of the free coinage bill
and other measures in which the re-
publican Senators who voted against
the Election bill are interested, but
as usual, upon second thoughts COM
mon sense prevailed, the skies be-
came clear and both House and Sen
ate settled down to the work which
has been more or less neglected OF
late, the Senate taking up the APP
portionment bill, which is TO have the
right of way until disposed of, and
the House the regular appropriation
bills.
The republicans of the Senate have
arranged an order of business to
come after the Apportionment bill,
which includes in the order named
the following measures: The Eight
Hour bill, the International Copy
right bill, the Paddock Pure Food
bill and the bill guaranteeing $500,
100000 of bonds of the Nicaragua
canal company. There is considera-
BILE mystery about this last named
measure, and I believe that that is
the method which has been adopted
by its promoters to secure its passage.
Whispers about coming international
complications and the military neces-
s1ty of the canal may do to pass ii
through the Senate. but it will be
strange if the people and the news
papers do not demand a much fuller
bill of particulars before consenting
to the investment of S200,000.000 il
it, which is a good deal of money fol
even as wealthy a country as this.
A notion has become prevalent
among the silver men in the House
that a majority of the Committee Oh
Coinage, which is now considering
the free coinage bill, has determined
to delay reporting that measure tC
the House on the plea of giving hear
ing to delegations until it will be too
late for the House to act upon If
The members of the committee den!
this, but from the fact that a majorlt!
of the Committee have voted agains
a motion for the committee to yott
upon the bill next Wednesday, it i
evident that they propose delaying l
as long as possible.
Senator WAshburne has announces
himself as the instigator of a move
ment to have the FREQ coinage bill
amended in the House to meet th
objections of Mr.. Harrison to unliInit
ed free coinage. The idea has fey
supporters so far as I can learn, be
ing opposed by both the silver an
the anti-silver men.
Things are getting warm aroun
the committee engaged in iDvestigai
ing the silver pool. Gen. H Y. Bryn
ton, the well known correspondent
was informed by a gentleman vii
claimed to have heard 1t, that in
conversation between Representativ
Dingley, chairman OF the committee
and Repl esentative Payne, a membe
OF the committee, it was broadly il
timated that Senator Vest woul
never have been allowed to testify
it had been known that his testimon
would show up Senator Cameron
silver speculations. Gen. Boynton'
informant was Mr.. Stephens, Of S
LOUIS. Messrs Dingley and Payn
say that no such conversation eve
took place between them. In th
meantime the committee is fndin
out very little about who has bee
specializing in silver.
The Behring Sea case was argue
before the Supreme Court this weel
There was little in the arguments thu
had not been already covered by th
newspapers.
A delegation of Sioux Indians g
here yesterday. They came from Il
Pine Ridge agency and have a strin
of grievances u yard long, which, b
the aid of interpreters, they poure
into the ears of Secretary Noble t.
, day.
Senators Davis and Washburne al
! making a hard fight for the amen'
: ment to the Apportionnlent bill, 81
ing Arkansas, Minnesota, and Ne
York one additional member eac
q but the chances seem to be again
them, principally because of desi
n to pass the House bill without amen
: ment, it being feared that if amen
y ed it might fail to be acted on by Il
House at this session, the end
. which is growing dangerously near.
d The democrats are still suspicio
5 of republican intentions regards
h the Election bill, and that suspicl
If is having an effect upon the speed
A legislation, particularly in the Houi
I 1t Is believed that Mr.. Harris
a wants the republicans in the Sens
/ to make one more final and desperl
er effort to pass the Election bill, bu!
s is not apparent that the Senator'S ta