The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-23
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON. ID. e. Jan. 10. 1891.
The present situation in 10th Senate
and House may in a nut she'll, be-
summed up thus:
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Everybody is asking everyi oily
else questions without number. and
the answers u-unl,y depend upon The
personal desire III the SLeakcr. The
Republicans in the Senate are again
apparently wo: king together in tie
attempt To fore" IL vote Upon the Fed.
eraI Election biIi,aS party measure.
BY thing the Democrats out in a con.
tinu0uS session. The session has now
lasted day and night since Friday
morning, with the exception Of
Sunday recess. and the question ri
whether the bill will ever he voted
on seems as far from being answered
a. ever. One thing favorable to :hp
final passage Of the bill is the fact
that the Republicans who voted.wilh
the Democrats for free coinage are
new v0ti e with their party on qurs.
tinns etfrc:ing the election bill. The
Democrats say the bin can meyer he
passed unless The clOture rule is
adopted, and there are still a num-
her of Republican Senators who will
not agree tn go To that extreme. In
the meantime the fight goes on, and
all absent Republicans have received
urgent kilograms requesting their
immediate presence here.
But after all the 81, ct about which
the most questions ARE asked is the
free coinage bill, which was adopted
by the Senate rs substitute for the
r publican caucus financial bill. Ii
liza, been referred To the House CON.
mittee on Coinage, n majority OF
which is known To oppose free coin.
aye. Will This committee make an
adverse report upon the bill, or will
it be p,geon.hoIed and no report
! made at ALI? From The best obtain.
able Information / believe the COM
mittee viii report The bill. because
its members know that if it Is not
reported Il motion will be made on
the door of the House to discharge
the committee from it, further con-
siueration, and the success viii III at
tended similar move in regard To
the investigation of the COnyre,-i ,nai
silver pools, proves how easy il can
lie done when majority OF tne
House sO will it.. Bui. after II is re.
ported to the House, will Speaker
Reed allow it to Ue voted upon
That is II very important question,
second only in importance to that Ot
"A Presidential veto. Mr.. II ed is
personally opposed to free coinage.
and / Lelieve will COAL in his power
to defeat it by p,eyunting III one way
or the another II vote being taken
upon il. although it is only fair to
state that some Of his closest friends
say that he will not resort To amy ex-
traordinary methods to defeat the
bill.
1t IL now stated by those who
ought to know. that Mr.. Harrison
will veto the free coinage bill if 1t
goes to him rs il passed the Senate.
hut that he has expressed his will
lingness to sign II mll providing for
free coinage under certain restrict
ions. Just what these restrictions
are no one seems 10 know, which
gives the first statement "a fishy look.
1t now looks as If some big fish
might he caught in The drag net of
the House committee that is investi,
eating the silver pool charges. The
committee WAS informed at its first
meeting, held Saturday that Senator
! Stewart had stated that he had per-
sonal knowledge of Senators specu-
lating in silver it was also informed
that an official of the House had
stated that he know of Congressman
who would get into trouble if the in.
vesiigatiOn was used. These two
gentlemen and others whose names
have been furnished the committee,
will he invited to tell what they
know about silver pools, and If they
tell the.e's squally times ahead for
some people.
By the deOth of the historian,
George Bancroft, which occurred here
Saturday afternoon, America loses