Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-22
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
 WASHINGTON, JAN. 1G, 1891

WASHINGTON, JAN. l6, 1891.
 The merry jingle of silver is the music which the Senate has provided for the people to dance to, by the adoption of the free coinage substl- tute for the financial bull, which went through in spite of the determined and extraordinary opposition of the administration and the Republican leaders in the Senate. The Demo- cratic party has been committed to free coinage, as far as the votes ot all the Senators of the party (wlth one exception-Wilson, of Md ) can do so, while the Republican party, of the Eastern und Middle States, are by the same token committed against it. On this question of finance, the most important of every country, the Republicans of the West and Northwest, if the votes of their Senators represent their views, and the presumption is that they do, seem to be in accord with the Demo- crats and the Farmers Alliance. which is a much more powerful fac tor in this matter than most people believe.
 The most sensational feature of the debate which preceded the adoption of the free coinage amend ment, was the speech of Senator h. gals in favor of free coinage. It was more than that; it was most speciously made plea to the Farmers Alliance Legislature of Kansas to re- elect him to the Senate. It was in many respects the best and most brilliant oration ever delivered by MT. Ingalls,, and had he not have al- lowed his hatred of the South to in- veigle him into a defense of the Force bill, which by the way, again has the right of way in the Senate, at it's opening, it would undoubtedly have made him many friends in that section, where, as he probably knows, he now has none.
 John Bull must be trying to give the dying Republican party boom. At least one would so suppose from his foolish action in attempting to get the aid of the United States Su- preme Court in his controversy with the administration over the Behring's Sea seal fisheries. MT. Blaine would not have asked for anything better than the latest move of the British Government It has given him what he has never had before-the united support of the American people. England should have learned from experience that American dignity cannot be trifled without danger. Already Democrat, Representative Enloe, of Tennessee, has introduced resolution in the House resenting this action and declaring it to be in derogation of the dignity of the United States, and providing that a copy of the resolutions be sent to the British Government. Uncle Sam hasn't much of a navy, but he has lots of dignity, and not even the "Queen of the Sea" must dare to rub him the wrong way.
 A rumor very pleasant to Demo- crats is circulating here this week, to the effect that ex-Represcntative Perry Belmont may be elected to the Senate vs MT. Evarts successor. Mir. Bclmont's aggressivencss while chair man of the House committee on For eign Affairs several years ago proved that he has the capacity of making 1 just the kind of a Senator that the Democratic party would like to see sent from the great State of New | York.
 One Republcan-Mr. Dawes joined Senators Berry and Blodgett in minority report on the Appor- tionment bill favoring an additional Representative for Arkansas, Mime sota, Missouri and New York.
 Senator Hearst is said to be dying at his residence in this city from a cancer in his stomach. His physi- cians have given up all hope.
 Senator Quay's new Force bill pro- viding for the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and the use of the army and navy at the discretion of the President, is regarded as too ab- surd for serious discussion, and some of his friends say that he introduced it for the purpose of disgusting the country with the whole subject. It may not have been introduced for that purpose, but that will be the effect,