Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-09
WASHINGTON CITY.
\ FRee-colNAcE AMENDMENT Al
MOST CERTAIN TO BE ADOPTED.
Hoar Will Attempt 20 Resurreet the Force
BiIl--Cameron's Nomination an Ad-
ministration Defeat.
lrrom Our Resular corrsspondentI

WASHINGTON. January S.-The Senate
will vote on the pending financial bill
next Wednesday. The debate is to close
on Tuesday ana then will come the
amer tents and short talks. II can be
safely stated at this time that free-coin-
aee-of-silyer amendment will be adopted
IL there is q direct vote on Wednesday.
The savage gold-bugs are pretty hot and 1t
Is not certain that they viii be in ahumorto
allow vote. though il is difficult to imagine
how they can get around the thing. espe-
cially as they have been bowling so loudly
about " obstruction" Colonel Eliot FIRE
Brand Shepherds paper has been working
no interviews with gold-bugs and has
made the Wall-street crowd believe that
the gold-standard men in Congress Will
beat free coinage. but it can't be done IN
the Senate If vote is allowed next Wed:
nesday, and tho impression Is they Will
have TO yield.
POSITION OF THE DEMOCRATS.
All of the Democratic senators with but
two or three exceptions will Join the silver
advocates among the Republicans IN pass
ing the Stewart amendment for free com
age. Mr.. Wilson, of Maryland, is opposed
to free coinage and 80 is b1r. Gray, OF Dela-
ware, and there may DO one more. some
who are not ardent free-coinage men WI
vote that way because the eight Repubn-
cans have helped to ditch the infamous
force bill
THE TUG OF wAB.
When free coinage passes the Senate
then the tug of war will comeinthe House;
Boss Reed is preparing to hold up the bill
when il reaches the House. but the silver
men in that body claim that they will find
a way to head Of Reed and the other plot
tiers against honest money.
WILL RE ANTAGoSIZED.
"Upcle Frisbie" will probably make
another attempt next week or Just alter
the silver bill Is out of the way TO resur-
rect the force bill, but the prevailing i'm
preston here at this writing IL that IL
cannot be galvanized INTO life. The lndi-
cations are that when Hoar makes his mo-
tion-if he really does--the force bill will
be antagoniZed by other measures OF
greater Importance. II Hoar finds he IS
certain to be beaten he will not further
risk his reputation.
WILLING TO PUT Up"
The situation in Bleeding Kansas has
gotten to be so red-hot the Republican
politicians of that State are much torn up.
The latest news from the State, which
charges Congressman Turner with being
willing to put up $4,000 for the senator
ship, has stirred up the politicians here
very much. All this, however. helps In
calls. and il is much TO be regretted. If it's
shown that money is to be used among the
alliance men to defeat ingalls, 1t may re-
suit in finally electing him.
ADEFRAr FOR HARRISON.
The nomination Of Senator Cameron by
the Republican Legislative caucus at Har-
rsburg, to succeed himself, has been ter
l. n, Gov tha foraQ- hill Ra6lPalg
The fight against Cameron, started by the
Philadelphia Press, was inspired by the
President, so il is charged here.
Calvin Wells. the owner of that
paper, il a Pittsburgh millionaire, and
lust after his recent visit here the Press
commenced TO fight Cameron. 1t IL be;
lieved that Harrison asked that this should
be done. II has been n signal failure.
They are against MIR. Cameron because he
is suspected Of being in no way concerned
about the fate of the force bill. Indeed he
would prefer to have it beaten.
ANT1-FoRcE BILL.
Senator Stamford is also opposed to the
force bill. if what one hears is correct. so
is Mr.. Jones. of Nevada. They Will both
come back to the Senate without opposi-
ton. -.
The shipping bill IL having hard time
in the House. 1t ought to be beaten, but
it is feared the Republicans will muster
strength enough to pass the measure.
Very few Democrats are for this bull.
LANGsToN's ALLEGED EXPENSES.
Representative Atkinson introduced in
the House to-day bill to pay 10 John Nj.
Ianeston 80, 3G5.77 TO reimburse him for
Expenses necessarily incurred" in making
the contest for the seat he now holds IN
Congress. There is no danger that this
bill will pass. Congress allows only $4,000
now to contestants, and Langston got that
amount. in addition to nearly two years.
salary for services that he had not per-
formed. To rob Mr. Venable of his
seat was doing enough Tor Langston,
and even this Republican House is not GO
ing to give this man anything more. They
will let him content himself with being
the leader of the Republican party of Viz
ginia, for that Is what they made Langston
when they turned down Malone and the
balance of the white Republicans and set
up the boiler as the head of the party. 1t
is now SAID that the Republicans IN the
House are fully sensible to the fact that
they made Langston a bigger man than
Malone, and they are not In mood to
vote more money to Langston.
wAYsEsBoRo's POSTMASTER.
The President to-day sent TO the Senate
the nomination of Thompson S. Brown to
be postmaster at Waynesboro', Va. Brown
Is a typical Republican of his section of
the State and il regarded as unfit for this
OF any other office, but he seems to have
gotten away with the other applicants for
the position.
OTHER PosTMAsIERs.
Postmasters appointed to-day for Yir-
ginia. j. I. Hayes. Bowd's Mills, Wise
county, rice W. Stidham, resigned.
North Carolina: j. f. Nobblln, Nobblin,
Granville county, rice nj. L. Willard. re-
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