Milford chronicle., 1891-02-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.

good humor, Notwithstanding the belle
that the Democrats Of the House have il
caucus agreed to do their utmost TO force
the calling Of an extra session Of Con
gress. The reciprocity treaty with Bra
iii, which was transmitted to the Senate
last week, has received nothing bu
praise On all sides; even the most rabic
! Democrats admit that it marks the be
ginning Of new era in our foreign trade
ana that it is particularly favorable foi
the extension Of trade in our agricultural
products. OF course these favorable
opinions are pleasing to the President
aud Secretary Blaine, even to a greater
extent than they are to the rest Of the
Republicans.
But Mr.. Harrison was given another
pleasure by the action Of the House in
knocking out the proposition to attach
a free coinage rider to an appropriation
bill, which would have caused him TO
veto the appropriation bill, for have it
on the very best of authority that his
mind is fully made up to veto the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver no mat
ter what guise it may reach him in. But
the vote of the House-I3 to I27-sus-
tanning the Speakers decision against
attaching free coinage,as a rider, to an ap-
preparation bill, has convinced most peo-
pie that no free coinage bill will reach
the President at this session, although the
silver men claim that the vote against
the speakers decision did not represent
their full strength in the House, but it
can also be claimed that the vote to sus-
tain the speaker did not represent the
full strength the anti free coinage men.
There were six members who did not vote
that will vote against free coinage, if a
vote is ever taken upon it, free from any
side issues, and several ofthose who voted
against the Speaker would also vote
against free coinage.
Seven Democrats-Andrew, Of Mass;
Clancy, Dunphy, Spinola and Wiley, Of
New York; and Mutchler and Vaux, of !
with the Republicans to
sustain the Speaker, and eleven Republi-
of Nevada; Carter of Mon ]
-aua; Clark of Wyoming; Connell and |
Laws, Of Nebraska; Hermann, of Oregon;
Kelley and Turner, Of Kansas; Lind, Of
Sweet Of Idaho and Town
iend, of Colorado;-voted against the
speaker; The Legislative Council Of the
National Farmers Alliance, which has
'een trying to get its fingers in the legis-
ative pie, witnessed the vote, and left
he House very much disgusted, as they
lad been made to believe that the free
oinage men would gain an easy victory.
It is believed that the attempt to attach
rec coinage to an appropriation bill in !
he Senate has been abandoned. The 7
entlemen who were engineering the t
,heme We're informed that if the Senate S
oted to attach such rider that when t
lie bill went back to the House the Fed P
raj election bill would be put on as an
lditonal rider, That frightened off the
outhern Senators. Meanwhile the "
ouse coinage committee is giving hear :
gs on the free coinage bill, which may
may not get reported back to the
ouse. lift isn't reported this week it
ID just as well not be reported at all. u
For the remainder Of the session the =,
nate, in addition to meeting daily at II 70
clock and sitting until 8, is to hold b,
ening sessions every day. The House
SO meets at II, and an attempt is to be
ade to have it also hold evening ses- ed
ms.
Mr.. Wanamaker's postal telegraph
"a was never very popular in the House
{ that does not excuse the methods of
= Gould and his lobbyists, by which
measure has been killed. There are
he ugly rumors about the spending of =,
1000 in cold cash by Gould's chief ~
here within the last few =
IS to make sure that the bill was dead =, -
'ond resurrection for this session.
The Senate has passed the pension ~ ~
,ropriation bin with amendments max 81
the attorneys fee for obtaining an ,T' ,J
rease Of pension Son all applica- ~.
is fled after the date of act, but leav- -
it at $40 on all cases now pending.
, House will probably insist for a 9's '
e any way, on its original bill, which ,'-'
iced the fee to 81 in all cases of in "u'
ise.
o-day and Saturday the Sioux Indian y"
CATION has poured its tale of woe into 4"
'etary Mobiles ears. There is nothing ~
in what they have to say 'as