Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-12
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THE Nat and EIprcss Of New York
says that the Fi,ty.second CongreS
will contain larger number Of ncw
men Ia the House than any other
Congress for Year, past 4 clear
majority Of the coming Representatives
have never been ia Washington he'
fore In any official capacity. OF the
1852 members, there are only las who
wcru Ia the last House. However, Of
tho i0l now members, nineteen have
seen previous service In Congress.
The next House, then, will be COM
posed VI l75 absolutely new members
aud lj7 members who have had Con-
gr,sslonal experience.
The Finy.hr-t Congres. at the open.
Ing Of the session WINS composed OF los
Republicans aud 100 Democrats Ia the
House, bat Mt IL close the figures were
40 Republicans and ljj Democrats.
During the SESSION eight Democrats
were unsJatod aud their places illltd
by Republicans.
The Finy.sccond Congress, accord.
Ing 10 the New York World almanac,
will have Ia the House 9I Democrats,
81 Republicans aud s Farmers ALI
anco mon. OF tho latter, Kansas sond'
i've, Minnesota one, Nebraska one,
and Georgia one. These arc dlsiinc-
lively Alliance men, but there are
about twenty-five other members who,
though Democrats, owe thuig seats To
the Alliance. This will leave 80
straight Democrats In the next House
of Representatives.
some time ago Tho MAJ and ~.
g1rcss addressed circular u each mom'
Tor u the incoming Congress, contain
ing series Of questions which request.
cd immediate reply. The questions
hal reference 10 n choice Of speaker
aud for views on the Sub. Treasury
bill, Tree coinage Of silver, stanford
PCT cent. government loan bill, govern.
mcnt control OF tclcgraphs, reciprocity
with Canada and South America, pen.
sion laws and tariff bills. FOrty.thrco
replies are already published, Represent.
INK twunty.siN States. But very few
have answered the whole series IN iull.
On the question Of free.colnago thif.
ty.cight replies are published. Seven.
teen Republicans and six Democrats
are opposed 10 1t, while twelve Demo.
Gratis and three Alliance men favor II.
For the Sub.rreasury plan there are
i've Affirmative, namely; one Kepub-
llcan, ono Democrat, and three AIN.
ancc men, while there aro thir,y.four
opposed 10 II - seventeen Democrats
and seventeen Republicans.
Fortho Stanford bill tbcrr are three
yeas and thirty.six nays. For
government control Of the tolc.
graph lines eighteen yeas and sixteen
nays. For reciprocity with Canada
twonty.iour yeas and seven mays. For
the present tarln nineteen yeas--all
Republicans, and twenty-five nays
Dcmoctatsa aud Alliance men.
Among the replies that from Mr.
KEN, Alliance member from the rhirl
District Of Ncbrnskl, Is perhaps the
most striking. lie iavors government
telegnphs, commercial union with
Canada aud all the world, service pen.
sions, and tariff reform, But before all
his projects could be- accomplished he
thinks that government should take
possession Of gll gold aud silver pro-
ducing mlnr, aud lands In the United
States; and that nll rights and title, to
such lands shall revert to the govern.
ment by right Of eminent domain, the
government to pay for them reason.
able price.
Clover Of tho Third District of Kan.
ms, IL an ardent Sub.rrrasuty advocate.
He 1. yioe.prcsldcnt Of thof National
farmers Alliance. lIo favors free.
coinage, the Stanford bill a. far "a It
goes, but wants Il stronger, and
government telegraph. In his ar.
gument tor a Suh-rrcasury no says
that everything, whether gold, silver
or paper, on which the government
has STAMPED u certain value, should be
legal tender for such value, aud any
citizen refusing to treat ii as such
should bo adJudScd guilty Of crime
aud treated asa counterfcller.
On the whole It looks as II the polit.
teal issues Of the next Congress will
be fought out on the oil party, lines.
There may BE- some complications ON
thcqncstlon u free silver, but the PROT.
ability Is that It will not be- touched At
all In the House at the next session.
A TO tho Alliance schemes, they seem
70 be- vanishing into thin air. Even
the Democrats who favored many OF
them lnst year arc now emphatieaily
opposed To them.
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