The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-13
wasU,Dgtos Letter.

Mr.. Harrison made q last desperate at
tempt through Hoar, in behalf of the force |
bill nj a caucus of Republican Senators !
held last night. In order to give the Sena- |
tors who had voted against the old bill an |
opportunity of returning to the ranks a |,
new bill was presented TO the caucus, |
shorter and without some of the objec-
tionable features of the Lodge bill. !
Storier differs as 10 the conclusion ar
rived at Some say that II was decided
To pass the new bill in Il few days and
others that no definite conclusion was
reached One Republican Senator, who
voted with the Democrats to lay aside
the gag rule resolution, is reported to
have said that if IL would be any salts
faction to the radical members Of his
party he would vote for the new bill,
| because he was satisfied that there was
not enough time remaining t. get 1t
through the House.
! The Republicans seem to be getting
| the worst of the silver poolinvestigation,
| in spite of the evident intention of the
! committee to find out as little as possible.
| No Democratic member of either branch
| of Congress has been implicated, while
| two prominent Republicans Senator
| Cameron and Representative Taylor, of
Illinois have admitted their guilt, and
| another one-RepreSentative ketcham,
of New York-is expected to do likewise.
The greatest farce of the investigation
was enacted this week when Owenbey,
the man who claimed to have been a
member of n silver pool, was brought
from Chicago under arrest and put on
! the stand. Almost before he began his
testimony the committee decided that he
must not mention the names of Sena-
tors or Representatives that he had heard
named by other people as specializing
in silver. That practically shut out all
that portion of his evidence that might
have led to finding out something, and
it is believed that it was intended TO
have just that very effect
The free coinage bill has been the
cause of some very plain talk this week,
and unless all signs fail II is going to
bring on a big row in the House. Sen
ator Cockerell said that the opposition to
the bill which has suddenly sprung in
to life, III various sections, but princi-
pally in the East, WAS inspired by tele-
grams from the capitol; and ReprcSen-
tative Bland charged Representative
Walker, who is Massachusetts, banker,
with trying to smother the bill In com
mittee by granting endless hearings tc
all who asked for them. The vote OF
= the committee shows that the bill viii
: get no favors there, and all that the free
| coinage men can do now is to await a fav-
orable opportunity to bring it directly
: before the House.
2 Congress has granted Mr.. Harrison
: request and passed bill extending the
time during which an assistant may ac
as the head of any executive department
of the Government from ten to thirty
{ days, and that gentleman Is up to hi
e ears in the recommendations of variou:
would-be Secretary's of the Treasury
All the big Republicans from Genera
Alger and Chauncey Depew down tC
: "me too Platt, who is himself can
4 didate, are fitting in and out of Wash
ington like restless ghosts. 1t is state'
by Republicans that Mr.. Harrison ha
promised not to give the place to a sil
I yer man. He'll have a hard time to fl
s the shoes of the late Secretary Window
/ several of those who might do 50 salts
facforily to- the country would under n
circumstances connect themselves Wit
the present unpopular administration
Senator Turpie, in accordance wit
It the resolution recently adopted by tn
Indiana Legislature, has offered join
7 resolution proposing an amendment I
the Constitution of the United States
/ for the election OF Senators by dire,
lie vote of the people.
re 1t looks now as if the Fifty-first Cor
r greSs would come to an end before tn
Committee which has been for 10 thes
many months making an alleged inve:
II tigation of the Pension office and Con
y missioner Raum, makes its report.
IF is thought that the report L. held back I
>. keep Raum in his place as long as pc
sible, as he is almost certain To be r
'e moved when the report goes to NJ
lie Harrison.
The National Legislative Counci
which was provided for at the late Oca
convention of the National Farme
es Alliance, Is now holding its first scssio
at here. 1t is composed of the. President
st of the State organizations and the n
~ tional President. Its principal duti,
are to prepare the bills that the AllianC
-, will ask the next Congress to pas
ed There is rumor that the council hi
al already decided upon a material modi
es cation of the subtreasury scheme.
!; Speaker Reeds action in having I
= fused TO give the House committee {
1e Foreign Affairs day for the consider
or ton of measures favorably reported fro
. that committee makes it practically il
o possible for us TO make n single step
wards the reciprocity now extended
the Canadian government. Well, there
nd one consolation, Reed will be depos
he Car in a very short time.