Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-12-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rom Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 26, 1892.
Speaker Crisp was one of the few
prominent Democratic Congressman
who ate their Christmas dinners in
Washington. This week he will go to
New York for few days, and there
by hangs a tale, that is very discom-
forting to those gentlemen who have
been working overtime concocting
stories showing why President-elect
Cleveland would oppose Mr.. Crisp's
election as Speaker of the next House.
Mr. Crisp goes to New York upon
Mr.. Cleveland's personal invitation TO
confer with the President-elect about
legislation that is to come before the
present House, the extra session ques-
ton, and the organization of the next
House; and now the question is being
asked why should Mr.. Cleveland
wish to confer with the Speaker If he
is opposed to his reelection by the
next House? 1t seems to be a repeti-
ton of the old story-somebody went
. o. hale cocEa1
There is going to be somo lively fl
nancial music in Congress when 1t gets
together again, but it is not yet GER
tain who is going to do the dancing.
The pressure of silver bullion, which
the Secretary of the Treasury is COM
PEELED, under the Sherman law, to buy
every month, is enormous. Mr.. iisr-
rison and his entire cabinet favor the
suspension, and it is said that Mr.
Cleveland has also said to more than
one Democratic Congressman that it
ought to be stopped. Letters by the
hundred are received at the Treasury
Department every day, from mer-
chants and bankers all over the coun-
try, urging the immediate suspension.
1t cannot be suspended except by ac-
ton of Congress, and the attempt to
bring about that suspension, either by
the passage of Senator Hills bill for
an outright repeal of the Sherman
law, or by the adoption Of Senator
McPherson's resolution, authorizing
the President, in his discretion, to sus-
pend the purchase of silver bullion,
will be the signal for the music to be-
gin. The free coinage men say they
do not propose TO allow any suspen-
sion of the puschase of bullion, unless
free coinage bill be passed.
Notwithstanding recent extraordi-
nary efforts of the Republicans to de-
feat the will of the people, it is the
general belief here, Republicans inclu-
ded, that the Democrats will organize
and control the Senate of the next
Congress.
Both those who oppose and those
who favor the proposed amendment
to the Worlds Fair act, of the last
session, allowing the exposition to be
opened on Sunday, claim to have poll
ed the House, and both sides claim to
have majority Of votes pledged. 1t
is going to be red hot fight and four
days-1O to 13, Of January, inclusive
have been set apart by the House Ex-
position committee TO hear arguments
for and against the proposed amend
ment. 1t Is the impression Of eIper-
fenced observers of things Congress
sional that the amendment will be
adopted by small margin in both
House and Sen ate, but there seems to
be doubt as to whether Mr.. Harri-
son will approve it.
Strange to say the most of the op.
position to Senator Vests bill direct
ing the Postmaster General to make 0
ten years contract for carrying tn,
mails, at existing rates, with the pro
posed Chicago and st. Louis electric
railway, as soon as that Company il
ready TO guarantee that they shall b'
transported at speed of not lees thar
100 miles an hour, comes from those
who fear accidents to travellers al
that high rate Of speed. Queer argu
ment, that, for this rushing age.
1t looks now as though Mr.. Blaine
might get well again. For nearly
week he has improved, very slightly
but still improved. His family ant
friends have grown very hopeful, an'
his physicians--say nothing.
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