Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Oar Regular Correspondent
Washington July 8, '92

VI CHc IlOuSc IIICCItu ~ poSo
the free coinage bill. They say it is
necessary for them to do so in order
to retain their hold upon Il number
of Congressional districts in the west
lands well-knOwn anti-silver senti-
ments to save them in the east. 1t
will not be done however, without
bitter parliamentary fight, but as
Speaker Crisp has given the silver men
assurance of his intention to aid
them there is little or no doubt of the
final result. 1t is regarded as GER
tain that the President, who has ia
ken advantage of the wrangle over
the bill in the house to carry Mrs.
Harrison to the AdriODdacks, will
veto it,
Members of the Cabinet and of Cong
ress are taking the deepest interest
in the labor troubles of Pennsylvania,
although it is not u case in which the
general Government or Congress can
interfere, except by lending moral in
difficulties. Resolutions for investi-
CATION have been offered in the House
and Senate.
While the resignation of chairman
Campbell, of the National committee,
is generly regretted by republicans,
there is no evidence here of the com
motion said by sensational demo-
cratic newspapers to exist among re-
pnhlicans by reason of that resigna-
ton. The new chairman will be selec-
ted by the new executive committee,
and it goes without saying that the
selection will be Il good one. The
democrats will discover before long
that this campaign is to be fought on
- greater principal and not by or for
any one man.
Senator Aldrch this week intro
duced Il concurrent resolution for the
final adjournment of Congress on July
20, but he has little hope that it will
get away as soon as that, unless a
great change takes place very soon.
A good deal of nonsense is being
talked about the probability OF the
cleo ton being thrown into the House
because nf the detection of the silver
States from the republican ticket.
Few people can be found here who
honestly believe that any State here
tofore republican will prefer Weaver
or Cleveland co Harrison; but allow
ing for the sake of argument that Mr..
Harrison should lose all of the new
states Colorado, Nevada, and WiscOn-
sin and the five Michigan votes, and
hold the other States he carried III
1883, he would get 225 electoral votes
which would be two more than
would be necessary to elect him.
Much of this talk about throwing
the election into the House comes
from the democrats who are using
it as a means to convince the rcpub-
iicans who are inclined to favor the
free coinage of silver of the possibility
of the House, which, when voting by
States, would be controlled by the
silver men, electinG a free coinage
man. if there is a failure to elect in
the electoral college.
Had the Omaha convention put up
n man capable OF inspiring national
confidance, this talk might have in.
tluenced a considerable number of re.
publican voters, but the nomination
of Weaver has made it deader than
last years bird nest. 1t is doubt
full whether a single republican could
he found, no matter he matter what
his opinion about silver may be, who
would be willing to throw the cleo t
ion into the House, even If that body
was pledged to elect free coinage
man; if he knew that Weaver was t.
be the man. The the third party as
IL factor in the Presidential election
is to be q straight one between Har
risop and Cleyland, protection ane
free trade. and every man who east!
avote for the peoples party tickle,
simply throws it away.
Messrs. Nelson and Parker, the ex
Derts selected by the Joint committe,
ON immigration OF the House AM
Senate to make a thorough examin
alton of the Government building.
erected for the immergrant-station
on Ellis Island in New York Harder
have submitted their report TIA tn,
chairman of those con, nlittceS, Tn,
estimate Of those experts of what thu
nine principal buildings should have
cost aggregated $242. 900, which i,
just $ll.00O more than they cost under
contrcts made by the Treasury da
partmcnt. The experts failed to find
any structural defects OF impoPtane,