Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1892-03-04


now engaged, the audiency which in-
cludes the entire country, will get lots
of amusement out of it. The program
as arranged by state manager Crisp
was to have the committee on coinage
and that on ways and means have u
pretended struggle for the right of way
in the house for their bills-free coin
age and the tariff-which was to be
kept up long enough to make it certain
that the free coinage bill would be
thrown over to the next session, thus
allowing the democrats to ask the votes
of the free ceinage men because of their
intention to pass the bill, and the votes
of the anti-silver men because of their
intention to defeat It.
The first act went according to pro-
gram, but after the curtain fell it was
discovered that actor Bland proposed
making the struggle real and insisting
upon the passage of his free coinage
bill, and to the CONSERVATION of the
stage manager and his assistants it was
found that he had a majority of the
democrats OF the house with him, in
black and white. Then MIR. Catchings
was sent away, so as to prevent the
committee on rules holding meeting,
and as soon us lie returned Speaker
Crisp went to Fortress Monroe, where
lie now is and where the opponents
of free silver wish to keep him until
Bland and his followers can be per.
suaded to carry out the original pro-
gramme.
Mr.. Bland is obstreporous. He says:
eve do not intend that a minority
shall run over Il majority in that way
and we have a majority in favor of the
silver bill. The silver Lill will not be
kept down by the tariff bills, and if any
such attempt is made we will talk silver
on every bill that comes before the
house, and offer the silver bill as an
amendment to every bill taken up. They
can't paddock u mans mouth or prevent
bringing up the question OF free silver
and if the try it they will make silver
the biggest issue of all.'' The "they"
constantly referred to by Mr.. Bland are
ninety anti-silver democrats, who want
silver to 60 over in the interest of
Cleveland's candidacy. The anti-si;ver
democrats, having secured more than
the requisite number of signatures to a
call for caucus have requested Mr..
Holman to issue the call and he has
promised to do SO this week, bet that
will not help the matter any more than
the caucus held by the silver men sew.
cral weeks ago, as neither side will he
bound by a caucus, at least tina: is what
they say.
1t is announced that the ways and
means committee will call up the three
free trade bills on the first of March.
but it is not probable that they will do
SO unless some sort of agreement is
made with the silver men. Congress
is to NEE: again tomorrow, but as the
Chicago excursionists will not return
until Wednesday, there will be no
quorum until then.
The president has been compelled to
cancel q number of engagements made
this week on account of severe cold
from which he is suffering. He Is
anxious to get away to some quiet place
for three or four days rest, but there
are SO many important matters requir.
ing his attention that it is not certain
that he can do SO just now, unless his
physician positively orders HIM to do
it.
The bill passed by the senate extending
the present laws against Chinese imml.
grafton for ten years from next May,
also contains a provision to enable the
treasury department to get around the
recent judicial decisions concerning
the country from which the Chinese
Immigrants come, and to return then,
to China, instead of to the last country
+ ON which thsy came, as it has recent
ly been compelled to do under the
aforesaid decisions. The bill also pro-
vides severe penalties for the return of
Cinnamon once sent out of the United
States.
Whatever may have been the pros
poets of Utah for getting into the Union
at the beginning Of this session of Con.
gress, it IS not low regarded as having
amy at all. Three delegations, each
pulling in a different direction, are
largely, if not wholly responsible for
this.
The senate and house committees on
immigration have begun the holding of
j int sessions for the hearing of state
ments relating to immigration. There
seems so far to be about as many opin-
ions on the subject as there have been
speakers before the committee.
Secretary Foster sails tomorrow for a
trip to Europe, He goes merely for the
sea voyage, and will Immediately re-
turn.