The Coconino weekly sun., 1892-05-19
CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Special Correspondence.l
 WASHINGTON, May lG, Is

Senator Sherman's talk about the Republican nomination is regarded as significant. He tells everyone with whom he talks on the subject that he expects AIr. Harrison to be nominated on the first ballot, but he invariably adds: If he isn't the convention will probably stampede to Blaine or some other man. It is jokingly said around the capitol thet the Senator thinks "somc other man" about the same as John sherman.
 The Alliance members of Congress, through Representative Watson, of Georgia, have served notice on the House that they are tired of seeing recognition" alternate between the Democratic and Republican members, and always skipping them, and that until they were given the recognition they were entiticd to the Alliance mem bers proposed putting their veto on all requests for ''unanimous consent" no matter who made by or for what pur- pose. The cause of this notice was an intellectual attempt of Mir. Watson to get recognized for the purpose of call ing up the resolution requesting the i Ways and Means committee to report the sub-trcasury bill.
 Representative Bland has given mo- ! tice. that he intends offering an amend ment to the Sundry Civil Appropriation [ Bill requiring the coinage and issue in payment of appropriations of the silver bullion now in the treasury.
 The Senate Foreign Affairs committee has reported amendments to the con- .sular and diplomatic bill, increasing to | s30,OOO. the appropriation for the Bureau of American Republics, and ap- propriating $65, 900 for the preliminary surveys of the intcr-continental rail- road recommended by the conference of American republics held in this city,
 An interesting rumor is current here that Mir. Cleveland will shortly with draw as a Presidential candidate, in favor of ''some good Western man. :" Although it cannot be confirmed it finds many believers.
 To be so near and yet so far from the goal of their desires is the present situation of the free coinage men in the House. Representative Pierce, of Tennessee, who is the custodian of the fate of the Bland free coinage bill, the aforesaid fate being in the shape of q petition to the Committee on Rules asking that date be set to vote on the bill, and cloture rule be reported to prevent fillibustering. Speaker Crisp has pledged his word that if a majority of the Democrats in the House will sign this petition the Committee on Rules will take favorable action thereon, and Slr. Pierce has secured the signatures of almost, but not quite, a majority of the Democrats in 1 the House. Will he get tue three, four or five additional signatures he needs? He thinks he will, bu. the op- ] ponents of free coinage say no, They claim that he has already secured every signature that it is possible for him to get, and that they have the promises of at least three of the signers to withdraw their names if it shall be- come necessary.
 Tie House committee on Invalid Pensions believes that it is for services performed in the army that pensions are paid, and that the present resi- dence of the pensioner is something with which Congress has nothing what ever to do, consequently that commit tee hos unanimously decided against the bill providing that no pension should be paid to any person who Is not citizen and bona fde resident of the United States.
 Jerry Simpson think; the action of Inc Democratic House, the members of " Sch owe their election to pledges of economy, in passing one of the largest river and harbor bills ever known Will