Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-07-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.

The president goes on in the even
tenor of his way, just as if the pas
sage of the Stewart free coinage bill
by the Senate had not thrown Con
gress into what might almost be called
panic. If he is worried even little
bit over the situation he does not show
it. The situation in the House is at
present chaotic, owing to the absence
of so many members and the uncer-
tainty of getting them here. The tel
egraph wires have been kept hot since
Saturday by both friends and oppo-
nents of free coinage, and good
many members have probably had
their Fourth of July plans sadly dis
arranged by an imperative summons
to come to Washington at once.
The free coinage bill will be taken
from the Speakers table tomorrow
and be referred to the committee on
coinage, which will hold meeting on
Wednesday, and will, it is expected,
Immediately report the bill favorably.
Then the music will begin, and if the
republican members are all in their
seats it is believed that they can easily
become masters of the situation and
dictate the action of the House. Both
silver and antis silver men are threat
ening to block all the appropriation
bills if it become necessary to win.
Mr.. Cleveland has been appealed to
h. 10 tc,f To I>7.iy,
his influence to their aid, but it is
doubtful whether he will dare to do it.
The situation is such that the presi
dent may have to abandon the idea of
accompanying Mrs. Harrison to the
AdirOndacks the last of this week, as
he had intended doing. Only one of
the regular appropriation bills has
been sent to the White House yet, and
if the silver fight begins before the
others are disposed of no one can say
when TIE rest of them will get there.
Congress is not in session to-day and
the breathing spell is very welcome
one to the contestants; it gives them
a chance to man9uvre for position.
The president sent another message
to Congress on the Canadian water
way question, in which he tells of the
failure of the Canadian Government
to befog the question and insists that
prompt retaliation is necessary. Sen
ator Davis joint resolution authoriz-
ing the president to retaliate has been
favorably reported to the Senate and
will probably beItaken up and passed
this week.
Senator Dubois of Idaho was an
nomination, therefore his view of the
situation is not prejudiced one. He
says: "The third party cannot carry
Idaho, and think their inability eX-
tends to Colorado, Nevada, the new
states and the Pacific coast. 1t is true
that there was a strong tendency to-
wards a third party before the Chica-
go convention nominated Cleveland
but it vanished when that ballot was
taken. Our people know that if the
third party carries any of the republi-
can States it would throw the election
of president into the House, which is
two thirds democratic, and Cleveland
would be elected. People who live in
that section will not take any chances
on the election of Cleveland. No ev-
er injured the West more than he did.
With Fuller and Stranahan, both
deeply interested in corporations, and
Smalley and Wall, both closely iden-
titled with the leading railroad in the
State, as the nominees of the respec-
tive parties for governor and ieuten-
ant governor of Vermont this year,
the farmers and laborers may be eX-
cused if they ask who in thunder is to
look out for their interests North-
field NelUs
With Col. Fuller as the nominee, land
soon to be the governor of this state,
they will have a man to look out for
their interests, who is half owner of
one of the largest and best run farms
in the state. They will also have
man who is president and generous
supporter of one of the very best
academies (the Vermont Academy at
Saxton's River) in the state, where
farm is run in connection with the
academy land special obstruction is
given in agriculture. With this can
didate, we have a man whose chief
business, the manufacture of organs,
depends for its large success on the
farming population, and who would
probably suffer pecuniarly hundred
times more than the average farmer
would by any legislation that should
injure the prosperity of the farmers
of the state Ii iS nnncanco Rrothor