Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-02-13
FREE COINAGE.

special continuing order, and SAID
they had early yesterday secured
about 100 signers. There are doubts
entertained as 10 the expediency Of
the petition movement, but the
silver men mostly believe 1t may
advance the consideration Of tht
bill, and are doing what they can
to bring the matter to an issue
early in the session. The antisil
yer men are urging delay, and
working to that end in the hope
chat there may be developements
which will aid their cause and en-
able them to find some way out Of
the difficulty. The free-coinag'
men are in favor Of speedy action,
and say that on political grounds
,lone, aside from monetary princi-
pies the sooner the issue is met
the better. The rules committee
mas not yet taken up the subject.
The peoples party in the house
have joined with the free-coinage
people ia demanding prompt con
sideration of the Bland bill.
TO INVESTIGATE RAUM.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 13.-In the
house today the speaker announced
tho appointment of the following
committee to investigate the office;
Wheeler, (Dem.) Michigan; Little,
Dem New York; Duncan, (Dem.)
Ohio; Lind, tRep.) Minnesota and
Brossious, (Rep.) Pennsylvania.
CIGARETTE SMOKING.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-The ways
and means committee of the house
will be- petitloned to prepare bill
invoking the paternal eondemDa-
tlon of the government upon the
cigarette habit. Representative
Cochran, Cummins and Stahlnecker,
of New York, all have in their pos
session bills which they have been
petitloned to introduce providing for
the suppression of cigarette manu-
fucture, by imposing an internal
revenue tax of $40 per thousand on
all imported or domestic cigarettes
sold In this country. Accompany
ing the memorial was statement
TO the effect that throughout the
United States during the past year
there have been about 100 deaths of
young men mostly under Ii years of
age from the effects of smoking
paper-wrapped cigarettes, and about
100 men have been consigned to the
insane asylum during the same time
from the same cause.
DOODLE IN MISSISSIPPI.
JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 13.--Consid-
able excitement was caused yester-
day morning In the house by the
introduction OF the following by
Representative Glover;
Whereas. IL has been rumored
that money was used with some Of
the members Of the legislature To
get the penitentlary bill postponed
for two years.
Resolved, That committee be
appointed TO investigate and see II
there Is any truth In the Iumor, the
said committee to have power TO
send for persons and papers TO ascer-
tain the truth of the aforesaid rumor,
and that the committee be instructed
to report back TO the house as soon
as possible.
Several members were on their
feet at once trying To get the atten-
tion of the speaker aud two or
three were around Glover urging
him TO Withdraw the resolution,
He finally did 80 before the question
came to vote. It is charged by
members that undue influence was
used In having the plea for peni-
tentiary farm postponed for two
years, and the object OF this resolu-
ton was to see how much truth
there was in the charge, IL Is In
sinuated that persons desiring, for
personal reasons, 10 have the leasiag z
system continued AS long as possible,
had much to do with the postpone
ment and this rumor, The matter
involves several prominent legis-
lators. It's likely that the resolu-
tion will come up again in another
shape In a day or two.
BgnRlNo STA QUESTION.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. lS. There l.
something which IL mysterious
going on In what IL known as the
settlement of the Behrlng sea
question. II the scene Of the nego-
tiations were at state capital, there
would be very sensational charges
made, aud for that matter, perhaps,
even the dignity OF some officials
position may not save them frnm
pretty severe reflections before the
matter ls over. There seems to be .
very strong desire 10 prevent pub
llc expression ia tho bindings OF the
eommias ON. There h no reason
for th . unless somebody Is goinr
% be ten,illlsd. There are also
great m ny charges n'sde IA differ.
ent orea Of The administration
that Il h the Engllsh commissioners
who are wasting time aud refusing
10 meet the American commissioners /
and get down 10 bnsiusss. This Il
not tFue. il u pot lhe EnElishmsn
who have hsla hack the lnyestiga.