Milford chronicle., 1892-02-26
remedy tl's' has stood the te.

fh3ypllxl rs foie of the 'artful DOL. az
nothing new to Democratic leaders, s.gid
whatever may be the end of the farce comefy
in which they are now engaged the audi
ence which includes the entire country, VII
get lots of amusement out of it. The prot.
gramme as arranged by stage manager Crsp
was to have the committee on Coinage and
that on Ways and Means have a pretended
struggle for the right ofway in the House
which was to be kept up lsng 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 coinage men because of
their intention to pass the bill, and the
votes of the auri-silver men because of their
| intention to defeat It,
The first act went according to programme
but after the curtain fell it was discovered
that actor Bland proposed making the strug-
gle real and insisting npon the passage of
his free coinage bill. and to the consterna-
ton of the stage manager aud his assistants
1t was found that he had a majority of the
Democrats of the House with him, in black
and white. Then Mr.. Catchings was sent
away, SO as to prevent the committee on
Rules holding a meeting. and as soon as he
returned Speater Crisp went to Fortress
Monroe, where he now is and where the
opponents of free silver wish to keep him
untl Bland and his followers can be per-
Aad
lMr. Bland is obstrePorous. He says: 1--WE
Ido not iutend that minority shall run over
a majority in that way, and we have a ma
jority in favor of the silver bill. The silver
bill will not be kept down by the tariff bills,
aud 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 amend.
ment to every bill taken up. They can't
paddock mans mouth or prevent bringing
up the question of free silver, and If they
try it they will make silver the biggest is
sue of ALL" The they" constantly referred
to by Mr.. Bland are the ninety anti.silver
Democrats, who want silver to go over in
the interest of GlevelAnd's candidacy. The
snti.silyer 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, but that will not help the mat
ter any more than the caucus held by the
silver men several men several weeks ago,
as hcither side will be bound by a caucus,
at least that is what they say.
II 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 prob
able that they will do so unless seme sort of
an agreement is made with the silver men.
Congress is to meet 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 can
eel a number of engagements made for 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 mat
ters requiring his attention that It is not GER
tain that he can do so just now, unless his
physician positively orders him to do it.
The bill passed by the Senate extending
present laws against Chinese immigration
fof ten years from next May, also contains
provision to enable the Treasury department
to get around the recent judicial decisions
the country from which the
Chinese immigrants come, and to return
hem to China, instead of to the last country
from which they came, as it has recently
been compelled to do under the aforesaid
The bill also provides severe
penalties for the return of Cinnamon once
lent out of the United States
Whatever may have been the prospects of
Utah for getting into the Union, at the be.
,inniug of this session of Congress, it is not
low regarded as having any at all. Three
delegations, each pulling in a different di-
ection, are largely, If not wholly responsible
or this.
The Senate and House committees on Inn
migration have begun the holding of joint
essions for the hearing of statements re-
sting to immigration There seems so far
D be about as many opinions on the sub
ect as tkere have been speakers before the
ommittee.
Secretary Foster sails tomorrow for trip
, Europe. He goes merely for the sea voy-
ge, and will Immediately return, /
Representatives Rnlos and Cooper have I
.quested that the committee postpone its A
iyestigation of the Pension Office, to allow +
lem time to collect evidence. That's C
ueer, as they have been claiming all alorg
have plenty of every evidence. +