The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-03-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.l

the prospects of the free coinage bill, a
conversational subjects, since the return
OF the Congressional visitors to Chicago
Tnat city never did shrewder thin,
than to plan that excursion, which ha
already done more to open the eyes o
Senators and Representatives to the mag
nitode and importance of the underta
king than could have been accomplished
in many months by any other method
As specimen Of its effect, hear what
Senator PETER says: "The work was or
agrander scale than expected it TO be
and the arrangements much more elabo
rate. More work had been done than
looked for. The plan and its general ar
rangements-the scope of the exposition
has grown upon the management. To
put 1t plainly, it is bigger than they ex-
pected. To carry ii out as il should be
carried out will require great deal of
money-mOre than has been arranged for
and additional funds will have to be
provided. The country generally is just
beginning to realize the greatness of the
enterprise, and it seems to me that all
thinking people must be enlisted to make
the affair a success. The Fair must nei-
Their be defeated nor dwarfed."
The prospects of the free coinage bill
have not materially changed since last
week, although the number of people
who regard its passage by the House as
certain Is constantly increasing. The
Democrats held caucus last night, and,
while no iron-clad agreement was entered
into, it is believed that a resolution will
shortly be reported from the Committee
on Rules assigning date for the consid
Grafton of the free coinage bill, and that
the date will be Immediately after the
disposal of the first tariff bill, which is to
be taken up next week.
Rain-maker Dyrenforth has been
little slow in reporting how he spent the
eight or ten thousand dollars appro-
priated by the last Congress for expert
menls in trying to produce rain by artifi-
cial methods, and what he accomplished
Herewith; so, this week, Senator Sher-
man offered resolution, which was
adopted, calling upon the Secretary of
Agriculture for copy of the report
made by Dyrenforth. II is believed that
the resolution was prepared by request of
Secretary Rusk, who has not received any
report from the alleged rain. maker Sec
rotary Rusk has from the first taken
pains to let it be known that he was in
no manner responsible for Dyrenforth's
experiments, which, although nominally
conducted under the auspices of the ag-
ricultural department, were in reality
entirely independent of that department,
being conducted under a special act of
Congress carrying the necessary appro.
priation. II is understood that Dvren
forth's report will claim that the expert
ments were entirely successful, and will
ask for a larger appropriation to continue
them.
Senator Stewart, speaking on the joint
resolution for the holding of an interna-
tional bi'metalic conference, said that
the parity of gold and silver could not
be maintained in that way, nor in any
other way, except by treating them both
precisely alike as money metals. He
gave notice that he would propose an
amendment to that effect before the res.
olution was voted on.
Senator George, of Mississippi, knows
how to do manly act in graceful way.
He made statement on the floor of the
Senate this week in which he acknowl. |
edged that he found upon examination /
that he had made an erroneous state
ment, in a speech made last week, as to
the disposition of the 500, 000, 900 of legal
tender notes issued under the act of 1890.
He also referred to the words "condi.
tions arising from the local conditions
surrounding Senators in this city," which
he said contained an implication unjust
TO Others and to himself that was not in
tended. To make his explanation all the
stronger he added During my service
in the Senate j have never had occasion
20 believe that any Senator gave support
70 any measure from other motives than