The morning call., 1892-02-14
The SILVER ISSUE.
Advocates Of Free Coinage Pushing Their
Claims.
Hearing on the Anti-Option Bill-Invsstiga-
tion of the Coal Roads
Combination.
Special TO THR MoRN1Ns CALL

WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.-The silver men
have secured about 100 names to their petit
tion asking that the silver bill be made
special order in the House. There are a
large number of members absent from the
House and for this reason there are many
members to whom the petition has not yet
been presented About fifteen of those to
whom the petition was handed declined to
sign on one ground or another Some
thought it was giving undue prominence to
the silver issue and making it paramount to
the tariff question; others thought it might
embarrass the Speaker The silver men
are confident of their ability to secure the
consideration Of the bill. They are deter
mined to put every man in the House on
record on the question. There is n senti-
ment among many members OF the House,
including some of the unQuestiOned free
coinage men, in favor of an early report on
the tariff bills from the Ways and Means
Committee and keeping them before the
country to prevent giving undue prominence
10 the silver question.
DEALING IN FUTURES.
The House Committee on Agriculture
waited half an hour to-day for President
I.aviousse of the New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change to put in an appearance, and then
adjourned the anti option hearing until
Monday. Vce-President Goss of the New
\ York Cotton Exchange, while the commit
tee was waiting, said the exchange had some
time ago received requests from the Wool
growers Association of Texas, asking the
exchange to deal in wool the same as it did
in cotton. The request of said wOOl-growers
was in the hands of few men who wanted
wool futures" dealt In on the exchange, so
as to give them wider market. He men,
toned this as another indication of the ad-
vantage Of the system of dealing in futures,
and as an evidence also that producers were
not, all OF them, at all events, clamoring for
the abolition of the system of futures oil the
theory that 1t is detrimental to them.
FEDERAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The Treasury balance to-day is stated TO
be S2S, 49,, ,947, the lowest point reached for
many years. This amount includes S12,-
374,2l1 on deposit with the national banks,
S14,673,673 in subsidiary coin and S402, 442 in
minor coin. The reduced balance is due to
the recent heavy disbursements, including
SLO0O,OOO on account OF pensions and one
million dollars on account of refunding the
direct tax TO Kentucky.
THE COAL ROADS CoMBINATIoN
Some of the lawyers for Congress say it
will propably not be difficult TO find the
necessary power to investigate the Reading
deal. But there Is no ground for the belief
that the InsteTstate Commerce Commission
will interfere. number of members of
and Representative Stout Of Michigan has
already introduced a resolution prov iding
for an inquiry.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS INVITED.
Messrs. Ewing Gage and the other per-
sons Interested in the matter Of the invita-
tons TO the members of Congress to visit
Chicago and personally inspect the progress
made on the Worlds Fair have decided to
extend invitations TO the Foreign Ministers
resident in Washington to visit Chicago at
the same time with the members OF Con-
gress.
THE SHERMAN STATUE FUND.
An appeal to the Grand Army of the Re-
pubic Tor contributions 60 aid in the eTec-
ton OF statue in Washington TO the men,
Ory oil General Sherman has been made by
committee appointed at a meeting of the
Society OF the Army of tile Tennessee Oc-
tOber last.
NOT GOING ABROAD.
Secretary Foster denies the story that he
eontemplates going to Europe in the near
future.