Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-03-08
IDA HO WORLD.
Observation-Disclosures s, 1892
WASHINGTON LETTER
Irrom our regular oorrs-ponisns.l


Republican colleagues in tho House
not to extend helping hand to eth
or the Democratic majority or miner
ity in that body, but to let them fight
out among themselves whether free
coinage bill shall be passed by the
House. II this advice be taken, and
il 10 believed that with few excep-
sions Il will he, the passage Of the
Bland free coinage bill which is to be
called up under = resolution from the
Committee on Rules just as soon as
the House puts itself on record in
favor OF FREQ trade by passing ono Of
The tariff bills reported from she Com
mi,tee on Ways and Means. Is a GER
tainty, although il will not be accom-
plished without very bitter parlia.
mentary fight. The latest scheme Of
Representative Hartcr, Of Ohio, who
has made himself the leader Of the
anti-silver Democrats, 10 kill the ef-
feet Of FREQ coinage, 10 70 offer an
amendment thereto ! proviso that all
pensions shall be paid in gold; that
dspositors in savings banks shall have
tho right to demand payment in gold
that all holders Of life insurance poll.
cies shall be entitled to god pay.
ments, snd that every man, woman OF
child working for wages, or who re-
ceiyes > yearly salary OF less than
$500 shall have the right to pay.
ment in gold.
Individually seven out Of ten SEN
ators and Representatives viii agree
a. 70 the immediate and pressing ne
cessity for . new building for ths
government printing Office, and tha
Senator Challenger, ia his recen
speech, did not exaggerate tho dan
ger to the health and lives OF tn,
nearly three thousand men and wo
men who work IN the rickety oil
building at present occupied by tina
Office; they will acknowledge tina
they share the shame felt by Senate
Challenger when he went through tn
magnificent buildings erected in GU
large cities for the use Of the BIZ
daily newspapers and contrssted then
in his mind, with the government
printing Office building, and yet col
lectively, Congress does nothing to
wards erecting new building. ]
will be much cheaper to erect ne,
and irst-class building than it woul
be to pay damages for several hur
dred people killed or crippled by a
accident Likely to occur at any tim
in the building now In use, as Coz
gress may some day learn.
Every day there is different bi
announced as the one that is to
first called up in tho House by II
Ways and Means committee. T,
day il is the Springer free wool bll
and tomorrow is tho day set for it
be called up. II the programme
carried out there viii be about thrs
weeks devoted to tariff speeches b,
fore the bill is pressed to vote.
The resolution offered in the Hou,
from the Committee on Public Bull,
ings and Grounds declaring it to |
"unwiss and inexpedient to emit
upon Legislation looking to the col
struction OF new public buildings
because OF tho alleged lack OF none
in the treasury, Is as arrant bit
buncumb as was ever attempted
Congress, being part of tho Dem
cratic scheme to try to bamboozle Il
people by cutting down the appropl
atoms at this session, in order to 9
low the Democrats to pose as econ
mists in the Presidential campaig
The Democratic members represen
ing districts in need Of public bull
ings are told to keep quiet until aft
the Presidential election, when the
buildings will be provided for; but
is difficult to keep them quiet and
row is pending over the resolution.
Even the Democrats admit that Il
President has by the unusually hal
work he has doae this winter earns
the weeks rest he is now taking, vii
his family, in Virginia.
Secretary Noble preceded his ev
dence before the Pension office i
vestigating committee with a stat
ment OF his having come as willir
witness, and not because Of any a
thority he recognized in the COMM
tee to compel his attendance, and
closed by "nailing thousand and OF
les" with these words. 81 want
say one word which is not in respon
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