Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-04-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.

House was but the carrying out of
carefully prearranged plan on the
part of certain democratic leaders
who did not wish their party commit
ted on this question at the opening of
the presidential campaign. They wish
to leave the way open for the demo-
cratic party to pose as favoring free
coinage in States where it will be BEN
eficial to do so, and as opposing itin
other States, just as that party has al
ways done in presidential elections,
on most questions of national impor-
lance. The small fry were not let in
the scheme, or Representative Bland
would not have blackguarded Speaker
Crisp in such savage way, and then
had to eat his words afterwards, when
he was told why Speaker Crisp had
seemingly betrayed the ultra free sill
yer men; but they all now know the
meaning of the whole business, and
about eighty or ninety of them are
trying to hatch up some scheme OF
revenge, and if they only had nervy
leader they might accomplish some
thing, as with the present average at
tendance in the House that many
members, if properly handled, could
easily tie up the House and keep it
tied up until their purpose was ac-
complished. AS yet they only threat
ened, and those who threaten seldom
fight.
1t is not regarded as probable that
the silver campaign opened in the
Senate by the debate on Mr.. Morgan's
resolution will result in any definite
action by that body on the actual
question of free coinage, although the
dodgers like Hill are in a state of
trepidation on account of it, and may
be forced to define their position.
The first free trade measure-the
through the House this week, but
there is not the remotest probability
of its getting through the Senate.
The Alliance men in Congress have
adopted a new financial ''fad," and to
hear them discuss it one would sup
pose that they actually expected the
bill authorizing it to pass. 1t is for
the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
on demand of the several States, le-
gal tender Treasury notes, similar to
those now in general circulation, in
any amount desired up to $50 per
capita, taking the population as Civ
en- in the last census. The States are
to deposit as security twenty year
bonds, bearing interest at the rate of
1 per cent. per annum. The bill says
nothing of how the States are to re-
deem these bonds at the expiration
of twenty years, although it author
ICES the legislatures to distribute the
money at their discretion. Like the
sub treasury scheme, it looks well on
= paper, and would be equally impossi-
bic to put into practical operation.
Not a single democratic member of
the Senate committee on the District
of Columbia voted for Senator Nc
Millan's bill to appropriate $4,000
towards entertaining the members of
the G. A. R. who will attend the en-
campment in this city, which that
committee, by the vote of republicans,
has favorably reported to the Senate.
The original bill was for 100000, but
upon consultation with the local COM
mittee it was reduced, and proviso
inserted that 5000 should be raised
by private contributions and spent
before any of the Congressional APP
preparation can be used. If the dem
ocratic representatives. are as hos
tile as these democratic Senators have
shown themselves to be the bill will
never get through the House.
Representative Miller of Wisconsin
was right when he denounced the
present rules of the House as worse
than no rules at all, and said that the
time of the House had been spent in
doing nothing or worse than nothing
on account of those rules.
The House still keeps up the farce
of holding one evening session each
week to consider private pension
bills, but quorum is never present
and the point of ''no quorum is in
variably made by some democrat, SO
that nothing is ever done at those
sessions. At the last one Represen-
tative Hemphill of South Carolina I'M
mercifully scored his party for what
he termed it's ''child's play,' in hold
ing these sessions, and pretending to
do what it had no idea of doing.
All the good things said about the
democratic members of the House
committee on elections, because OF
their votes to put Rockwell out of the
seat to which his republican oppo-