Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-03-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.

their republican colleagues in the
House not to extend a helping hand
to either the democratic majority
or minority in that body, but to let
them fight out among themselves
whether free coinage bill shall be
passed by the House. If this advice
be taken, and it is believed that with
a few exceptions it will be, the pass
age of the Bland free coinage bill
which is to be called up under a reso-
luton from the committee on rules
just as soon as the House puts itself
on record in favor of free trade by
passing one of the tariff bills reported
from the committee on ways and
means, is certainty, although it will
not be accomplished without a very
bitter parliamentary fight. The latest
scheme of Representative Harter of
Ohio, who has made himself the leader
of the anti-silver democrats to kill the
effect of free coinage, is to offer as an
amendment thereto proviso that all
pensions shall be paid in gold; that
depositors in saving banks shall have
the right to demand payment in gold;
that all holders of life insurance poll
cies shall be entitled to gold payments,
and that every man, woman or child
working for wages, Or who receives
yearly salary of less than 81 800 shall
have the right to payment in gold.
Individually seven out of ten sena-
tors and representatives will agree as
to the immediate and pressing neces-
sity for a new building for the govern
ment printing office, and that Senator
Challenger, in his recent speech, did
not exaggerate the danger to the
health and lives of the nearly three
thousand men and women who work
in the rickety old building at present
occupied by that office; they will ac-
knowledge that they share the shame
felt by Senator Challenger when he
went through the magnificent build
ings erected in our large cities for the
use of the big daily newspapers and
contrasted them, in his mind, with the
government printing Office building.
1t will be much cheaper to erect new
and first class building than it would
be to pay damages for several hum
dred Ipeople killed or crippled Oy an
accident likely to occur at any time in
the building now in use, as congress
may some day learn.
Every day there is a different bill
announced as the one that is to be
first called up in the House by the
ways and means committee. To-day
it is the Springer free wood bill, and
morrow is the day set for it to be
called up. If the program is carried
out there will be about three weeks
dew oted to tariff speeches before the
bill is pressed to vote.
The resolution offered in the House
from the committee on public build
ings and grounds declaring it to be
tunwise and expedient to enter upon
legislation looking to the construction
Of newl public buildings" because of
the alleged act of money in the treas
ury, is as arrant bit of buncomb as
was ever attempted in congress, being
a part of the democratic scheme to
try to bamboozle the people by cut
ting down the appropriations at this
session, in order to allow the demo-
Gratis to pose as economists in the
presidential campaign. The demo-
cratic members representing dis
tricts in need of public buildings are
told to keep quiet until after the pres
idential election when their buildings
will be provided for; but it is difficult
to keep them quiet, and a rows pend
ing over the resolution. Even the
democrats admit that the president
has by the unusually hard work he
has done this winter earned the weeks
rest he is now taking with his family
in Virginia.
Secretary Noble preceded his evil
dence before the pension Office inves-
tigating committee with statement
of his having come as willing wit
ness, and not because of any authori-
ty he recognized in the committee to
compel his attendance, and he closed
by mailing thousand and one hes,"
with these words: 81 want to say one
word which is not in response to a
question, and that is that regard Gen.
Raum as an efficient commissioner of
pensions I believe he is conducting
the pension bureau in a proper and
business-like way.''
Jerry Simpson appears to be sour
ing on the democrats whom he has
heretofore seemed inclined to favor.
On Saturday while the House was dis