The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-04-15
WASHINGTON Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, April i, '92.


ingly unexpected termination of
the silver battle in the house was |
but the carrying out Of carefully
pre-arranged plan on the part of
certain democratic leaders who
did not wish their party committed
on this question at the opening of
the presidential campaign. They
wish to leave the way open for the
democratic party TO pose as favor
ing free coinage in states where it
will be beneficial to do so, and as
opposing it in other states, just as
that party has always done in
presidential elections on most
questions of national Importance.
The small fry were not let in the
scheme. or Representative Bland
would not have blackguarded
Speaker Crisp IN such a savage
way and then had to eat his words
afterwards, when he was told why
Speaker Crisp had seemingly be-
trayed the ultra free silver men;
but they all now know the mean
ing 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 accom-
pIish something, as with the pres
ent average attendance in the
house, that many members, if
properly handled, could easily tie
up the house and keep it tied up
until their purpose was accom-
plished. AS yet they only threaten,
and those who threaten seldom
fight.
1t is not regarded as probable
that the silver campaign opened
in the senate by the debate Oh 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
Springer free wool bill, will be put
through the house this week, but
there is not the remotest probabil-
ity of its getting through the SEN
ate.
The alliance men in congress
have adopted a new financial
s.fad," and to hear them discuss it
one would suppose that they actu-
ally expected the bill authorizing
it to pass. 1t is for the secretary
of the treasury to issue on demand
of the several states, legal tender
treasury notes, similar to those
now in general circulation, in any
amount desired up to $50 per cap
ita, taking the population as given
in the last census. The states are
to deposit as security twenty-year
bonds, bearing interest at the rate
OF one per cent. per annum. The
bill says nothing OF how the states
are to redeem these bonds at the
expiration OF the twenty years, al
though 1t authorizes the leglsla-
lures to distribute the money at
their discretion. Like the SUBJ
treasury scheme, it looks well on
paper, and would be equally inn
possible to put into PRACTICAL oper-
alton.
Not single democratic memb er
of the senate committee on the
district 0! Columbia voted for Sen
ator McMlIlan's bill to appropri-
ate $4,000 towards entertaining
the members of the Il. A. Il. who
will attend the encampment i'll
this city, which that committee,
by the vote OF republicans, has la
VOrably reported to the senate.
The orlginai oil was for 500, 900,
but upon consultation with the
local committee ii was reduced
and Il provI~O inserted that 500, 900
should be raised Dv private con-
trIbulions and spent before any OF
the congressional appropriation can
be used. Ii The democratic repre-
senldlives are as hostile as these
democratic senators have shown
themselves 10 be the bill will never
get through the house.
Representative Miller was right
when he denounced the present
rules OF the house, as worse than
no rules al 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 ses-
sion each week to consider private
pension bills, but a quorum is
never present and the point Of
mo quorum" is invariably made
by some democrat. so that nothing
is ever done at those sessions. AT
the last one representative Hemp
hill, OF South Carolina. unmerci-
fully scored his party for what he
termed its "child's play" in hold
ing these sessions, and pretending
! TO do what If had no idea of If,i,,u