The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-09-07
QUA WASHING ron LETTER,
Correspondence of rHs RECORD.

Correspondence of rHs RECORD.
WAsHINGToN, September /, 1898
Tho all-sbsorbing silver fight has now
been transferred to the Senate the House
having passed the Wilson bill for the
unconditional repeal of the purchasing
clause of the silver law, as it has been
plain for week that it would do. The
Wilson bill now goes to the Senate, where
1T will be referred to the Finance
Committee, never to be heard from again.
The reason why this bill will be shslved
by the Senate Committee is that the ma
Iority of Senators who favor uncondi.
tional repeal prefer the Voorhees, bill for
the same purpose, with its tail.piece de.
claring it to be the policy of the Govern.
ment to maintain bimstallic currency.
As matter of fact this declaration
carries no weight without additional
legislation, but itimplies that there will
be future legislation and that implication
is relied upon to gain the votes of Sena-
tors who would otherwise not vote for
unconditional repeal. Whether this will
prove to be true only time can tell.
There are many rumors of defections
among the Southern free.coinage Sena.
tors, and the claim is boldly being made
that number of them will, after making
L. : a
tionsl repeal Senators Call and Pasco.
OF Florida, are said to have made positive
promises to that effect. So confident are
the administration Senators that they can
get enough votes from the South to pass
the bill, If they can only get it to vote,
that proposition has been made to Re-
publican Senators to try to get them to
use their influence with the Republican
Senators who favor free coinage, not to
vote for unconditional repeal, but merely
to agree to allow vote to be taken. 1t
was stated to them that if they would
secure that agreement the Democratic
Senators would agree that the tariff
should not be disturbed at this session of
Congress. The proposition was declined.
In making that proposition the admin.
istration men showed that they realize
the difficulty in getting the bill through
the Senate, even if they can got the prom.
Use OF the votes Of . majority Of the
Senators. Under the present rules of
the Senate, which will not be changed,
twenty Senators can, if so disposed, stsve
of indefinitely the taking Of vote on
the bill, and that more than that number
are at present 30 disposed there can be no
doubt. The outcome Of this matter
depends upon whether the mon who now
stand for free coinage or nothing can be
persuaded or coerced into allowing vote
to be taken, Mr.. Cleveland will add bis
personal influence to those already beng
brought to besr on the Southern Senators
to vote for repeal.
Here is one good piece Of news. that
ought to please every man interested in
the welfarefof the country. There will
be 20 wildcat money authorized At this
session Of Congress, the House COMMITTEES
on Banking and Currency havinga ma.
jority against the bill for the repeal Of
the tax on State ,bshk currency. whe.
Their knowingly Or not DIES net matter.
but Speaker Crisp certainly did the
country great service when he made up
that committed by selecting majority
opposed to wildcat money.
The number Of Democratic Congress-
men who do not agree with the admins.
tration in its treatment Of pensioners is
increasing, or. perhaps it would be more
correct to say that the number Of those
who have the courage to express their
opinion 10 growing larger. The latest
case is that Of General Dan Sickles, who
represents one Of the New York City dis.
tricts, the nomination having been given
him by Tammany to prevent his boiling
| tho Cleveland ticket.