Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1893-10-19
Washington Letter

FROM OUR REGu IA z Corr RESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, y. c., October 10Th, 1893
Everyone has known Of cases where
people refused to belieye their loved
ones were dead although the corpse lay
before prepared for burial, or cremation.
That is precisely the condition of the
VOORHEES, unconditional repeal bill. it
is'dead, and almost everybody knows
it, but few of its nearest friends still
refuse to belieye it or to consent to the
final disposal of the corpse. President
CLEVELAND, the chief physician and
mourner, insists that it is still alive and
that if the chief nurse, Senator Voor-
hees. and the assistant Senatorial nurse
will follow his directions and give the
medicine prescribed by him that it may
yet De restored to robust health. This
opinion, however, is not shared by his
associate and consulting physician,
a substitute for the dellnct bill which
would prefer to one prepared
Secretary Carlisle, who has prepared
by the silver men if, as he believes, a
substitute is bound to be accepted or all
hope of financial legislation aban
doned.
Secretary Carlisle's proposed amend.
ment, which is evidently intended to
capture the vote of the anti-repeal
southern Senators, is substantially as
follows: the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman law the purchase
of 9O,OO0,0OO ounces of silver, one
fourth to be purchased annually ; the
coinage of the seiguiorage in the Treas =
ury the repeal of the tax on state
bank currency, and authority for the
Secretary of the Treasury, at his dis
erection, to issue Sl50,000,0 900 in bonds
to purchase gold. This amendment
will not be likely to get any republican
votes, because of the proposed repeal
of the state bank tax, but with that
clause out it would lose votes among
the southern Senators.
There are number of other compro-
mise amendments prepared and in
course Of preparation, in fact there are
so many Of them that their
very number and diversity Is acting
as preventative Of action, and may
result in nothing being done, although
the general impression among Senators
of all opinions is that some one Of them
will be passed by the Senate this week.
Conferences are hourly beng held and
and as soon as any amendment that can
commend Majority sufficiently large
to prevent fllibustering against it is
agreed upon 1t will be at once passed
by the Senate That may be today,
or tomorrow, or any day this week but
if no agreement is reached this week it
is altogether probable that the whole
que iion May be thrown over to the
regular session, as it is daily becoming
more difficult to keep the Senators who
are anxious, for one cause or another to
90 to their homes, in Washington, and
the moment 1t becomes apparent that
no agreement can be reached adjourn
ment will be forced bylack of quorum.
One result of the physical endurance
fizzle in the Senate is the proposal of a
large number of amendments to the
Senate Rule. all having one end in view
the curtailment of privileges enjoyed
under the present rules by the minor
ity. Whatever may be done in the
future there Is no probability that any
Of the proposed amendments will be
adopted at the present session. The
reason IS obvious
In times of excitement some foolish
things are always done in Congress, but
Representative Harter, of Ohio, would
have gone down in history as the orig
inator of the most foolish thing ever
done if some Of his level headed col
leagues had not nipped the scheme in
the bud. He drew up petition ask