The herald., 1893-10-26
GENERAL WASHINGTON NOTES,
The Silver Controversy Going
On in the Senate.
The Question Of Compromise is
Still i'll Doubt.
Much Important Business to be Acted
Upon Aftcr tho SILVER Legislation
Is oVer--Rapid Work In
the House.
Regular correspondenca 10 tne HrnALnl

WASHINGTON. d. o., Dot. 20.-A DEM
ocrat who has the future welfare and
success of his larty in view. regardless
OF his own personal opinion on the all
yer question, can find little thatis pleas
ing in the controversies that have taken
place this week between Democratic
senators who occupy opposite positions
on the Voorhees, bill. The language
used by Democratic senators towards
each other was such as should not be
used upon the floor OF the senate, even
towards political opponents, except un-
der great provocation. and it certainly
did not improve the chance either OF
passing the Voorhees, bill as it is, or for
amending it. In fact, about the only
things accomplished by these displays
of temper was tn furnish the Republic.
ans with bundle OF very stout clubs
which they will not fail to use in the
future upon Democratic heads. 1t will
be clear victory to either aide in this
controversy If it be won by disrupting
the Democratic party. thus proving the
oft-reiterated charge OF the Republicans
that the Democratic party could not
control itself.
At the beginning of the week it looked
as though the Democratic senators were
about to get together in satisfactory
compromise. but the opportunity went
by. Now things are again drifting, with
both friends and opponents of the Voor.
hees bill, threatening to keep up the
fight indefinitely, and the senate wasting
its time discussing change OF rules,
which every senator knows down in his
heart, whatever his wishes may be, can
not be accomplished in the midst of this
controversy. A Democratic caucus is to
be held, but as only those who signed
the call therefor consider themselves
bound to attend or to be bound by it's
action, and as the call was only signed
by senators vino are opposed to the pass
age of the Voorhees, bill, there is little
upon which to baee even hope that it
will result in ending the unfortunate
controversy.
President Cleveland is apparently
more confident than ever that the Voor-
heer bill can be passed by the senate
without amendment, and more deter
mined that the fight shall be continued
until that end ie reached, but there are
good reasons for the belief that he would
willingly sign a compromise measure
il one can DO agreed upon by the Demo-
cratic senators. 1t could not reasonably
be expected under the circumstances
that he would, in advance of the action
of the senate, announce that he would
sign compromise bill.
Much important business awaits the
disposition of the silver question. For
instance, provision will have to be made,
and the sooner the better. to meet the
big deficit the necessary expenditures of
the current fiscal year will leave in the
treasury. Secretary Csrlisle's latest
estimate, based on present indications,
is that this deficit may reach $50, ,000, 900.
Secretary Carlisle has decided that
paper currency shall hereafter be used
in making disbursements at the New
York sub-treasury, except when the
state of the treasury makes it necessary
to pay out gold, 1t is said that this de-
cision was made because OF q tendency
on the part of the banks in that section
to hoard the gold lately put into circu-
lation.
The next bill to be taken up by the
house will be the Oates bankruptcy
bill. There is strong opposition to the
bill on both sides OF the house, but it is
thought it will pass.
President Cleveland authorizes the
announcement that he will not leave
Washington for any purpose until the
senate takes some action on the silver
question.
The house committee on public lands,
which has been looking into the charges
concerning the opening OF the Cherokee
strip, will probably decide that there is
no occasion for the congressional inves-
tigation proposed by resolution recent
ly introduced in the house.
Tbs houHe is keeping up its reputa-
ton for rapidity in the transaction OF
business. This week 1t passed the Nc
Creary bill amending and modifying the
Geary Chinese law and the Cox bill,
providing that no national banking as
sociation shall make any loan to its
president, its vics-president, it's di-
rectors, its cashier, or any of it's
clerks, tellers, book-keepers, agents,
servants, or other persons in it's en-
ploy, until the proposition to make such
q loan, stating the amount, terms and
security offered, shall have been sub
mit.ed in writing to meeting of the
board of directors or of the executive
committee of the board, and accepted
and approved by majority of those
present, constituting q quorum, and
then not in excess OF the amount now
allowed by law. A bill similar to the
last named was passed by the last
house. The house also passed bill re-
pealing the law which requires appli-
cants for bounty lands to prove loyalty
in addition to proving themselves other
wise entitled to the land.
LIST OF PATENTS
Granted to Pacific state investors thie
week, reported by G. A. Snow & Co.,
solicitors OF American and foreign
patents, opposite United States patent
office, Washington, d. c.:
A. N. Beebe, King City, CAL, COM
bined weed-cutter and land-leveler j.
r Ruttarworth San Francisco Gal