The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-09-02
SEPTEMBER 2, 1898.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

4 ne IlOust VO-uh1 pasotN ftuc iioou
bill for the unconditional repeal of the
purchasing clause Of tie Sherman sill
yer law but tLif was merely. q prelim-
mary skirmish TO the great Legislative
hattle that issto be fought in the Sen
ate over silver. Some ugly talk is
being INDUCED in by some8"of those
who voted for the repeal 10 the House,
on the promise that further silver leg
isl4tiod sIonld at once follow, becaue
Of stbe movement now under way to
prevent iLe House, undertaking any
other financial legislation at the extra
session, end if the movement succeeds
there will be more Of the talk. Al
examination Of the entire debate in
the House will show that a large MAJ
jority Of those who voted for repeal
announced themselves f.s. bi.metalists
and many OF them stated il their
speeches that they would vote Tor re-
peal bec4use, they expected silver leg1
islation to follow. A.bill for a,.single,
gold ssandard@;opld not get iprty VOTES.
'in the House.
although shereeis doubt, p9twish-
standing ,he positive prediction IF
such Senators - German, Morrill, and
40 ~ sL#f4 F.+yf4f 80. a
Allison as u thesoutconte pf the silver
battls. In ihs Senate. tAaSie Is little of
none IL u tiIs fste of the Wilson bill,
which has Just passed Abe Hcuse. IL
viii be tigson-lolyd BY The Finance.
COMMITTEES, 70. which il will bs referred
AS soon as IL goes % The Senate The
E6gh. in the Senate Nills be over the
Voorhees, bill, which after providing.
for the repeal Of the purchasing clause
pf s,e Sherman Law, declares It 20 be
Die policy Of this government to
maintain y biemetallic currency,
The administration Is makingieyery
effort to SECURE Votes for the VOORHEES,
bill from the Southern Senators who
have beeas classed among those OPP
posed 10 unconditional fepeall aud
thss week President cleveland is, conf
ing back to Washington TO help.
Numerous gains are claimed but the
only names yet mentioned are those
Of senators Call and .Pasco, of Florida,
who are said 70 have agreed to follow
the example Of Senators Voorhees, and
Hill in making ~free-coinagc speeches
and then veting for the repeal. The
the work n, however, only half done
when = majority Of promised xotes
have been obtained for the YoShees
hill. The bill cannot be passed uhless
il be voted upon, and IL cannot be
voted upon until the consent Of prac,
tica1iy all of the Senators has been
obtained. Efforts are pow being made
TO reach an agreement as. TO The
length Of time the bill shall I've debated
and 70 set..s day for tsking the vote.
but some Of the Senators win haye to
undergoa great change Of mind be-
fore anything dednite. cenes of them
The Senators from the silver States
say il WIFE be time enough y tals
about setliAg "a time.to vote asstGrs the
subject has been debated a reasonable
time. Ii is understood that the ad.
ADMINISTRATION Senators made all urssuci
cessful attempt to make a deal with
the republican silver Senators to
secure the settling Of q date to vote
on, the Voorhees, bill, in return for
their promise. to let The tariff alone
during this session Of Congress. ~.
The proposition for the repeal Of
the tax gu State bank currency ia
practically dead for a while, asa ma
jority of; the House, committee on
Banking and Currency, to. which she
bill providing for the repeal was refeEi
red, ia oppose to the bill. The same
CON mittee also has before it the bin
providing lqr the exchange OF U. S.
bonds for currency wl,eNever their
owners were willing ~ give up.the