The Progress., 1893-01-14
FROM WASHINGTON. D. c.
: Notes of Interest Gathered From Around
About the National Capital.

Since the re-assembling Of Con
press the silver men, who have KEEP
very quiet during al the talk GbJI
proposed silver Legislation at lh
present session. are sioNIu- tH"
teeth; and their humor has rCl beer
improved by the rum0rs sharrir.
that the CleVrlauI tuHu-uce- ua.
caused desertiyIs from tueI rWh-
The pressure for tie repeal = ta,
present silver law is daily becomrl
more powerful, anb one uf the ia',-
argument Ie tnat Mr Cleveland Ea.
said that II 10 was not repealed hN
this Congress be UuV!d call an ina
mediate extra session Of the Fifty
third Congress; another IS that tn,
American delegates to the Iuterna-
tional Moentary conference told THEN
foreign colleagues who pointed to
this law as an obstacle to any agree
ment being reached, that it would be
repealed before the conference comes
together again i'll May.
Notwithstanding all this tall, and
chat which IL certain soon TO be heard
son the floor OF both honse and senate,
the present silver law VIII neithar be
repealed nor Will that portion Of it
compelling monthly purchases of sill
yer bullion bC suspended, unless the
members OF the house who have ban
ded themselves together under the
leadership Of Representative Piorcp.
of tennessee. who was bir Blauds
lieutenant in. the hot silver fight dur
ing the last session, shall change
their mind. lhey ow say that they
will preveIt the assaSe of such leg
islstion by such iillibustering, no
matter what the effect may be upon
other Legislation, including the reg
nlar appropriation bills,
The apparently easy victory over
Mr.. Cleveland which the Hill-Nur-
ply combination has won in New
York Legislature is exciting the live
liest interest in Congress, although
the D,mocrats are as rule non-com-
INITIAL The general impression here
is that Murphy is just as good as
nominated and elected to the United
States Senate. Senator Hill is here.
but he INIT saying a word.
Cottor is no longer king, either in
the commercial world or in Congress, :,
but the hng deposed monarch has
subjects Mo are still dreaming of a
Testoratlonto pc Ser. A movement
is on foot fothe Democratic senators
and representatives, from the cotton
growing state to demand one or
more seats in n Clevelands cabinet
One OF the orlghtors and leaders of
this movements Ranresantat;yo
Grain, of Texas, W, speaks his mind
about this business he nsraI Fnaa
and easy style. He VS.. I'm the va
rious conjectures at nrohahia
members Of the cabinet outbarn mon
are almost entirely igrCJ and vot
the detection of a few sou arn ~ So,
.t the late election would co.
fatal to MIR. Cleveland's We peeii
Are the cotton growing Stat
tain for Democracy that they92o Ger
to be considered during Presi oniy
campaigns. and forgotten afterHtIiaIi
Are they to pay the penalty for Is
ing large Democratic majority,
We have men capable Of filling al
office and have right TO expect reco
gnition. If Mr.. Carlisle accepts the
secretaryship Of the treasury, Ken
tucky Will be honor6d, but Kentucky
is not Southern or ii cotton growing
State"
Considerable amusement was ere
ated when the memhprs of the house
and senate immigration comuitee re-
turned from their little Christmas
junket to Cuba, at Uncle Sam's ex-
pense and reported that there was lit
tie or no danger of our getting ehol-
era from that quarter. Every scrap
of information upon which this re-
port was based might easily have
been obtained from government of
ficials right here in Washington, but
nothing short of personal visit
would satisfy these solons. OF course
the pleasure of the trip did not car
ry them. No indeed Perish such a
sordid thought!
The cholera scare was taken ad-
'oheoSc VI w ueprlNe the dntl-Op-
|tion blu for two days of its right of
way IN the senate and to take up two
bills now,on the calandar relating to
two precautions against the cholera.
Flour has heen included among the
articles with.Wbich to a. O. bill deals.
Senator Chandler has introduced a
bill ostensibly aimed at the Pinker
tons AMI the SIM military anarchists
organizations, btt il is believed that
his real target is be new milinary. or
ganizatious that ia being organized
by popnlists. TheNll provides that
it shall be unlawful Nr ten or more
men any of whAu are sub
ject TO enrollmeh as n
part OF the militia Of anAState. To As
semble or drill or bear anus a. a mil /
itary company. squad, btillion or
other military organization. unless
they are called forth by som civil or
military officer lawfully authoized 10
make such a call. 1t also pfvides /
penalties for the violation of the law
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