The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-10-28
OCTOBER 27, 1898.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 1898

WASHINGTON, Oct. %, 1898.
Well, the hare has been caught and
is Gagged, which is to occupy the place
of honor of the funeral feast, DIR. Cleve-
land having at last become convinced
that it would be dangerous to keep
the corpse Of unconditional repeal
lying around much longer. And now
the Senatorial chief cooks are deciding
how the hare shall be served at the
aforesaid feast, from which all " baked
meats are to be barred. The prepar-
atoms will all have to be made by the
democrats, as the republican Senators
are not enthusiastically fond of hare,
no matter how it be served, and the
populists think the best way to serve
hare is to do as a bon-vivant once sug-
gested should be done with sliced Gu
cumbers-throw it cut OF the window.
There are some democratic Senators
who are not fond OF hare, which they
think tastes suspiciously like crow, but
remembering the bargain made by
certain hunters once upon a time as
to what should be done with the man
who found fault with the cooking, they
are announcing their liking for hare
with a remarkable unanimity.
The hare, or rather the compromises
which is expected 10 be put through
at once-expectatiuns are not always
realized-is not much of a compro-
mise after all. 1t provides for the con-
tinued purchase of silver under the
Sherman law until October. 1894, when
it is to cease; for the coinage from
time to time of the silver SO purchased
and of the seigniorage in the treasury,
and for the retirement of all. treasury
notes and greenbacks below $40 and
the issuing in place of them of silver
certificates or silver dollars. The re-
cognition of silver is very slight, still
it is a recognition and it cones from
President Cleveland, who notified the
steering committee through Secretary
Carlisle just how far he would 60 in
making a compromise. The republi-
can Senators are saying little, but it is
not probable that any number of them
will vote for the compromise. The
populists have announced their inten-
ton to fight it. Nearly every demo
cratic Senator has pledged himself To
support the compromise, and as there
is to be no fllibustering against it, it
will probably go through after the SEN
ators have done a little talking 90 az
to put their opinions on record.
The vote by which VanAlen's con-
firmation as ambassador to Italy, after
some very plain talk against the nom-
~ination in the Senate, il worth study
ing. OF the 80 votes in favor Of con-
firmation ten were republicans-Al-
drich of r. l.; Cameron OF Pa; Davis
OF Mimi: Dixon of r. l.; Frye u. Me.
Higgins of Del; Jones of New; Nc
MILAN OF Mich; Quay Of Pa, and
WolcGtt OF Colo, and one-Stewart Of
Nev.-an independent. OF the q
votes against the confirmation IA were
cast by republicans, A by populists-
Allen of Neb.; Irby Of S. c.; Kyle of 5
D., and PETER of Kan,-rnd a by dem
ocrats-George of Miss; Martin oil
Kan. and Vance OF N. G.
Representative Jerry Simpson
charged Representative Curtis, Of
Kan, during the debate on the bill re-
qniring railroads in the Cherokee strip
to locate stations at the town sites de-
signated by the Interior department
! with being en- the floor Of the House