Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.


From our Rssuisr Correspondent
WAuiINGToN, ID. c., Aug. %, 1893
The House today passed the Wilson
bill for the unconditional repeal OF the
purchasing clause Of the sherman
silver law, but this was merely a pre-
iminaty skirmish to the great legIsIa'
tive battle that lie 10 be fought In the
Senate over silver. Some ugly talk ia
being INDUCED in by some Of those
who votei for repeal in the House, on
tho promise that further silver legisla-
ton should al once follow, because OF
the movement now under way TO pre-
vent the House undertaking any other
8nanclal legislation vi the extrn ses.
sion, aud " tho movement Huccecus
there will be more OF tho talk. An
examination OF the entire debate In
the House will show that large
majority Of those who voted for repeal
announced themrtives as bimetallls,si
aud many Of them stated In their
speeches that tuey would vote iJf
repeal because they expected silver
legislation 10 iog9w. a bill Tor single
gold standard could not get forty votes
In the House.
Although there IL doubt, notwith.
standing the positive prediction OF
euch senat0fs ~ Gormnn, Hili NORTH
aud Allison ~ TO the outcome ~ lhe
silver battle In the Senate, there j. h''
tie or nOus 10 20 the late VI The wilson
bill, which has iuet passed. TIE lious''
IL will DO pigtou.hulel ty the finance
commitle, " which " will be referred
ns soon as ~ goes 10 the senate. he
nght iu the Senate will be- over the
Voorhees, till, which alter providing
for The repeal OF the purchasing clause
OF the Sherman law declares IL 70 TO
the policy Of this government TO main
tain blmotallc currency.
The administration rs making every
effort to secure voter ior the VOORHEES,
hiil from tho Southern ruuutytr VINO
have been ola,sed among those Orpa sod
to unconditional repeal, aud this week
Prteilcnt Cleveland is cumi1g back 10
Washington 10 help. Numerous gaius
nre claimed but the only names 9ot
mentioned are IA, Ne Ui Sbnuturs
Call aud Pasco, VI Florida, WHO
nre said TO have agreed 10 follow the
example Of Senators N0rhCvs end
Hill 10 making free coinage apeechus
and then voting for repeal. The
work h., however, only hall done
when - majority Of promised votes
have been obtained Tor the Voorhees,
bill, The bill cannot be passed unless
u be voted upon, and II cannot ue
voted ~ on until the consent Of pTac-
tically all Of the sUnRtofn has been OF.
tanned. Efforts are now being made
10 reach an agreement "a TO the lcngtn
OF time the bill shall be debated and
10 yet Day for taking the vote, but
some VI the senators will have TO under
gO n great change OF mind before any
Thing definite CONES OF them. Tue
senators IRON tue silver states say u
will be time enough TO talk about set
ting time to vote after the subject
has been debated reasonable
time. IL Il understood that
an uusuccefsiul attempt to make a
zeal with the Republican silver senn.
tors 10 secure the setting Of n date 10
vote on the Voorhees, bill, IN return Tor
their promise 10 let the tariff alone
during this session Of Congress.
The proposition for tho repeal OF the
tax on state bank currency IA practical.
by dead Tor awhile, as majority VI the
House committee ON banking ana
currency, to which the bill providing
for the repeal was referred, IL opposed
10 the bill. The same committee also
has before II the bill providing for the
exchange Of United States bonds tor
currency whenever their owners were
willinE 10 give up the int rest for the
use Of the currency, anu 30 many Oh
jectiOnH have been miGed against II
that lie favorable report to the House Is
doubtful.
The nov rules Tor the government OF
the House have been completed.
While they are not ~ strict At those
used by the lsst Republican House,
they are much atrlctor than those useI
by the last House, aud any eNteuued
filibustoring will DO very difficult, n
not impossible.
Senator Ledge has introduced a bill
that would, II II were law, accom-.
pisa more practical reform VA the
civil service than oil the laws now ON
the statute books have been able 10 DO
up TO this time. ltprOvides Tor taxing
the appointment of fourth class post.
masters entirely out Of partisan
politics, which would certainly be- an
improvement on the present method OF
appointing thom. There II little
probability, however, that the I'LL will
ever become a law. lt might get
through the Senate, M the senators
have but little personal Interest In the
matter, but Il would stand no show In
the House, Tor the average representa-.
tive uses the fourth.class postmasicrs
OF hio district 10 control the party
machine, aud TO maintain his personal
ascendAncy.
Tho last Jay Of the silver debate In
tho House was, 10y long odds, the
most interesting, nearly every speaker
being man VI national reputation.
Among thom were ux.Speaker Reed,
Is urke Cochran, Wilson, VI West
Virginia, "Priyate" John Allen, Of
M.5sis3ppi, ana hisnH, ~ Missouri
the silver leader Of the House.