Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-09-25
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Discussing the Impeachment of Cleyc.
land in the Senate-Cheap
Tariff Tinkeling.
A Muzzle Promised for National Bank
Caicials-The President on
Silver.
IMPEACHMENT OF CLEVELAND.

Washington, Sept. 25.-The president
of tho United States will be arraigned in
the Unitess States senate to-day for violat-
ing the spirit of the constitution in en-
deavoring to destroy the independence of
the law-making branch of the govern
ment by seeking to coerce congress into
the passage of the repeal bill.
This arraignment will come upon res
olution by Senator Stewart which declares
that the independence of the coordinate
departments of the government must be
maintained, and that the use Of the power
ard influence of one department to con
troll the action of another is in violation
of the constitution and destructive of our
form of government.
HOW 1T LOOKS
The New York World, both oditorially
and in its Washington correspondence,
virtually surrenders its fight for the re-
peal of the Sherman law, in view of the
backdown of VOORHEES, Saturday evening
from his proposition for night sessions.
The administration forces are undoubted-
ly discouraged and somewhat dcmoral-
lied. The most cautious of the silver
men do not by any means consider thu
cause won. They feel encouraged, but
appreciate that there are still many diff
cultics in the way. They have no doubt
of being able to talk until tho elections
bill shall be sent to the senate from the
house, and count upon that to help
them out.
CATCH PENNY TARIFF SCHEMES.
There is growing probability that the
tactics of delay which the silver senators
are now employing will be used in the
senate by the Republicans to prevent the
passage of the Wilson tariff bill i'll the
form in which it will come from the house.
There is no rea on why, as long as the
cloturo rule does not exist in the senate,
the Republican members should not take
advantage of the absence of limit to de-
bate to wrest from the Democratic ma
iority rs many concessions in the tariff
schedules MS they may demand. Bonrke
Cochran is quoted as saying in reply to
an inquiry from friend, that the $50
congress would repeal the Mckinley act,
but that the next thing it would do would
be to pass another tariff bill as much like
the Mckinley law as possible. This
shows the feeling of eastern Democrats.
who have been awakened by the hearing
before the ways and means committee to
the growing feeling in favor of protection
among their southern brethren upon the
tariff question.
GOOD THING.
The committee on banking and cur
rency has authoriyedsa favorable report
on the bill prohibiting the officers of ma
tional banks from borrowing money from
the banks with which they are connected,
except where their loans and their Sc
curities which they offered had been
passed upon and agreed to by IN aye and
nay vote Of the directors.
NATIONAL NOTES.
The comptroller has authorized tho
Milwaukee National bank to resume
business.
The Populists have met tho declaration
of the gold men by proposing that IT the
United States is to become mono
metallic country silver shall become the
unit of value.
Attendance at to-day's session of the
senate was unusually light. Stewards
resolution declaring the independence OF
the several coordinate branches of the
government was laid before tho senate.
President Cleveland has taken occasion
to deny that he is monometallist, and to
declare that he is in favor of the utlil-
cation of silver so far as it can possibly
be done with safety to "sound money"
There was an important and heated
discussion in tho executive session over
Cleyeland's views of homo rule policy,
particularly in the appointment OF Indian
agents, and the subject promises to be
prominent one before the senate.
In the house Representative Boatner
of Louisiana, has offered bill which
makes provision for the coinage OF dol.
lars of the weight Of 412I grains OF
standard silver. 1t provides that not
more than 1OO,OOO,OCO shall be coined In
any one fiscal year and that the coinage
shall cease when the total coinage reaches
one thousand millions of dollars.