Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-10-31

steering committee, which has bee
on labor for 10 these many days an
nights, greatly to the profit of certai
vendors OF liquid refreshments, he
brought forth the mouse, in the shap
oil = compromise silver bill. 1t
understood that the birth would nev
or have taken place il the skill o
midwives Cleveland and Carlisle ha,
not been made available. The bah,
Is certainly not ono that anybody ha
any reason to be proud OF. II il
Jane, halt and blind, and can neveI
grow into anything useful or benefi
cial, either to its progcnitors or te
the country.
The compromise bill, to get down
10 straightforward English, provides
that the repeal Of tho purchasing
clause OF the silver law shall take ef-
feet October !, 1894, and that the
silver purchase and the seigniorage
now 10 tho Treasury and to accrue
from future purchases shall from time
TO time be coined Chat is certainly
indefinite enough to make future
trouble), and that all greenbacks and
treasury notes under e10 shall be re-
tired and silver certificates or silver
dollars (more inde6niteness) shall
take their place. That is all. Not
word about issuing bonds or any
other method OF increasing the rapid.
~ diminishing gold reserve, which
now amounts to only tsl, 00O, 900.
This is tho compromise that Mr..
Cleveland has promised to sign, il i.
can DO passed, and which the steer.
ing committee Is compelling Demo.
cratic Senators to pledge themselves
IN writing to support. This Is the
sum total Of Democratic financial
ability. II will require the full Dem
ocratic support TO pass this compro-
misc, as II is not expected that Re-
publicans will vote for it, and tho
Populist Senators are up In arms
against IL. While tho Republicans
will probably not vote for the com.
promise they will not be likely to do
anything 10 prevent vote being
taken. II the Democrats can stand |
this measure the Republicans certain.
~ can.
The ink should at least be allowed !
TO get dry upon announcements Of
Democratic retrenchment and reform
before tho alleged reforms are dis.
carded by the Democratic adminis.
tra'ion' The other day notice was
peryed upon the Republican who was
executive officer Of the u. s. Geolog-
ical Survey that Hoke smith had
come TO the conclusion that the office
was sinecure and had abolished il.
and i was duly tolegraphed to all the
Democratic papers that $4,000 sin
ecure had been abolished by the ad.
mlnisiraton. Now comes the SEQUEL.
which will not be so widely circulated
by the Democratic press. II was
tho Republican who held the alleged
sinecure. who was abolished; the sine.
cure was left in order that it might
be given to a Texas Democrat. en-
dorsed by Senator Mills, who now
controls all Federal an
rointmorts from or in that State. So
there was neither reform nor retrencb.
mont IN this move, which was lust a
plain spoilsmans change. IA Demo
'rat in place Of Republican; bu, il ,
illustrates very strikingly one Of the
leading characters OF tho present adj.
Considerable surprise has been OK.
pressed by Republicans that ten Re.
publican Senators should have voted
o confirm the nomination Of Van
Alen to DO Ambassador to Italy, when u
" casting their votes against him
hey could have defeated the nomina. b
ion, which pulled through on vote :,
80 to 20. The Republicans who a
oted to confirm the nomination were y
'smerom and Quay, OF Pa, Aldrioh '
nd Dixon of X. l., Davis OF Mimi.
rye Of Me, Higgins of Del, Jones
I New, Mcmillan of Mich, and VOL.
OFT OF Col, and Democrats who
oted against the confirmation were u
I'li OF New York, Martin OF Kansas
10y OF 5. G. and Vance of N. C. re Re
he Populist', with the exception of L. =.
iswart OF Nevada--classsd by 9TH A.,
s. but not by himself, as Populist TT T.,
voted against the confirmation. sta
The War Department furnishes an
terestlng problem for the students
such things. Gen. Grant, a staunoh "
nnesota Republican, is practically ass ass