Iuka reporter., 1893-01-05
Our Washington letter.
lFrom our Regular Correspondent J

speaker crisp was one OF the few
prominent Democratic congressman
who ate their Christmas dinner In
Washington. This week he viii 90 to
New York for few days, and thereby
hangs tale that is very discomforting
to those gentlemen who have been
working overtime concocting stories
showing why President-elect Cleveland
would oppose Mr.. Crisp's election as
Speaker Vt the next House. Mr. Crisp
goes to New York upon Mr.. CIeve-
lands personal invitation TO confer
with the President-elect about legisla-
tion that is to come before the present
House, the extra session question, and
the organizationssof the next House;
and now the question is being asked,
why should MIR. Cleveland wish to con-
fer with the Speaker ii he is opposing
his reelection by the next House? It
seems to be repetition of the old
story somebody went off half-coched.l
The Populist members OF Congress-
from Kansas have evidently heard
from home. At first they were dis
creetly silent about the alleged candi-
dacy of Mrs. Lease for the Senate;
now they openly ridicule character
izing it as simply Republican scheme
to make the Populists ridicnlous.
ate Committee on migration, and he
does not agree with the IDEAS of the
majority Of that cornmittee as 10 the
legislation necessary. He will soon
after the rcassembling of Congress
| present his views in the shape OF a
minority report, and will either intro-
duce new bill or cfTer an amend ment
to the Chandler bill. providing for one
years suspension OF immigration.
J when that measure is taken up by the
Senate. The joint House and Senate
Immigration Committee has one sut-
committee now on its way to Cuba and
another consulting with Treasury Off
cials. both afser information TO be made
/ use Of when the immigration bills are
taken up by Congress-. The House
and Senate committees are working
| tremendously in this matter, and SO
far politics has been kept out OF IL.
The only question with members OF all
| parties being, what is the best thing
to do?
There is going to be some lively
financial music in Congress when it
gets together again, but it is not yet
certain who is going to do the dane
ing. The pressure for a suspension +
thefpurchasc of. the $500, 900 ounces
OF silver bullion, which the Treasurer
is compelled under the Sherman law
to buy every month is enormous
Mr.. Harrison and y his entire cabinet
favor the suspension, and. it is said,
that Mr.. Cleveland has also said to
moro than one Democratic Congress-
man that it tought to be stopped. Let
ters by the. hundred are received at the
Treasury Department every day, from
merchants and bankers all over the
country, urging the immediate sus-
pension. 1t cannot be suspended, ex-
cept by action OF Congress, and the
attempt to bring1 about that suspen-
sion, either by the passage of Senator
Hills bill for an outright repeal OF the
Sherman law, or by the adoptiogzbf
Senator McPherson's resolution au-
thorizing the President in his discre-
tion to suspend the purchase OF silver
bullion, wiIl.b the,signal for the music
to begin. The free coinage men say
| they do not propose to allow any sus-
pension of the purchase of bullion,
unless free coinage bin be passed.
Notwithstanding recent cxtraordin-
airy efforts OF the Republicans to defeat
the will of the people, it is the general
belief here, Republicans included.
that the Democrats will organize and
control the Senate Of the next Con-
gress.
Both those who oppose and those
who fasvor tho proposed amendmentto
the Words Fair act. of tho last ses-
sion, allowing the exposition to be
| opened on Sunday, claim to have pollcd
the House, and both sides claim 70
have majority Of votes pledged Il
Il going to-be a red-hot fight and four
/ days, l0th u i3lh Of January, inclu-
sivo, taye been set apart By the House
Exposition Committos to hear avs,-
ments for nEd against the proposed
lamondment II is the impression oi
experienced observers of things Cc8-
gressional that the amendment will Be
adopted BY q small margin Ia bath
i Hoasc ana Scnate, bat there soems ID
4 bs n doubt as 70 whether Me, Harrison
i ws!l ap pproxe n
strange 10 NV the most d mo orpa-
sision 10 SoaAlor Vest : bill air4ctiae &
fhe ~. - ~. e ~, f<, -. 4 4, 81.