The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-07-18
Strong Friends for Utah on the
Committees on Territories.
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
A Quick Repeal OF the Sherman Law
Not Probable.
IL Is Thought a Reasonable Compromise
Can BE Effected and a Substitute
offered Giving Satisfaction to Adj
vocates of White Metal.

reorganlZed, and its complexion 1n5ureS
to Utah ard the other territories knock
ing at the door of the Union for admis-
sion strong friends among both OF the
great political parties, though one or two
men are retained who will probably con-
tinue their opposition. Notably among
TIE stubborn statesmen may be mentioned
Senator Platt of Connecticut, who, dur
ing Republican ascendancy, was chair
man of the committee. The new COM
mittee is composed as follows: Faulkner
of West Virginia, chairman; Hill OF New
York, Black burn of Kentucky, Bate of
Tennessee, Call of Florida, White OF
California, PIatt OF Connecticut, Davis of
Minnesota, Carey of Wyoming, Shoup of
Ecaho and Hansbrough of North Da-
kota.
MIR. Washington OF Tennessee will be
reappointed chairman of the House COM
mittee on territories. He was very
friendly to Utah during the last Con-
gress. as indeed ne was tc all the terri
tories, and could he have had his way the
bill would have been passed, but unfor-
tunately legislation became blocked and
the Senate Republicans showed by their
actions that they did not intend to permit
the bill to pass, hence it was useless to
go ahead in the House.
OF the fourteen other members who
served on this committee during the last
Congress the following were reelected,
most of whom, on account of their expe-
rience in the workings of the same, will
be reassigned to their old positions:
Kilgore of Texas, Campbell of New
York. Branch of North Carolina, Terry of
Arkansas, Simpson of Kansas, Donavan
of Ohio, Smith of Illinois, Perkins of
Iowa, Joseph of New. Mexico and Smith
OF Arizona.
The general belief here is that few if
sny appointments Will be made by the
president until after the Assem- bling of
Congress. Comparatively small num-
Der of the big federal appointments have
been made in the states of the Union, and
the talk is strong that the administration
people have been holding up SO that trad
ing can be done when Congress meets on
the currency question. Most OF the mar
shalshiPs, attorneyships and first and
second class postmasterships, collector
ships of customs, ETC., are still held by
Republicans. and the president, it is I'M
derstood, makes little or no concealment
Of the fact that he proposes to give the
patronage to those Democratic Senators
and Representatives VINO are disposed to
meet the administration half way at least
infhe settlement of the pending financial
troubles. This does not necessarily mean
the free coinage advocates are to sell out
for a mess of 0ottaoe o. If vvara
The president, from remarks let drop
within the past six weeks, thinks a rea-
sonable compromise can be arranged
whereby repeal of the Sherman law can
be effected, and something substituted
that will give more universal satisfaction
to the business interests of the country,
and at the same tune sat isfy the silver
men.
Few people believe that a quick repeal
of the so-calied Sherman law will come
when Congress meets, and nothing else
be put in its place; or in other words wipe
out the Sherman law, and leave silver
completely demonetized as was the case
before the passage of the Bland act Con-
gress is composed OF enough men, it is
thought, to prevent any such high
is the game OF the eastern "gold bugs
SPARED on by the English banking
syndicates.
The President takes a rather conserva-
tive view of the outlook, and is said to
realize that in order to escape the ills
complained of under existing conditions.
that each wing will necessarily have to
make concessions looking to the safety
and general welfare of the country. That
he is opposed to free coinage no one
doubts, but he has not yet committed
himself on the proposition to repeal the
state bank tax of 10 per cent, or upon
the income tax, and as many leading
men have insisted upon coupling the lat
ter propositions with the repeal Of the
Sherman law they are bound to compli-
cate The situation. To do anything
speedily will require concert of action
among the leading statesmen of both
parties.
Much talk has been INDUCED in con-
corning gag rules likely to be adopted by
the House. The rules will probable be a
little more rigid than they were during
the Fifty-second Congress, but they will
be nothing like the code urged by some of
the eastern gold bug organs. The Demo-
Gratis want to be consistent enough at
least not to approach Boss Reeds plan Of
muzzling the peoples representatives.
They protested so loudly against his ty-
Tanny that they cannot afford to trick the
members even to hurry financial legisla-
ton.
The greatest danger of delay is in the
Senate, a body which has never applied
cloture, and which probably never will;
and it is in the upper house that the
INCEST sentiment in favor of silver exz
lists in proportion to membership. That
delay will occur there is the prevailing
opinion, if any attempt is made on the
part of greedy gold-bugs to wipe out the
Sherman law and return to the gold stan
dard, leaving silver mere commodity.
The contest in August and September
promises to be most interesting one.
cad the struggle VIII be watched intentiy
Throughout the entire civilized world.
Hundreds of workmen are busy night
ard day getting the Capitol building ready
Tor the opening Of Congress. Unusually
extensive alterations and renovating have
been going on this year, and the conyen-
ing of Congress a month earlier than was