The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-09-16
SEPTEMBER Is, 1893.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, Sept. IL, 1898.

Washington, Sept. IL, 1898.
The silver debate in the Senate has
been far from being as good-natured
as that in the House, and the Senators
appear now to have reached a state of
irritation that is quite unusa' with them,
and which has already caused some very
unpleasant things to be said. Senators
Voorhees, and Hale had a quarrel that
fifty years ago would have led to pistols
and coffee for two, and Senators Dubois
and Teller said some hard things about
the anti-silver men, while Senator Teller
made a most sensational attack upon the
newspapers of the country, charging
them with misrepresenting public senti-
ment on the silver question and intima-
ting that ii Is q done for price. These
are not promising indications of an early
and satisfactory ending of the debate.
Two days ago everything looked bright
for the acceptance of Senator Faulkner's
compromise-to coin $4,000, 600 in silver
each month until $1,000, 900 should be
coined-but President Cleveland put a
damper upon it by saying that no com-
promise or concession OF any kind would
be accepted. 1 understand that twenty
seven Senators have pledged themselves
not to allow q vote to be taken until
some sort OF . concession has been
obtained.
The new Cleveland baby is just now
exciting more attention in Washington
than any other n thing. By one of
these unaccountable whims, every body
seemed to have arrived at the conclusion
that it must necessarily be a boy conse-
quently when the birth of a girl was an
nounced, Saturday afternoon, there were
many expressions of disappointment.
There have been three other babies born
in the White House, grandchildren Of
Presidents Taylor and Grant, but this
one is the first ever born to the wife Of a
President in the historic old building,
and she will probable be known all her
life as the White House baby. Mrs.
Cleveland, who, with the baby, is doing
nicely, was attended by DR.. Bryant, who
has for some weeks been the guest Of the
family, both at Gray Gables and at the
White House, and who has also been in
charge OF Mr.. Cleveland.
If China intends to retaliate she car
begin to put the retaliation machine in
order, as the administration has decided
to inforce the Geary Chinese law and to
deport all Cinnamon convicted of hav-
ing failed 10 register in accordance there
with. In view of the small amount of
money available to be used for this pur-
pose, the action of the administration Is
probably intended as a gentle reminder
to Congress that it must ether fish or
cut bait" In other words, that the
Geary law must either be enforced or be
repealed. The new China minister de-
clined to express an opinion on the sub
ject when your correspondent called at
the legation. By the way, Reprenta-
tive Geary, author of the Chinese
Law, will probably find himself
in hot water because of the statement
he made here in a published interview.
He said: 81 am perfectly willing to
vote for a bill requiring every American
missionary in China to return to his
country within a year, the protection of
this Government to be withdrawn from
him at the expiration Of that time. 1
would do this just a l would vote to e
pell every anarchist from the United
States within a year. The principle that
would exclude anarchists from this
country would keep American m~isionar-
les out Of China. Their cases are exact
ly parallel" =
The populists in Congress are taking
great interest the Virginia gubernatorial
campaign, and most of them will speak
one or more times in some section of the
State before its close. They express con-
fdence of electing tho Governor, being
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