Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-09-05
WASHINGTON LErrEB.


the House having passed the Wilson
bill for the unconditional repeal OF
tho purchasing clause Of the silver !
law, as it has been plain for week
.h., Il vould do. The Wilson bill
now goes to the Senate where It wiz
be referred to the Finance Commit
tao. never TO be heard from again.
The reason why this bill will be
sheived by the Senate committee is
that the majority OF Senators who Ia
yor unconditional repeal prefer the
Voorhees, bill for tho same purpose,
with It's tail. piece declaring IL to be
the policy Of the government to nam
tain bimetallic currency. A.
matter Of fact this declaration carries
no weight without additional legisla-
ton, but it implies that there will be
future legislation and that 'mpl'ca-
ton is relied upon TO gain the votes
Of Senators who would otherwise not
vote for unconditional repeal. Wheth-
or this will prove true only time can
tell.
There are many rumors OF defec-
lions among the southern free COIN
age Senators, and the claim is boldly
being made that . number OF them
will, after making free coinage
speeches, vote for unconditional re.
neal. Senators Call and Pasco, OF
Florida, are said to have made posi-
tive promises to that effect. So con-
6dent are the administration Sena-
tors that they can get enough votes
from tho South to pass the bill, it
they can only get 1t to vote, that q
proposition has been made to Repub-
lican Senators to try to get them to
use their influence with the Repub-
loan Senators who favor FREQ coin.
age, not to vote for unconditional re.
peal, but merely to agree to allow
vote to DO taken. 1t was stated Il
them thst II they would secure tina
agreement the Democratic Senators
would agree that the tariff should moi
be disturbed at this session OF Con
gress. The proposition was declined
In making that proposition the ad
ministration men showed that the
realize the difficulty in getting tn
bill through the Senate, even If the
can get tho promise OF the votes OF
majority OF the Senators. Under tn
present rules OF the Senate, whic
will not be changed, twenty Senator
can, IL so disposed, stave of indei
nitely She taking Of > vote on II
bill, and that more than that uumb'
are At present so disposed there ca
be no doubt The outcome OF tn
!. matter depends upon whether Il
men who now stand for free coinai
or nothing can be persuaded or C
creed into allowing vote to be
ken. Mr.. Cleveland will return
Washington this week for the p,
pose OF adding his personal infaen
to those already being brought
bear on the Southern Senators to ve
for repeal
Here is one good piece of ne
that ought to please every man
terested in the welfare Of the cot
try. There will be no wild cat ms
ey authorized at this session of g,
gresa, the House Committee on Bar
ing and Currency having major
against the bill for the repeal of
tax on State bank currency. Whe
er knowingly or not does not mat
but Speaker Crisp certainly did
country q great service when he mi
up that committee by selecting a I
jority opposed to wild cat money.
The new rules of the House
much better than those used by
last House, but are not as good as
muoh-abused Reed rules, which t
follow to certain extent.
The number of Democratic c
gressmen who do not agree with
administration in its treatment of :
sioners is increasing, or, perhaps
would be more correct to say that
number OF those who have the Q,
age to express their opinion is e.
ing larger. The latest case is tina
General Dan Siokles, who rspres
one OF the New York City distr
the nomination having been 81
him by Tammany to prevent his
ing the Cleveland ticket. In sp,
on the silver question Gen. Sic
advocated as one OF the method,
temporarily relieving the money S,
gency tina, pension claims due o
Der LIST be paid at once. He sal
that connection: "Why not pay
now to this large mass of public c