The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-27
THE SITUATION AT THE CAPITAL.
Recent Speeches of Southern Senators
Have Done DIuch for Silver.

THE SITUATION AT THE CAPITAL.
Recent Speeches of Southern Senators
Have Done Much for Silver.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-[Special. i
Many of the most prominent Democrats
in Congress admit that the party is badly
divided on the financial question, and not
a few during the discussions that have
taken place in the Senate and House on
the pending bills have declared In their
speeches that a foolish policy prevailed,
and they have severely criticized and
lectured some imaginary statesmen for
the failure to have caucus or conference
SO that an effort at least could have been
made to harmonic the existing differ
ence. Things have been running along
in a most disjointed and peculiar fashion
ever since the session began in August.
Never a conference was held on the Will
son bill before that measure was rushed
through the House. The bill was ex-
hibited only to a chosen few, and such
state of affairs was never known to exist
before.
Ten days ago, when many Of the reports
that were sent out from Washington that
Senator VOORHEES, expected TO force vote
inside of two weeks, The HERALD CORE
spondence contained positive statements
showing that as long rs a minority of
determined men in the upper branch OF
the national legislature held out there
was no chance TO take vote. The stu
alton has not yet changed unless that it
be there is a disposition on the part of
MANY OF the senators in favor of the un-
conditional repeal OF the purchasing
clause to agree TO q reasonable compro-
mise. Within the past few days Mr..
Voorhees,, in spite of the bold and en-
phatic speeches made by him for effect on
the country, has been weakening. He is
pretty much in the fix of Senator Hoar, of
Massachusetts, two years or so ago,
when in charge of the federal elections
bill, Mr.. Hoar wanted TO let go, but he
had gotten into the thing SO deeply that
he could not gracefully find way out of
the difficulty. Finally the Senate kicked
the bill out of the way, and at heart there
was no happier man than the Bay State
senator
Mr.. Voorhees, has been for many years
2 friend OF silver, and his heart is still
with the white metal, but of late he has
been in strange company, and he has be-
come very much tangled up IN his views.
The Indiana man is fond of patronage.
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then again he is susceptible to hattery,
and he has had lots of that heaped upon
him by strong ana powerful people to
whose interest it is to have the purchas-
ing clause OF the Sherman law uncondi-
-ionally repealed. If they could procure
legislation OF that sort they would see
that the Senate was Sd tied up that moth
ing could be done to bring about the BIZ
metallic system that many of the uncon-
ditional repealers talk so sweetly of un-
I'll the people should rise up in their
might and elect a Congress that would
place silver where it belongs as one of
the money metals of the country.
Frou the best information obtainable
there is no immediate prospect of q settle
4 ment OF the fight in the Senate. 1t is
known that enough senators will speak
on the question to prolong the debate for
some time to come, and the revival OF
business in so many sections of the coun-
try gives the silver men reason to assert
that the recent general depression was not
due as claimed entirely to the operations
OF the Sherman law. They insist that the
uncertainties Of the proposed tariff legis-
,atiou. the manipulation of railway, in
dustrial and other stocks, aud the heavy
tendency to overtrade were responsible
for the stagnation in business. The banks
in every section are beginning to loan
money again on the usual collateral, and
this Improvement, though it may not be
general. has given an impetus TO trade,
and it has also given backbone to the
friends Of silver in the Congress of the
United States, who do not appear at this
writing willing to perDlitthe eastern PEG.
pie to ride rough shod over the balance of
The country aud carry out their financial
policy.
The recent great speech of Senator
Daniel, OF Virginia, had wonderful
effect on other southern men, and it has
encouraged them to take bold stand,
and to fight to the last ditch before they
surrender to the influences of Wall street.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, is another
nrainy man who will hold out until
something IN the nature of q fair COM
prom; Sc is made.
The following bill relating to the dis
qualification Of registers and receivers OF
Inc United States land offices, and making
provision IN case Of such disqualification
has been favorably reported to the
Senate:
s.That nc register or receiver shall re-
ceive evidence in, hear or determine, any
cause pending in any district land Office,
in which cause he is interested directly OF
Indirectly, or has been OF counsel, OF
where ne is related TO any of the parties
in interest by consangulnity or affinity
within the fourth degree, computing by
the rules adopted by the common law.
ssSec. 2. That it shall be the DUTY o,
every register or receiver SO disqualified
to report the fact of his disqualification
to the commissioner of the general land
office, as soon as he shall ascertain it, and
before the hearing OF such cause, who
thereupon, with the approval OF the
Secretary of the Interior, shall designate
some other register. receiver, or specia
aeent of the land department TO act in the
place of the disqualified officer, and ths
same authority is conferred on tn,
officer SO designated which such register
OF receiver would otherwise have pos
sessed To act in such case -
The adjustment Of the sugar schedules
OF the tasif is a matter that is giving th'