Milford chronicle., 1893-09-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, September IL, 1893,
Mr. Cleveland has It in his power to end
the silver debate in the Senate in twenty fouI
hours. bat he 50 far has positively refused to
! do il Perhaps now that Mrs Cleveland has
given birth to another girl and that mother
aud daughter are doing well, he may be
sufficiently modified to consent to what will
close the debate which is admitted by all,
silver al anti silver men alike, TO be doing
more hfrm than good. His latest ulEmatum,
qiveu To an administration Senator who had
/ called on him to suggest that the compton,
/ Use proposed by Senator Faulkner, of West
Vireinia, or a similar one be adopted was
that the Vufhees repeal bill must be passed
/ without any condition whatever. If he still
maiutains that attitude he may, indeed, rob
ally will in the end see the Vorhees bill
passed, but it will only be after a long and
bitter struggle that will almost certainly
disrupt the Democratic parry. The com-
promise suggested is that rWo OF three mill
ion Of silver dollars be coined each N nih
until The total shall reach $1,000, 900. The
-ugges,iou is personally approved by mauy
administration Senators, but, Of course, they
will not vote for it unless Mr.. Cleveland says
so.
The House is dragging along in a manner
that indicates to al the world that it has re
ceived its orders TO kill time until further
orders It is understood thst an attempt is
to be made ia the House to stir up a bitter
partisan debate oyer the bill TO repeal the
federal election lave, the idea Of the Dem
ocratic leaders being tiat such a debate will
draw party lines sharply, solidify the Dem
ocrats IN the House, aud stop the threatened
stampede OF Southern Democrats 10 the
Peoples party on account Of the silver ques-
ton The Republicans in the House gill
neither seek nor avoid such a debate, but
they will certainly oppose, by every means
at their command, the repeal of these laws,
the Only restraint now lef npon the DEM
ocrats Of the South and Of the large cities,
The position taken on the Chinese Qpes-
ton BY the administration is certainly lit
tls odd. Amer waiting many months il now
officially announces that all Chiuese con-
victed under the Geery law will forthwith
be deporled. although it is perfectly well
kno u that the funds a. the disposal of "
Treasury department, for this purpose,
not sufficient to pay 70 the deportation =,
one per C nj Of the Chinese who have made
themselves liable r. the law by neeleclng
or refusing to register the Senators and
Reprrse nIative- from the Pacific coast have
aas en- constantly urging Secretary Carlisle to
enforce the law, end at first they were dis
posed to think 4 at it was their argument
which has brouf ht about the change. It
has however, been uaOiHciaily announced
that il was because the nsw Chinese minis
ter has made no move towards securing
new treaty between the two countries that
the law IS to be enforced. If that isn't All
odd reason to publicly give for enforcing a
law, one wss never before given. Il IS as If
the administration had said TO the new
Chinese minister We shall now begin the
denortation Of vour couutrymen, unless you
at once submit propositions for new
treaty" Surely the ambitious composers Of
comic opera will rot overlook such promis
ing material.
il ex Spesker Reed continues to cross
question aud make fools of the paid atom
eSs of the ffee-tradeYs who appear before
The committee, notwithstanding the uucon-
cealed efforts Of chairman Wilson ard his
Democratic colleagues on The committee to
protect and aid them. the Democrats will be
mighty glad when the public hearings be
fore the House Ways and Means committee
come to an end. AS at present conducted
they are a farce anyway; the comuaittee was
to report free-trade tariff bill and
it viii do it, unless the order is counter
manded from its original sourcs-the White
House