Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-03
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SENATOR VOORHEES, PROUD OF
HIS WORK.

Republicans Tried tnsucCesstuIy
the NapOieOnIc Tactics, '.Divide
and Conquer - Compromise Not
Favored by Him-Bill 10 Repeal
the Act Prohibiting National
Banks From Loaning on Realty
Retrenchment I'm Printing-Dem.
Ocrats Will Go Home 10 Vote.
from our Regular Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Oct. q, 1898.
Senator Voorhees, is proud. as he
has right to be, OF the great victory
he has won, and he is all the prouder
that it was won without the use OF
cloture. Unless the Republican Ssna-
tors shall introduce some new and I'M
necessary complication into the situa-
ton the vicious purchasing clause Of
the Sherman silver law, for which not
one word OF praise or defense has been
uttered during the long and memora-
BILE silver debate in the Senate, will be
wiped from the Statute books within
less than week. The silver Senators,
after making as strong fight as was
ever made i'll Congress for anything,
to get the bill amended so as to con-
tinue the coinage of silver, found that
it was impossible to agree upon any
amendment that could be passed, and
once realizing that they announced
their willingness to allow vote to be
taken after the proposed amendments
shall have been debated and voted
upon. These amendments represent
about all OF the financial ideas and
each of them will have special defend
ers and will secure some votes, but it
will not be surprising if, after having
put themselves on record by casting
their votes for what they consider
would have improved the bill, four
fifths of the Senate should, on the
final vote, support the Voorhees, bill.
My reason for expecting such large
vote for the bill is that nearly every
Senator who spoke expressed the
opinion that the purchasing law
should be repealed.
Already there are indications on the
part of the Republican Senators to
make trouble. Senator Sherman while
protesting to be strong unconditional
repeater is busy trying to complicate
matters by getting supporters for an
amendment providing for an issue OF
bonds. Inasmuch as senator Voor-
hees had told Mr.. Sherman that he
considered it unwise to interject the
bond issue, which is opposed by many
Democratic Senators, into the ques-
ton, it looks as though Senator Sher-
man was trying TO create Democratic
dissention rather than to secure re.
peal.
Many outrageous Misrepresentation
have been sent out from Washington
concerning the attitude of Democratic
Senators towards President Cleveland
on. account of the failure of the COM
promise proposed by a committee oil
Democratic Senators. President Cleve
land has been consistent all through
the long contest. He has always be-
lieved that the VOORHEES, bill would in
the end be passed and has at no time
even intimated that he would endorse
or in anyway help to bring about a
compromise. All statements to the
contrary are purely imaginary. The
Democratic Senators who proposed
the compromise were equally honest
they thought that the President would
sign a compromise measure if it re.
ceived the vote of every Democratic
Senator, and there is little doubt that
he would bave done so, but none oil
them ever claimed that the President
had told them 80. The compromise
was not endorsed by all of the Demo
cratic Senators and it was abandoned
That is the whole story without color
ing.
Representatives Turpin, OF Alabama
and Black, of Illinois, are working
hard to get report from the House
committee on Banking and Currency
in favor of the bill introduced by the
former to repeal the law prohibiting
the loaning of money on real estate
by the National banks, and they are
hopeful of success. Mr.. Turpin says
English and Scotch financial syndi.
Gates now monopolize the loaning oil
money on real estate in his section
because OF the existence of this law
and that his people think it would be
much better to keep the interest
money at home. The bill will have q
hard road to travel even il it gets ia.
vOrably reported to the House.
Reform is the watchword OF the
Democrats in the House. This week
they passed the public printing bill
which is the result of long end care.
full investigation by the Printing com.
mittee and reforms, not single
abuse, but a large number of them
connected with the printing and dis
tribution of public documents. This
bill, if it becomes law, as it probably
will, will make material reduction in
the cost OF certain lines of public
printing simply by shutting off the
waste.
The officials OF the National Associ.
alton of Democratic Clubs have Sc.
cured reduced railroad rates for Demo
cratic voters in the States of New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachu.
sets, New Jersey, Virginia, and Mary
land who are temporarily residing in
Washington and will use their utmost
efforts to see that they all 60 home to
vote at the coming State elections.