Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-09
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rlon onr Regnlar cgrre.pondent

Prom cur Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Jan. o, is0S.--Since
the reassembling Of Congress, the sill
yer men, who have kept very quiet
during ALI the talk about silver legisla.
tion ut the present session, are show
Ing their teeth; and their humor has
not been improved by the rumora
charging that the Cleveland influence
had caused assertions from their ranks.
The pressure for the repeal OF the pres-
ent silver law Ia daily becoming more
powerful, aud one Of the latest argu-
ments is that Mr.. Cleveland has said
that II It was not repealed by this Con.
gress he would call an imme Hate ex.
tn session ofthe Flfty-third Congress;
another Is that the American delegates
to the international monetary confer.
ence told their foreign colleagues who
pointed TO this law rs an obstacle to
any agteement being reached that II
would bs repealed before the conference
came together again in May.
Notwithstanding all this talk, and
that which is certain soon to be- heard
on the floor of both House and Senate,
the present silver law will neither be
repealed nor Will that portion OF II
compelling monthly purchases OF silver
| bullion lie suspended, unless the inem-
| beers Of the House who have banded
themselves together under the leader
ship OF Representative Pierce, OF
| Tennessee, who was Mr. Bands lieu
| tenant IN the hot silver fight during
| the last tosslOn, shall change their
minds. They now say that they Will
prevent the passage Of such legislation
by fllibustering, no matter what the
effect may he upon other legislation,
including the regular appropriation
bills.
The apparently easy victory over Mr..
| Cleveland which the Hlll.Murphy
combination has won In the New York
legislature Is exciting the livelist in.
tcrest IN Congress, although the Demo.
cra,s are ~ rule nOn-cOmmital. The
general impression here l. tina,
| Murphy IL Just as good as nominated
aud elected TO the United States senate.
senator Hin Ia here, but he isn'l saying
word.
Cotton In no longer king, either In
the commercial world or In Congress,
but the long-deposed monarch has SUD.
jects who nre still dreaming OF ~.
storation to power. A movement In ~
foot for the Democratic senators anu
representatives from the cotton.grow
ing states 10 demand one or more seat
IN Mr.. Cleveland's cabinet. One Of
tue orlginators and leaders OF thii
movement Ia Representative Grain, o
Texas, who speaks his mind about thi'
business In his usual iroe anu easy
style. lie says; "ln the various cln
lectures about probable member. Of In,
cabinet Southern men are almost on
tirely ignored, ana yet, the detection o
a lew Southern states ut the last cleo
ton would have been fatal 10 MIR
Cleveland's ambition. Are the cotton,
growing states 30 certain for Demo
cracy that they are only to be consii
cred during presidential campaigns, a NJ
forgotten afterwards? Are they to pay
the penalty for giving large Demo
cratic majOritles2 We have men cap
able Of filling any office and we have I,
right TO expect recognition. II Mr.
Carlisle accepts the sec etaryship oil
the treasury, Kentucky will hi
hOnOrei, but Kentucky 10 not South
ern or cotton-growing state"
! Considerable amusement was created