The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-06
From Our Regular Correspondent
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 2, 1898.
The key that will open the deadlock
In the Senate Is being made, but The
locksmiths are not working in public
II Is evident that something of great
importance is going on under the sur.
face in the Senate. The talk for and
against the Voorhees, repeal bill still
takes up the regulated amount of time
each day, and will probably continue 10
DO so until some time next week, but
Senators representing all sides Of the
silver question are holding consultations
IN private, and II is confidently expected
that b result will be q compromise be.
tween the conflicting demands that.
while II will not be precisely what is de-
Erred by either President Cleveland, or
the Senators who favor the free coinage
OF silver, will be of such a nature that il
vii. be accepted by the free-coinage u en-
as the best they can get, and signed bv
President Cleveland as the ONLY silver
measure that can be passed by the SEN
ate. Ihe exact nature OF the compro-
mise cannot be given, because il has not
yet been decided upon, but that il will
provide for the continued coinage Of sill
yer by the government aud for the issue
OF bonds TO strengthen the Treasury gold
reserve Is regarded a. certain, az they
are the two things contended for by The
silver men aud the unconditional repesI
men respectively.
should the expectation Of disposing Of
the silver question by the 18th OF til,
month be realized il IL probable that
Congress will take q recess OF several
weeks. A recess can easily be taken
without retarding legislation, as the
House will next week pass the bill for
the repeal OF the Federal election law
and no other important bill will be re-
ported for a while. The committees
will Of course, continue their work dur.
ing the recess, IL one be taken, aud soon
after Congress comes together again il
- hoped that the new tariff bill will be
ready 10 be reported to the House.
The republicans in the House have IN
this time shown q fear OF the bill Tor
he repesl Of the Federal election law
hat Is 10 some respects remarkable.
The attempts that they have made TO de-
END those laws have been so weak that
hey practically amonnt to an a knowl-
that the laws are bad and
in their tendency and ought TO
repealed.
Little Billy Chandler made one OF his
Usual exhibitions Of himself ia the Sen.
tie Saturday afternoon, while speaking
u favor Of q resolution recently offered
~ him. calling on the Secretary OIL
he Treasury for the authority under |,
he appointed the Fairchild com. J.
mission. which Is investigating republi. J
an crOokedness in the Office OF the An. !,
raiser of the port Of New York. del
tar,ed out with a lot OF rot about the
being ignored by the uuconstitu. :
Ionsl and illegal appointment Of the .
commission. and wound up by admitting .
hat Congress had given the Secretary Of
Treasury explicit authority to ex. u
not more than 100000 a year 10,
Re detection and prevention Of fraud
pom the customs revenue, ptccis ly the :
uty upon which the Fairchild commits. ]
on Is engaged.
The House committee on banking and
is engaged in hearing argu
ents from members OF the House In ia
OF the various financial bills, ia. :,
uding several for the repeal Of the tax "A
. state bank currency, which have been !
TO II, and later outsiders may be Z
card both Tor and against these meas. !
res. n.
Neither chairman Wilson nor anv.II
else can stop the food Of outright =
that are being sent out from Wash. !,
Igton concerning the new tariff bill :,
II. Wilson says Of the latest, chargin, Il
at the democrats on the Ways and :
committee we're hesitating about
Naking an attack on the Mckinley :
rocity, and that the committee had A
greed that the new tariff should not 90 o
TO effect until January l, 1895: As 10 d
the democrats OF the commit. Il
q are now hard at work on the new d
~, which we propose 10 report to the o.
ouse as soon as we can get II ready u
appreciate the importance Of our q
SIX. and the pledges which the demo. ~
attic party has made to the people ana n
'ere will be no Sinking OF duty or OF m
's~ponsibility. Any suggestion to the
is unworthy OF consideration Ia
be date upon which the new tariff bin in
III 20 into effect has not been deter Il
ined. fe
Mrs. Cleveland was out Saturday after. III
for the first time since the birth of "a
10y Esther. Accompanied by The ga
she took . carriage drive, "
eyond being . little paler bar che usu. nj
ly looks she appeared to be Ia q Jolly
bod humor.
The proposal made by Senator II
ormsn and Secretary Carlisle for the