The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-12-21
From our Regular Correspondnnt.

WASHINGTON, December ", 1904.
Secretary Carlisle has every reason
to feel proud of the result of the hear
lngs granted by the House committee
on Banking and Currency, this week,
on his plan for currency reform. His
plan has not suffered by comparison
with the plans and opinions of the
prominent tnanciers who have an
peared before the committee. On the
contrary, it has been most decidedly
strengthened, and it is now the general
belief that the committee will shortly
report to the House bill, which, if
not precisely the same as that sub
mitted to the committee by Secretary
Carlisle, will certainly be along the
same or similar lines. 1t is hoped that
the committee can report the currency
bill before the holiday recess, IN order
that the people may have an oppor.
tunlty to study it and express their
views before the House takes it up
for final action.
Many statements have been made
as to how democrats will vote on this
bull, but the most OF them are gnesscs.
Ot course it is probable that the dem.
ocrats OF the House will, with a very
few exceptions, support the bill that
Will be reported by the Banking and
Currency, but that they should wait
until the bill is reported before com.
mlttlng themselves is perfectly natural.
Your correspondent knows that the
democratic Senators are much more
tavorably inclined towards the plan
proposed by Secretary Carlisle than
they have been reported to be, and
that they are anXiously awaiting the
action of the House, although II the
refusal of the Senate to change its
rules, which was emphasized by the
defeat by vote of 81 to "a Of Senator
Vests motion to take up his resolu.
nons providing for cloture under GER
tain conditions, has materially lessen
ed the chances for getting currency
bill, or any other bill that is opposed
by the republicans through the Senate.
The vote on the bill amending the
Interstate Commerce law 50 as TO
make freight pooling by railroads
legal, which was this week passed by
the House by vote of 100 to 1Io,
was not governed by party politics.
In the vote for the bill the names of
such prominent democrats are found
as Black, Of Illinois, (who, by the way,
was this week UNANIMOUSLY confirmed
as U. S. Attorney for the Northern
District Of Illinois, position to which
he was nominated by President Cleve-
land without his knowledge Catch
ings, of Mississippi Culbertson, of
Texas Hatch, of Missouri Outh
waite, of Ohio Richardson, of Tenn.
essee Springer, Of Illinois, and Will
son, of West Virginia, while in the
votes cast against it may be found the
names of equally prominent demo,
Gratis. For instance, Bryan, of Ne.
braska the two Coopers, of Florida
and Indiana, respectively F; Dockery,
of Missouri Heard, of Missouri
Holman, of Indiana; McCreary, Of
Kentucky McMilln, of Tennessee /;
Sayers, of Texas, and Turner, of
Georgia. The division of the repub-
licans was not quite as marked, as a
big majority of them supported the |
bill. There is little doubt that the bill |
will be passed by the Senate, if it can
be brought to vote; but it is far
from certain that it can be. 1t will all |
depend upon how determined the op
position is.
Three democratic Senators-B Blanc
hard, of Louisiana Martin, of Kansas,
and Roach, of North Dakota and
all the populist Senators voted with
the republicans to defeat Senator
Gray's motion to take up the bill re
ported from the Finance committee
at the last session, as a substitute for
the House free sugar bill, which was
lost by vote of 27 to 2S Among
the democratic Senators who did not
vote were Brice, Gorman, Irby, Nor
gan, Murphy, Gibson, Turple, and
Smith. It is not thought that any
further tariff legislation will be at
tempted at this session.
The President, Mrs. Cleveland and
the children are now back at home in
the White House. The President has
entirely recovered from his long and
troublesome attack OF rheumatism
and is now apparently in perfect
health. He is reported to have said
in reply to a question that the admin
istration had done its duty in pointing
out to Congress what 1t believed
ought to be done, and that it now re
NAMED for Congress to do them or
not do them, leaving the final judg-
ment to the people.
The republicans are opposed to the
bill making all ships free, but they are
willing to support a bill allowing
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