Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-12-21
TRYING TO AGREE.
WHAT SHALL BE THE DEMO.
CRATIC POLlCY2
The Financial Plan OF Secretary
Carlisle Under COnsideratiOn-
Committee on BANKING aud Cur.
rency Likewise formulating n
Repsrt-Free Coinage to He Pre-.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 1884.

A"o conferences have been held Tor
the exchange of views, but tho came
old obstacle to harmony-too many
different views and too many would
be leaders-still stands in the way.
There is still hope, however, that (
some sort of an agreement may be
reached, but it il altogether too much
like the hope INDUCED in by a very
sick man that he will get we'll, to
please those Democrats who have no
with the attitude assumed
by certain Senators elected as Demo-
Gratis, at the last session, and which is
still maintained by them. They then
adopted rule or ruin policy and not
withstanding the ruin which their
rule has already accomplished they
still stick to it.
The Democrats OF the House have
deferred holding their caucus until
next week so as to give the Senators
time in which to decide what is to be
done, or attempted at this session.
That the Democrats in Congress are
doing some hard thinking on the
financial plan proposed by Secretary
Carlisle and endorsed by President
Cleveland is shown by their reluctance
to commit themselves at this time
either for or against the proposed plan.
The short time at their disposal will
of course increase the chances against
the adoption of such q comprehensive
financial measure, although there is a
disposition on the part OF the South
ern Democrats to try to pass = bill
smbodying that part of the plan that
provides for the exemption of the cur
rency of such State banks as may
adopt the regulations provided from
Federal taxation. President Cleve-
land says he considers the plan pro-
posed by Secretary Carlisle as the
most statesmanlike financial dccu-
ment ever submitted to Congress, and
that he proposes to stand by it to the
end OF his term.
A subcommittee OF the House com.
mittee on Banking aud Currency was
appointed 1t the last session to con-
slider the numerous bills before that
committee and to formulate either
from them, or as an original measure,
something to take the place OF the
national banking law. Represents.
sive Cox, of Tennessee, is chairman of
this subcommittee, and the other
Democratic members are Culbertson,
OF Texas, and Cobb, of Missouri, the
being Brosius, of Penn.
sylvania, and Haugen, of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Cox says the sub committee will
hold daily meetings until it has agreed
to some measure to be reported to the
full committee or has demonstrated
the impossibility of reaching such an
agreement. In addition to the finan-
cial bills introduced at the last session,
the subcommittee will consider the
plan for increasing the currency OF
the national banks and for the exemp.
ton OF the State bank currency from
Federal taxation, under specified con-
ditions, proposed by Secretary Car
Isle and endorsed by President Cleve.
land. Unless there is q very decided
change in the attitude of members OF
the committee there is very little
probability of an agreement being
more's the pity, for some-
thing ought to be done.
Chairman Bland, of the House
Coinage Committee, says he will en-
deavor to get that committee TO re-
port his free coinage bill to the House,
and that if the committee does 80 the
bill will certainly pass the House.
While it is known that a majority of
the Coinage Committee favor free
coinage, there are several OF them who
would not vote to report the bill to
the House at the last session, because
they knew it could not possibly be.
come law. Whether any of these
gentlemen have changed their minds
to be seen.
The Press Claims Co.," of WASH
ington, well known to the publishers
Of the country through its schemes
TO obtain advertising, is once more be-
fore the courts, as defendant, in . suit
which has been brought by a Kansas
City publisher, who wants $40 in
cash for the advertising he has done
for the " Press Claims Co.," instead of
the worthless shares of stock in that
company, which he says were misrep-
resented when the original contract,
which he now wants Cancelled, was
made. The suit is against John
manager OF the press
Claims Co." and William Hearst, of the
" Examiner Bureau Of Claims" Mr..
Hearst has no connection with the
concern, he having in q suit against
repudiated the whole
business, but he was at one time as.
sociated with Wedderburn. or rather
his name and that of his paper, the
San Francisco Examiner, was in the
" Examiner Bureau of Claims; hence
his figuring in the present suit.
notwithstanding the black eye
given the Nicaragua Canal bill by the
failure OF President Cleveland TO en-
dorse il in his message, the friends Of