The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-04-06
O~HER WASHINGTON MATTERS.

| De'"oCIHts were On II n m stronger IOTc
than when the bill originally passed III
II 'use, hut thew were outnumhered l'ttl
mora than two TO one In their own part an
still more hesviIy II the silver R'pnhlican
| and tn" POpulists were counted. The vn'
wa IA for the bil and IA against II Tn
all native vote was made mp OF 121 ID M
rra's. - r publicans and eyh' Pnr uli.ts
The nevatv' vote was given b, % D m Graf
AMI GJ Repunl'ctUs. The r pub lean al
senter i.' numbered As. bur about half o
| ih' m were nsIred with silver D mocrats VIII
were also ahs'rt.
the so1hh mercy members believe that TN
/ sik er fight Il over for the present ngrass
Mr.. Bland may bring free coinage Mn Init
| The hnu.p, hut he cannot pass It. and the pres
| iden, stands an insurmnuntable Obstacle 10 al
such legislation The threats that the TART
Dill wnui he defeat d II the seigniorage hi
should NOT he approved are not heard to an!
great extent now. Some Of the pxtremist'
may propose free coinage amendment IN
the tariff nil. but 1t Ia not believed that q
would receive any considerable votes, ever
from the silver men.
Henderson Of North Carolina. has OF
ferpd q bill directing the secretary
the treasury to coin the bullion IN the tress
urv " thout saying an, thing ahout tee se'gn'
Orsge. hut be IL not leader. and more OF 'h'
men who are lesders have taken up this idea
s. cretarv Carlis stu holds, II n unders'ood
ihst be has power under the Sherman act tn
| coin the treasury bullion for the purpose Of
treasury notes issued under the Sherman &C.
and that he can Xerclsa It before the ea-'
urv notes are presented for pavment IN silver
dollars, IN anticipation OF such demsnd.
Senator Harris has taken charge OF the tar
If hi!l ann he gave notice Tuesday that he
should push It daily. Senator Harrfs l. an az
gressive leader as well as an exceedingly par
Itns -to h sr,Nl lasa m
ty that the rules of the senate give him In
pressing the hill to q vote.
Both sides OF the house greeted Speaker
Crtsp SATURDAY. With rounds OF applause as
he took his seat IN recngnit' on Of the fact that
he had declined the offer of senatorsh'p from
hts state.
R~rresentative Powers has introduced a
bill { r ascertaining the feasibility OF cor
struc'ing a ship canal from The great lakes to
the nsviysble waters of the Hudson River.
The Democrats succeeded in ma terine '
quorum In the house Tuesday TO seat ONeil
from Missouri In the place Of Jov. II was
done by a vote of 1856 to IS, Democrats and
Popul'sfs al"ne voting. Bu' the quorum d'.-
appeared again when the Erglish Hepbourn
case from the third California district wa
taken up, and nothing more but speechmak.
Ing could he done.
The d, mnrrats also settled the EngIist-Hil
born contested election case from the Ord Cal
ifornian district Saturday by seating tneDem.
ocrat.
Though the case was an outrageous one, u
was huge J'ke when Ex-Speaker Reed rose
to protest against the rushing through OF
sriion on the Joy -O'Neill contest. Crisp had
only to rO,ut 10 that memorable September
day under Reeds rues when case was
settled In IS minutes, without the reading OF
the report, without debate and with Mt rof-
call. In spite OF the protests Of the Democratic
manager on the floor Iu f.ct Whenever Reed
protests against Cri.pi's rulings the record r.
sure 10 show that ia almost exactly similar
cssas Reeds rulings were m Ore arbitrary.
and the specisl orders from biz committee
we're most drastic. Aud Reed plainly shows
ih It be knows that hi, protests are only a
farce.
A Behring Sea bill to carry out the provis
Ion of the arbitration award has also ben
introduced In the British Commons. II pro-
lion Of the act, together with equipment and
everything on board. is liable to be forfeited
os TO . fine.
The naval court martial has given Com.
Heverman q two years supervision for csrs
essness that resulted In the wreck OF the
kesrssge.
There was q great demonstration 10 the |
capital OF Hungary Tue.dsy when the re. /
msins OF Kossuth were carried TO the tomb. A |
! ,wers 10 mountains Of beauty AMI perfume |
Garfield to the depth and strengb Of the pop
llar feeling.
Coxey's "army of the Common wei, which
was yoirg to oyerswe congress. has reached
Pa. on the way from Ohio. but In
Ifesd Of The half million men promised. there
ire only shout 30 straRgiers yet, and they are
,irtuSliy prisoners, because the authorities
vii not LET them parade or march out OF the
nc o.ure where they are, Thirty III tbam
ave b en- sent 10 the workborse The cor
mont from Texs. ny say OF Memphis III
Ter Gen. Fry Il doirg little better. IL hs.
O ~ gathered sboui GO men. It's excursion
; a little more 81 rse've becsu-e free tran.-
,ortaiion 10 stock cars Is furnished part OF
he way.
Ex-Oleen LiHolassni y now reported 90
y g n ihrei that Ib re & no hope Of Der n
aiming her throne IN HswSi AMI 10 he no.
= favor OF annexation proyined she can gsi
he parsion or bounty which the annexation
r.-'v N roiisied b. the LAST administrator
royided fer her. MesnUhiie q later report
bout the mission Of Admiral Walker 10
Ia~sii e thst u Is rot merely 90 look sffrr
7nee sans coaliug station Interests. hui
hat an outbreak g. daily exp,cied ard =
trong man T. needed TO protect the Amer
ans on the island from the populsr fury.