Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-04-11
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Consideration Among the Silver Men in
c'i Washington.
Afraid of Coxey and his Army--Other
Items of Interest. ...
IFrom Our Special correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, April 8, '94.

WASHINGTON, April 8, '94.
The expected has come TO pass, and
the President has vetoed the "Silver
Seignorage Bill" To say that the
Democrats are stirred up states the sit
uation very mildly. The message was
received during roll call of the House
and SO intense was the desire to learn
its nature thet large number failed
to hear their names as they were call
ed by the reading clerk The message
was opened by Speaker Crispin person,
and as he whispered "a veto" the an
nouncement went throbing the hall
causing CONSERVATION. on some faces,
wrath on others, while the anti Silver
ties smiled approval.
The Western and Southern Democrats
seemed 10 feel the veo most bitterly.
Representative Oates, of Alabama, the
one armed Confederate veteran voiced
the opinion of the Southern contingent
as he exclaimed In ringing tones; "It
means trouble, trouble, trouble; row,
row, endless row, the outcome of which
no one can see.
Representative Kilgore, of Texas, the
Great Kicker, said 1T will cause an
immense amount of trouble in Con
gress and will seriously interfere with
tariff legislation. The future is alto
gether too unsettled to look into, but it
is certainly bad" Such are the opin.
ions of the silver men, and while they
are thus gloomy~.the Administrator
Democrats see nothing in the veto but
cause for qualification.
The Republicans stand off and view
the situation with complacency, they
realize that as the fight between the
two factions becomes more bitter their
chances for an overwhelming victory
at the coming elections grow brighter.
Mr.. Burrow s humorous remarks seems
to set off sharply their position of let
ting the Democrats fight it out among
themselves. SIN view'' said he ''of the
money record of the President was
not surprised at the veto. Politically
| think the veto will still further de-
moratize the Democratic party. If
there is any law in the District of Co
lumbia prohibiting cruelty to animals,
itseems to- mo that the veto message
would make Mr.. Cleveland clearly
amenible to IT,, 'T-s'' sSs'r''sss's't 80 =
General" Coxey and his army, two
hundred strong, are YEARLY piodding
through snow and inud to the Nation
al Capitol. His object in bringing
an army of half million of unem
ployed to beseige Congress and com.
pei it to pass the "Good Road Bill"
does not even meet the approval of the
heads of the Farmers Alliance, as he
had expected. Senator PETER denoun.
ces him as "a horse jockey and gam
bler.' Senator Kyle says; 1T is fool
hardy undertaking which may result
in great suffering and privation; and
Senator Allen turns loose the vials of
his wrath upon the whole scheme.
Verify is the path of the reformer
strewn with thorns and thistles.
From across the waters comes ech )es
OF the burial OF Louis Kossuth, the
Hungarian patriot. He died an exile
from home, but the Go. ernment cou d
not Withstand the populas demands
that he be buried in native soil, aud
with every evidence of mourning he
was conveyed to the home of his
fathers, where he had longed with such
tender solitude to return while yet
alive. Our Congress passed esolutions
of respect, but strong, the President
failed to send letters of coincidence to
this patriots family.
The delinquent tax list for the Dis
trict OF Columbia has just been pub
lished. Over eight thousand places
will be sold if the taxes, ranging from
seven cents to sew eral hundred dollars,
are not paid before April 10. A sad
commentary on the suffering and pow
erty of the last year.
The Moody and Sankey choir of this
city go to Richmond to help out the
good work there. ps
Sounds OF wicked war" come up
from South Carolina. Several men
have been killed a number wounded
and the Charleston Military companies
have refused to go TO the scene of the
trouble on the call of the Governor.
For the Herald and Tribune.
An Old Time Congressional Worker.