The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-02-17
saturday. FEBRUARY II, 1894.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

"Silver dollar Bland, as many people
call the gentleman from Missouri who is
chairman of the House committee on
Coinage, is about the happiest man in
Congress. His bill for the coinage of the
seigniorage in the Treasury is going 10 be
passed BY the House, Notwithstanding
the stubborn effort made by the a%nti-sil-
yer men to defeat 1T or destroy its effect
by amending it. The opponents of the
bill say the administration is opposed
to it and hat Mr.. Cleveland will veto it
if it passes, but its friends point out the
fact that Secretary Carlisle has gone
down the river on a pleasure trip, know
ing that the bill would be passed by the
House before his return, and say that if
administration was opposed to it Secre-
tary Carlisle would have remained here
in order to use his influence against it.
There are reasons for believing that Sec.
Carlisle is personally in favor if the bill,
and that President Cleveland is person.
ally opposed to it. Still it may not be VI
toed, because it may be accepted by Mr..
Cleveland as a bar to free coinage, for
several years to come, at least, as it will
keep the minis busy.
The most notable thing about the sill
yer discussion in the House has been
the a%lscrity displayed by many of those
who voted for the repeal Of the purchas-
-. alo.o. - Al. Clo, o.I,o. luu, a.
put themselves on record as favoring the
Bland bill. Of course the fact that Con-
gressional elections are to be held this
year may have had nothing to do with
this, but it is a queer coincidence that
these gentlemen all represent districts
known to be strong in silver sentiment.
Speaker Crisp took occasion early in the
contest to record himself in favor Of the
bill. There is another thing connected
with this bill which has caused COM
ment. AS 500 as it became apparent
that the bill would pass Representative
Bailey, OF Texas, ceased to show any dis
position to press his resolution, declaring
it to be the opinion Of the House that
the SECRETARY of the Treasury has no au-
thority to use the money received from
the sale of bonds for any other purpose
than that specially defined in the act for
the redemption of specie payment, and
now it is stated that his resolution will
not be voted upon at all, although it has
been favorably reported to the House.
This does not necessary mean that a
compromise has been made under which
the resolution is to be dropped in return
for the Secretary's keeping his hands off
the Bland bill, but there are people who
place that construction upon it.
The majority of the Senate Finance
committe will certainly not be charge
able with any unnecessary delay if their
present tariff program be carried out, by
reporting the amended tariff bill to the
Senate this week. 1t is stated, u%nolici-
ally OF course, that q duty is to be placed
on sugar and coal, and that a number OF
othel changes which will make the bill
get the votes OF all the democratic Sena-
tors have been agreed npon. The income
tax is not to be disturbed by the COM
mittee.
Members OF the House Judiciary COM
miitee seem to be AFRAID OF the resolution
OF Representative Mctiann, OF Illinois,
providing Tor an investigation OF the
conduct OF Judge jenkins, in order to
ascertain whether or not there are sufii-
Client grounds for his impeachment in
connection with the injunction he issued
concerning the right of certain labor
organizations to strike. The resolution
WAS referred TO a subcommittee consist
ing OF Boatner, OF La, Terry, of Ark,
and W. A. stoie Of Pa, but the sub
committee reported back that it could
not agree and asked that the full cons
nit,ee decide what should be done. This