The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-29
Anticipating the Veto Of the
Bland Bill.
ARMY Is A PUZZLE Or 4 JOKE
Hatch Anti Option Bill The Chinese
Question The Breckenridge Case.
Washington, March 26.-Tnere

concerning what will be the fate of
he Bland coinage bill. Nearly
everybody has settled down to the
belief that it will be vetoed, and the
lelay is accounted for, &C ,ording to
those who so believe, by President
Cleveland's desire to prepare an
elaborate veto message, explaining
that he ls not actuated by animosity
to the use of silver as money.
Although this belief has no more
definite foundation than guess work,
it is so strongly shared by the silver
men that they are already arranging
their programme in anticipation of
The veto. 1t ID not probable that
any attempt will be- made to pass
the bill over veto, but veto viii
he at once followed by the reporting
If the Blana free coinage bill By the
house committee on coinage, and by
he eff 9ring of free coinage bill in
The senate a. an am ndment to the
.aritf bill. A veto will make the
adoption of such an amendment by
he senate comparatively easy
matter, a. 1t Won d be supported by
many Republicans who would not
vote for tree coinage as a separate
measure. the fear of that amend
nent has caused more than one
Democrat no, favorable TO silver to
ask Mr.. Cleveland either to sign the
Bland bill or allow it to become q
iaw without his signature, and
there are stll few VINO have hopes
Of his dong the last. Although
Mr.. Cleveland has until Thursd.y
10 act on the bill, there are reas ms
or the belief that he will announa Sc
his intentions at the cabinet meeting
tomorrow. Saturday, members OF
The cabinet expressed ignoran3 OF
What you'd be done, but several of
hem limited veto rather strongly
Coxey's army is something be-
tween puzzle and a joke to the
average congressman, and 1t is
talked about considerable, bnt not
seriously 1t is pulling several
congressman VINO kno@ CJxey to be
a shreWd business man to account
for his connection with the army,
but none Of them ,hink the army
VII ever get here, although Coxey
may come With a few followers who
have the money to pay their own
expenses
The Hatch anti-option bill, as
revised, received The votes Of
twelve out OF the fourteen me mbe,s
Of the house committee on agrical
ture who were present when II was
ord red to be favorably reported,
The bill now provides that dealers
in "option' and "futur, 81 shall pay
a special tax of sl2 year and shall
give $1,000 bond, and that all con.
tracts made shall have interna.
revenue stamps attached as follows:
For every ten thousand pounds of
cotton, hops, pork or bacon, dried
Or sailed meats, and every one
.housand bushels of wheat, corn,
rye, oats and barley, one cent, and
for every bill of sale terminal NO a
oontrac. two cents. For every CON
tract settled in any other way than
by the actual delivery of the arti
cles the bill provides the following
practically prohibitory tax; One
cent for every pound of cotton,
hops, pork, lard, bacon or picked
or sailed meat; three cents for every
bushel of wheat and two cents for
every bushel of corn, oats, rye and
barley. The bill will be bitterly
opposed, but its passage by the
house is generally conceded. The
senate is where the fate of the bill
will be decided and its action Is
doubtful.
There ia danger that the Chinese
question may be reopened in con-
gress and that there will be rep
etition of the bitter debates which
have always accompanied congres
sional discussion of that matter.
The cause is the new treaty with
China, now before the senate com