Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1894-12-26

feathered duck hunting trip he
thought that he had the Democrat
ic ducks. lame and otherwise. Of
the House all coopcd. and the cur
rency hodge-podge proposed by
Secretary Carlisle would be passed
by the House before he returned.
He had scarcely got away before
the revolt began. and it quickly
reached such proportions that the
House committee ON rules did not
dare to report a rule limiting &C.
bate and setting Il time to vote
upon the currency bill. So many
Democrats expressed their intcn-
ton to vote against such Il rule that
it was plain that their votes and
the solid Republican and Po,5uli7t
vote Of the House. which would
not only have killed the currency
bill, bat would also given The COM
mittcc on ruIcs d bad black exc.
The debate on the currency biiI
i to 90 on until Saturday after
noon. when recess will be taken
until the 3d Of Jan,;ary. when ii
will be resumed aud continued ,l1l-
t! a Democratic caucus decides
what is 10 be done with the bill
it, best friends admit that the pas
sage Of the bill by the House Is
very doubtful, and II is regarded
as certainty that it cannot pass
the Senate in it, present shape.
Tie silver men il the House are 1T
work trying TO secure pledges
from q ma ;ority i'll favor of Il sub
stitutc currency bill which will in
cl1dc the free coinage of silver.
They say they Will not make the
attempt unless they are certain Of
suvcess. The Republicans have
given notice that they Will not fill
buster against the bill. but will be
willing to have It voted upon after
a reasonable time has been devoted
to debate.
Hon. !. \. kasson. of Iowa.
thus defines nationa! protection.
which is now and always has been
advocated by the Republican party:
1t means legislative encourage
ment to the employment Of Amcri-
can capital and labor at home in
the :ioyeioi,onicnt Of all eur natural
resources Of wealth and prosperity.
instead Of sending oar capital
abroad to aid in the production of
foreign wealth and to pay foreign
labor. II means Legislative socur-
ity against the dependency Of the
nation upon foreign countries for
it, means ct defense. and otlr peO-
| pie for their ncccSsarie>, and com
| forts OF life. 1t means legislative
barricrs against the exhaustion Of
/ the wealth Of the country by send
in. it abroad in exchange fer per
| ishahle articles. instead OF using it
ut home in exchange Tor like arti-
cIes produced BY American labor
from the earth or in the factory
/ In the former case both money and
the article it buys are lost to Our
country: in the latter, the money
stays at home and goes on buying. "
t Poor Springer. lie Is catching
| It on all sides. because Of his turn
ing a financial somer>auIt to lead
I the Administration forces in their
fight for the Carlisle currency Bill.
. but the unkindc>t cut Of all came
from one of his Illinois colleagues.
who said: "iou fellows are alto
@c;her too hard Oh Springer.
It's pity if 50 able a man as Mr..
Springer cant be permitted to
change his mind a> often as once in
Il session, especially a. the Admin
istration had not declared itself on
this subject last session.
). Ex-senator Mahonc. Of Virginia.
is still blocking legislation for III,
erection q ncw Government
printing Office. For four years he
has been able to Kill in the Senat,
all propositions looking to the pur
chase Of any other ground than
that owned by him. bat not stronz
enough to get the House to cndorS,
purchase Of his ground. The ii4h-
has been renewed, and It will s"oi
be known whether the victor will i.
: Mahone or Congress. II the latter
new Government printing o!!it;
will at once be begun; if the for
, mer. the whole matter will 90 ovcl
to The next Congress and the tich
VIII be started fresh next year.