Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-12-21
THE CURRENCY PLAN.
SECRETARY CARLISLE'S is TO BE
GIVEN CONSIDERATION.

IL VIII PfODaDby be Inc baSiS u
the Committees Report md lie
Supported by the Democrats
Freight Pooling Legalized so Far
as the House Is Concerned.
/ From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. ii, 1894.
| Secretary Carlisle has every reason
to feel proud OF the result OF the hear
ings granted by the House committee
on Banking and Currency, this week,
on his plan for currency reform. His
plan has not suffered by comparison
with the plans and opinions of the
prominent financiers who have appear
before the committee. On the con-
trary, it has been most decidedly
strengthened, and it now the general
belief that the committee will shortly
report to the House bill, which, if
not precisely the same as that sub
mitted to the committee by Secretary
Carlisle, will certainly be along the
same or similar lines. 1t is hoped that
the committee can report the currency
bill before the holiday recess, in order
that the people may have an oppor-
tunity to study it and express their
views before the House takes it up for
final action.
Many statements have been made as
to how Democrats will vote on this
bill, but the most of them are guesses.
OF course it is probable that the Demo-
Gratis of the House will, with very
few exceptions, support the bill that
will be reported by the Banking and
Currency, but that they should wait
until the bill is reported before conf
hitting themselves is perfectly natural.
Your correspondent knows that the
Democratic Senators are much more
favorably inclined towards the plan
proposed by Secretary Carlisle than
they have been reported to be, and
that they are anxiously awaiting the
action of the House, although the re-
fusal of the Senate to change its rules,
which was emphasized by the defeat
by vote OF 81 to "a of Senator Vests
motion to take up his resolutions pro-
viding for cloture under certain condi-
tons, has materially lessened the
chances for getting currency bill, or
any other bill that is opposed by the
Republicans through the Senate.
The vote on the bill amending the
Interstate Commerce law as to make
freight pooling by railroads legal, which
was this week passed by the House by
vote OF 1G6 to ITO, was not governed
by party politics. In the vote for the
bill the names of such prominent
Democrats are found as Black, OF
Illinois, (who, by the way, was this
week unanimously confirmed as U. $.
Attorney for the Northern District of
Illinois, a position to which he was
nominated by President Cleveland
without his knowledge); Catchings. of
Mississippi; Culbertson. OF Texas ;
Hatch, of Missouri; Cultivate, OF
Ohio; Richardson, OF Tennessee
Springer of Illinois. and Wilson of
West Virginia, while in the votes cast
against it may be found the names of
equally prominent Democrats. For
instances, Bryan, OF Nebraska; the two
Coopers, of Florida and Indiana, re-
spectively; Dockery, of Missouri
Heard, of Missouri, Holman, of Indi-
ana; McCreary, of Kentucky; Nc
Milfin. OF Tennessee; Sayers. OF Texas,
and Turner, of Georgia. The division
of the Republicans was not quite as
marked, as as a big majority of them
supported the bill. There is little
doubt that the bill will be passed by
the Senate, if it can be bought to q
vote; but it is far from certain that it
can be. 1t will depend upon how de-
termined the opposition is.
Three Democratic Senators-Blanch-
ard. of louisiana; Martin, Of Kansas,
and Roach, of North Dakota-and all
the Populist Senators voted with the
Republicans to defeat Senator Gray's
motion to take up the bill reported
from the Finance committee at the
last session, as substitute for the
House free sugar bill, which was lost
by vote of q to %. Among the
Democratic Senators who did not vote
were Brice, German, Irby, Morgan,
Murphy, Gibson, Turpie and Smith.
1t is not thought that any further
tariff legislation will be attempted at
this session.
The President, Mrs. Cleveland and
the children are now back at home in
the White House. The President has
entirely recovered from his long and
troublesome attack OF rheumatism and
is now apparently in perfect health.
He is reported to have said in reply To
a question that the administration had
done its duty in pointing out to
Congress what it believed ought to be
done, and that it now remained for
Congress to do them or not do them,
leaving the final judgment to the
people.
The Republicans are opposed to the
bill making all ships free, but they are
willing to support bill allowing q
single foreign built ship an American
register as often as parties having
sufficient "pull" ask for it. This week
the Senate passed one of that nature.
The Democratic idea is to extend the
privilege of receiving an American
register to all vessel owners who desire
it, instead of by legislation TO favored
few.
The opponents of the income tax
were only able to muster 81 votes in
the House when they attempted to de.
feat the preliminary appropriation, to
organize the machinery for the collec-
ton of the tax, which is in the emer-
gency appropriation bill. Dem.