The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-12-26
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CONGRESS AND ITS ADJOURNMENT
 FOR THE HOLID4is.

ecutive Mansion-Professor Robinson of
 Yale Here.
 tfrom Our Washington Correspondent.>
 Washington. Dec. 25.-Congress has adjourned until after the holidays. and nearly half the members have returned to their homes, only those remaining who live at great distances and who have Important personal matters here to attend to. At the capitol and in other places where public men congre- gate the talk Is, as it has been for the past week, all on the financial is- sues and speculation as to whether any bill on this subject will pass con gress this session. Many declare that no bill will be allowed to get further than the senate, while others more conservative thing the question will not be left for the Fifty-fourth congress to battle with. The withdrawing of the Carlisle bill and substitution of an other bill by Chairman Springer of the committee on banking and cur rency may make some difference In the passage of bill of some sort. Mir. Springer's bill, which is endorsed by MT. Carlisle. overcomes many of the objections of the first bill, but to many 1t Is still very unsatisfactory and many members of the house will op- pose it.
 In the discussion of the bill MT. Sperry of the First district of Con- necticut, who Is a member of the com close student of financial questions, said that the provision in the bill which divorced the government from the banking business in which 1t was now engaged, by the issue of notes, was sufficient to excuse many failings in the bill and commend the bill as a whole to his mind. Speaking of the quality of the greenbacks, MT. Sperry sadi that while the decision of the supreme court settled the question of the constitutionality of the legal ten der act for the time being, the question was not decided to the satisfaction of the legal profession or of the business community. The state bank feature of the bill does not meet with my ap- proval, but I would vote for it as a part of the bill. MT. Sperry also con- tended that gold at present was really at premium, because the banks and business men preferred it to silver in their reserves and accounts, and this was due to the fact that there was inn pending over the people six hundred millions of silver, the parity with gold resting upon a tremulous basis. In conclusion MT. Sperry said the govern ment should redeem the greenbacks by the sale of bonds, funding its in funding it day by day.
 The Washington Post of to-day in speaking of MT. Sperry's speech on the Carlisle bill says: The interest that members take in a speech deliv- cred on the floor of the house is meas ured by the silence they preserve dur ing it's deliverey and ths habit they l have of crowding about a colleague | who is saying something really worth | listening to. Judged by this test, the l address of Mr. Sperry of Connecticut yesterday on the currency bill was a | Highly creditable effort, for it con- manded the profound attention Sof the house. After he had finished smembers l of both political parties declarad 1t the | most masterly presentation of the ques- tions that has yet been heard, for it l tion and that ids author was in- 1 formed on every phase of the subject
 MT. Sperrys argument was on the whole adverse to the bill and he pointed out it's weak points in a clear and cogent manner.
 l A group of half dozen of the lead ing business men of New York were discussing the financial question the other evening at the Arlington when your correspondent approached tc | overhear one of them say that the solution of the problem was a simple one. Upon inquiry as to how, he said | As I understand the law all custom | duties are payable in gold, and while | this law has not been enforced of late
 years, strict enforcement of this
 same would give to the treasury all l Luc SOlu IL lSCuCo, ollu lAiC Asooo<lhSS
 of bonds would be necessary. As it is
 now the banks keep all the gold, an6
 when the treasury is depleted, an issue
 of bonds is necessary to get it back
 again.
 It is now definitely settled that there will be. no cloture this session the senate committee having failed tt
 take any action on the matter anc
 the dignifed senators can now use
 up the usual amount of time and money in argument, but it is stated that new
 rules governing debate will surely bt l passed at the next session, a thing
 which has been predicted for years
 but never happens.
 For some years there has been con
 siderable talk of providing a suitable
 residence for the president and hi
 family separate from the white house
 The white house at present is%,,uset
 both as a residence: for the presiden
 and his family, who occupy one sid'
 of the mansion, while. most of th' | other rooms in the, house are given ul
 to business offices for the presiden
 and his secretarys. 7. rA
 Many people think this should no
 be and that the: entire mansion should
 be devoted to offices and the. presiden
 and his family live elsewhere, and thes
 thoughts have been embodied in @, res I sx,&1 T-6