Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-12-21
WASHINGTON LETTER.

programme, PISS tuo Cuiiou0t
dill this week, although 1t is a
matter of doubt whether there are
as mauJ as fifty members OF the
House who really favor the plan
embraced in the bill. That may
appear to be a strange statement
but it is none the less true. The
bill is going to be passed by the
House, not because those VINO
will vote for it have any faith In II
AS a rtf,rm in present currency
laws, but because they as a rule
are vii ing to accept it as al ex'
pertinent, on the word OF Secretary
Carlisle that it will, it Il ever
becomes q law, prevent further
issue of bonds, if it does nothing
else.
1t seems a little queer that oil
all the letters received b. the
House committee on Banking and
| Currency on the subj4ct OF TIT
currency bill, aud hundredS were
received, there was only one-from
the president of a National bank
at York, n ebraska- that endorsed
the proposed plan. The gold men
we're united in their opposition to
The proposed plan If they never
are again, although their reasons
for opposing 1t were not the same.
Tue condition Of the gold reserve
in the Treasury IS playing an in
oortant part in the consideration
of the currency bill bf tue ii 'use.
1t ia down to 800, 900, 900, and the
opinion is heard on all sides that
another issue of bonds will be nee
essay before the final adjournment
Of Congress, If there isn't some
legislation to prevent. But, allow
Ing that the currency bill would
stop further issue of bonds If II
we're a law, its passage by the
House will not make it law; and
1t is as Gel taiu as any future leg
lslative event can possibly be that
it cannot pass the Senate at this
session. That's why the present
rush in the House is difficult to
understand.
Senator HIPS bill for the ex'
clusion aud deportation OF alien
anarchists, which was passed by
the Senate at the last session. and
is now in the hands of the House
judiciary Committee, is likely to
be much amended before it gets
through House, if it ever does
| The committee has already agreed
to amendments coDfnlug the power
of deportation to U. S. Courts, and
striking out the provision for the
appointment of emigration IN
spectOrs at foreign ports and provid
ing that the inspection shall be
done by Z. s. Consnls.
Senator Proctor, of Vermont, is
usually classed as a millionaire.
For that reason the hliDg of a
mortgage given by him on his
ashlngton real estate, to secure
the payment of $4,000, loaned
him for five years at . per cent
interest, has caused more or less
talk.
The lobby for the Nicaragua
canal bill is concentrating ITS
efforts upon the HOuse-the Senate
is regarded as having put itself on
record too often 10 favor of the
idea to back out nOw-and 1t is
gaining supporters for the bill
although it ia not yet certain tina
, it has gained enough to get the
bill through. 1t was said weel
ago that the House committee or
Rules had promised to bring
rule setting a time for the con
sideration of the bill, but up t.
this time 1t has not done so.
Every year about this time al
o element in the House makes {
4 great preteuse Of wishing to worI
i rigbtthrough the holidays, Instead
i taking the usual two weeks recess
g. and every year the resolution 70
r the recess through both House ant
d Senate DIS soon az the proper tim
arrives. Everybody knows IL
singers who profess not to wish
. sing merely that they may be Ia
pOrtuned to do so, while they a
in reality just bubbling over WI
desire to sing. They are cou
- terparts of the Congressman wi
do not want to take the Christina
- recess.
.re A delegation of the Unit
Friends of Armenia called at t
White House TO gee the Preside
about the position Of this count
er. towards the recent Outrages co