Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-04-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.

but''it is there all the same. The
silver men are doing more thinking;
that's why the excitement is not
so apparent. 10 say what they
will do Is more guess work; they
have not decided themselves yet
The talk of putting free coinage
amendment on the tariff bill is
premature. 1t will be some weeks
before the tariff reaches the legisla
tive stage where amendments will
be in order, and careful inquiry
among the silver Senators failed to
fud anybody who would say thai
| he had determined to offer such an
amendment. Tue tariff bill is al
ready too complicated to suit many
Senators and any attempt tC
further cemplicate it by the add
ton OF the silver question would
almost certainly be autagonlzed by
some of the Senators who would
otherwise gladly vote tor free coin
age. Representative Bland, speak
ing for the silver men In the House
has already condemned the idea.
Representative McLaurin, Of
South Carolina, Is at the head OF
! movement In Congress that is
attracting the attention of politi
clans, although ithas not yet passed
the formative period. 1t is for
nothing more nor less than the
formation of the new political party
| in the south aud west. Mr.. Nc
Laurin claims that he has received
information which causes him to
believe that the the movement
would be very popular, if properly
launched. Another movement
talked about here IS a proposed
combination of the silver demo
Gratis and popullsts in the Congress
sional election in the south and
west.
Senator VOORHEES, opened the
tariff debate in the Senate today.
| His remarks differed from the or
binary set speech, in that they
we're almost wholly devoted to an
explanation of the bill. Everybody
expects this debate to develop into
a long and weary siege with the
final result very much in doubt.
Senator Stewart of Navada has
settled all donbts as to where he
stands politically, by the publics.
ton of letter over his own sigma
ture, closing with these words: 81
am a populist and belong to the
Onlyparty that is unequiyocally
opposed to the subsection of the
people of the United Staets to the
rules of banks and bond holders"
Representative Warner, of New
York, is the author of a little
pamphlet now being extensively
circulated and read in Congress
ional circles. 1t is a straight-from'
the. shoulder attack on the prOtec'
ton given the sugar trust by the
revised tariff bill. The nature Of
the attack may be readily under
stood from the following headings
taken from the pamphlet; "Prodts
and Greed" "Pacific Coast Extor-
tions" "ChOlera Exploitation
Misrepresentation" and "Sup
preston Of Infor nation" Mr..
Warner says the figures in bis
pamphlet are the result OF careful
and unbiased Investigations OF
sugar refining, athOme and abroad
There is much gossip here con
corning Secretary Carllsle's visit
to New York, which followed close
upon President Cleveland's veto
of the Bland coinage bill. Mr.
Carlisle says bis visit was entirely
personal one, but it is positively
stated that while there he had
conference with Wall street bank
ers. That is what started the
gossip.
The motion to pass the Bland
oil over the Presidents veto,
which will be made in the House
this week by Mr.. Bland, will not
be made with any expectation OF
passing the bill, but merely to
complete the record, as it were.
The vote by which the bill origi-
nally passed the House was 16S to
1919, but the motion to pass the
dill over the veto will not get so
large a vote, as a number Of Rep
resentatlves have already snnOunc-
ed that they would refuse to vote
for the motion, and a number who
have said nothing will doubtless
manage to dodge the vote for rea.
sons OF their own.
The House is again arresting
absent members, in order to get
quorum of democrats present TO
dispose of the Missouri contested
election case. The fihbusterinp on