The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-12-07
Washington Letter.
From cur regular Correspondent.
WAsHINeroN. Nov. 26. 1904.

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able, the entire issue shall be sold 20 a
syndicate represented by the United States
Trust Company's bid, which is on basis Of
=. .ys per cent interest on the bonds, the
record for placing bonds at the lowest rate
of interest will have been broken. The
matter will be settled early this week. In
any event no matter which Of the bidder gel
the bonds, the interest will not exceed )
per cent. tits hoped tie gold reserve fund
will be strengthened to almost the total
amount that will be received from the sale
of the bond, but 1t viii be several weeks
before that can be definitely known.
Whether the democratic members of the
House will carry out their announced inten-
ton OF attacking this bond Issue remains to
be seen. They will not, il they follow the
advice OF their more conservative co..
leguss who realize that no possible good can
come out of such an attack.
Democrats are doing more thinking than
talkiag these day, and one Of the results is
proposition that meets with much favor
amo,g the few democratic Congressmen who
have reached Washington. This PROPOSE
ton Is in the nature of suggestion to Pres
ident Cleveland, that he omit from his mes
sage to Congress all financial recommends
tions, except that monetary commission be
authorized by Congress, to be appointed BY
the President, which shall make a thorough
investigation of our entire financial system
and report what ought to be done. This
proposition is in tn. interest Of party har-
mony and is backed by two members OF he
Cabinet-Secretary Morton and Attorney
General 0lney.-and some influential Con-
gressmen; but as President Cleveiani and
Secretary Carlisle have sone very decided
ideas abou, what our financial system needs
the suggestion may not be adopted.
There is probability that Cap; How
gate, the man who defaulted fer Il large
sum while acting as Disbursing Officer oi
the Signal Service, some fourteen years ago,
ard who was last summer run down ard
brought back t. Washington through the
instrumenialiiy OF Secretary Morton, may
after all escape punishment. The old in.
6ictment against him are fsulty-mAuy
believe purPosely made 50 by his rePubli-
can friends--and 50 far search fos the
papers In bis case. upon which new
Indictment could be found has been ineifsct.
ual, and some of the most important wit
nesses against him are dead Il Is believed
that the papers were purPo'ely destroyed
years ago by those who shared IL Holgaie'.
stealing and since 1t was learned that they
were missing the number who think that
those sharers in eluded officials Of prom.
nence at tnat time has largely increased
The Distric. Attorney expresses confdencf
that enough Witnesses are still at mis- dis
posal to make good case against Howgate
but that confidence is not shared by th-
general public.
Chairman Ssyers, of the House COMMITTEES
on Appropriations. has got his COMMITTEES
at work, in order that one or two of the
regular Appropriation bills may be ready
to report to the House sooa after the re
assembling Of Congress. Mr. SaJers thinks
the pension bill and the foriifcation bill Can
be pu. through the Honse before th. holi-
days.
President Cleveland has nos been TO the
White House for more than a weak, owing
to rainful attack Of his old enemy, ii c
rheumatic gout. bu. 1t has not prevented
his keeping at WORK on his message
The members OF the sub committee OF
the House Committee on Judiciary. who
are charged with the duty of investigating
the serious charges made against Judge
Kicks. will meet at Cleveland, Chic, this
week. Members Of the committee who have
been in Washington expect that the inves
tigation will be made Complete in time for
a report to be made to the Judiciary Com
mittee at its first meeting after the open
ing of the session Of Congress.
Col Simmons, Collector of Internal Rev.
enue for the Eastern District Of n. c., who
Is visiting Washington, says of the legis +
Iature of that State and the coming cleo
tion by it Of the two U S Serstors-one to
Gil the urexpired term of the late Senator
Vance, which runs until March 3. 1891, and
the other TO succeed Ransom, whose term
expires March 3. 1895: ''The democrats
have ten Senators out OF ffty and in the
House forty-fve members out of one hun
dred and twenty. The remainder is pretty
evenly divided between the republicans and
populists. with slight proportion in favor
of the latter. nave no doubt that The two
Senators will be elected without any
wrangIe One will De a republican and
one populist; but ii Marion Butler goes
to the Senate, as now seems likely, there
will be virtually two republicans, as he is
a republican at heart. On the stump he
attacked the Senate tariff bill, and claim
ed that the Mckinley kiIl was preferable to
it. He is a proiec,ionist and will vote
with the republicans on organization and
on everything else. The populist leaders,
BY the way, are really republicans.