The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-12-21
washington Letter.


Secretary Carlisle has every reason TO |
feel proud of the result OF the hearings
granted by the House committee on
Banking and Currency, this week, on
his plau for currency reform. His plan
has not suffered 10y comparison with
The pians and opinions Of the prominent
fi.laaciers WHO have appeared before the
committee 0n The contrary, it has
i.een most decidedly strengthened, and
IL Is now the general baiIef tnat the
committee Will shortly report to the
house a bill, which, If not precisely the
same as that submitted To the committee
by Secretary Carlisle, will certainly be
along the the same or similar lines. 1t
is hoped that the committee can report
the currency bill before the holiday re
cess, in order that the people may have
an opportunity to study il and express
their view before the house takes II up
for final action.
Many statements have been made az
to how Democrats will vote on this bill,
but the most OF them are guesseS. OF
course 1t Is probable that the Democrats
of the house will, with a very few excep-
tions, support the bill that viii be report
ed by the banking and currency, but
that they should wait until the bill is re-
ported before committing themselves Is
perfectly natural Your correspondent
knows that the Democratic senators
are much more favorably inclined to-
wards the plan proposed by Secretary
Carlisle than they have been reported to
be, and that they are auxiOusly awaiting
the action of the house although the
refusal of the senate to change lis rules,
a vote of 81 to u of Senator Vests mo-
! ton to take up his resolutions, has ma
/ terly lessened the chances for getting a
currency bill, or any other biIl that Is
| opposed by the Republicans through the
| senate.
! The vote on the bill amending the
/ interstate commerce law 50 as to make
freight pooling 10y railroads legal, which.
was this week passed by the house by
! by a vote Of I66 TO 10, was
not governed 10y party politics. In the
vote for the bill the names of such
| prominent Democrats are found as Black,
OF Illinois, VINO, by the way, was this
week unanimously confirmed as |. >
Attorney for the Northern District of
Illinois, a position TO which he was nom
mated by President Cleveland without
his knOwledge); Catchings, OF MissIssip-
pi; Culbe:tson of Texas; Hatch. Of Mis-
sour: Outhwaite, 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 instance, Byran, of Nebraska; the
two Coopers, of Florida and Indiana, re-
specuvely; DOckery, Of Missouri; Heard,
OF Missouri: Holman, of Indiana; Nc
Creary, OF Kentucky; McMiiIin, of Ten
nessee; Sayers, OF Texas, and Turner, of
Georgia. The division of the RepuhIi-
cans was not quite as marked, 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 brought
to a vote: bnt it * far from certain that
it can be: 1t will all depend upon how
determined the opposition Is.
Three Democratic SenatOrs-BIanCh-
ard of Louisiana: Martin. Of Kansas,
and Roach, of North DakOta-and all the
pUpuIIst senators voted with the Repub.
licans to defeat Senator Gray's motion
; to take up the bill reported from the
finance committee at the last session, az
a substitute tor the house free sugar bill,
which was lost by a vote of p 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 attempt
ed at this session.
The President, Nrs Cleveland and
the children are now back at home in
the White House. The President ha.
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 haC
done it's duty in pointing out to con
gress what it believed ought to be done
and that 1t now remained for congress Il
do them or not do them, leaving the
r final judgment to the people.
The Republicans are opposed to the
bill making all ships free. but they are
willing to support bill allowing a single
; foreign built ship an American registe,
as often as parties having sufficient
pull ask for 1t. This week the
senate passed one Of that nature. The
Democratic idea Is to extend the privi
lege ofrecelyIng an American register tC
all vessel owners who desire it, instead
of by spectral legislation to favored
few.
The opponents of the income tax were
only able TO muster 81 votes in the house
when they attempted to organize the
machinery for the collection of the tax
which is in the emergency appropriation
bill. NJ.