The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-02-15
c.ipage OF the Seigniorage
in the Treasury.
TIE TARIFF BILL PROGRAMME
,.,d, and Saukey Impeachment In
''''' yestigalion -.Other Matters.

|no,lsr Bland" as many people call
kte gentleman from Missouri VINO
.tsirman of the house committee
n coinage, is about the fappiest
Yam in congress. His bill for the
|o;nsCe of the seigniorage in the
rsasnry is going to be passed by
Fbs house, Notwithstanding the
,nbboru effort made by the anti
Liver men to defeat it or destroy
:. effect by amending it. The op
f,onents of the bill say the admins
ration il opposed TO 1t and that
n, Clevel4nd will veto it if it
S,s.es. but its friends point out the
E,c, that Secretary Carlisle has
home down the river on pleasure
Frjp, knowing that the bill would
he passed by the house before his
ksurn, and say that if the admins
L,s,lon was opposed to it Secretary
C,rlisle would have remained here
h order 10 use his influence against
There are reasons for believing
hat Secretary Carlisle Is personally
favor of the bid, aud that Presi
dspt Cleveland is personally OPP
bosea to it. still 1t may not be
Eetocd because it may be accepted
y Mr.. Cleveland as a bar TO free
onsga, for several years TO come,
least, as it will keep the minis
|usy.
The most notable thing about Che
liver di.cussion in the house ba-
Ken the alacrity displayed by many
( those VINO voted for the repeal OF
Aspurchasing clause Of the Saer-
nnsilver law 10 put themselves on
|sU.i as favoring the Bland bill.
kcourse the fact that congressional
ltctlons are TO be held this year may
lave nothing TO do with this, but
is a queer coincidence that these
zen lemen all represent districts
Enown to be strong in silver senti-
heat Speaker Crisp took occas
pn early in the contest to record
himself in favor of the bill There
another ,hing connected with
bis bill which has caused comment.
As soon "a j. became apparent that
be bill would pass Representative
Bstley, of lexas, ceased to shJ~
ny disposition TO press his resolu-
on, declaring II TO be the opinion
\ the house that the secretary OF
pc treasury has no authority TO use
De money received from the sa e OF
onds for any other purpose than
hat specially defined in the act loI
&c resumption of specie pay ment
al nov it is stated that this reso
mon VIII not b. voted upon at all,
Though it has been favorably re
olted to the house This does no
s'esslrlly mean that compromls'
Is been made uuder which tn,
solution is t, be dropped in re
Urn for the 4eare,ary's keeping hi
aads CT the Bland bill, but ,her
'e people Fho place that construc
|on upon it,
The majority of the senate fnanc
4 'mmlltea viii certainly not b
aa'geahle with any unneceSsar
I e'sy Il their present tariff pre-
tA'iime be carried out, by report
the amended tariff bill to III
1nale THIS week. 1t is stated, III
morally OF course, that duty Ia ,
Z placed on sugar and coal, an
t number of other change
: a'ch viii make the bill get Ii
VICE Of all the Democratic senate
4 ave oaen agreed upon. The il
y V~e lax Is not to be disturbed b
I Pc committee
nm. me Moody and Sankey revlv
.setlgs are attracting more loo
= s va than congress. They a
Wv IN Convention Hall, which sea
't W. 1900 people, but every mig
], o a'S oeen Necessary to hold ov.
h. meetings. in near by churche
10 meetings began last week a
!, .o, ~ continue for four weeks,
h. Aaer choir of l,50O voices lea
, singing which is grand as ",
0 s ssu AS the Romans u.
h 'a ~. The voice of the people
( y :, voice Of God"
''u0srs of the house judicia