Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-02-15
Washington Letter

FROM OUR REG ULAR COMMENCEMENT
WASHINGTON. D. C February l2h, 1894.
"Silyer dollar Bland, as many peo-
pie call the gentleman from Missouri
who is chairman Of the House committee
on Coinage. Is about the bapplest man
in Congress. HIS bill for the coinage
of the seigniorage IN the Treasury ls
going to be Passed by the House. not
wlthstanding the stubborn effort made
by the auti-silyer men to defeat 1t ,r
destroy its effect by amending it. The
opponents OF tie bill say the adm,nlstra
t,ouis opposed to it and that Mr.. Clrve
land will veto it if 1t passes, but Its
friends point cut the fact that Secretary
Carlisle has gone down The r'yer on =
pleasure trip. knowing that the bill
would be Used by the House before
bis return, and say that if the admins
trstion was opposed to it Secretary Car
Isle would have remained here in order
to use bis inf lerce against IL. There
are reasons for believing that Secretary
Carlisle is personally III favor OF the
bill, and that President Cleveland is
personally opposed 10 1t. Still it may
not be vetoed because II may be accepted
by Mr. Cleveland as bar to free coin
age, for several years to come, at least
as it will keep The minis busy.
The most notable thing about the
sllver discussion IN the House has be- n
the alscr,y displayed by many Of those
who yoteI ioi The repeal Of the purchas.
ing clause of the Sherman silver law to
put themselves on record rs tayorlng
the Bland bill. OF course the fact that
co., sresslonal elections are to be held
thlsyea may lave had nothing to do
with this, but it is queer coincidence
that these gentlemen all represent DIS
tricts known 10 be strong in silver
sentiment. Speaker Crisp took occasion
early 10 the contest to record himself
in fay.i Of the bill There is another
thing connected with this bill which
has caused comment. AS soon as j,
became apparent tlat the bill would
pass Re preventative Bailey of Texas
ceased to show any dispo.ltion to press
his resolution, declaring it TO be the
oplnloa Of the House that the Secretary
OF the Treasury has no authority tC
use the monev received from the sale
of bonds for any other purpose than
thayspecialy defined in the act for the
resumption Of specie payment, aud low
it is Stated that resolution will not be
voted upon at sll, although it has been
favorab y reported to the House. This
does not necessarily mean that q con-
promise has been mace under which
the resolution ~ to be dropped in re-
turn for the Secrstsrys keeping biz
hands off the Bland bill. But there
are people who place that construction
upon 1t.
The majority Of the Senate Fl nance
committee will certainly not be charge
able with any unnecessary delay il
their present tariff programme be car
ried out, ICY reporting the amended tar
if bill to the Senate this week. 1t is
stated, unofficially of course, that d
duty is to be placed on sugar and coal
ard that u number Of other changes will
make the bill get the votes Of all the
democratic * natols have been agreed
uDon. The income tax is not 10 he dis
turbed by the committee.
The Moody AID SAM ev revival meet
ings are attracting more local attention
than Congress. They are held in Con
yen'ion Fall, which seats about 60O(
people, but every night it has beer,
necessary to hold overflow meetings in
nearby churches. The meetings began
last week and are TO continue for tour
weeks. A monster choir of 1900 yolces
leads the singing which ls grand as well
AS sublime. As the Romans used to