Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-07-06
NATIONAL CAPITAL NEWS.

| Cne house.
The House Committee on Banking
and Currency has decided to choose a
subcommittee of five by the usual method
OF ballot to prepare another bill. The
committee will report its measure to the
House not later than June ~. 1t may
prove that this will be a scheme for a
national currency.
The incident growing out of the pull
ing down of the United States flag from
the United States Consulate at st.
Thomas on the Queens birthday has
been satisfactorily closed by an explana-
ton to the Department of State that the
perpetrators of the outrage were drunk
and irresponsible and would be properly
dealt with.
Willard w. Samperston of Buffalo, n.
Y, the attorney of w. w. Kisminski,
the Pole who returned to Russia and
was arrested and sent to Siberia, saw
acting Secretary of State Uhl recently,
and laid before him all the papers in the
case in his possession. Mr.. Uhl prom
Used him the United States government
would push the matter and do all in its
power to release Kisminski.
Morrison |. Swift of the Boston Indus
trial Army spoke to the House Commit
tee on Labor. Charity, he argued, weak
ened the fiber OF workingmen and per-
haps added to the tramp army. In
Boston the policy had been adopted of
giving aims to those out of work and in
need. 1t would be better to furnish work,
by which those in want could be pro-
ducers instead of a dead weight on the
community. He advocated public farms
or factories or work on roads. Wages
for government work should be lower
than the prevailing wages, so men would
resort to them only when private en-
ployment could not be had.
Delegate Smith of Arizona will make
an effort to have the appropriation for
the Carlisle Indian School struck out of
the Indian bill. Mr.. Smith says the ed
ucation of the Indians at Eastern insti-
buttons has done more harm than good.
His observation in the Western country
has shown him that the woman gradu-
ates of these schools consider themselves
superior to their Indian associates and
turn their attention to miners and dis
solute white men of the Indian country
to the destruction of the morals and de-
cency of the Indian girls, The male
graduates are also said to have their vi
cious traits sharpened, so that they are
a more dangerous class than their inlet
tered brothers. Mr.. Smiths criticisms
are confined to the Eastern schools,
where the pupils are removed from their
families and friends.
Senator Squire of Washington has in
troduced bill for free coinage of silver.
1t provides that the owner of silver bull
ion may deposit at the minis, receiving in
mt 70 do I'D cilHyar DOLL anlIol n
the value of the bullion on the day OF
deposit, the difference to be retained by
the government as seigniorage as a re-
serve fund and used by the Secretary of
the Treasury in maintaining the parity
of silver dollars. The coinage of silver
dollars shall not exceed $4,000, 900 each
month. When the aggregate amount of
money in the country reaches $40 per
capita further silver coinage shall be dis
continued, and shall be resumed when
it falls below that figure. Provision is
made for coming silver half-dollars OF
the present size and maintaining their
parity in the same manner as other sill
yer. They also are made legal tender.
The Western members of the House
have held a caucus to map out a cam
paign on the irrigation question, and
have resolved to spare no labor to secure
action by this Congress. Representatives
of thirteen Western States and Terrific
ries, including members of all parties,
met here the other day. Mr.. Sweet,
who called the meeting, was elected
Chairman, and the matter was thor
oughly discussed. In accordance with
instructions of the meeting committee,
consisting of Representatives Sweet,
Coffeen Of Wyoming and Baker OF Kan
sas, called on Speaker Crisp to ask that
the Committee on Rules set apart three
DAYS for the consideration of bill, which
is to be agreed upon by Western men.
The Speaker suggested that resolution
be introduced in the regular order, and
asked to have copies of the bill submit
ted, but made no promise.
Walker of Massachusetts,, veteran
member of the Committee on Banking
and the senior Republican member of
the committee, says the question of
banking and currency will be treated in
comprehensive manner by select
committee of five members under a re-
cent vote of the Banking Committee.
He saws this is the most important sub
iect before Congress, not second to the
tariff. Sealed ballots are now being
filed for the purpose of selecting COM
mittee of five. Each member of the
Banking Committee has a vote, and
names five of his associates on the COM
mittee. Walker was asked what the
new system of banks would have to do
with the issuance of money, and replied
that the bill undoubtedly will provide
for doing away with the various forms of
currency now issued and the substitu-
ton therefor OF uniform paper money
issued by the government through banks.
At present the government circulates
the Treasury notes, greenbacks, silver
certificates and various kinds of currency,
and the government undertakes to make
GOOD this money but the purpose will