The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-01-25
The Political Gossip Of the
| National Capital.
R. HILLS DEFEAT OF nOR BLOWER
ariif Bill Amendments - Hawaiian Mat
tgs CarliSIe's Ambition Shattered.


koposed bond issue, although long
Injected, has aroused more excite
lent among the anti administration
b,mocrats than the silver q lestion
Ia, although it is regarded by most
them as the logical sequence of
Resident Cleveland's silver policy,
rather an,i-silver policy. The
|powledge that it is impossible for
bncress to prevent this issue OF
buds but adds to the excitement.
! was fortunate thing for the ad-
Illustration that the announcement
las made while the house was tied
b with the continuing rule under
|bich the tar if bill is being con.
|dered. The resolution Of Repre-
bntstlve Ba leg, of Texa e,press
BE- the opinion that tie secretary
bd no authority to issue bonds un-
|er the sleoi4 resuu ptlon act Of
b74, except for the plrpose of that
b.-the maintenance of sp Gle
|syments-is now being consid, FED
II the house judiciary committee,
hd Secretary Carlisle has bsen
|sked 10 appear before the commit.
ee and make an explanation No
batter what decision the committee
Frives at it cannot get it's report
efore the house until after the tar
3 is disposed of, and then the bonds
I'LL have been sold, if not actually
bsued.
10 the senate this week the op.
(olition will be heard when speeches
10 made on the resolutions offered
n Senator's Peffs r and Allen, con
|emning the action of Secretary
srlisle. The opposition fully
eallzes that it cannot stop the issue
bonds, and that fact will operate
prevent many VINO would other
ise support the resolutions doing
,, but there is a determination on
be part of all of the Populis.s and
many Dem ocsats fro the South
pd W st t. rut their opposition to
bond issue on record. They know
pat it will be an easy matter to SO
Panlpalate the government finances
to use the proceeds of the sales
bonds to buy gold for the re-.
(smptlon of outstanding notes; and
psy know also that the money will
Etually be used to pay current ex.
|enses' Tne point they wish to
Pake PLAIN to the country liz, that if
|ecretsry Carlisle has authority to
Psue $1,000, 200 of bonds he has
minority 70 issue an unlimited
mount. They contend that the
Minority conferred by the act of
90 was inter ded to be used oul Y
the case of sudden emergency
'Aen congress was not in session,
Iha tnat Its use at this time when
ne sentiment of congress is known
De opposed to a bond issue is i'm
roper. 50 far partisan politics
oes not enter this q ,estion, but it
expecting too much for il to be-
ept out of il.
Senator Hills defeat of the
,omnatlon of Mr.. Hornblower to
~ supreme court may not have
=, zen the sole reason for President
'leVeland's veto of the New York
'a y New jersey bridge bill in which
IT, Hill and his friends were
a'geiy interested, but it is the
|sneral lmp' ession here that it was
'ns oil the reasons for the veto.
lie house ways and means com
l''tee has so far been able to pre-
'ea' the tar If bill being materially
'mended. This week the fight will
h the iron, coal and sugar
','use'' and probably the proposal
I make the income tax an amend,
rent to the tariff bill.
|, resident Dole's latest letters ia
h MISTER Willis, which were sent to
',e mouse Saturday and to the sen.
{ ps ,oday, contain some singing re.
|stsr A, va aneLt the intriguing of M n
|,; wins for the overthrow of q
;e"ay government and the restor
e,n Un oi deposed queen. Some
(snaas s' : are disposed to be Of