The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-04-06
WASHINGTON INTELLIGENCE.


evident to the casual observer as it was
day or two ago, but it is there all the
same. The silver men are doing more
thinking than talking; that's why the
excitement is not so apparent. To say
what they will do is mere guess work;
they have not decided themselves yet.
The talk of putting free coinage
amendment on the tariff bill is prema-
ture It will be some weeks before the
tariff bill reaches the legislative stage
where amendments will be in order
and careful inquiry among the silver
senators failed to find anybody who
would say that he had determined to
offer such amendment The tariff bill
is already too complicated to suit many
senators and any attempt to further
complicate it by the addition of the
silver question would almost certainly
be antagonized by some of the senators
who would otherwise gladly vote for
free coinage. Representative Bland,
speaking for the silver men in the
house, has already condemned the idea.
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Carolina, is at the head of movement
in congress that is attracting the at
tention of politicians, although it has
not yet passed the formative period. Tt
is for nothing more or less than the
formation of the new political party in
the south and west. Mr.. McLaurin
claims that he has received informa-
ton which causes him to believe that
the new movement would be very
popular, if properly launched. An
other movement talked about here is a
proposed combination of the silver
Democrats and Populists in the con-
gressional election in the south and
west.
Senator Voorhees, opened the tariff
debate in the senate today His re-
marks differed from the ordinary set
speech, in that they were almost who'll
ly devoted to an explanation of the
bill. Everybody expects this debate to
develope into a long and weary seige
with the final result very much in
doubt.
Senator Stewart of Nevada, has set
tied all doubts as to where he stands
politically, by the publication of let
ter over his own signature, closing
with these words: 81 am a Populist
and belong to the only party that is
| unequivocally opposed to the subjec-
ton of the people Of the United States
to the rules of banks and bondholders' -
Representative Warner of New York,
is the author of little pamphlet now
being extensively circulated and read
in congressional circles. It is straight
from the shoulder attack on the pro-
lection given the sugar trust by the
revised tariff. bill The nature of the
attack may be readily understood from
the following headings taken from the
pamphlet, 'Prof1ts and Greed, i" Pacific
Coast Extortions," Cholera Exploita-
tion," Misrepresentation" and "Sup-
preston of Information" Mr.. Warner
says the figures in his pamphlet are
the result of careful and unbiased in
vestigatiOns of sugar refining at home
and abroad.
There is much gossip here concern
ing Secretary Carlisle's visit to New
York, which followed close upon Presi-
dent Cleveland's veto of the Bland
coinage bill. Mr.. Carlisle says his visit
was entirely a personal one, but it is
positively stated that while there he
had a conference with Wall street
bankers. That is what started the COS
sip.
The motion to pass the Bland bill
over the presidents veto, which will be
made in the house this week by Mr..
Bland, will not be made with any ex-
pectation of passing the bill, but mere
~ to complete the record, as it were.
The vote by which the bill originally
passed the house was 168 to 129, but the
motion to pass the bill over the veto
will not get SO large a vote, as number
of Representatives have already an
nounced that they would to refuse to
vote for the motion, and number who
have said nothing will doubtless
manage to dodge the vote for reasons
of their own.
The house is again arresting absent
members, in order to get a quorum of
Democrats present to dispose of the
Missouri contested election case. The
flibustering on this case developed
several dramatic scenes, with Speaker
Crisp and ex-Speaker Reed in the star
roles. One of them was almost re-
production of another that occurred in
the Fiftieth congress when Mr.. Reed
was in the speakers chair and Mr..
Crisp one of the leaders of his party on
the floor. In both cases the speaker
came out ahead.
Speaker Crisp's declination of the
appointment to the seat of the late
Senator Colquitt is generally regarded
as good politics for his party, which is
hardly in condition to elect another
speaker of the house without adding
largely to the existing dissatisfaction,
and it is believed here that he has
made his election to the senate for
full term well nigh a certainty.