The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Ann 9

y dent Cleveland 10 settle the tariff un. : certainty. It was hoped that Mir. . Cleveland would act as soon as he re.
 turned to Washington, but the indica.
 lions now are that no action will be
 taken by him before Monday, if then.
 If the bill isn't vetoed before or on
 Monday it will become a law at mid
 night on that day. Great pressure is
 being brought upon the president to
 sign the bill at once, but pressure
 doesn't count for much in influencing
 Mir. Cleveland. While majority of the people still believe that the bill will become law, there has been a noticeable increase in the number who expect it to be vetoed. since the presi- dents return to the White House.
 The advance guard of the Knights of Pythias encampment, to be held next week. arc here, and they are all loud in their complaints against the rail- roads for not making lower rates for those who wished to attend the en- campment. It is estimated that the attendance will be only about half of what it would have been with fair charge for transportation.
 The most strongly endorsed resolu- tion for the free coinage of silver ever presented in congress or elsewhere is that offered by Representative Hart man, of Montana. Among the official endorsementsare are those of Grand Master Sovereign and Secretary Hayes, of the Knights of Labor; Marian Butler, pres ident of the National Farmers Ali ance; Samuel Gompers, president American Federation of Labor; P. NJ. Arthur, Chief of Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers; John Mcbride, pres ident of United Mine Workers; Presi- dent-Treasurer and Secretary Maguire, of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joincrs; Grand Master Sargent and Secretary Arnold, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen, and C. A. Robinson, president of the Farmers Mutual Benefit Association. In addi- tion to demanding return to the free coinage of silver at 16 to ratio, the resolution condemns increasing the bonded indebtedness of the country in time of peace, and the use of interest bearing bonds at any time. In an ad- dress to the people attached to the res olution, a unique method of showing the depreciation in the price of agri- cultural products since silver was de- monetizcd, is adopted. For instance, the address says: Before the demon- citation of silver $500 bushels of wheat or 35,000 pounds of cotton equaled the salary of congressman, and 35, 900 bushels of wheat or 350, ,O00 pounds of cotton equaled the salary of the president, while today 10000 bushels of wheat or 100000 pounds of cotton only equal a congressman's sal ary, and 100000 bushels of wheat or l 100000 pounds of cotton that of the president.
 In view of the slurs that have been cast upon the legal ability of Senator Hill, the following opinion of Repre- sentative Daniels, republican, who was for more than twenty-eight years judge of the New York Supreme court, before his election to congress, is sug- gestive and timely: "In all the cases that Mir. Hill tried before me his pa- pers were the evidence of close study | and careful preparation. He never stated point that was not intended to be proved, and it was always put in the most effective way. found that ""S'S 'S 'h"'S " pOiht HC hbt w HIS | ground and could logically defend it. When he set out to prove anything it usually proved to be so. His papers were as neat and as accurate as any I ever saw, and there was never the slightest trace of carelcssness or slip shod work. He is without question lawyer of the first rank" There are several men in the senate who believe him also to be politician of the first rank.
 No better example of the difficulty of predicting in advance what will be the action of either branch of congress upon any given measure can be cited than the anti-anarchist bill, now hung up in the house by the absence of a quo- rum, and the opposition of two or