The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-02-08
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.
Y YASHINGTON, D. c., Feb.
\Ak 4th,-The statement has
" been made in this correspon-

" been made in this correspon-
dence that the silver men ere masters
of the situation as far as the senate
was concerned. That statement has
been confirmed on the floor of the gen.
ate by two members Of the finance
committee-Sherman and Vest-both
of whom stated in the most positive
terms that the silver men made it i'm
20 sib,e for the finance committee o
report any sort of a financial bill that
does not include free coinage These
are all the stronger because
the men who made them represent the
two sides of the financial question, Mr..
Vest making the statement as def
ance to Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Sher-
man regretfully. This being the state
of affairs in the senate the efforts that
are being made in the house to pass
the bill embodying the recommends
tions of President Cleveland's special
message would seem to be mere
waste of time. Meanwhile the admin
istratiOn is preparing for another bond
issue under the law of 1875, and it is
said that they will be thirty-year As
this time, instead Of ten year SIS, as in
the two previous issues.
**x
The contest over the Pacific Rail-
road Funding bill in the house was
not long, but during the three days
that it lasted it was a battle royal cf
the plainest Of plain speaking. The
result will not he surprising. :. 1t may
not be true, as some of the opponents
OF the bill charged, that agents of
G. P. Huntington were paying as high
as 500, 900 apiece for. votes for the bill
but it is certain that lobbyists known
to be Mr.. HuntingtOn's friends have
been in Washington ever since this
session of congress began working for
votes for this measure, which it's
author declared to he in the interest
of the government and not of the rail
roads.
Senator Teller is by general consent
as the leader of the silver men
in the senate. It was to him there
fore that seekers of information as to
whether the silver senators would 90
to the extent of defeating one of the
regular appropriation bills, if 3he
attempt, now talked of, were made too
attach rider authorizing the issue of
bonds to one of them. When the
question was squarely put to Mr.. Tel
ler-would the silver senators deliber-,
ately prevent the passage of an appr0ft,
priation bill with rider providing for
the issue of bonds or other financial
Objectionable to them?-he
replied in the most positive tone:
''They would. We believe that all the
present developments are a part of a
plan which had its origin when Mr.
Cleveland entered upon his second
to PIT the country upon
a gold basis and create a permanent
Gebt for the investment of the Capital
ist class i'll this country. We do not
propose to see this done, even if it
should result in in extra session. We
have no fears of an extra session, and
10 threats in that line can disturb us.
we Should certainly fight an appropria-
ton bill, with such a rider, just as
as any other bill, and you
cannot make that statement too
strong''
**x
There has been no end of talk about
the alleged remarks of southern SEN
ator to August Belmont, the American
agent of Rothchilds, who came to
washington to talk about needed
financial legislation. After Mr.. Bel
mont had given the senator his idea of
what ought to be dOne-those who
desire to know what that idea was
may find it in President Cleveland's
special message which was sent to
Congress last Monday-tIe senator is
reported to have said: MIR. Belmont
you are very rich man. Ynu own a
great many government bonds; now
let me tell you something. We, i'm the
South, own a great deal of cotton, and
cotton is not worth SO cents OH the
dollar, to-day. Now, we don't pro-
pose that your bonds shall be worth
more than our cutton.'' If that con-
versation really occurred it is not sur
prising that Mr.. Belmont did not
remain in washington.
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