Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFrom Our Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. %, '95.
There may be Senators besides Gray,
OF Delaware, and George, of Missis-
sippi, who are in sympathy with Mr..
Cleveland's policy towards Hawaii,
but they are the only men in the Sen.
ate who have even pretended to de.
fend that policy during the discussions
which have been q feature of the morn.
ing hour in the Senate this week. Sen
ator Hale has offered an amendment
to the Diplomatic and Consular ap.
preparation bill, appropriating $500, 900
for the survey of a cable route con.
Meeting the Hawaiian Islands and the
United States, and has given notice of
his intention to press it to a vote before
the bill is disposed Of. From the sen
timents of opposition expressed in con-
nection with Mr.. Cleveland's endorse.
ment of the acquisition of one of the
Hawaiian Islands by Great Britain, for
a cable station, there appears to be a
good prospect for the adoption of Sen.
ator Hale's amendment.
Since the failre of Senator Ransom,
on his financial mission as ambassador
from the Democratic Senators to His
Majesty Grover 1, to bring about an
agreement of any kind, those Senators
appear to have adopted a sort of 90 as
you please, every man for himself idea
of the situation, and the result is the
introduction of two new financial bills,
one by Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
and the other by Senator Smith, of
New Jersey, both providing for the
issue of three per cent. bonds up to
$500, 900, 900; but there the resemblance
stops. The Smith bill is for a non par.
tisan currency commission to make q
report next December or changes which
might be advantageously made in the
currency system, while the Jones bill
provides for the unlimited coinage of
silver, the Government to retain the
difference between the market value of
the bullion and the money coined, as
seigniorage; the reduction of the tax
on national bank currency to one
fourth of n per cent, and allows the
banks to issue currency to the par
value of the bonds they deposit with
the Treasury.
Representative Stephenson, of Michi-
gan, gave a banquet this week in honor
of Senator Burrows, which was attend
ed by a large number of the new Sem
ator's former colleagues in the House
and several of his outside friends, in
GLIDING ex-Congressman Ben Butter.
worth, OF Ohio. The Senatorial har-
ness sits easily upon Mr.. Burrows, who
has never had an attack of that dis.
ease so common among those who are
elevated by the votes of their consti-
tuents-the big head.
The House committee on the Judi.
ciary, after examining Judge Kicks, Of
Ohio, and one of the principal witness
es against him-a man who was dis
missed from Office by Judge Kicks
decided that the Judge had been guilty
of nothing more serious than careless
ness in making up his accounts and
that there was NJ reason for his i'm
parchment, a censure being sufficient
punishment for him. This probably
ends the matter, although Representa-
tive Bailey, of Texas, still says he in
tends to try to get the House to adopt
an impeachment resolution.
A decision of Assistant Secretary
Reynolds, of the Interior department
practically drops 10000 Missouri pen.
sioners from the rolls, or, rather, it
would drop them if Congress was not
in session to PREVENT it. In all the PEN
sion laws previous to that of 1890, the
provisional militia of Missouri, altho'
it never was formally enrolled as q
part Of the regular United States army,
has been recognized as a part of the
army, which it actually was so far 40
the performance of duty was concerned
in the granting of pensions to those
who served therein, and about 10, 900
of them have been drawing pensions
under the act of 1890; but Mr.. Reynolds
decides that they can no longer do so.
because they are not specially mention
ed in that act. A joint resolution was
promptly introduced and passed plac.
ing these Missouri pensioners under the
act of 1890, so as to ave these veterans
annoyance from the decision of Mr..
Reynolds.
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