The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-02-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.


Washington, January 81, 1879
If the money changers who have forced
the third issued of bonds, which will prob
ably be officially announced after Congress
has been given time to digest the executive
message, by Withdrawing the gold which
they paid for the last issue of bonds from
the Treasury, thought thereby to brighten
Congress into financial legislation they have
apparently made a big mistake. Congress
dosen't show the least bit of fright, and
there is no more probability of financial leg
islation now than there was before the gold
raid began. In fact, the new issue OF bonds
will no more frighten Congress as whole
than does the talk about the Treasury being
forced upon a silver basis does the silver
men. Congress dosen't legislate on financial
matters for precisely the same reason that
some married couples do not live together
they cannot agree upon anything, And the
impression is growing that if an extra session
of the next Congress is called, the same
reason will prevent financial legislation.
The administration men stole march
upon the anti's in the Senate, by getting
Senator Vests amendment to the pending
Hawaiian resolution adopted by vote OF "A
to D. This amendment expresses sympathy
with all efforts to establish Republican IN
stitutions; reaffirms the policy of absolute
non.interference with the affairs of other
nations, and declares the Cleveland admin
istraton entitled to commentator and sup
port for having maintained that policy to-
wards Hawaii. Twenty three Democrats
and one Republican voted for the amend
ment, and eighteen Republicans and four
Popuists against it. There was some very
spirited debate in connection with the
amendment, Senator Teller declaring that ii
allowed to stand it would put an absolute
| falsehood" in the records Of the Senate
! The matter is not ended. 1t will come W
again this week and is likely to be accom-
panied with more lively talk.
The bills for the admission of Arizona ant
New Mexico have very little show to &c
passed by the Senate at this session. Al
though there has been little public opposl
ton to either, it is an open secret there
large number of Senators who do not wis
to see those bills become laws, and 1t Is als
known that although he has promised t
sign them if they were sent to him, Pres
dent Cleveland would much prefer tina
they be left Enacted upon. The Oklahom
bill is in the same boat.
Now that the House has made beglnl
ing in that direction by adding two final
cial amendments-on to give the Secretar
of the Treasury discretion as to what DE-
nomination Of notes shall be issued in plat
of those redeemed and cancelled, and on
making gold certificates non-receivable #
custom dues after July |, 1898, and forb
ing their use by national banks in their r
serves, and stopping their future issue
a regular appropriation bill, it is expect'
that number of such amendments will
proposed IN the oehate' ihcluuinS SeNei
for the issue of bonds and for the free col
age of silver.
The amendment to the Nicaragua Can
bill, providing that mo more than o
, dollar in stock of the company shall
L issued fol every dollar, in truth and in ia
g expended by the company, " which was ott'
ed by Senator Wolcott and adopted by t
e Senate previous to the passage of the hi
has deprived the lobby of much of the sat
IS faction of getting the bill through t
# Senate. Its chance for getting through t
d House is very small, so small in fact tt
few people even profess to be able to see