Catoctin clarion., 1895-01-31
Washington Letter
FRon our REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

FROM OUR REGULAR CORFEsrONDENT
WASHINGTON. D. C. January. 2sth, 1895.
If the money changers who have
forced the third issue Of bonds, which
will probably be officially announced
after Congress has been giveu time to
digest the executive message, by with
drawing the gold which they paid for
the last issue of bonds from the Treasury
though thereby to frighten Congress
into financial legislation they have
apparently made mistake. Congress
doesn't show the least bit of fright, and
there is no more probability Of financial
LEGISLATION now than there Was before
the gold raid began. In fact, tho new
issue of bonds will no more frighten
Congress as whole than does the talk
about the Treasury being forced upon
a silver men. Congress doesn't legis-
late on financial matters for precisely
the same reason that some married
couples do not live together-they Can
not 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 leg
islation.
The administration men stole march
upon the anti's in the Senate, Saturday
afternoon, by getting Senator Vests
amendment to the pending Hawaiian
resolution adopted by a vote Of "a to
%. This amendment expresses sympu
thy with all efforts to establish republl
can institutions reafhrns the policy
of absolute non in erfeltnce with th >
affairs of other nations, and declares the
Cleveland administration entitled to
commentator and support for having
maintained that policy tow ards Hawaii.
90 democrats and one republican -
Pettigrew-voted for the amendment.
and Is republicans and 4 popnliets
against it. There was some very spirit
ed debate in connection with the amend
ment, Senator Teller declaring that if
allowed to stand it would put all ''ab-
solute falsehood" in the records Of the
Senate. The matter is not ended. 1t
will come up again this week and is
likely to be accompanied with more
lively talk.
The amendment to the Nicaragua
canal bill. providing that"no more than
one dollar in stock of the company shall
be issued for every dollar, in tru' b and
in act,expended by the conany, which
was offered by Senator Wo!cott and
adopted by the Senate previous TO the
passage of the bill, has deprived the
lobby of much of the satisfaction Of get
ting the bill through the Senate. Its
chance for getting through the House
is very small, so small in tact that few
people even profess to be able to SEE it.
Some gossip has resulted from an
amendment which was offered to ihe
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill by Rep
resentative Dockery of Mo.and promptly
adopted by the House. 1t is short,meIe
ly providing that the U. s. Supreme
Court in making its estimates Of money
required for miscellaneous purposes
shall enter into detais,as other branches
of the government are required to DO
While no one made the charge in go
many words. the adoption of the amend
mAnt implies a belief Oh the part OF
the House that the Supreme Court has
been extravagant in it's aniscellaneous
expenditures.
Now that the House has made q be-
ginning in that direction by adding two
financial amendments.- to give the
Secretary of the Treasury discretion as
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