The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-01-05

: that the republicans have it in thei
power to pass or defeat the bill, an
, | have no idea that they will hell
to pass it," Another statemen
that is true is, that democrats op
posed to the bill are trying to &c
votes enough pledged to defeat
! in the democratic caucus that is +
be held next week. If they succeed
there will probably be no caucus.
II If it becomes necessary in orde
to prevent the outright defeat 0
1.-The currency bill, without a vote il
the House, TO abandon the proposed
House democratic caucus it is be
lieved to be the intention of TIL
administration to attempt to dupli
cate the tactics adopted last year t.
pass the silver repeal bill through
the Senate. That is, to seek combi
nation between the republicans and
the administration men. In order
to test the sentiments of the repub
licans in the House some of them
have been asked by friends of the
the. administration whether they
would support the currency bill il
the State bank Currency section, to
which the republicans are unalter-
ably opposed, were dropped.
Mr.. Matthew Griffin, owner of an
influential financial paper, is WIS.,
iting Washington. He doesn't take
a bright view of the business out
look for 1895. He said: "There is
absolutely no ground for believing
that there will be any great i'm
provement in business for the next
six months. A great many people
pin their faith to a change in the
currency laws. / don't believe the
adoption of new monetary system
would mend matters a particle.
Europe is poor, is in want of money
and unloads her American securi-
ties upon us, so as to draw on US
continuously for gold. Our farmers
are getting nothing for their prod
ucts, and our railroads are not earn
ing any money. What Congress
can do to relieve this state of things
is past my comprehension. All
we can do is to wait and hope"
That Congress could do much is
certain, but that it will do nothing
appears to be equally certain to the
minds of many of it's members. For
instance, Representative Walker of
Massachusetts, who claims to have
been the first to suggest the idea of
extending the currency of national
banks which is a part of the Car
isle currency bill, thinks things are
practically in dead lock. He
says: Financial legislation at this
session of Congress is impossible
lnder present conditions, the whole
question being so strangely mud.
lied by the administration, which
Ices not seem to have any concep-
ion of what legislation is necessary
o compose the finances of the
country and especially to relieve
he Treasury from the constant de-
hands for gold"
Chairman Springer, who is in
'harge of the Currency bill, has
'erved notice upon Mr.. Bland that
When he attempts to offer his bill
or the issue of coin and coin notes
" the government as a substitute
or the Carlisle currency bill he in
ends to raise a point of order
'gainst it, on the ground that it is
lot germane to the question that
will be under consideration, and
rom another source Mr.. Bland has
earned that the programme is all
rranged to have that point of order
ustained and his bill thrown out.
there is likely to be a hard fight
n this question, as every demo
ratio member of the House who
'elieves in the free coinage of sill
er will have to choose between sup
'orting Mr.. Rland's bill and revers-
ng himself.
The story of a serious revolution
q Hawaii, which was telegraphed
rom San Francisco this week,
ound few believers in Washington,
nd is thought to have no better
that the story Of the ar
est of few royal conspirators,
articulars of which came by a
teamer that left everything quiet
n the Islands a week after those
rrests.
It's said that several parties COM
osed of members of the House
no are opposed to the Nicaragua !
anal bill are enjoying holiday
leasure trips at the expense of the !
anal lobby. Of course a little g
ling like that isn't likely to changel I
ny votes.
Charles L. Fairs legal advisers t
ropose plan by which he can
ontest his fathers will and not q
opardize his interests by running (
'ul of the forfeiture clause. The &
theme is for Mrs. Oelricbs and Miss t
air to agree that If Charlie loses q
a oe,st ~ fo~E~sA~ L.