West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-01-10
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
THE CARLISLE CURRENCY BILL
ItWm Pass with Some Amendmsn,s.
WASHINGTON, ID. c..
Jan. 1. lS95.

WASHINGTON, ID. c..
Jan. /. lS95.
President Cleveland has moi frlly de.
cidcd II sen I a special meSsaWe to Con-
gress urging the necessity for naancial
/ legislation at this session, bnt be baE
had the subject under consideration
and will gladly send in spocinl message
I lac thinks IL will aid the cause ot
currency reform. AS there nre a con
| siderable number of Democratic ,nem-
! bcrs Of the House who have not vet r.
! tarnc Co Washington IL is probable
/ that the decision ns 90 the proposed
| Democratic caucus ON the Carlisle cur
rency reform bin will go over 10 next
| week, general debate on the bill CON.
| tinuing meanwhile IN the Hopye
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The idea OF the Democratic leaders
in the House is to try to meet all rea.
Sonablc objections To the Carlisle bill
/ 10y amendments and then put the hill
! through the House 10y majority so
large chat the senate will bc conpelleI
! 10y public opinion 10 act upon the mea.
sure They wish To get Ia, funot
/ poasihle Attendance at the caucus ami
To have every objection 10 the bin
| frankly stated. There is no desire 10
muz2le anybody, or 30 ask anyone 90
vote for the bill who cannot be con-
vinccd that il is NJ least step towards
relief
-.
Notwithstanding all the wild talls
/ about Democratic opposition 60 tho
Carlisle bill, your correspondent un-
hcsitatingly predicts that wb sn the
bill is put upon its 6nal passage in the
House there will not he % Democratic
votes recorded agaiBs 1t. But the bnI
mry be considerably changed by amed-
ments before II IS voted upon. What
ever is done with IL, it should in the
cnd be passed (eveu " IL did not de-
serve to be on its mnrits), ns a voie OF
confidence 10y Democratic Congress
in Democratic administration.
~
President Cleveland and Secretary
smith have a right 10 feel proud OF a
! compliment paid them by Capt p. II
Ray. u. $. A., who Is at present in
Washington Capt Ray has done duty
| among the Indians for thirty years and
who IS at the present time in charge OF
the Shoshone aud Arappahone Indian
agency in Wyoming. said during "a
conversation in which he expressed
the unqualified belief that the Indian
could be made a self-8upportiny and
sslf-respectipg citizen: During al NV
experience 10 the West have never
known an administration that hns
dealt with the Indians in as clear and
conscientious way ns the present.
The Secretary If The Interior ha3.
without any partisan bias done in eve
ry instance his best 10 promote the in.
tcrcst Of the tribes and the Goverpent.
and from my own observation ! think
that nc has thus far been very succasa-
ful."
~
Representative Brickner. OF Wiscon-
sin. is noycr-say-die sort 3f 3fDsmocrat.
he says: Wisconsin has two Demo
cratic Senators now, and IL is by no
m aans certain that she will have any
less two years from now. il is true
that about one-half o. the present Sem
atc Will hold over and that a majority
Of them are Republicans but il The
Democrats in Wisconsin pull them
selves together and start out with a
new organizaUJ Jn, sec no reason why
we should not elect Democratic Lsr-
i,lnture in 1896" Spending - the out
look for legislation by this Congress.
Mr. Brickner saids The Democrats
can pass Gnanei4l bill unles, the Re-
pnblic1us iu the Senate intere ,ss diIa-
tors tactics aud prevent acion. n
nothing IS done in the Senate. the re-
spDnsibility viii rest with Csc R,publ.-
cans. and then II an extra session IS
the result 10, country win speedily
understand who is to blame. Tho ti-
way ahead Tor The Bepubjic,n, by no
means free from thoros"
a4
Secretary Carlisle very properly de-.
clines 10 discuss the abs i-d story that
Mr. j. pierpont Morgan bad been sent
TO Pres ident Cleveland by s-n iiclte
OF bankers 10 ask that the Secrctl-y OF
the Treasury be removed A more pre-
postcrous story was never stlrtsd upon
It's rounds 10 is altogether probable
that any man who presented a request
Of that sort 80 President Cleveland
would bee, az DE deserve o. be. hieltrd
out of the executive oGi sc. Euch n re
quest would be- an assumption shat the