The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-01-11
THECURRENCTBTIL PR 4CTICAL-
LY DEAD.


According to the programme map
ped out by the Democratic caucus a
vote on the currency bill was to have
been taken tomorrow, but when the
special order to that effect came up
in the House of Representative yes
terday it was defeated by a vote of
129 to 124. While this does not neces-
sarily mean the defeat of the bill as it
is still the regular order of business, it
indicates that its passage is extremely
doubtful, and even if it should pass
the House it will have very little show
in the Senate.
AS was pointed out in this column
last week the Republicans are arrayed
solidly against the bill for party rea-
sons. They do not want to see any
beneficial measure passed before the
fourth of March for fear the Demo
Gratis will get the credit for it. There
are many free silver men among the
Democratic Representatives and these
are unwilling to support bill in which
they think they see a scheme to side
track silver. There is group who are
opposed to any change in the existing
method and think the government
should continue in the banking bust
ness. There are also few, unfortun-
ately, who oppose the bill for no other
known reason than general cussed-
ness" Therefore, it is easy to see that
the way is not at all clear for currency
reform.
If nothing be done this session, as
seems most probable, President Cleve-
land will very likely be compelled to
call an extra session of Congress. AT
ter the fourth of March the Republi-
cans will have their coveted majority
but it is difficult to see how they are
going to accomplish anything more
than the Democrats will have DONE
The Republican party has quite as
large proportion of free silver men
as the Democratic party, and their
allies, the Populists, are disposed to
sink or swim with the free-silver
plank. They will find that it is much
easier to say Let us show you how to
do it, than to be able to say There,
it is DONE" The only hope for the
country is that Democratic Represen-
tatives may have more patriotism than
the Republicans have shown and
join with them in passing a measure
for the good of the whole people.
There is much satisfaction to conser-
vative men in the thought that the
Republicans can not pass any
injurious law while President Cleve-
land stands at the head of the
government.
In the universal business distress
and scarcity of money it is quite en-
couraging to note the solidity and
prosperity of the financial institutions
of our county. The Hartford National
and Second National Banks in Bel
Air, First National Bank of Aberdeen,
and the First National Bank of Havre
de Grace, the numerous building asso-
Citations in the county and the Hartford
Mutual Fire Insurance Company all
show balance sheets that are very sat-
isfactory to their stockholders and
gratifying to any one who takes an in
terestin the welfare of our county.
These institutions are ably and conser-
vatively managed and not one of them
has ever lost dollar by defalcation
or mismanagement by any of its Off
GERS. This fact should be a proud re-
cord for any county.
Washington correspondents state
that President Cleveland and Senators
Hill and German have gotten togeth
er and will use their united efforts to
pass currency bill. If this be true
it will be q great thing, not only for
the Democratic party but for the
whole country, for the Democratic par
ty is the party of the people and its
measures are always for the public
good. 1t is only when its leaders diff
fer among themselves and pull differ
ent ways that it fails to satisfy the
people.
The political sensation of the past
week was the disgraceful attack in
the House of Representatives by Re
preventative Silby, of Pennsylvania
upon President Cleveland. His Ian
guage was highly colored but too dis
gushing and indecent for a respecta-
BILE paper to print. 1t will probably
he exnunped from the Congressional