The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-07-18
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, July 10, 1895.

terest IN w WashlnRton anu Whicn, II true,
explains the apparently contentsd attitude
of the Republican silver senators during the
silver discussions of the past three or four
months, is in substance about as follows:
Those senators will all attend the Republi-
can national convention as delegates. They
will demand that the convention nominate
either Senator Cameron or Senator Teller or
declare for the free coinage of silver in its
platform. When those demands are refused
as they expect them to be, they will leave
the convention in body. They will not
attempt to make bolting nomination, but
will return to their respective homes and
see that Republican ticket containing the
names of electors pledged not to vote in the
electoral college for any man not in favor of
the free coinage of silver is nominated
They figure that the election of such tickets
will be comparatively an easy task in all the
silver states, because they will be voted for
by nearly all the silver men, regardless OF
their prevons party connection, and that
enough electors can be 20 chosen to hold the
balance Of power in the electoral college and
either compel the election OF silver man,
regardless of the party nominations or throw
the election into the House of Representa-
tives. In the latter event they claim that
the silver men would hold the balance of
power-the division, according to their
figures, being sixteen Republican gold states
sixteen Democratic states and twelve Re-
publican silver states-and could succeed in
compelling either the Democrats or the Re-
publcans to name q silver man. They
claim that ten of the Republican silver
states would cast their votes regardless of
party and in favor of silver Democrat
rather than gold Republican. Twenty
five states would elect.
Professor Willis Moore who has succeeded
Professor Harrington as chief of the weather
bureau, is very well known in Washington,
where he first became an employee of that
bureau some twenty years ago. Although
he has for several years been known as the
most successful weather forecaster in the
service, Mr.. Moore is printer by trade
and for some time after he became an EN-.
ployee of the bureau he ran little job Office
in Washington. He has already taken
charge of the bureau and he talks very nice.
ly about how he proposes to run it. He
says merit is to be the only test for the pro-
motion Of its employees and that there is to
be no politics in the Bureau. He is credited
with being a republican, although he has
never been active in politics. He says of
the work of the Bureau: showers and mi
nor changes in temperature are relatively un-
important but at least 80 per cent and per-
haps 80 per cent of the severe changes Of
weather should be accurately forecasted at
least twelve hours or more ahead. All off,
oials and employees will be given an incen-
tive to better work and scientific discoveries
will be rewarded by Advancement"
Hon. Matt w. Ransom, U. s. minister to
Mexico, now on leave of absence, is in
Washington. He says of that country: at
is surprising to know how large the Ameri-
can interest is in Mexico. l suppose that
there are from 5000, 600, 900 to $500, 600, ,OOC
Of American capital invested in the Repub'
lie. All the railroads, except one from Vera
Cruz to the city Of Mexico, were built by
American money, while great smelling
works, factories and other improvements
have been inaugurated by Americans. II
naturally follows that the U. s. Minister
has good many matters to constantly claim
his attention, but the Mexican government
is disposed to be very friendly with this
country, and the work Of the Minister i,
maded as pleasant as possible" Mr. Ran
som will not go back until late in August
il he goes back at all. The climate o
Mexico does not agree with him and if h
can get some other appointment he will
probably resign as Mexican Minister.
Post Office Department officials have bee
saying some very uncomplimentary things
much harsher than anything Postmaste
General Wilson wrote in his letter to the
s. District Attorney, authorizing an offer {
$1,000 reward for each of the escape
pElSOuoIb--hUOuv viz ieAoiH vi VI
Ludlow street JAIL in New York City, frol
which the three notorious post offio
burglars were allowed to escape sever
days ago, and such remarks as "collusion,
criminal negligence" ETC., are heard
the neighborhood of the Offices Of prominer
postal officials. The postal authorit
spent q considerable amount of money
running down and capturing those thr
burglars, and unless present signs are d
ceptive, they will spend much more
ascertaining whether any official aided
their escape, and in furnishing the guilty t
ones II they can be located.
lady teacher in one Of the public schot
in trying to explain the meaning Of t
word 'slowly," illustrated it by walki
across the floor. Then she asked the cls
to tell her how she walked She neal
tainted when boy at the foot of the cl,
shouted. Bow legged maaml"-Albs
Journal.
The saloons in Indiana have all be
closed by the Nicholson temperance la
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