The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-12-07

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WAsHIxaroa. Nov. a, 1895.
That Speaker Rcd Win Weld "a
enormous power over tn lsgisla'
ton Of this session Of Congress
10 certain, but your correspondent,
for one, does not believe be will b
powerful enough to carry ont what
has been this week announced .
the Reed programme-to confine
the legislation Of the session to
the regular appropriation bills and
to bring about IN adjournment
before the summer, opens. There
is . power mightief than that
of any aspirant for the Presidency,
oven though that aspirant b Speak
or of the House of Representatives
public opinion. Aud that power
will demand in tones which Speaker
Reed will not dare to disregard that
Congress do something to stop the
further issue Of bonds, if it does
nothing else. This is not ques-
ton of partisan politics, but one of
the very greatest public interest.
It is we'll known that if Congress
does not legislate on this subject
another issue Of bonds will be made
inside of three months. If Congress
refuses to prevent that issue Of
bonds, will it not come in for an
equal share in the condemnation
which the public, and it's members,
have given the Cleveland admins
tration?
The constant and positive asser-
tons of prominent republicans that
their party will reorganize the Seu-
ate has caused it to be generally
believed in Washington that some
or all of the populist Senators have
agreed to vote with the republicans.
It is asserted that Senators Jones
and Stewart, of Nevada, and posi-
bly, one or two other populist Sen
-ators will attend the republican
caucus, to be held sometime next
week for the purpose of considering
and deciding what, if any, steps
shall be taken towards reorganiza-
ton.
Considerable interest was aroused
both in Congressional and admins
tration circles by the publication
of telegram saying that Senator
Blackburn would be reelected to
the Senate by the votes of the two
populist members of the Kentucky
Populists have ex-
pressed the opinion ever since the
result Of the Kentucky election was
known that if Blackburn could get
the solid support of all the demo:
cratic members of the legislature he
could be reelected, because the two
would rather vote for him,
on account of his silver views, than
for any man the republicans would
be likely to put up, but they did
not, and do not now believe that
Mr.. Blackburn can get the support
of all the democrats. It is an open
secret in Washington that President
Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle
made it plain during the campaign
that they would rather see repub-
lican sent to the Senate from Ken
lucky than to see Mr.. Blackburn
reelected, and if they haven't
changed their minds they can GER
tainly control the votes of enough |
democratic members of the Ken
lucky Legislature to prevent Black
burns reelection even should sew
sral republicans join the two popu-
lists in voting for him.
A curious form of stealing has
Just been found out in some of the |
government departments. In sew
sral of these departments, notably
The Interior, there are in the files
thousands of land warrants bearing
The autograph signatures Of Presi-
dents of the United States from
The foundation Of the Land Office
70 the time-less than twenty years
ago-that Congress authorized the
appointment of q clerk to examine
and warrants and sign the Presi-
dents name thereto. Some of those
Presidential signatures have con-
siderable money value among deal
ers and collectors of autographs,
and some person or persons-pre-
sumably employed in the depart
ment-has been cutting off the sig
natures and selling them. So far
10 the investigation has gone it
shows that President Lincoln's sig
nature has been specially sought
after by the thief or thieves. This |
Is very serious, as the mutilation Of
The documents render them almost
valueless as legal evidence. Off
GERS of the Treasury secret service
are working on the case.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable
nature of the report of the Govern
ment Commission that Investigated
he Nicaragua canal, the movement
10 have the government assist in
the canal will be pushed