The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23
VIEW AT WASHINGTON.

| w aSNilE Ton, FEBRUARY -u-ine idte vi
the revenue bill in the senate is still as
mysterious as that of an arctic eNpedi-
ton.
II there are any statesmen in that body
with vision clear enough to perceive that
/ The country wants the tarin law and
wants 1t badly. they have not influence
enough to carry out their wishes.
As usual. republican senators are run
| Ming about trying to ascertain what their
/ silver colleagues are willing to do il any
| thing. The silver men are still in control
| and show no signs of letting GO senator
/ Carter, who voted against taking ny the
/ tariH TIN the other day and WHO. 1t viii
( be remembered, is still chairman Of the
| National republican committee said to-
1 day TIE senate would ultimately pass some
! sort az a revenue 10 II.
| This indicates that Mr.. Carter and other
/ VOL known republicans have b-on hearing
] IN m he country. At the same time the
/ other silver senators are talking more
| vigorously than ever against the house
/ bin. They say now their opposition is not
! 81 much ON account of silver as because
! they are not satisfied with the hill itself.
| They now say they want more protection
, for wool and less for wooden goods. which
/ may ue regarded AS "A good enough Nor
/ san IrtttNt behind which 10 hide their
| conspiracy TO saud-hag protection til sill
Yer is taken under Its protecting wing
q well known Chicago man. Levi Z Lei
ter gives it as his opinion that the silver
output IN this country this year will not
I exceed s25OO0oo or $4,000 900, against an
| average Of SJ5,o0OOoo or Sso,o0l 90 in past
years
Mr.. Letter is interested In silver mining
and knows whereof he speaks.
an The big pure silver mines are shut
Rsu-f 1r. vii, ~ y,
wheu silver l.. under 70 cents an ounce.
What production Of silver there is comes
from mines producing lead or copper ores
uloug with the white metal How absurd
to have the United States held up, with
a nrm and relentless grip on its throat, by
an Industry representing such "a small am
nual product az S25.00o,ooo or 100000,
How ridiculous to have the great political
paroles OF great Nation trembling be-
for hc 'hrclts Of the owners Of That little
industry and their agents and lupes, How
craven 10 permit the wheels OF legislation.
revenue for the treasury. protection for
American industries, employment for thh
10000 men whom II is estimated the house
hill n law, would set to work. TO be
interest not greater In Importance and
value OF output than the agricultural pro-
ducts of a single congressional district In
the Mississippi valley!
Tho government has been literally
turned topsy-urvy for the benefit Of sill
Yer
. r.be oo,,,,ias or tho svstop, NJ nonuIar
ranr,.sont "a ,ives Ia,.. ,,.en 1ostrovsd Nv
statas hava hoo, bro,,,h, in davotod
10 !, single interest nh nnllinco,ion has
resulted
We have now in Washington a cont ress
whose senate stands Ike IL stone wall
against everything mat docs not mako
for silver, and whose house of repre-
stntauNcs is against silver in p. oportion
VI iiNe 70 TWO. OF the rty-nNe States
or the Union only shteen-Al1hama,
Arkansas. Naiioc1ia, Colorado, Georgia,
Idaho, mississippi Montana. Nevada,
North Carolina. Oregon south Carolina,
South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia.
Washington and WyOming-gaVc n MAJOR
ity of their votes "a free silver in the
house last Friday These eighteen states
are much moro important numerically
thnn IN population wealth or voice In the
electoral colete' They represent less than
re9ple in ne nit'd states. Their assess-
az" MVi4te - wi ,,,'t ~ XXI 6,o , oul
country In the electoral c,,lege. not
wiihstanding th" undue weight given to
small states I'm our system they have
only l2N votes out of a total of IA. But