Fair play., 1896-01-11
Washington Letter.

Washington. ID. G., Jan. ), 1896.
President Cleveland may or may
not have ielt COMMUNICATED when
Senator sherman offered II rssolu-
tinn providing that when grcenbacks
or L. ;. Treasury notes are redeemed
for gold they shall not be reissued ex-
cept for gold, but that resolution and
Il speech made in it's favor by Mr..
Sherman have been the most sensa-
i"nai occurrences ct the week in
Congress. IL will be remembered
that when President Cleveland in his
annual message and Secretary Car
lisie i'll his annual report recon-
mended the retirement of the green-
backs and Treasury notes as the best
remedy for our financial troubles
Senator Sherman was foremost
among those republicans who hOoted
at he idea. Now Senator Sherman
offers resolution which, if it be.
came a law, would probably resul,
in retiring the greenbacks aud
Treasury notes, although lie claims
that it wouldn't The basis for his
claim ia not, however, a very sub
staniial one. lie figures that tho law
would work like the assurance of a
bank cashie: TO a frightened deposi-
tor, that he could have his money if
he wanted it; and that those who
have been presenting these notes for
redemption in gold will STOP ns soon
MS they know that the notes so pre-
sented will not be again paid out for
them to present again.
The scrambling among those who
want more of the protection pork
than The tariff bill which the House
passed gives them has not been
equalied since the Mckinley bill Was
being made up. 1t has been and is
making lii. miserable for the republi-
can members Of the Senate Finance
committee. which il now trying to
decide in what shape the bill is to be
reported back to the Senate. The
greed of those seeking protection for
sreciat iin,s. at the expense of every.
body else, would make the scramble
sufficiently di-agreeable, but Presi.
Dental politics have also been
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declare that the bill rs passed by the
House is in the interest of Reeds
candidacy, and that they will have
more McKinIcyism put into It, or
know the reason why it isn't done
The democrats are not taking much
interest i'm the bill, although the
nearer il gets to McKinieyism the
better it will SUIT them they believe
that the country Is rs strongly op-
posed 10 Mckinleyism now as it was
when il elected the democratic House
of the Fifty second Congress and
when il elected Mr.. cleveland Presi. |
dent aud gave the democrats control
of both branches of the Fitty-third
Congress and that the nearer the hill
the original Mckinley
bill the greater will be its effect
tOwsrds helping to elect a democratic |
President next November Demo-
cratic Senators have not agreed upon
any programme Oh the tariff bill, hut
the general sentiment among them
indicates that after putting the party
on record against the bill they will
place no ObStructiOns in the way of
reaching vote. Even il the bill
passes the Senate In shape to meet
the approval of NJ. Reed, who is to
all intents and purposes the House, |
It is well-Digh certain that it will be |
vetoed BY President Cleveland.
Mr.. Reed wauied a rest this week |
the House has doue
nothing except to go through the
form of holding sessions Tuesday and
today,
There has been considerable change
Of opiniou as to the attitude of
England towards the Venezuelan |
commission, the member
ship Of which could hardly have been
Instead of being violent
ly opposed TO the commission, as
many supposed il would be, It seems,
franz trustworthy information, that
the British government while not
officially recognizing the commission
proposes to unofficially assist II III
every way possible to get at the
actual facts as to the true boundary
between Venezuela aud British
Guiana.
The resolution adopted by the
Senate calling upon the Secretary of
the Navy to state whether in his
opinion it would be advantageous to
for six battleships, instead