The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-17
wi>HiNGroy LETTER


,FHlN Our BEYyiNu CoHaEsroSpySr
WN,HNGroS, jan. 10, 1895. ]
There D.. no cNal'atiou among the Ill.
yer men In congress over the reporting .
81 a bill ier the free coinage Of silver to .
the senate a. q substitute for the house /
bond bill This may be because IL WAS
well known from the first that such action /
would BE- taken. or 1t may be because OF /
the general knoSlcdse that the -ub.ti- /
tutc cannot possibly become u law; ut
any rate, 10 l. true. II will pass the |
senate by O decisive majority. notwith- |
standing the shrewd move Of senator |
Chandler, who has posed as a Especial |
friend OF silver, In introducing bill |
proviaiug ior popular loan 10y the sale
Of interest bearing postal notes at all
money order postoiliccs, which he has
given notice of his intention To offer as
substitute for the free coinage bin. but
there are silver men who regard 1t ASA
mere waste Of time 20 put the bill
| through the senate. They say Speaker
Reed would no, give the bill chance
to get through the house. even II two
thirds OF that body wanted To- vote Tor
Il, and, Of course, all the world knows
that President Cleveland would take
especial pleasure In vetoing free coin
ago bill, should II by any possibility
ever succeed la reaching him.
The members Of the Venezuelan
Boundary Commission are engaged in
the preliminary work Of their investiga-
tion. Tho headquarters Of the com.
mission will be In Washington, and Il
,, may be that It's work can all be done
, without leaving the city, but eircum-
stances will decide that. Regardless Of
, the personal convenience Of it, members
the commission will endeayor to render
decision which will forever settle what
has been troublesome question for
more than half cestury. So far the
attitude OF everybody concerned seem.
I, to lie - aid the commission In H. search
=, after the correct boundary line between
:, British Guiana aud Venezuela.
q The sessions Of the house this week
A have been very short, most Of the work
=. done being IN committee rooms.
+, Amemher Of the house committee OF
territories sald this week; "No one cai
tell ul this time what will be done b,
" 'coEsres-, hut 1t l. nay opinion that ca
: aiding sets will he passed at this session
~ authorizing statehood for New Mexico
Arizona and Oklahoma, and tina, Indisl
~ Territory will be placed under a regulu
4 territorial form Of government. NJ
c opinion Is based upon those expressel
10y other members oi the house."
. Ia speech strongly attacking tn
n. Supreme Court ecisiuu against the IN
4. come tnN, w.'oh he declared was
NJ "mattor Of surrrise-oisurprisc 10 ever
4. intelligent 20 ser In the country, an
D.. especially to those OF u. IN congress, VIII
were engaged In formulating the leglsli
ton" Senator Vest used some stron
language against the domination Of III
"a gold kings, and IN favor oithe free coli
p' age OF silver. lie ridiruled the idl
y. that there i- enough gold outside
90 what Is held by the binks 20 take u
a the klOo,uOO.OOp bond issue which %.
t been advertised hy Secretary Carlisle
IT, and concluded hy saying Tho col
dict IL irrepres.ible. il We are " ha,
the gold standard and the domlnatio
%. VI the national banks, go 10 the poop
he and have them ryet the chains. But
DO believe the people will respond again
u wiping out one.hali Of the money Of N
w world, aud in favor Of striking down II
pd financial despotism that supon us."
lie According TO Senator Mills OF Texu
es the Republicans adopted the Democrat
w idea Of a tariff for revenue only, whe
d. they put the tariff biz through III
house that Is now in the senate, IL
TO neither Mr., MJls nor any other Dem
' cratic senator has announced his inter
ton to.vote orlhc bin. lit represen
f' Democratic ideas, the Democrats al
not supporting those ideas with pr
d'gree OF unanimiiy, although 10 il C..
o- pocted that several Democratic senator
.c- will vote for the bin. noa that the r.
bod publeans have decided mot 20 amend s
lo hnt Mn Mills isu't ONE oi them
BOO Several representative of free Cul
m ore here trying DO get che bclIigereucy