Hutchinson gazette., 1896-05-28
A STEVENSON BOOM.
A Movement to Get the Vice Presi-
dent Nominated for President.
CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBLES.
Those Dropped by Reason Of Reduction OF
Force to he Preferred for Positions
The Service Pension Bill-COn-
gressIOnal Proceedings.

WASHING TON, May 27.--The free
coinage men here, satisfied that the
responsibility for party action will rest
with them ut Chicago. are develo ping
con servstism perceptibly. They be-
lieve it will be good thing to ignore
the ratio, simply declaring for the free
coinage of gold and silver at ratio to
be determined by congress. II is said
that Gov Boies, Gov. Altgeld and
other conspicuous advocates of free
coinage favor this policy and there is
no doubt that number OF free coin
age senators and representatives be-
lieve in the wisdom of this policy, too.
Senator German who is outside the
silver breastworks, is still very in
fiuential factor and is doing his best TO
bring the free coinage senators to his
way of thinking and to rule the
Chicago convention through his
senatorial friends, if he cannot
do it in person. There is some
reason to believe that Senator Cor
man is the chief organizer of the
Stevenson boom, which is expected to
be formally launched by the Kentucky
state convention. Mr.. Stevenson is
popular with the senators. As to Mr..
Stevenson's silence on the coinage
question there is a reason to believe
that Senator Blackburn will be able
to make an authorized declaration of
the vice presidents position before the
Kentucky convention on June 3. The
free coinage men in the house are not
so enthusiastic over the prospect OF
nominating Mr.. Stevenson, but the
senators believe that, having kept the
free coinage question well to the front
in their chamber of legislation, they
are entitled to name the free coinage
candidate in the democratic national
convention.
Congressional Proceedings
WASHINGTON, May 27.-To-day the
conference report of the naval appro-
priation bill was taken up, in the sem
ate read and further conference was
ordered. After an executive session
the filled cheese bill was taken up, the
pending business being the amend
ment by Mr.. Dubois, imposing an addi-
tional tax of IS cents barrel on beer.
The amendment was defeated and the
bill went over and the prohibitory
bond bill was taken up.
In the house to-day a feeble effort to
obtain unanimous consent for the con-
sideration of private bills was of no
avail, but the conference report on the
bill to relieve the SETTLERS on the
Northern Pacific railroad indemnity
lands was agreed to.
The Civil Service.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Mr. Gillette,
Of Massachusetts, has introduced bill
in the house to place on the eligible
rolls of the civil service commission
the names of all persons who were
dropped from the rolls of the record
and pension office by reason of reduc-
tion of force on July 95, 1894. Persons
so restored to eligibility shall be pre-.
ferred for appointment in the depart
mental service, not, however, to the
prejudice of soldiers and sailors al
ready provided for.
The service Pension IBlll.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The report
written by Mr.. Pickler, of South Da-
kota, accompanying the service pen
sion bill introduced yesterday, places
the number of persons to be benefited
by the bill at 200, 900, the average time
OF service at two years and the average
monthly pension therefor s1SO The
report alleges that the total cost per
annum resulting from this bill could
not exceed S3O,5OO, 900.
An Anti Divorce Bill signed.
WASHINGTON, May %. The president |
has signed a bill which necessitates a
residence of year in given jurisdic.
tion prior to the institute, of divorce
proceedings. The new law cannot in.
terfere with cases q RET dy pending,