The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-01-31
WASHINGTON LETTER.
tFHos orH RrouL,n coHrE'roSbEsrl
wAsmiNaroS. Jan. "a. 1891.

lFhuh utn kHntIAh COMMENCEMENT
wAsmSatos. Jan. "a, ispJ
Nothing Of startling nature acrom.
panied the holding u the national silver
conference In Washington this week.
Nearly one hundred ardent and cnthu.
siastic friends Of silver hold secret ses.
sion. aud ratified the determination
reached at the last conference 10 hold a
national convention and put a national
silver ticket In the field. The silver
men ia congress we're conspicuous b.
their absence and u was pr6habl, their
absence which caused Senator Stewart,
who took part In the conference, TO say
tuat there we're men Ia congress talking
silver Who we're traitors to the caus'.
The delegates 10 the silver conference
expressed confidence that the silver men
Ia the Republican and Democratic
parties would nearly all 20 to the new
party after their national conventions,
unless one or the other Of them should
put a silver plank IN their platform
which Is not regarded as probable. The
ropnlis,s are not wilhngto ~ swallowed
Wy the silver party, because they think
they are In = better condition to do the
swallowing, having shown a strength Of
/ $50 600 votes, while the strength Of the
new party is yet TO be- shown.
The Monroe doctrine Is still capable Of
furnishing sensations TO order, Tie
reporting of the resolution affirming that
doctrine. by the senate committee on
foreign relations, had nothing sensa.
tioual about 10, although many who
thoroughly believe in the doctrine
thought ii- wording somewhat uniNr.
tunate, and unnecessarily explicit Hut
IL has been followed hy several seu,a.
tioual features. There /. on apparently
concerted effort ou the part OF a coterie
OF big newspapers TO stir mp opposition
TO the resolution, aud the administration,
which started the whole Monroe doctrine
discussion. Ia using is influence 10 pre-
vent the resolution being pushed tn a
vote, ON the ground thai IL adoption
would cndangcr the peaceful settlement
u the Venezuela squhl.c. liu, Oh,
greatest sensation was the speech oI
Senator Wolcott 81 Colorado, attacking
not only the resolution reported To ih,
scna,e. but the Monroe doctrine itself
The sto ! Of sensation. In this qur.tio,
is not ) cNh listed. either.
while the urgency deficiency bin
which carries sass, 6seto meet dcdcien
cic- In the regular appropriations fol
United States courts, snd nearly MIL
lion and hall more to meet other he
teiencie', aud which was this Nyel
passed by the house was under discu,
sion there was some very plain talk b.
members about the manner Ia whicl
these courts ae ran, and especiall
about the abuse, Of the foe system. 4
show that eases are "nude" Tor the Zee
Representative swanson Of Nirglui
called attention TO the fact that NOR
than % per cent Of the suits brought {
the unitca States courts arr dismi,sc,
Representative Lacey Of iowa declare
the whole system TO he honeycombc
with fraud, aud said that Judges AZ
pointed for life did not always feel
keen desire TO reduce expenditures, b.
cause they sometimes helped to iattc
on the spol-, lie said there wa. on
man In Arkansas who held the o,llce
clerk Vt United States District cour
clerk Of tie Circuit court and clerk
the United States Commissioner, on
jrcW over $4,000 a year in fees,
Tic action of Comptroller Roaltr
holdlIs up ihe sugar bounty appioprI
p tiau, is going 20 De Investigated hy u
: house judiciary committee, as soon
b tho house alori- resolution report,
. from that committee, authorizing Il
investigation,
, The senate pa--ed siNyhyc billie
3 lees than Two hours one day this wee
% but they were all bills which had no %