The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-12-25
Washington Letter.

IL
e ,ator Vest has lost none of his Old
time ,wer of expression nor any of his
coufidenca in the principles for which he
mas ueen lighting so long He made
his plain in a short speech he delivered
his week Although he based his re-
marks upon the Dingley bill he prefaced
chem hy s,ying that be knew il was
lead issue aud that he only did 50 b.
.suse maly well-meaniug pc 'ple were
urging congress to act upon 1T Later,
he death Of the Diugey bill was an
nounced hv sherman Apropo of the
late campqign, Mr. Vest said: ''WhIle
may he SInjected to the charge OF be
ing a lunatic, an anarchist and repn-
liator, [ assert that the only relief for
,he penplcis to give them more mon"y.
If We are lunatjcS and anarchists be
cause we ask for the opening of the
nints to, the fee coinage of silver, then
over six million American freemen VINO
| voted for VIM. J. Bryan are lunatlcs,
| and may God help the republic! But 1t
| ia a vile SANDER The men VINO sup
| ported the great leader. VIM j. Bryan,
| are as loyal and as intelligent body on
| men as any in this country. lhe gold
standard which is the root of this evil IS
the vilest monopoly ever conceived In
| the mind of mortal man
| The whole Cuban business was vIrtu-
| ally postponed until January when the
| sanate adopted Senator Morgan resoiu-
| ton asking the president t. furnish all
| the information about the present sltua-
| lion in Cuba he has, as President Cleve-
| land is hunting on the coast OF South
| Carolina and congress had already
| adopted resolution providing for re-
cess from December % to January
! The speeches made on the subject IN the
honse and senate have been about as ef-
fective as the excited meetings held
throughout the country
| The executive committee of the Bi
metallic Union has been here for sever
a days, preparing to continue the edu-
| ration4l work for silver. All the lrpn-
| inent silver men in congress have heen
conferriug with members of the commit
tee at different times, but there has
been no single meeting of all the silver
| men vet
Although Senator Aliens resolution
for the appointment of senate com
mittee % investigate the alleged whole
sale use of money in the late national
campaign was offered without consulta.
| ton With Democrats, its spirit meets
| their appreciation Democrats have
| ever since the remarkable results of the
| election in a number OF states we're an
| nounced been anxious to investigate the
| why and wherefore OF the abnormal IN
crease in the total vote cast Senator
Allen had read In connection with his
| resolution list of states IN which Bry-
| ans vote largely exceeded the winning
vote of 1892 and yet he was defeated by
| heavy maiOrities. Senator German says
he is tain that the total alleged vote
| of MARYLAND was at least 20, 600 in ex-
ces of the adult male population on the
| first of last January, and he would like
nothing better than to find out where
| the excess came from. According to
some of the best parliameutarians, Mr..
Aliens resolution will have to be changed
little in order to be effective For in
stance, Senator Morgan said; ''If Sen.
ator Allen makes his resolution jOint,
and it should pass the senate and house,
here would be no doubt of the authori-
~ of congress to probe the matter to its
furthest depth. The senate alone, as |
view it, cannot inquire into an election
as president
1t is not probable that Secretary Fran
els, whose nomination has not vet been
acted upon by the senate, will be among
those which will he left pigeon-hOled
when the Fifty-fourte congress expires
at noon on the 3rd of next March, al
though it is altogether out of the usu-
al for action to be deferred on cabinet
nomination. 1t is a good 16 to l bet
that the nomination of considerable
number of gold Democrats will be killed
| by non-actiOn.
Representative McMillin, the ranking
Democratic member of the house ways
and means committee, says of the reck-
less haste of the Republicans in getting
a tariff bill ready for the extra session
of congress: The Republicans are de.
teImined to retarn to the old principle
Of high protection. They are not salts
: fed either with the present law or with
| the Dingley bill. They propose to agair
: I try to increase wealth by increasing
taxes. Such legislation is not needed
in the least. There are now in the treas
J ury $3.50, 900. 600, or $3.50, 900, 900 il
excess of the 500. 600, 900 gold reserve
There is no way to get this back int
circulation, except by buying bonds o
f p ying it out for current expenses
, There is no excuse for holding a sum il
excess of the reserve, and If revenues ar
increased before 1t is absorbed by gov
ernment expenses that will be tn
f result With economy in expeudi
f lures MIR. McKiulny's administration
would be more than half out before thi
S130, 900, 600 would be exhausted, evel
3 if the present rate of deficiency contin
It ued, which is not probable. The SUI
plus IN the treasury in excess of the re
f serve amounts to 80 for every family i
The U. S. This put back into circula
i ton would tend to quicken business an
: ought not to be held out of circulation
|. permanently. NJ