Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-16


are silver men who regard it as a
mere waste of time to put the bill
through the senate. They say
that Speaker Reed would not give
the bill chance to get through
the house, even if two-thirds of
that body wanted to vote for it,
and, of course: all the world
knows that President Cleveland
would take especial pleasure in
vetoing a free coinage bill, should
it by any possibility ever succeed
in reaching him.
In a speech strongly attacking
the supreme court decision
against the income tax, which he
declared was a "1natter of sur
prise to every intelligent lawyer
in the country, and especially to
those of us in congress, who were
engaged in formulating the legis-
lation," Senator Vest used some
strong language against the domi-
nation of the gold kings, and in
favor of the free coinage of silver.
He ridiculed the idea that there is
enough gold ontside of what is
held by the banks to take up the
500, 100000 bond issue which
has been advertised by Secretary
Carlisle, and concluded by saying:
"The conflict is irrepressible. If
we are to have the gold standard
and the Nominations of the nation
al banks, go to the people and
have them rivet the chains. But
believe the people will respond
against wiping out one-half of
the money of the world, and in
favor of striking down the finan-
cial despotism that is upon us"
| According to Senator Mills of
Texas therepublicans adopted the
democratic idea of tariff for
revenue only, when they put the
tariff bill through the house that
is now in the senate, but neither
Mr.. Mills, nor any other demo-
cratic senator, has announced his
intention to vote for the bill. If
| it represents democratic ideas, the
democrats are not supporting
those ideas with any degree of
unanimity, although tits expected
| that several democratic senator's
/ will vote for the bill, now that
the republicans have decided not
to amend it, but Mr.. Mills isn't
one of them.
/ Several representatives of free
/ Cuba are here trying to get the
belligerency of the revolutionists
recognized by this government.
They have documentary evidence
in plenty showing the strength of
the Cubans, and the little news
that has come from Cuba this
week has been greatly in their
y favor, but they are not making
| the progress they expected. They
get all the individual assurances
of sympathy they want, but
officially the administration and
congress are dumb on the sub
|iect. 1t is now certain tnat unless
the Cubans force things sooner
by driving the Spaniards out
of Hayana, the administration
isn't going to recognize them, un-
less directed by a joint congress
slonal resolution to do so. There
is no doubt that such a resolution
would be adopted with a whirl il
a chance was given, but Speaker
Reed has positively declined tc
recognize anybody to offer any
such resolution, unless it comes as
a report from the committe or
,, foreign affairs. There are some
: very ugly rumors floating around
Washington, to the effect that Z
powerful lobby we'll supplied with
,, Spanish gold is working on mem
bers of the administration and o:
congress to prevent recognition O
the Cubans as long as possible, il
: order to give the Spaniards NOR,
time in which to try to put dowl
the revolt. It wouldn't be th,
first time Spanish money hae
/, been snent in Washj11rtor1 To IN