Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-12-25
WILL INVESTIGATE.
THE PHENOMENAL VOTE EX-
CITES SUSPICION.
senator Vest iS again and Will
Not BE Pulled Dewn-Cubnn Ques.
ton In Abeyance-The efimetal.
lie UnIOn-isigh Tariff TO Ise I:..
yiyed.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18th, 1896.

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From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18th, 1896.
Senator Vest has lost none Of his
old-time power of expression, nor any
OF his confidence in the principles for
which he has been fighting so long.
He made this plain in short speech
he delivered this week. Although he
based his remarks upon the Dingley
bill, he prefaced them by saying that
he knew it was dead issue and that
he only did so because many we'll
meaning people were urging Congress
to act upon it. Later, the death of
the Dingley bill was announced by
Sherman. Apropos of the late cam
paign, Mr.. Vest said: "While / may
be subjected to the charge of being a
lunatic, an anarchist and repudiator,
| assert that the only relief for the
people is to give them more money.
If we are lunatics and anarchists be-
cause we ask for the opening of the
minis to the free coinage of silver, then
over six million American freemen
who voted for VIM. ]. Bryan are
lunatics, and may God help the re-
public! But it is vile Islander. The
men who supported the great leader.
VIM. j. Bryan, are as loyal and as
intelligent body of men as any in
this country. The 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
virtuallypostponed until January when
the Senate adopted Senator Morgan's
resolution asking the President to
furnish all the information about the
present situation in Cuba he has, as
President Cleveland is hunting on the
Coast of South Carolina and Congress
had already adopted q resolution pro-
viding for a recess from Dec. % to
Jan 5. The speeches made on the sub
ject in the House and Senate have
been about as effective as the excited
meetings held throughout the country.
The executive committee of the BIZ
metallic Union has been here for
several days, preparing to continue the
educational work for silver. All the
prominent silver men in Congress have
been comforting with members of the
committee at different times, but there
has been no single meeting of all the
silver men yet.
Although Senator Aliens resolution
for the appointment of Senate COM
mittee to investigate the alleged whole
sale use of money in the late Ma
tional campaign was offered without
consultation with Democrats, its spirit
meets their appreciation. Democrats
have ever since the remarkable results
of the election in number of States
were announced been anxious to in
vestigate the why and wherefore of the
abnormal increase in the total vote
cast. Senator Allen had read in con-
nectiOn with his resolution list of
States in which Bryan's vote largely
exceeded the winning vote of 1892 and
yet he was defeated by heavy ma
jorities. Senator German says he is
certain that the total alleged vote of
Maryland was at least 10000 in excess
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 parliamentarians, Mr..
Alleu's resolution will have to be
changed little in order to be effective.
For instance, Senator Morgan said:
"If Senator Allen makes his resOlu-
ton joint, and it should pass the Senate
and House, there would be no doubt
of the authority of Congress to probe
the matter to its furthest depth. The
Senate alone, AS l viewed it, cannot
inquire into an election in State, or
even into the election of President"
1t is not probable that Secretary
Francis, whose nomination has not yet
been acted upon by the Senate, will be
among those which will be left pigeon
holed when the Fifty-fourth Congress
expires at noon on the it 3rd OF next
March, although it is altogether out of
the usual for action to be deferred on a
Cabinet nomination. 1t is a good 16
to l bet that the nominations of a
considerable number of gold Demo-
Gratis will be killed by non-action.
Representative McMillin, the rank
ing Democratic member of the House
Ways and Means committee, says of
the reckless haste of the Repub-
licans in getting a tariff bill ready
for the extra session of Congress ::
The Republicans are determined to
return to the old principle of high
protection. They are not satisfied
either with the present law or with the
Dingley bill. They propose again to
to increase wealth by increasing taxes.
Such legislation is not needed in the
least. There is now in the Treasury
$3.50, OOO, 600, or $l3O,O0O,OOO in excess
of the $780, 0O, 900 gold reserve. There
10 ho way W Sct Wis UitCk iltO CiTCuId-
ton, except by buying bonds or pay
ing it out for current expenses. There
is no excuse for holding q sum in ex-
cess of the reserve, and if revenues are
increased before it is absorbed by gov
eminent expenses that will be the re-
suit. With economy in expenditures
Mr.. McKinley's administration would
be more than half out before this $780,
100000 would be exhausted, even if
the present rate of deficiency con-
tinued, which is not probable. The
surplus in the Treasury in excess of
the reverse amounts to SO for every
family in the United States. This put
back into circulation would tend to
quicken business and ought not to be
held out of circulation permanently"
Dem.
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