The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-06
WASHINGTON LETTER.
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w,snsoroy. Mar. 2, 1895.


said that Il the Republicans would agree
10 vote for an amendment to the bill
providing Tor the free coinage Of silver
the populist Senator'S would furnish the
votes needed to put the amended bill
through the senate. OF course Senator
Allen knew that his proposal would not
be accepted. and he probably made II
Tor the purpose Of haunting the Repuhli.
cans who are already In bad humor
because q the refusal Of free silver Re.
publicans to support the tariff bill.
Senator Carriers explanation OF Why
he and four other silver Republicans re.
fused TO vote for the house tariff bill wa.
far more satisfactory to the Populist,
and silver Senators On both sides Of the
chamber, than II vas ~ the other Sena.
tors. lie was especially bitter In what
he said Of President Cleveland aud what
he called his Republican supporters In
the Senate.
The talk on Cuban affairs In Congress
has brought powerful Spanish lobby
to Washington. Tor the purpose Of try.
ing either to head Oh any action or to
make the action taken meaningless 20
far ~ II will commit this government in
favor Of the Cubans Spain Is said TO he
hard up, but IL seems 10 have money
enough TO hire an army Of spies scattered
throughout the United States TO watch
everybody suspected Of strongly sym.
I paihizing with the Cubaus. and TO main.
tain lobby In Washington which @.
spending money freely to influence the
/ opinion Of Couges.nen. The friend.
OF Cuba, IN Congress, are expressing the
I opinion that members oft administra.
ton are much more Jealous In placing
[ United States official. under the orders
OF thc Spanish minister, 10 capture nj.
legged hl'ibusteuus parties bound Tor
Cuba, than Is actually necessary TO
strictly maintain the neutrality laws.
ole laugh. hest who laughs last" L.
ancient, but Il "a nonethe Ices applicable
TO the present situation In the Senate.
The Republicans have been doing con.
siderable laughing az the Democrats be.
cause Of the financial differences be-
tween the Cleveland wing and the silver
wing Of the party. but the Democrats
had their laugh when the open split be-
tween the gold Republicans aud the I'll.
yer Republicans took place on the floor
Of the Senate this week. showing that II
was but another instance Of "the pot
calling the kettle black" for either OF
the Old parties 10 laugh at the other on
acoonn, OF financial differences. How.
ever, IL was nuts ior some OF the Deno.
Gratis 10 hear Senator Morrill,, apparently
following che advice lately given by
Secretary Carlisle, by trying to read the
silver men out OF the Republican party,
aud senator Teller replying, that al.
though the silver men could get along
without the party better than the party
could ge, along without them they did
not intend to allow themselves to 10
read out because they declined TO change
their financial yievsto accord with those
held by the Cleveland Democracy and
the Morrill, Republicans Of the country.
Tie said the silver mon would siay in
the Republican party until they got
ready to get out,
The american Press Association won
\ decided vIrtory this week when the
House amended the Indian appropria.
iion bill by providing that none Of the
money therein appropriated should %
TO Catholic Indian schools. 1t lisa que..
ton whether the Senate viii strike out
that amendment. The Senate has al.
ready shown, by confirming the nomina,
ton Of Gen. Coppinger, that = large ma,
iorily OF lts members are opposed to the
American Press Association. hut sudden
changes ara not unknown in that body.
The limited chances that bill favor,
able TO the building Of the Nicaragua
canal with government assistance, either
direct or by guarantee Of the canal com.
pany's bsnds, had to get through Con,
gress NJ this session have been materially
lessened 10y a determined crusade
sgains, the canal under any condition.
ON the ground that it would Il con,
s,ructod, he more OF q menace TO the
peace Of the United States thana benefit
commercially, The friends Of the cana
still express confidence that iayonbl,
bill will pass the House and the senate
hut that is just what they are here tc
say. This new crusade may or may moi
have any more substantial backing than
the desire OF the owner OF the New York
Herald to get notoriety for his paper
but 1t will all the same influence min,
men out Of every ten who were in doubt
to declare against the canal. To thai
extent the crusade will be factor in
the situation.
Ambassador Bayard may rs well hrac,
himself To receive that House resolution
OF censure, for having spoken slightingl,
of americans and American Affairs. a,
he will get II very soon, The resolution
} has been reported to the House, and h
d going 10 be adopted, sure pop.
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