The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-04-11

lore IL. senator Gall t0lS Wo0A H.
troduced q resolution which would
mean, if it we're adopted. nothing
more nor less than I declaration Of
war against Spain. It provided for
the sending of = big naval force
to Cuba at once 70 protect citissns
of the United States and prevent
the violation of treaty obligations,
and directs the President to inform
Spain that the United States will BY
force intervene If there b further
occurrence Of murder and outrage
or tho putting to death Of prisoners
Of war. Of course the adoption Of
such Z resolution Was simply out Of
the question, but it served to keep
the question uppermost.
Senator Butler Of North Carolina
thinks the making Of mortgage and
notes payable in gold is IN entirely
unnecessary hardship forced upon
borrowers by capitalists who loan
money, and in order to put a stop
to it be introduced bill requiring
the acceptance of current legal ten
der funds in payment Of notes,
bonds or other private obligations.
He said this idea had been favored
in both republican and democratic
platforms, and that this was . good
time to make party promises into
q law. In answer to Senator Hills
question, Senator Butler said his
bill did not propose to interfere
with existing contracts, and added
emphatically: II do not believe in
breaking contracts" The bill Was
sent to the Finance committee.
The McKinlsyites had their inn
ings this week, and if the republi.
cans in Congress had represented
the nominating convention it would
have been q comparatively easy
matter to have stampeded it in Nc
Kinley's favor. But the panic was
soon over, although the scare re-
mains. It is said that from this
time on Speaker Reeds candidacy
is to be aggressively pushed to the
front to antagonize Mckinley.
Mr.. c. P. Huntington returned
to Washington this week, and it is
reported that he has paid off and
dismissed the most of his lobbying
force, because be has become salts
fed that no Pacific Railroad legis.
lation will 60 through Congress at
the present session. This seems q
little strange, perhaps, in view Of
the statement that the sub-commit-
tee of the House and Senate Pacific
Railroads committees which has
been discussing the matter, has
practically agreed upon the main
points of a bill to be favorably re-
ported to the Senate. But nobody
knows any better than Mr.. Hunt
ington, with his long experience
with legislative bodies, state and
national, the difference between get
ting a bill through and having it
reported from a committee. It is
just possible, too, that he may have
been given a tip from some of his
friends among the Congressional
leaders. At any rate this report
chimes in with the views of veteran
observers who have nothing to do
with Huntington, but who base their
belief that there will be no Pacific
Railroad Legislation at this session
upon the we'll known anxiety of the
controlling men in Congress to &C.
cure an early adjournment, and
their knowledge that the railroad
billjwould be debated for weeks if it
Was once taken up, especially in the
Senate. A bill may be reported
and placed on the calendar Of both
House and Senate before adjourn
ment, but even that is not certain.
Some day or other-it may be
fastened by terrible accident At
the present building-Congress will
probably decide upon q site for a
new Government Printing Office. 1t
was announced the other day that
the House committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds bad agreed
upon a site, but before anybody
had an opportunity to congratulate
anybody else the inevitable SQUAD
bic made its appearance in that
committee. It might not be a bad
idea for Congress to provide for the
building and leave the slection Of
. site to some outside man, who is
beyond the reach Of the influence
of real estate sharpers.
A delegation of sugar growers was
in Washington this week to ask
Congress for legislation that will
prevent the German sugar growers
driving them out of business, owing
to the export bounty paid by Ger
many on sugar. They did not ask
for much, only that duty equal in
amount to the export bounty be
put upon German sugar, but that is
more than they are likly to get from
this Congress. According to this del
egation the German sugar growers
are taking advantage Of the war in
Cuba, which has cut off our supply
Of Cuban sugar, to attempt to drive