The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-21
Some Interesting Gossip Concerning
the Regular Session.
NO CURRENCY LEGISLATION
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY RE
DUCFD SINCE ADJOURNMENT.
Brooklyn Sends a Silver Democrat,
and Another May Be Gained at
Chicago-Secretary Gage Snubs
the Monetary "Commission"-sen-
ator Carter's Views.
Especial to The Herald.o

Washington, Nov. 20.-ConSress
meets for it's regular session in about
two weeks. 1t is an interesting fact
that it will be less strongly Republican
than it was when it adjourned last
July. The Greater New York election
sends here one more silver Democratic
congressman from Brooklyn, to succeed
Representative Bennett (Rep.), who re-
signed to become McKinleys post
master of the city of churches. the
Democratic candidate overcome a huge
majority given for Mckinney last LdI
Next Tuesday another special con
gressional election viii be held. rms
time it will be in Greater Chicago, and
here again the silver men expect an
other victory, although the district
went for Mckinley by about 6,OOO d
wear ago. The vacancy here is occa-
stoned by the death of Congressman
Fl. D. Cooke. Although Mayor carter
Harrison and Ex-Governor Altgeld both
live in the district, the Democrats have
nominated as their candidate Vincent
Fl. Perkins, who made a great run last
spring and was elected supervisor OF
North Chicago. Much interest is SHOWN
in this election here for it is felt that
it will be plainly indicative of whether
the Second City Will hold true 70 Us
smashing Democratic maJorltles OF 1aSt
spring, or revert to SolopU9lsh- AZ
headquarters it is believed 20 De an
but certain that T tins will be elect
ed. His opponent J. 4AenrV ,. Boutell'
a we'll known lawyt,
NO CURRENCY LEGISI ATION.
Little is expected of the forthcoming
session in the way of attempted cur
4 rency legislation OF course, MI. " OIL
n
4 that will be talked about, but NOM :
| is expected to be done even by the gold
| zealots who constitute the monetary
| commission now sitting here. The re-
! suits of the '1abors" of this Self-ap-
pointed commission will, of course, pc
laid before congress, and, with the re-
I port of the binetallic commissioner al
| ford food for speculation. But that Is
all. No weil-informed man expects
either to result in the presentation OF
any proposition to congress tangible
enough to be voted on.
AN OPTIMISTIC GoLDBUG.
Major John NJ. Carson, the distin-
guished correspondent of the Gold Re
publican Philadelphia Public Ledger,
puts it more hopefully than most cor
respondents when he says:
1.-THE strength of the silver men in
the senate is calculated to discourage
the hope for affirmative action, but, as
the presidential election, both as TO the
past and the future, will not be pres
ent to cast a shadow over legislation,
many conservative men are hopeful
that the senate will give serious con-
sideration to any reasonable measure
which the house may pass for reform
in the currency"
This is about the most optimistic
! statement that has been sent out from
Washington, and may be taken as good
evidence that nothing is expected to be
or can be done.
SNUBBED BY GAGE
1t is reported here that the monetary
commissioners, so-called (by them
selves) are greatly discouraged at the
brusqueness with which one of theil
subcommittee was dismissed by Sec
rotary Gage. This committee asked the
sec. etary to approve their plan of re
form" The secretary assured them
that he had a better one of his own
Thus, when the commission" gets
through, its work will be compelled t.
go to congress without the approval O.
the secretary.