The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-02-12
wASHimoN LETTER.


politician. by the introiuet Of q reso-
l1ton declaring IL 70 be- the sense OF the
senate that the United States should
not permanently acluiese in the single
gold standard. and that iheeiIorts Of the
government In al II. branches should
br directed 70 secure and maintain the
U.s. Of silver a. veil a. gold as standard
money. with the free coinage Of both.
Mr. Chandler calls hi. resolution
another step tosard. bimeiallism and
hs.annol I'd his intention 10 speak
on IL. In order to reiute arguments made
by Senator villas, whom he calls gold
moi ometalli.t, aud Sem tor reitigrew,
whom he calls silver monomelallist,
when those two Senators voted against
the international monetary commission
bill. There IL an impression that Sena-
tor Chandler, Nho, in no sense a leader
Of his party. IL one Of the sIicAest wire
pullers now In politics, has some OBJ
ject in Aiew which he hasn't mentioned
and isn I likely to mention, but nobody
seem. to know Just what its. Although
Mr. Chandler Is Republican Of the
most pronounced stripe the bitter per-
soma attack he made on Mckinley and
Hannah just before the national con-
ycnlion met last year makes It reason
ably certain that he will have litileor no
influence with the coming administra-
tion. lit wasn't To- that he might be
supposed to be- acting for Mckinley.
Ilc usually acts for Chandler.
While the senate was Vrangling ~ to
whether the Nicaragua Canal bill, the
Bankruptcy hin. the conference report
Oh the immigration bill. or the Pacific
Railroads resolutions should first be- dis
po.ed II. senator Allen very perlincntlT
asked "Doc. the Senate propose to DO
nothing The Bankruptcy bill is In the
last stages Of consumption the Nicara'
qua Canal bill IL about 10 bc nailed In
IT, coffin, and Senators ARE putting oil
these Pacific Railroad resolutions" II
the senate intends doing ANYTHING be
You'd passing the appropriation bills at
this session II viii have TO hurry up, as
line il rapidly eating mp the small re-
maindcr oi the shssion.
Il " already evident that the new
tariff bill will not increase duties
upon everything. For instance, the
majority of the Ways and Means COM
mitise have informally decided to cut
the duty on steel rails nearly In half.
The duty on steel rails under the present
tariff Ia about equal to $7.sl II ton, but Il
Is not likely to exceed Aa ton in the
new tariff bill. Improvements in meth
obs and lessening the cost Of rAilil by
American manufacturers is given as the
reason for this cut.
Il may not make the treaty any
stronger, hut u certainly added some
thing to the sentimental interest Of the
occasion that the Venezuelan arbitration
treaty, which was this week lsigned by
representatives OF Venezuela and Great
Britain, In the presence Of Secretary
olney at the Department OF State should
have boon signed with agold pen owned
by Senior Andrade, the Venezuela Min
lister, which was In a holder made Of q
quill from the wing OF an American
Eagle aud was decorated with gold
heart surrounded by diamonds. Great
Britain aud Venezuela have been wrang'
ling over that boundary line for nearly
u hundred wears and for some years pas
there has been no diplomats inter
course between the two countries. Al
this IL now happily settled by agree
msnt to settle the dispute over thu
boundry line by arbitration, md thu
two countries will 1T once resume dip
lonatic relations. Secretary olney Il
very proud OF the part he to,k-reall!
the leading part-in bringing abou
this treaty.
Arbitration seems to DO In the all
these days, even II the Senate isn't Il
any hurry about ratiiying that Anglo
American arbitration treaty, which Ia
been amended and favonbly reporte
by the committee on Foreign Relations
The latest advocates Of arbitration ar
the Carnegie and Bethlehem Steel con
panils, both Of which have been charge,