The herald., 1897-12-05
OF the Work to Be Done
by Congress
CHANGES IN THE CABINET
WILL NOT INCLUDE M'KENNA'S
M + ETIREMENT
The Cuban Question Scheduled for the
Shelf-Hawaiian Annexation
Will Receive Attention
I. Associated Press Special Wire.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-President
Mckinley in his forthcoming message
to congress will not discuss In signiil-
cant way the recent monetary negotla-
tions Of the Wolcott commission, but
will refer to it only in a casual way. The
chief interest in the financial part of his
message will attach to recommends
tion that gold shall be paid only for
greenbacks and that greenbaclks shall be
paid only for gold. The president does
not believe that congress will retire the
notes, and it is his opinion that where
there is q constant surplus Of receipts
over expenditure and an exchange OF
gold notes, there is no longer any men,
ance to the country. He does not con-
template the retirement of treasury
notes but only change of classification.
for the reason that if retired there would
currency, and he believes that If gold
and greenbacks are made interchange
able and kept in class by themselves
no danger need be apprehended from
that source.
CABINET CHANGEsi
From the best obtainable information
1t appears that no change Is to be made
in the composition of the cabinet during.
the remainder of the current year. There
are two good reasons for this Attorney
General McKenna has charged himself
with the prosecution of the Pacific rail-
road cases and it is not to be supposed
that he will relinquish his present office
until the Kansas Pacific sale has passed
into history.
1t is generally understood that Gov
Griggs Of New Jersey, has been offe red
the place in the cabinet to be vacated
by Attorney General McKennn, but it
. will not be possible for him to take th.
office before the beginning of next year.
The New Jersey constitution fails to
make provision for q lieutenant govern
or. and the successor to the governor Will
be the president of the state senate. 'ho
is limited to the assumption of the Office
to the time when the legislature is in
actual session, which will not occur u!i-
til January /.
Should Gov. Griggs relinqu.sh his
place now, there consequently could be
no head to the state government during
I, the period OF time between now and jan
uary /, and the governor is unwilling TO
leave matters in such state.
y Ni' THE CUBAN QUESTION ~
NEW YORK, Dec. A special to the
Herald from Washington says: Pro-
Cuban sentiment is strong in both houses
of congress, but the disposition of many
of the senators and representatives to
delay action pending the trial by Spain
of the new policy of the Sagasta ministry
and the influence of the conservative
leaders in both houses will be able to
prevent any action. These are the con-
clusions arrived at as the result OF con-
yersations with practically all of the
senators and representatives who have
arrived in Washington.
The men talked to represent every
party. Out Of eighteen senators seen.
fourteen are against action Of any kind
by congress at this time. Six are in favor
OF action, but do not believe it is possi-
ble and eight are unreservedly in favor
Of immediate action.
Among the members of the house Of
representatives seen the proportion of
those in favor Of action is rather larger
than in the senate. This is accounted
for by the fact that the majority of those
seen are Democrats and Populists. 1t
must be borne in mind, however, that
the house of representatives is practical
ly powerless to act in opposition to the
will of the speaker and the party lead
ers, If they are supported by a large per-
centage of the membership. Speaker
Reed and Chairman Hit of the commit
tee on foreign affeairs are opposed to
n cti Tho PanJIb1irn n a inritU Of tho
committee is in accord with Mr. Hit,
and the speaker, backed up by this COM
mittee, can hold any Cuban resolution
back indefinitely, unless the pressure for
action should become much stronger
than it is at the present time.
A BANKRUPTCY BILL
NEW YORK, Dec. 4.-"What, in your
opinion, is the prospect of bankruptcy
legislation at the coming session of Con-
gress?" asked a correspondent of the
Tribune in Washington last night of
General Henderson of Iowa, who is chair
man of the House Committee on Judi
ciary.
Z "On Monday I propose to introduce
bankruptcy bill which will be substan-
TALLY identical with the one passed by
the House of Representatives in the
last Congress. There has also been re-
lerred to this committee the bill passed
by the Senate at the special session.
There will be meeting of the committee
karly in the week and we will exchange
views on the subjct and see what pros
pect there is of favorable committee ac-
hon. Then a subcommittee will take
the matter up and frame a measure,
either substitute for the Senate bill
Or, taking that as a basis, propose
amendments to it,
lie demand for such legislation?" asked
the correspondent.
yes, do, and believe there will be
D strong pressure brought to bear in IA
vor OF 1t. Such legislation, properly
framed and guarded, is required, in the
opinion of great many people besides
myself, and all for the same reason.
During the hard times of the last ad-
ministration thousands of men went to
the wall and their energies were bottled
up, when, II they could find legal release
from the chains which now bind them.
would again and Immediately resume
lhe activities Of business life and add
immensely to the leverage in favor of
general business prosperity. Thew
you'd be able to share In the benefits of
he tariff legislation of last summer.