The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-24
Financial Legislation VIII Then Be
Pushed If Republicans Are in
Control OIL the Senate.
HAWAIIAN DEBATE DRAGGING
SPEECHES BY PETTIGREW AND
MENERY OPPOSING ANNEXATION.
Feature of the Indian Bill Criticised
by Mr.. awIins--Many Minor Meas
ures Passed by the House.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON June 23.-No further at
tempts will be made to secure consideration
of a currency reform measure by the House
of Representatives at this session of Con-
gress. The rules committee was not unwilling
to bring in special order giving the ques-
ton two or three days but the friends of
currency reform have concluded not to
press the matter, as the demonstration
would be certain to provoke opposition in
the party. which would destroy its value
from political standpoint. The admins
tration. while heart and soul for sound
money, and favoring legislation looking to
that end, is understood to subscribe to the
theory that under the circumstances, it
might be inexpedient to force the issue in
the lower branch of Congress this session
The Republican party is committed ire
vocably to sound money, and the principle
will be kept to the front throughout the
coming campaign If the Republicans gain
control of the Senate and hold control of
the House next November it is on the pro-
gramme for the President to call a session
of the Fifty-sixth Congress early in 1899 for
consideration of banking and currency leg
islation. This will give Congress ample
time to take up and carefully consider this
vitality important question at a period when
it will be free from the alarms and papics
incident to sessions just prior to national
elections The sound money organization
Will be kept up and will make its impress
sion in rs per cent. of the States. 1t will be
power in the campaign.
The Presidents attention has been called
to an apparently organized attack upon
General Miles and quiet inquiry is going
on to ascertain, If possible, it's source. Gen.
Miles is making ne complaint, but he is
aware of the fight against him. His friends
however. are less reticent, and openly
charge that he is the victim of crusade
directed by the West Point influence Gen.
Miles rose from the volunteer service and
some of the men who graduated from West
Point are jealous of his present prominence
1t is said that these narrow souls are at
the bottom of the campaign being covertly
waged upon General Miles, but that there
is general conspiracy among West Point
ers to down" the general of the army is
not believed.
The Hawaiian debate may be protracted
beyond the limits anticipated and Congress
may not, after all, get away for good be-
fore the middle of July. The duration of
the debate depends entirely on the patience,
Bood nature and endurance of the Senate
majority. a'H -
Albert j. Smith, of Michael, Ind, and
Emerson Lemon, of Canaan. Ind, were to-
day admitted to practice as attorneys be-
lore the Interior Department
Proposals were opened in the Treasury
Department to-day for supplying furniture
to the indianapolis public building The
lowest bid was received from W. Lauter of
Indianapolis, at 1854.